Jack Monroe #5 Tin Can't Cook

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Well I am a veteran of the NYPD so she’ll have a tough time taking me down in court. I’ll ask Jack McCoy for some legal advice #lawandorder
 

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Mycuppatea said:
The thing is who cares how a chef chops onions, pronounces french words, or flings salt around? Being a good cook is not about "being rich enough" to attend a cooking school but about using the best ingredients you can and understanding the basic rules of cooking, like sauteeing your onions to soften and sweeten them, or putting new potatoes in boiling water not cold. She is allegedly writing for home cooks who want to feed a family for 11p, not trying to educate Michelin starred chefs. I love food, cook every day and my family think I'm the best cook in the world which is all that matters. Nigella has never stroked my ears but then I've also never thrown a massive public tantrum that Jamie Oliver got into my niche (oooh error, missus!) either. Sometimes ego gets in the way and trips one up.
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Proper chefing is an art, all decent chefs pick the best produce with the best flavours and colours and present it too look interesting.

Shoving a load random basic ingredients in a pan and mixing into random slop is not proper chefing and does not show a love of fine foods.

I must admit I am not a massive fan of fine dining as I hate all the uneccesary little teeny portions, ( I'm more of a pub grub girl lol) but I appreciate the way they cook and present the food.
 
Lanie said:
Proper chefing is an art, all decent chefs pick the best produce with the best flavours and colours and present it too look interesting.

Shoving a load random basic ingredients in a pan and mixing into random slop is not proper chefing and does not show a love of fine foods.

I must admit I am not a massive fan of fine dining as I hate all the uneccesary little teeny portions, ( I'm more of a pub grub girl lol) but I appreciate the way they cook and present the food.
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Jack is a cook. Like the rest of us are cooks. Not a chef. A cook.

'Tin Can Cook'
'Cooking on a Bootstrap'

I could stand at my kitchen cupboards and rustle up a meal or snack with what is there. I could fill a freezer with time saving hacks, batch cook, budget recipes.... Because I too read cookery books and watch chefs on Tv and cooking programmes.

I appreciate the time and experimentation that go into her recipes. The cost involved in research and trial and error. We've all wasted our last tin of chickpeas trying to make something we thought would be great but turnt out tit. I've also had some very successful tries at stuff. We are all the same as Jack.

Heck I could crack open a Twitter page, Instagram and Facebook give myself a name and build a following posting my recipes and tips with photos. I'm certain if I really had to I could pre film a segment for a show...

So move on over Jack, get on with what life's got planned, stop feeding your ego and confirming to yourself your a victim by reading through tattle and claiming your being hard done by!
 
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Instabums said:
It is standard practice now. My friend has an annoying work colleague who always texts him outside of work, he has to entertain it because it’s a small office. He rants to me about how much he hates it. I can imagine Matt doing the same with his wife

“Darling, That Woman has texted again!” 🤣
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Covid has brought out the best in boundary-less colleague chat. I’ve got one (I love her) who calls me in the bath, I’ve met a colleague’s girlfriend and we have speakerphone gossips now the 3 of us, my boss is isolating alone so will call me for a social chat at least an hour a week, and bless there’s one boy on my team who lives with his head in the sky (he’s so smart, masters in maths from Imperial, he just forgot to ever acquire common sense) asking me if he should buy a Nintendo switch, I really can’t help u there hun? 😂 it’s made me miss them all so much can’t wait to give everyone a hug in 2022
 
Curlygirld said:
“LADIES” I have laughed so hard at the last 10 pages that my sleeping husband started laughing, which only made me laugh harder.

Got my court outfit sorted, I’ll be standing in the dock screaming “RINSE ME”

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Sweet Jesus. I couldn’t sleep last night (obvs worried about this looming court case 😜) — and every time I did start to drift off this fecker ☝️would come back to the forefront of my mind and set me off howling again 🤣🤣🤣
 
MarmiteExtract said:
I wonder if that “it’s in the wash” comment was a cover for not wanting to tell them it’s actually an expensive brand.
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Same with the microwave, “I’ll reply later”, just don’t reply until you have the info 🤷🏼‍♀️ But yes sounds like she’s avoiding it.

it’s just annoyed me after the donations post. Anyone struggling to feed their family or surviving on a living wage has probably not bought inessential clothing for themselves or their partners in a very long time, especially true if they have children.
 
