Jack Monroe #218 A chance find at Pitsea Market

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Cookiecookie said:
I honestly feel like these should maybe have been spoilered. That first description is just...I don't even have the words 🤢

And no, I don't know why I still have this, when I've donated far superior books!
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I mean, at least she's being honest (for once) ... but why on earth would you intro a recipe with what is essentially an admission that it tastes horrible?
 
It’s so obvious she doesn’t eat what she cooks, why would you say “oh this is rank” or “I made it as a challenge” unless you think you’re a modern day princess Diana! She might as well say “well I won’t eat this but it’s fine for you poors”

And always with the spam! Last time I checked foodbanks were not only giving out food BBE July 1973!

I am sorry to the spam lovers out there 🤮
 
Cookiecookie said:
I honestly feel like these should maybe have been spoilered. That first description is just...I don't even have the words 🤢

And no, I don't know why I still have this, when I've donated far superior books!
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I don't think that I've ever seen a recipe that lists the ingredients then says 'if required' and 'if using. Or one that tells you to buy something (the tin of chicken in sauce) then throw half of it away!
 
ChickenPorridge said:
I am happy to oblige. Behold, the homemade baked bean recipe! Rinse the beans, then re-sauce them with a tin of tomatoes, salt and sugar. 15 minutes cooking baked beans. Mush, anyone?View attachment 842187 q
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I hope when Jack finishes her degree, she goes back and corrects some of her crap. I am a nutritionist (yes, unprotected term, no degree but industry recognised qualifications etc, I just do it to write cookbooks and not look like a total twit, I don't tell people what to eat). You need 80g of a veg to count as 1 of your 5 a day. Frozen will weigh more, once it's cooked, the water will be released and it'll weigh a fraction of 100g. And this serves 2. Her paltry amount of onion is NOT one of your 5 a day.

This is also SO wasteful! Baked beans are Haricot beans in tomato sauce, just buy the damn haricot beans and make your own sauce, why on earth would you take time to rinse them to make them haricot beans? If you want to pimp it up a bit, you're better off adding a teaspoon of tomato pure and some salt, pepper, and a herb of choice- coriander, parsley, or some mixed italian herbs. Or you can mix in honey and mustard (dijon works best, but wholegrain works). Or bbq sauce, apple cider vinegar, and maybe fried mushrooms/bacon bits.

I know this is minor in the realm of Jack's crap, but it's one that's really riled me up.
 
See crap like that beans dish is exactly why her book is out in my recycling bin, and not in the charity pile. I wouldn't want to contribute to anyone on a budget wasting the food they have.

And who donates spam to food banks now? Pretty sure it's not something most people would remember is even still in the supermarket. Tempted to fish the book out later for a nose through, I remember it being really awful.
 
I don't know why I've never thought of asking this before - my mum's volunteered in a charity bookshop for about 20 years 🔺 and has a rather encyclopaedic knowledge of books due to this...I texted her asking if they ever get Jack Monroe cookbooks in. Her reply - 'who? Never heard of a Jack Monroe. Do you mean Jamie Oliver?' :ROFLMAO: THAT MAN getting the credit again!
 
Marmalade Atkins said:
Spoiler alert! Just spotted the full list:

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She'd better be done with this tit by the 4th. She's already committed enough crimes against the food of my country, if she goes for my dad's food too it'll be WAR.

(on the other hand I hope she's back by the 22nd ineptly trying to make tinned sardine onigiri look like Pikachu, sorry to any Japanese Frauen but it'll be hilarious)
 
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