Jack Monroe - Bootstrapcook

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R to @BootstrapCook: One of my best friends is Turkish, she brings over baklava and lil spicy sauces and stuffed vine leaves, it’s really interesting how the recipes deviate slightly (and are so delicious!)

 

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R to @BootstrapCook: Grandad had a small Greek restaurant locally many years ago that lived on in legend long after he closed the doors. It’s now a Turkish place and my whole family eat there regularly - the food is best in the town by miles, they know our connection to it and treat us like family

 

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R to @BootstrapCook: (Fellow Southenders, it’s Istanbul on York Road, it was the Bella Pais before that - couple of doors down from Wings - go hungry and bring Tupperware because the portions are monstrously generous! )

 

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R to @manuman61: I am physically and emotionally exhausted but have been v well cared for over the last few weeks. I am blessed to have such wonderful friends and family, I really am.

 

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R to @angry_eyebrow: Kings & Queens, Southend High St. Look for the barrel-chested hunk, 40ish, with silver fox temples and a very sharp haircut, that’s your man.

 

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R to @BootstrapCook: It’s a bit of a trek from NSW but I’ll pop the kettle on

 

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R to @Martinstilgoe: I very happily took the shrug and the ‘man price’ of £8 rather than the ‘ladies price’ of £25 - a bargain is a bargain

 

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R to @angry_eyebrow: When I said ‘that’s your man’ let’s be clear, he’s my man (I definitely have some kind of dopamine-fuzzy residual crush as a response to the instant confidence boost and admirable efficiency ) but I suppose you can borrow him for 15 minutes seeing you’re coming all this way

 

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R to @eiraj2107: I believe it will. And if it doesn’t, well, I’ll deal with that one day at a time.

 

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R to @bernardlyons: Yes! Or A Girl Called Jack. COAB and Good Food are a bit sweary, Veganish is still simple but some of the recipes are a bit more fiddly/technical.

 

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R to @kikiorg: Yes I ADORE Marie Kondo. It took a few goes to get over my own resentments the first few times I tried to engage with it, but it’s clicked now and I’m glad I persevered with her books. She’s so lovely, too x

 

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R to @Rachel_England: Oh I love cleaning the hoover. So disgustingly satisfying.

 

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R to @BootstrapCook: PS - my mum taught me to soak tea stained mugs overnight in bleach and hot water, even the very worst of them emerge miraculously immaculate with no effort at all.

 

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R to @Elemjay1: Regretfully it’s frowned upon to apply this rule to mucky children, or dogs with a penchant for rolling in fox poo

 

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R to @MarkDennehy: Aye, but at least I don’t have to bubble wrap the stuff other people are having. It’s like an eternal Christmas Eve here at the moment

 

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R to @JudyWil54936823: Oh this is going to be a long old project! Today is just ‘jotting down ideas’ and ‘emptying bookcases’!

 

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R to @frugally_minded: And here I was thinking we’d come to some kind of understanding. More fool me.

 

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R to @frugally_minded: Erm the proof has been posted, repeatedly, by both me and the Trussell Trust.

 

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R to @kikiorg: One of the best sentences I ever learned to say out loud to my nearest and dearest was ‘I’m not coming to you for solutions, don’t worry you don’t need to fix this for me, I just need a bit of comfort right now.’ It works (mostly!)

 

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R to @koenig_jakob: I’m actually really sad that you’ve turned on me Jakob, because we’ve had a good friendship over the years and I’m thankful for that, and thought it meant something. Their campaign is convincing and sadly people do get caught in the crossfire. I wish you a good peaceful life.