MarmiteExtract said:
I wonder if that “it’s in the wash” comment was a cover for not wanting to tell them it’s actually an expensive brand.
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100% she’s got two covers there, firstly delaying in the hope they forget and secondly saying her partner (who now earns a naming! Which is nice!) bought it for her. It has that insta mama aesthetic to it so I’m guessing it would have retailed for a price not in keeping with its composite fibres tbh
 
I know this sounds silly but I also hate the fact she calls her gf Mrs j. I'm married and I'd hate for my husband to call me Mrs A. I have a shared surname with him to make it easier when filling in forms with the kids and stuff but I do in fact have my own first name. I don't know why she doesnt she call her by her name, also who's to say if they were to marry that she d take jacks name. Shes entitled to keep her own.
 
Saint_clemmie said:
This is admittedly a pathetic comment but anyone genuinely hard up and struggling knows that you can’t just pick up cute jumpers when you see them.

stop pretending to be poor when it suits you Jack.
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So she's Louisa now and no longer Mrs J? She must have read the comments here about Mrs J. Hey Jack, seeing as you're taking our feedback and criticism here on board, that basically means we're working for you for free. Feel free to send us some money via PayPal or Patreon.

#tipyourtattler
 
Sooverthat said:
Jack is a cook. Like the rest of us are cooks. Not a chef. A cook.

'Tin Can Cook'
'Cooking on a Bootstrap'

I could stand at my kitchen cupboards and rustle up a meal or snack with what is there. I could fill a freezer with time saving hacks, batch cook, budget recipes.... Because I too read cookery books and watch chefs on Tv and cooking programmes.

I appreciate the time and experimentation that go into her recipes. The cost involved in research and trial and error. We've all wasted our last tin of chickpeas trying to make something we thought would be great but turnt out tit. I've also had some very successful tries at stuff. We are all the same as Jack.

Heck I could crack open a Twitter page, Instagram and Facebook give myself a name and build a following posting my recipes and tips with photos. I'm certain if I really had to I could pre film a segment for a show...

So move on over Jack, get on with what life's got planned, stop feeding your ego and confirming to yourself your a victim by reading through tattle and claiming your being hard done by!
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Even nigella and delia describe themselves as cooks. They’ve never worked as restaurant chefs or trained as such so don’t claim the title.
 
coconochanel said:
So do you think she really will try and take us to court?
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Not a chance in hell. She can't stop people bitching and speculating about her... On a separate forum. Unless someone is sending her nasty private messages on their own accord (which I don't doubt as twitter is a nasty place) then she really can't do much. Even then the police don't have time for this BS "they said I brought my cat on for attention and that I'm bleeping Nigella"... You wish.

It's all a shame. I used to like her recipes, they were cheap and quite tasty and she should have stuck to her niche. She did a few fake away ideas, cooking if you just had a microwave, etc. There's nothing wrong with not being chef. She just went weird with stuff like adding tea instead of wine to everything when you can just leave it out, the ingredient that makes it taste like chilli to me is enough cumin and paprika anyway. She just thinks she's so clever that she should share a platform with the likes of celebrity chefs without having to earn it.

She never updates her blog. And that was her bread and butter that's what got people to buy her books but in reality unless you're kissing her arse on twitter or giving her money she's not interested in her readers.
 
heretoreaditall2019 said:
100% she’s got two covers there, firstly delaying in the hope they forget and secondly saying her partner (who now earns a naming! Which is nice!) bought it for her. It has that insta mama aesthetic to it so I’m guessing it would have retailed for a price not in keeping with its composite fibres tbh
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If it’s the jumper with stars on she wore on TV it looks like a Mint Velvet or Hush jobby which aren’t the cheapest brands and it may even be a cashmere jumper that her rich wife just casually picked up for her as if it’s a cheap bunch of flowers lol. That’s the kind of thing she *actually* spends her begged-for PayPal donations on.

(I’m loving the speculation we do on here even more now I know she reads it herself. Hi Jack 👋)
 
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