tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post4520721534227616440..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Jamie Oliver – the Nanny CookAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65703014007512202042011-05-03T02:45:17.101-07:002011-05-03T02:45:17.101-07:00Don't temp me. That sounds so fatening. :-))...Don't temp me. That sounds so fatening. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53249099721721266452011-05-02T22:29:46.107-07:002011-05-02T22:29:46.107-07:00I need my school to do all the parenting for me. ...I need my school to do all the parenting for me. In fact why don't the principles come over to our homes and tuck our children into bed. Come on, where does this stop? It's a slippery slope to Hoover and the CIA.<br /><br />(<i>Brothers & Sisters: Run Baby Run</i>).<br /><br /><b>Give me Nigella Nigrina any day:</b><br /><br />I don't wish to come over all Freudian, but tubes of lipstick like these are undeniably voluptuous: there is something so sensually pleasing about the gorgeous feel of them and take it from me, the sleek slick of stick to mouth inspires oral gratification.<br /><br />('The moment I wake up ...' <i>The Times</i>. Saturday 11 November 2000).<br /><br /><b>Trust Miss Lawson to say something like that!!! As a child Nigella Lawson prayed to God to give her big tits and was amply rewarded with "A sticky-out bottom and sticky-out bosom." Her father, told her when she was 11 that "A sticky-out" tummy was sexy in a woman.<br /><br />TIP: Try her fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, from Nigella Bites.</b>Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-68261804237226952182011-04-26T15:08:26.901-07:002011-04-26T15:08:26.901-07:00Meredith, I have to thank you for the inspiration....Meredith, I have to thank you for the inspiration. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-17759640017211104022011-04-26T10:45:44.353-07:002011-04-26T10:45:44.353-07:00A lot of opinions here! I like it.. glad I helped ...A lot of opinions here! I like it.. glad I helped inspire this onslaught! =)Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487570071978886397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-64835488281201522552011-04-25T15:20:31.564-07:002011-04-25T15:20:31.564-07:00TBT, that’s absolutely fine. I should say that I ...TBT, that’s absolutely fine. I should say that I have no particular animus against Oliver as a cook, apart from the fact that he is part the obsessive celebrity cult, something I despise. His dreadful accent also irritates me, if I am honest. However, if his American show had been called, say, <i>Jamie Celebrates Food</i> I would have said nothing. The fact that the word ‘revolution’ was used really raised my hackles, especially as I associate it with the political initiatives of the previous government, in which this man became something of an avatar.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-81226036213781567212011-04-25T15:18:28.496-07:002011-04-25T15:18:28.496-07:00Adam, Did you not read all of the above, particula...Adam, Did you not read all of the above, particularly the extract from my <i>Bad Laws</i> blog. In short, in response to your first question, yes, I would. I have no interest in preaching and preachers, no interest in health crusaders of any kind, least of all in the traduced and debased form of a telly sleb like Oliver. We are not children; we each and everyone of us have the right to make out own choices free of moral arbiters, those who would seek to decide right and wrong, good or bad, up or down, on our behalf. <br /> <br />There is no such thing as good food or bad food; there is just food. If some people seek to overindulge in one thing rather than another, in burgers as opposed to tofu, then that really is up to them. If people chose to eat ‘shit’ as you put it that is their choice, or would you have choices made for them, by earnest middle-class do gooders? A rhetorical question, because clearly you would. <br /> <br />My writing may be full of rhetoric but that’s how I like to express myself; it makes it all so much more lively and interesting. If you don’t like it you don’t have to read it; there are plenty of other blogs, far less rhetorical, much more anodyne than mine. <br /> <br />Oliver’s motivation is to make money, not that I have any objection to that. What I do object to is the authority he has been give as an arbiter of culinary taste, a role bequeathed on him by the last government, a role this pathetic obsessive (oops, more rhetoric!) has indulged in to his greater good and the greater guilt of the earnest middle classes. <br /> <br />Who the <i>hell</i> is Oliver to determine what makes people healthy and happy? Oh brave, new world that has such people in it. You clearly have paternalistic frame of mind, Adam, about as far removed from me as is possible to imagine. As I said elsewhere in debate, those who need to develop some understanding of a balanced diet, the overweight pizza and burger bashers, are not going to pay any attention to healthy-eating campaigns, just the earnest and anxious middle-classes, living in a perpetual fug of recrimination and guilt. Life is short. Who needs to feel guilty about eating?Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90290624242869949232011-04-24T07:19:24.394-07:002011-04-24T07:19:24.394-07:00I'll say this quickly and dash for cover as I ...I'll say this quickly and dash for cover as I get the distinct impression that I'm in a set of 1 as far as favorable opinions about J O go :)<br /><br />I actually like J O. He may not be an intellectual but he seems sincere about making a positive difference (whether he actually does or not) and that's good enough for me. <br /><br />And whilst I did think he was perhaps taking on more than he could chew with the American revolution, I think it's wonderful that he attempted it.Thought Bubble Tenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665668153611429559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57120298890322722892011-04-22T04:25:10.876-07:002011-04-22T04:25:10.876-07:00Ana - if he was reducing the number of cigarettes ...Ana - if he was reducing the number of cigarettes smoked by the population, would you be saying the same thing? I don't know, maybe you would. Do you think the people who eat the shit that's served in school cafs have freedom? Aren't they more free if they're healthy and happy - if they're educated about the effects of unhealthy eating? Your writing is full of rhetoric - 'this ghastly cook, this frightful male Mary Poppins' - how does that help anything? And ok, you dislike the idea of the nanny state, but because Oliver reminds you of it doesn't necessarily mean what he's doing is bad. What if his motivation is sound? What if he wants people to be healthy and happy? Why would you want to stop that?Adam Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367635440305104255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66188166309827827132011-04-22T00:21:12.643-07:002011-04-22T00:21:12.643-07:00Thanks, Nobby.Thanks, Nobby.