BBC 1 | Daily Kitchen

I agree, I think anyone who would watch this show would likely watch other food shows and will have a decent cupboard full of these ingredients from trying other recipes in the past. Other than perhaps white wine vinegar I wouldn't say there's anything particularly fancy about the list.

Yes, if you cook you would have a collection of store cupboard basics. Herbs and spices are things you always buy more than you need and keep the rest, they don't go off so it doesn't take long to get a collection. Paprika is an essential in our house, great on cauliflower or macaroni cheese. Cumin mainly gets used in scrambled eggs.


We've got a whole cupboard door full of little jars, and have everything on that list except the leaves

I think they're still rotating, but less so than before. Or at least that's the impression I get - Matt seems to take two or three weeks off every few months now.

I agree though - I think Matt has settled really well into the role.

I think it's pretty condescending to assume working class people only eat frozen chunky chips and beans on toast. As if herbal spices are as alien to them as books.

Which reminds me that i saw James Martin on This Morning the other day and Ruth ended the item by saying that she wanted him to invite her onto Saturday Kitchen....

Same. Luckily no one has aired such a view on this thread.

It is perfectly reasonable to take the view that someone with limited resources is not going to have an cupboard full of the items that have been suggested as essential.

He has indeed, I think they announced in 2018 he would be the regular presenter and would host 2-3 episodes per month but he seems to always be on now so probably is a regular presenter of it which is no bad thing

But you're making a really condescending assumption of what people have In their cupboards.

I'm not being condescending at all. I am absolutely not saying that it is better to have a cupboard full of these ingredients, nor does it make you a better person. Far from it. I'm being realistic in saying that tonight, someone with limited resources is unlikely to be preparing a recipe with seventeen separate ingredients.

And as much as it's great to assume we're all in this together and we all cook the same way, we do not. There is plenty of research to show more affluent socio-economic groups buy a wider variety of things like herbs and spices, and that less affluent groups have a more basic diet.

To be fair a lot of these ingredients are listed in both a student cookbook and Tom Kerridge cook book (Loose weight for good). They are relatively basic ingredients which can help add flavour.

With regards to Jack is she's going to continue not being in the studio they could really do with trying to improve her web cam feed.

Have just discovered my sound issues were because Mrs J had the TV on in the background!! I thought it was my phone so switched to backup and lost my connection! It's not like she works in telly or anything 🤣 See you tomorrow, am stress-eating easter eggs!!

— 🌈👩‍🍳📚Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook) April 13, 2020

It was a pretty basic Lamb Broth, not a 5 course cuisine. What do you want them to do? Cheese On Toast? I grew up on a council estate and we were always living on the bread line but i don't recall my family ever being known locally as the islington mafia because my mum made a cracking seasoned soup! I must tell my minimum wage parents that having a collection of herbs & spices makes them Lord & Lady Grantham!