‘Did Jamie Oliver manage to get an Ocado slot?’ Fans trying to copy recipes from Keep Cooking And Carry On moan that contents of their cupboards don’t match up to those of the TV chef
- Keep Cooking And Carry On aired on March 23 for families to have good meals during coronavirus lockdown
- Jamie’s aim was to give families flexible recipes where ingredients could be switched
- One Twitter user joked that he had egg, chips and beans after swapping out ingredients from the aubergine tureen
TV viewers have taken to Twitter to complain that they are being defeated by the ‘simple’ recipes cooked up by Jamie Oliver on his coronaviris-battling Channel 4 show Keep Cooking And Carry On b ecause they don’t have the right ingredients in their cupbaords.
At the beginning of the first episode, the TV chef said his aim was to give families recipes which were flexible so they could swap items for those they had.
He showed how to cook homemade pasta, minestrone soup and aubergine daal among other recipes across the series so far.
But fans took to Twitter to moan that they did not have the ‘kitchen staples’ needed to cook Jamie’s meals.
Jamie Oliver’s cooking show returned on March 23 and aims to provide ‘bendy’ recipes for families during coronavirus lockdown
One Twitter user said they’d swapped out ingredients in the aubergine tureen recipe because they never had aubergine in the cupboard. So he had ‘egg, chips and beans’ instead.
Another wondered how the TV star managed to have such a stocked-up kitchen, wondering whether he’d stockpiled or been able to get a valuable Ocado delivery slot.
Others asked whether they considered different items to be ‘kitchen staples’ because they never keep items such as cannellini beans and chickpeas in their cupboard.
Twitter users ‘switched out’ ingredients in Jamie Oliver’s recipes to make beans on toast and chips, eggs and beans as they moan about not having Jamie’s ‘kitchen staples’
But others said they had enjoyed the recipes Jamie has provided after they’ve switched a few ingredients for ones they’ve had at home.
One switched parmesan and pancetta for comte and bacon in one pasta recipe because they needed to be flexible. They said it was delicious.
Another posted a picture of his meal and a pint of lager as he explained Jamie’s show is ‘just what is needed right now’.
Others are enjoying Jamie’s recipes as they switch out ingredients for ones they already have at home
He tried Jamie’s green pasta and swapped broccoli for green beans and parmesan for cheddar.
The UK went into lockdown on March 23 and were told to only leave their house for food shopping, to get medicine, for an hour of exercise or to go to work if they could not work from home.
Keep Cooking And Carry On started on March 23 at 5.30pm on Channel 4. All of Jamie’s recipes are available on his website.
Jamie is filming the show himself in his home in line with government guidance to stay at home.
Channel 4 were approached for comment.