Jack Monroe #71 Jack flew over the cuckoo’s nest

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PoorPatrol said:
Gizzi is really talented, and seems a real grafter. She puts the work in, and also consistently promotes the use of high welfare meat/cheaper cuts etc. She looks fabulous in the pics, and I don’t think she limits herself as just a chef, so good luck to her.

Cack could NEVER! Literally never, look that comfortable and natural. Same as with cooking. I do wonder with compulsive liars, if they’re more awkward because they’re living under a permanent facade and are spending so much energy on maintaining it that they lose their personality? Even Gizzi’s cats are gorgeous. Jack must be more jealous of her than she is of Nigella or Nadiya.
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yes! I know there are rumours that Gizzi is a bit of a dick but I have to defend her cooking. She is amazing and knowledgable and passionate and one of my first references for a lot of recipes. She really knows her tit.
 
TriviaNewtonJohn said:
Do you think she's hankering after a sideboard? (These pics of Gizzi are gorgeous)
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Blimey
TheDragonWithAFlagon said:
Why do C-D lister female cooks feel the need to get their tits out?

The female chefs don't. The A listers don't. The majority of the Bs don't do it, either.



It's almost a shorthand for 'I'm actually a bit tit in the kitchen, but I've got tits, so have a look send money and do your cooking using books from people who know what they're doing instead'. Which, unfortunately, is very often a male chef. It's not even pulling the ladder up from any new female cooks or chefs, it's kicking the ladder away from themselves.
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Truly, I do not understand the need to do this & I love women. Who is it aimed at?
"Look at me, I'm a bleep in the kitchen AND the bedroom too"
Just be professional..take pride in your craft & leave the titillation for your private time.

....You wouldn't see a male chef parading about promoting his gentleman's sausage.
 
Those screenshots are just as embarrassing on second viewing. I think Jackie’s problem (or one of) is that she makes such a big song and dance about everything she does. On DKL we were treated to daily rundowns of her hectic preparations. You’d think she was launching a rocket into space, not setting up a few extension leads in her kitchen. Once DKL finished, there was the gushing over “little ol’ me doing TV” on Twitter and her cringey thank you to Matt’s wife for letting her borrow him (that still makes me die a little inside). We had the same big, exaggerated prep every time she filmed for Hellman’s and then these embarrassing screenshots afterwards. She goes into everything with the fire of a thousand suns but with minimal effort. Everything is THE next big thing, until she moves onto something else the next week.
 
Alansbigplate said:
I’d love to know how that song about knife skills goes considering she can’t use a knife, or sing, or play piano
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There is a photo preview of the lyrics to the Onion Chopping Song...


The easiest way to chop an onion
Is to chop it really neatly in two
Then you can just strip off the skin
And you can get stuck in
It makes it really simple for you

Oh the ...
Is to make sure your knife is really sharp
Start off slow and steady


(this isn't a joke)

😬
 
SweetTransvestite said:
Blimey

Truly, I do not understand the need to do this & I love women. Who is it aimed at?
"Look at me, I'm a bleep in the kitchen AND the bedroom too"
Just be professional..take pride in your craft & leave the titillation for your private time.

....You wouldn't see a male chef parading about promoting his gentleman's sausage.
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I think Gizzi has always been about sex appeal as well as cooking. This is a campaign with Agent Provocateur.

Other than Jack who else is doing this?
 
SweetTransvestite said:
Blimey

Truly, I do not understand the need to do this & I love women. Who is it aimed at?
"Look at me, I'm a bleep in the kitchen AND the bedroom too"
Just be professional..take pride in your craft & leave the titillation for your private time.

....You wouldn't see a male chef parading about promoting his gentleman's sausage.
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Agree. Also hate this 'a woman who likes extra parmesan on her meatballs ' - constantly judging and pitting women's bodies against each other.
Subtext here is I'm cool enough to not care about calories.
 
Harrybosch said:
Agree. Also hate this 'a woman who likes extra parmesan on her meatballs ' - constantly judging and pitting women's bodies against each other.
Subtext here is I'm cool enough to not care about calories.
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She had a meltdown about an awards ceremony because she'd put so much weight on she didn't want to go. It's not very clear here but I think she's saying fuckit to how she felt back then. Completely understand people not liking it but that's where she's coming from (and the wording is a bit clunky - I think her followers would have known about that)
 
Marmalade Atkins said:
There is a photo preview of the lyrics to the Onion Chopping Song...


The easiest way to chop an onion
Is to chop it really neatly in two
Then you can just strip off the skin
And you can get stuck in
It makes it really simple for you

Oh the ...
Is to make sure your knife is really sharp
Start off slow and steady


(this isn't a joke)

😬
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Wow. Just imagine how amazing that will be when she sets it to music. 😕
 
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