themiseryguts

Two days after my latest attempt I am still fuming at Jamie Oliver. How dare he produce a book entitled “30 Minute Meals” when you only have the slightest hope of producing any of the meals within that time if you have spent at least 30 minutes in advance preparing all of your ingredients followed by around 1 hour cleaning up the complete and utter disaster zone that your kitchen has been turned into. And breathe.

For two days I have been spitting bile about him and his book. I have to say however that the recipes are all good. Whilst they aren’t always the easiest to follow, too much detail, perhaps bullet points would have been better? They do all taste excellent.

I think even the most seasoned amateur chef would be hard pressed to put together one of these meals within the suggested 30 minute window and the mess in your kitchen is pretty much an inevitability.  You could, of course as suggested, prepare all of the ingredients before you start.  I personally got everything out of the fridge and cupboards.  Had I gone further and actually chopped, measured and de-packaged everything before starting then I think I would have taken well over 30 minutes in my preparation.

Jamie Oliver, your food may be nice, but you need to jog-on and come up with a new title for your book.  How about “Nice meals, lots of mess, takes about an hour and 15 minutes”.  Catchy.  I know.