Jack Monroe #19 Is it a show? Miguel's not sure. I am Jack, hear me ROAR!

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Raker said:
I sent my OH on a Leith’s Cookery School “Knife Skills” course a few years ago, as (a) were fancy and our local college stopped offering that kind of thing ☹, (b) he’s fecking hard to buy for and (c) he really like practical gifts but I couldn’t afford the blacksmithing course he really wanted to do...

anyway, best £100 I’ve spent — he loved it. Can dice, chop, chiffonade, julienne, deal with fruit, and do all manner of fancy things — as well as finely and uniformly dice an onion in under a minute. They spent a lot of time talking about know construction, blades, what to look for, and maintenance and upkeep. He bought the optimum no of knives afterwards (bordering on expensive) and looks after them really well. He bought 4. Because we already had a bread knife:

• one massive sharp thing
• one small sharp thing
• one small serrated thing
• one tiny flexible serrated thing (amazing for fruit, tomatoes etc.)

I, on the other hand, only ever reach for the ancient JML thing that cuts through frozen stuff, tomatoes and Coke cans. Or I call him, as he can do it properly in a minute.

so if Leiths only recommended 5, there is duck all point in 60...
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Two point from this post.

1. I NOW REALLY REALLY WANT TO GO ON A BLACKSMITH'S COURSE

2. Yep, agree with knife stuff completely. I learnt proper knife skills from a chef friend years ago and it makes so much difference to the speed of my food prep. I'm not super fast, but just knowing the techniques really helps. I have one massive sharp thing, one sharp Chinese cleaver type thing, one small sharp thing, one small flexible serrrated thing and a bread knife. I use the bread knife for, um, bread. Have other knives, but those are the only ones I regularly use. I am not a maverick though.
 
LavaFlake said:
I'm a copywriter for a living and I don't even know where to begin with this oh my GOD 😂 Who on Earth approved this 😂 Why is the sofa seductively comfortable, yet impractically blue?!

And thats before you get onto having one knife in the kitchen?!? Is this like how she only uses one type vinegar yet also mentions in other interviews that she has drawers full of the stuff?
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But she has a leather roll of knives ? Ffs
 
hongkongfuey said:
Before one of my bands got big, I used to handle the merch side of things. It really isn’t difficult. All you need is scales, the Royal Mail website and a bleeping printer 🙄. And she’s sending out the same item repeatedly so she knows the weight and size. It’s extremely basic.
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Also if you’re sending things often you can buy one of those (I think called) franking machines to literally print stamps at home. Much like her fans she seemingly cannot use google 🙄
 
I would also imagine trying to hack at stuff with a serrated bread knife could cause a lot of injuries! Although I say this as someone very accident-prone in the kitchen- I have no feeling in the tips of two fingers thanks to a particularly unfortunate accident with a tin can. (Oh god that sounds like something Jack would say)
 
blurstoftimes said:
I would also imagine trying to hack at stuff with a serrated bread knife could cause a lot of injuries! Although I say this as someone very accident-prone in the kitchen- I have no feeling in the tips of two fingers thanks to a particularly unfortunate accident with a tin can. (Oh god that sounds like something Jack would say)
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Jesus that sounds painful ! I’m exactly the same, last week too lazy to wash up the chopping board I managed to gouge a knife into my hand... blood everywhere, thank god I don’t have carpets, I had to get those plaster stitches as it wouldn’t heal 😑 have I learned my lesson that I should use chopping boards? I would love to say yes but...
 
My mum only ever had bread knives until very very recently. If I or my husband (He’s the cook in the family) cooked in her house it was terrible. Try chopping garlic or a soft tomato with a huge bread knife. No one who actually likes to cook would do this???

Mum’s 81 and a few years ago bought a smaller chopping knife for the first time. She was amazed that we hadn’t just been talking tit about needing better knives all these years 🤣
 
I can picture the reviews from one her more rabid fans.

I woke up feeling like the world was going to end, I have been suffering with depression and just didn't know what to do. And I was so hungry. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted Good Food for Bad Days by our national treasure Jack Monroe. Tentatively I reached over and cracked the book open while slowly crawling further under the covers.

Scanning the recipes I came across the self-love stew and my mood was slowly changing while I read the deprecipe.

I pulled my sorry arse out of bed and into the kitchen I crept. Yanking open my smeg I spotted that I had all the ingredients to make this and I quickly got busy, rattling pots and pans. Got out my bread knife and cut the onions and assembled the rest of the ingredients. Slung everything in a cold pan, turned on the heat and let everything come to a vigorous simmer. I felt myself starting to feel cheered by such a simple but effective task.

Once it had turned into a proper slop of cat yak, I turned the heat down and filled a bowl. As this nourishing and kind food hit the pits of my belly, I realised that this was the book I needed, it truly helped me overcome my depression. I feel so good and now will head to Wilkos for paint.

If you only buy one book in your life, this is the one.

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emm said:
Jesus that sounds painful ! I’m exactly the same, last week too lazy to wash up the chopping board I managed to gouge a knife into my hand... blood everywhere, thank god I don’t have carpets, I had to get those plaster stitches as it wouldn’t heal 😑 have I learned my lesson that I should use chopping boards? I would love to say yes but...
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Had the same experience a few weeks ago, haven’t learned my lesson either* :ROFLMAO: You’re good as long as it wasn’t avocado hand - too fancy!

*we have to get our lockdown thrills from somewhere
 
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