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

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Flumps said:
Oh please please please can this be the start of lots of shelf/kitchenalia pictures. I'm exceptionally nosey. I will happily do mine, but I am mid pie making so have to clean up first.
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That's a nope from me. Tedious circumstances mean I'm back living with the semi-hoarder mother, and the kitchen can only be described as 'stressful with a hint of gecko poo'

She did have the cheek the other day, whilst watching a home decorating show, to say she couldn't possibly cope with how cluttered they'd made the kitchen look, after they had put a fruit bowl the bench 😒
 
Flumps said:
Mmmm. I love lemon meringue pie, but in this case I had some potatoes (new, fancy!) to use up so I'm making little cheese, bacon and potato pies for the weekend.
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For when I'm over right? :sneaky:

I have a pie for you to make when you have time. My dad used to make it all the time when I was a kid. We would inhale it.
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Flapper Pie

Graham wafer cream pies such as this one became popular in Canada during World War I; later, this became known as "Flapper Pie" throughout western Canada.
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Bellybutton lint said:
For when I'm over right? :sneaky:

I have a pie for you to make when you have time. My dad used to make it all the time when I was a kid. We would inhale it.
www.allrecipes.com

Flapper Pie

Graham wafer cream pies such as this one became popular in Canada during World War I; later, this became known as "Flapper Pie" throughout western Canada.
www.allrecipes.com www.allrecipes.com
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Yes, absolutely x

I love everything about the sound of that that pie, but especially the name.

Andie_H said:
FFS what in God's name is a 'squeaky' lunch? 🤬
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Halloumi?

Well, we call it squeaky cheese anyway.
 
Everything in that kitchen looks so chaotic. The writing on the tiles (what’s that all about?), the rusty knives, the ceiling high shelves of... stuff. I imagine that “organisation” happened during one of her chaotic moments like the shed.
 
Flumps said:
Oh please please please can this be the start of lots of shelf/kitchenalia pictures. I'm exceptionally nosey. I will happily do mine, but I am mid pie making so have to clean up first.
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My kitchen is rather cluttered I'd say. Nothing like Jack's, hers looks claustrophobic with all that stuff looming over you. But mine is fairly small (though a decent size by mobile home standards) and it is very much a 'working room'. Well loved and used. I have a lot of condiments and spices that have to be out on display as there's nowhere else for them to go. I have quite a few gadgets but manage to squeeze most of those out of sight. Except for my beautiful KitchenAid - FANCY 😏
 
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MancBee said:
Those knives look mighty worn for someone who only uses a bread knife.

As an aside, no wonder she is always "working". It would take me a couple of days a week to keep those open shelves clean, that kitchen is full of clutter.
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Exactly. I like to see my stuff but I have glass-fronted wall cabinets for the china and glass, and base cabinets with pull out shelves for food storage and ugly equipment. I do like to have knives and small utensils on splashback rails for convenience and less losing in drawers though - two chefs as exes must have rubbed off!

Ellabella said:
I can't get over the bread knife tit. Things you definitely can't use a bread knife for with any ease:
Chopping garlic, ginger, chilli
Filleting fish
Carving a roast chicken
Thinly cutting carrots etc
Chopping herbs
Slicing steak
A cheese board
Deboning a chicken thigh

I could go on and on ...
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I do have some bread knife love in that my bread knife is the one my parents received as a wedding present in 1946. It's a fantastic knife and still very sharp, but then neither my mother nor I have ever used for anything other than baked goods. 🙄
 
Jelly Bean said:
Of all her wierd cooking techniques - the not cooking onions properly is the one that I simply cannot understand. How the hell do they cook at all using the method she describes? I read somewhere that to do them justice you need to gently fry them for about 10 minutes. It shows such a fundamental lack of knowledge or interest in basic cooking to do what she advocates.
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I was watching a repeat of Floyd On France a few weeks ago and he spent a good five minutes berating people who put onions into a cold pan!
 
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