Jamie Oliver - my food muse

[Roger Kettle]

I saw that Sophie Dahl programme. She was cooking?

[Bilthehut]

I made a nice turkey supper this evening for us and one other family - all the trimmings, baby potatoes roasted, stuffing, steamed brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes - and still my son put ketchup on it. It seems such a shame as everything tastes the same smothered in ketchup.

I think it is good to watch a cooking show every now and again to get you chopping up more veggies. Sometimes I pretend there is a camera filming my wonderful productions... watch these steaming hot bunny biscuits come out of the oven and notice how the bacon bits look just like eyes...my that's clever, but then that is why Diane is a TV chef and you are not.

I presume these are savoury biscuits.  I would hate to think of cookies (biscuits in UK parlance) such as digestives or ginger nuts having bacon in them.  Now, a nice hot bacon butty with HP sauce ... that's a picture.

[Diane CBPFC]

Jamile Oliver uses a surprising amount of bacon (preferably free-range or organic) considering that he is having a healthy food revolution. He uses it as a garnish even. If it is good enough for Jamie Oliver, it is good enough for your ginger nuts.

[Roger Kettle]

I can't help noticing that Jamie, while spreading the word about healthy eating, looks about three stones heavier than he was when he first graced our screens.

[The Peepmaster]

it is good enough for your ginger nuts.

Watch your ginger nuts, Billy. Diane's considering the purchase of some special equipment...

[Bilthehut]

Hey, I'm not trying to cause trouble.  I've just not come across sweet biscuits (as I know them in the UK) with bacon in.

Admittedly, I did mention ginger nuts, but I could have just as easily said, Maryland cookies (but they are not UK originals, Hobnobs, rich tea, custard creams, etc (although where you can get etc from ... and I have no idea what they taste like).

I would not wish to denegrate Jamie's culinary skills.  I believe he has done a great job for this art, especially making it more relevant for mere mortals to try.

[Diane CBPFC]

I can't help noticing that Jamie, while spreading the word about healthy eating, looks about three stones heavier than he was when he first graced our screens.

That's because the newer TVs have more pixles.

[Bilthehut]

What have pixies got to do with it?

[Diane CBPFC]

I'm afraid that Jamie steered me wrong in with the pasta cooking - he says it washes out. My daughter said it was so salty that her tummy hurts.

I guess I will be going back to Gordon Ramsey.