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9422601142046601902011-04-21T16:54:29.811-07:002011-04-21T16:54:29.811-07:00"If the price of freedom is fat kids then let..."If the price of freedom is fat kids then let it be."<br /><br />I couldn't agree more Ana.Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329815721904353534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60687261911549686032011-04-21T15:19:07.465-07:002011-04-21T15:19:07.465-07:00We have lots of cookery shows here, Calvin, usuall...We have lots of cookery shows here, Calvin, usually hosted by one pompous sleb chef or another. So far as I know there are no American imports. I never watch these things anyway; they are a real turn off for me, the preserve of the pretentious lower middle classes, hoping to make an impression at dinner parties from hell. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-69972422174736903252011-04-21T02:54:21.174-07:002011-04-21T02:54:21.174-07:00Sorry, no, I don't actually pay much attention...Sorry, no, I don't actually pay much attention to politics and political personalities on a day-to-day basis. I take the long view and track the major trends without stressing the ephemeral details. Mostly it is just noise.<br /><br />Back to food: America has its very own food celebrities. Have you seen the movie "Julie and Julia"? Julia Child was v. popular on PBS in that network's first two decades. She was a hoot.<br /><br />When I was in England, I remember Fanny Craddock and her long-suffering husband Johnny in the 1960s, then the lugubrious Clement Freud who went on to be a very competent MP, then some prancing ninny who went by the title 'Galloping Gourmet' . . . but by then I had pretty much lost interest in watching the preparation of food I couldn't actually eat.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28598300701325004012011-04-21T00:31:11.934-07:002011-04-21T00:31:11.934-07:00...that has such people in it. Mark, I'm a fi......that has such people in it. Mark, I'm a fighter; I simply can't help myself - it's my nature. I may go down but it won't be without a battle.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28502093504235223062011-04-21T00:29:32.206-07:002011-04-21T00:29:32.206-07:00Calvin, no, you need not. Do you know much about ...Calvin, no, you need not. Do you know much about Marco Rubio? I've read that he is likely to be a future star of the GOP.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-27442718585191220502011-04-21T00:27:58.592-07:002011-04-21T00:27:58.592-07:00Coll, I've replied. Sorry, I forgot. I'm...Coll, I've replied. Sorry, I forgot. I'm using the service much more frequently now than I used to.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82168618923294305752011-04-20T19:51:27.026-07:002011-04-20T19:51:27.026-07:00Do you ever have the feeling you're fighting a...Do you ever have the feeling you're fighting a losing battle? There seems to be something inexorable in these trends. Brave new world. Road to serfdom. It's been long predicted.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28130122815554116632011-04-20T19:33:42.533-07:002011-04-20T19:33:42.533-07:00They elected Obama; need I say more?They elected Obama; need I say more?Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-68053563472289343452011-04-20T19:12:07.968-07:002011-04-20T19:12:07.968-07:00Been following you on Twitter awhile, baby. Just ...Been following you on Twitter awhile, baby. Just tweeted you. <br /><br />On J.O.,<br /><br />He was trying to turn the diner's signature shake into a 'healthy' smoothie, and the owner was laughing and saying "Uh, been making it 50 years, and your's is too pricey to make." Sometimes these celebs don't get how hard eating like that is on your walletAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-41633139479020689872011-04-20T18:08:39.325-07:002011-04-20T18:08:39.325-07:00Food inflation here is a certainly an issue but it...Food inflation here is a certainly an issue but it's by no means out of control.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49416583116095211142011-04-20T18:07:51.298-07:002011-04-20T18:07:51.298-07:00Anthony, yes we have plenty of lazy fat people her...Anthony, yes we have plenty of lazy fat people here. It's simply not worth curtailing the liberty of all because of a few lard asses. Oops - politically incorrect. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60566279476233258362011-04-20T18:06:10.916-07:002011-04-20T18:06:10.916-07:00Calvin, I was really so surprised that any city in...Calvin, I was really so surprised that any city in America would do this, even Chicago.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65555266235737071662011-04-20T18:05:09.642-07:002011-04-20T18:05:09.642-07:00Glen, so true. :-)Glen, so true. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-2866340849897942302011-04-20T18:04:39.848-07:002011-04-20T18:04:39.848-07:00Coll, right on! It's lovely to see you. :-) ...Coll, right on! It's lovely to see you. :-) Do you have a Twitter account by any chance. If you do link up with me there.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65980827510492168912011-04-20T17:42:55.222-07:002011-04-20T17:42:55.222-07:00Precious metals are climbing, hyper inflation on t...Precious metals are climbing, hyper inflation on the way and food prices will rise.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60179943103168125242011-04-20T17:18:52.437-07:002011-04-20T17:18:52.437-07:00There are too many fat people in America how about...There are too many fat people in America how about in Britain? The obese are a burden on the medical services as they are prone to cardiac and arterial diseases. They also consume too many resources for their output, they are generally not efficient to maintain. Lap band them all.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com