Jamie Oliver; Ministry of Food

Edinburghlass_2

kirstyreanne wrote: »

Hi all,

Please don't shoot me down by this comment, but surely what we should be commending is the fact that these people want to change & want to bring about a better future for their kids.

Just my two pennorth.

Absolutely :T

I cried with that young girl when she was crying in her kitchen and I felt for Jamie when he spoke to the camera about how he felt. I do hope it all goes well for them.

kirstyreanne

calleyw wrote: »

But don't you think it is sad that these people don't have these skills to cook and budget in the first place.

Also I think he tried to hard and should have started really basic like delia's such as how to boil and egg. Sounds like dumbing down but these people can't cook at all.

Yours

Calley

Hi Calley,

Definitely I feel it's sad that they are in this position in the first place but at least they recognose the problems & want to do something about it.

Maybe Jamie is going about it the wrong way but at least he's trying to do something about it, which is more than a lot of tv chefs are doing. It seemed to me that Jamie was learning almost as much as his students.

I've been lucky because I always cooked with my nan, but my mam suffers from crohns disease & if I'd been taught by her I'd be eating quite unhealthily as she can only eat limited vegetables, white bread, fat & fibre!!!

irishwexford

I do agree that Jamie should be teaching these people to boil an egg or make an easy sauce to add to meat. Shepherds pie is one of the easiest meals to cook and much cheaper than salmon. Perhaps he should have started off by showing them how to shop, supermarket value food must be healthier than take-aways. When I look at cooking on tv the list of ingrediants just puts me off at times. To teach someone to cook he should be very basic to start with, mince, carrots and onion leaving out all herbs and flavourings. I too admire the people who were willing to learn exposing themselves on tv, warts an all. I wish them the best of luck.

autumnpagan

Well i watched in horror! she said she had nothing else to sell to buy food or pay for the bus, yet they had a huge tv, she had lots of gold on and was smoking, yes i understand its some peoples ways of coping with stress but if push came to shove and my boys were eating that sort of rubbish, i would sell my body parts to make sure they had something decent to eat, its called being a good mother!
we live on £200 a month for food for 6 of us , my sons range from 25 to 13 so they are too big for small portions, and i manage it! i cherry pick bogof offers or reduced items at 5pm, ive waited an hour for them to knock down meat, theres nothing wrong with corned beef mash, beans in the botton, mash on top and pop in a hot oven with a bit of cheese on top, really fils you up, or home made pizzas tomato ketchup on top a bit of cheese and cut up streaky bacon. a large bag of pasta is £1, and a tin of tomatoes 35p, a tin of tuna 45p, for less than half a packet of fags she could make enough for 2 nights. i would kill for an 8 burner cooker, ive got 2 rings on mine so use a pressure cooker for stew, with a piece of bread, it fills you.. better than that kebab meat, could be rat or anything, as a friend of mine found when she found a piece of bone in hers,:eek: ive never had one since!

D&DD

I still haven't watched this as OH has the week off so no early nights for him and he's a flamin' TV hog :mad:
Judging by the replies so far it actually sounds very much like the sort of area I live on..

Our estate has literally shedloads of money poured into it from wellmeaning groups but the apathy of the parents and most of the children on here,sadly is overwhelming.
I think the problems in places like this go far deeper than just not being able or wanting to cook...

I've been involved with various community initiatives since coming to live here,there is so much available in terms of help,support and activities but every single thing they start up shuts in a matter of months because no-one ever goes to them or uses the facilities...

It's the whole mindset of people that needs changing I just wish we knew where to start!!
I love Jamie's passion for trying to help people but sadly some people are actually happy as they are

betterlife

i have missed this and would love to watch t, is it a series, is it being repeated or online, help please x

Skint_Catt

betterlife wrote: »

i have missed this and would love to watch t, is it a series, is it being repeated or online, help please x

You'v only missed the first of the series but its online;
http://www.channel4.com/video/jamies-ministry-of-food/catchup.html

angelnikki

betterlife wrote: »

i have missed this and would love to watch t, is it a series, is it being repeated or online, help please x

Programme 1 is being repeated on more4 05/10/08 at 10pm

Programme 2: Channel 4 07/10/2008 at 9pm
(Repeated 08/10/2008 at 11pm, shown on More 4 12/10/08 at 10pm)

Programme 3: Channel 4 14/10/2008 at 9pm
(Repeated 15/10/2008 at 11pm, shown on More 4 19/10/08 at 10pm)

Programme 4: Channel 4 21/10/2008 at 9pm
(Repeated 22/10/2008 at 11pm, shown on More 4, 26/10/08 at 10pm)

Jamie's Ministry Of Food

angelnikki

I think it's sad that the people who had chosen to take part in this show have been put down on here. They have realised that they need to change and have started to do something about it. :T

Everyone on here is very lucky that they know how to cook properly, but lots of people dont grow up around cooking and never learn how.

My mum never used to cook anything from scratch; so me, my brother and my sister were brought up on stuff like burgers, pizzas, fish fingers, turkey twizzlers, crispy pancakes and stuff like that. My mum used to serve this with either chips, tinned potatoes or smash and for veg we used to have either beans or tinned carrots. That was all we ever ate at home. So when I left home I did the same. It wasnt until I was starting to think about weaning DS that I realised that this sort of stuff wasnt healthy and I needed to learn how to cook proper balanced meals.

So to the people on here saying "its easy enough to cook I've done it since I was 5 etc " no it isnt if you've never been shown how. I never knew there was anything wrong with the way I ate and therefore didnt think there was anything that needed to be changed. Until people have a LBM or someone like JO comes in and offers to teach them then they will not see a reason to change.

I cooked pancakes for the first time today thanks to JO and they turned out great, but I never would have tried if I hadn't seen him showing how to make them.

I think everyone on here who is shocked that so many people dont know how to cook should join jamie in passing a recipe on to a neighbour / friend / family member / work colleague / etc. as I think its a great idea of his :T (shame about his choice of recipes though)

Whaddya all reckon? Shall we start an Old Style Ministry Of Food and teach the world to cook?:j

I'll start by passing on a recipe to XOH this weekend. I'm doing shepherds pie so I'll write out the recipe and teach it to him. :j

Nikki xx

domestic_goddess

Hi

I really enjoyed the show and I do genuinly feel inspired by it. I work full time and have two young children and I am determined that theywill grow up healthy and be able to cook for themselves.

I have bought the book (£12.59 in WHSmiths) and am really enjoying reading it.

I have just listed all the contents of my cupboard and I am going to combine menu planning with more home cooking and less ready meals. At the moment I do use convenience food more than I would like too but I know that I can do better and for the sake of my kids - I will!:T

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