Comments on: Nigella Lawson http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-12864 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:20:30 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-12864 Hey Helen. Do you mean this one? http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chocolatefruitcake_84675.shtml Hey Helen.

Do you mean this one?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chocolatefruitcake_84675.shtml

]]> by: Helen http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-12751 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:11:47 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-12751 I have to agree that her Chocolate christmas cake was utterly divine. I have, however, managed to throw the recipe away!!! Just after I have given in and agreed to make it again for the eldest's birthday next week!!! Can anyone help me out and send me the recipe please? I used the one published in the Sunday Mail last November, but some kind soul sent it for recycling..... I have to agree that her Chocolate christmas cake was utterly divine. I have, however, managed to throw the recipe away!!! Just after I have given in and agreed to make it again for the eldest’s birthday next week!!!
Can anyone help me out and send me the recipe please? I used the one published in the Sunday Mail last November, but some kind soul sent it for recycling…..

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-5020 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:46:13 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-5020 Esmerelda - I couldn't possible comment, but "ooooh..." Esmerelda - I couldn’t possible comment, but “ooooh…”

]]> by: esmerelda http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-5003 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:42:46 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-5003 I have it on tenuous authority (someone told me this at the hairdressers) that Ms Kidman is "botoxed to her eyeballs". I have it on tenuous authority (someone told me this at the hairdressers) that Ms Kidman is “botoxed to her eyeballs”.

]]> by: sooz http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4867 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:37:28 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4867 Oops. I did an extra 'o' again! Maybe that was a subconscious pout? Oops. I did an extra ‘o’ again! Maybe that was a subconscious pout?

]]> by: soooz http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4866 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:36:44 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4866 Her recipes are often of the 'sling it in' variety - the ones on the tv at least, so I dare say there's always room for error. 'I give it a slosh of this...' She's good at the fluttery eyelashes and the pouty licky stuff but it didn't work in her chat show! She really couldn't do anything other than try to flirt (badly) with the guests and it was cringe-making! I think she's rather lovely to look at - but she's as annoying as she is endearing! Especially with the perfect kitchen and perfect children and perfect guests around her perfect dinner table! Did you see how many Christmas lights were put along her kitchen cupboards?? (who decorates their cupboards with lights when that would mean you can't open them?) She should have a dinner-lady-esque hairnet on her head Cliff! Anddd why on earth the half-cardigans apart from to show her bosoms off?! Her recipes are often of the ’sling it in’ variety - the ones on the tv at least, so I dare say there’s always room for error. ‘I give it a slosh of this…’

She’s good at the fluttery eyelashes and the pouty licky stuff but it didn’t work in her chat show! She really couldn’t do anything other than try to flirt (badly) with the guests and it was cringe-making!

I think she’s rather lovely to look at - but she’s as annoying as she is endearing! Especially with the perfect kitchen and perfect children and perfect guests around her perfect dinner table! Did you see how many Christmas lights were put along her kitchen cupboards?? (who decorates their cupboards with lights when that would mean you can’t open them?)
She should have a dinner-lady-esque hairnet on her head Cliff! Anddd why on earth the half-cardigans apart from to show her bosoms off?!

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4824 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:23:15 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4824 All this and yet Cliff says she's got too much hair. Wow. All this and yet Cliff says she’s got too much hair.
Wow.

]]> by: FB http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4821 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:29:30 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4821 All the recipes of hers (mostly cakes) that I've tried have worked wonderfully. Sometimes a tad too much mixture, but that's hardly the end of the world. I've also heard people say that her recipes don't work, though, and assumed that it must have been an error in the conversion of the measurements into American (cups) or something like that... since they've always worked for me. All the recipes of hers (mostly cakes) that I’ve tried have worked wonderfully. Sometimes a tad too much mixture, but that’s hardly the end of the world.

I’ve also heard people say that her recipes don’t work, though, and assumed that it must have been an error in the conversion of the measurements into American (cups) or something like that… since they’ve always worked for me.

]]> by: ted http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4818 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:38:43 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4818 ..and be the daughter of a cabinet minister and wife of Charles Saatchi. (That's not a typo.) I don't know if she's crossed the Himalayas dragging a canoe and carrying a wounded Sherpa, yet. ..and be the daughter of a cabinet minister and wife of Charles Saatchi. (That’s not a typo.) I don’t know if she’s crossed the Himalayas dragging a canoe and carrying a wounded Sherpa, yet.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4812 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:46:51 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4812 I just saw some pictures of Nigella Lawson. She can cook too? I just saw some pictures of Nigella Lawson.
She can cook too?

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4810 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:57:05 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4810 Ah - no - her Christmas cakes do work. I would never take that away from her. (But I still cross-referenced the cooking times with Delia before I tried it.) I have to say that the whole concept of introducing chocolate and coffee to a Christmas cake makes me feel a bit weird though. Blasphemy! Ah - no - her Christmas cakes do work. I would never take that away from her. (But I still cross-referenced the cooking times with Delia before I tried it.)

I have to say that the whole concept of introducing chocolate and coffee to a Christmas cake makes me feel a bit weird though. Blasphemy!

]]> by: writersmoll http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4809 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:55:10 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4809 Sorry to be the voice of dissent but I just made Nigella's chocolate Christmas cake and my loved one said it was the best one I'd ever made (ok you could say he would say that wouldn't he), as long as you can get your head round ingredients like cocoa powder, prunes and coffee liqueur. It doesn't taste of any of those things - just a squidgy, moist and luscious whole. Sorry to be the voice of dissent but I just made Nigella’s chocolate Christmas cake and my loved one said it was the best one I’d ever made (ok you could say he would say that wouldn’t he), as long as you can get your head round ingredients like cocoa powder, prunes and coffee liqueur. It doesn’t taste of any of those things - just a squidgy, moist and luscious whole.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4806 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:58:57 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4806 Nicole Kidman had a facelift? Nicole Kidman had a facelift?

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4791 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:30:32 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/12/31/nigella-lawson/#comment-4791 Oh, she is definitely getting a bit stretched in the forehead area. And her cooking times are crazy. I say: read her for ideas, but if she says she's making shortbread you'd better cross-reference her technique with Delia Smith if you want to have shortbread at the end of it. What I don't understand is why people who've had facelifts end up looking as if all of their features are squashed together in the middle of their faces (cf. Nicole Kidman). I mean, logically, you'd think the stretching would make them look further away from each other. Oh, she is definitely getting a bit stretched in the forehead area. And her cooking times are crazy. I say: read her for ideas, but if she says she’s making shortbread you’d better cross-reference her technique with Delia Smith if you want to have shortbread at the end of it.

What I don’t understand is why people who’ve had facelifts end up looking as if all of their features are squashed together in the middle of their faces (cf. Nicole Kidman). I mean, logically, you’d think the stretching would make them look further away from each other.

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