[Food] Jamie Oliver jerk rice controversy

[beorhthelm]

Is everyone purposefully missing the point? Of course he can do what he wants, but his 'jerk' isn't a jerk at all.

i think that was completely missed when Dawn Butler weighed in politically. Levi seems to have got it about right saying its just not a very good jerk, that should be all that needs to be said.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Is everyone purposefully missing the point? Of course he can do what he wants, but his 'jerk' isn't a jerk at all.

Quite. No sure why it took so long for somebody to point that out. Her main point is that what Oliver is selling isn't jerk in any way at all. Its just 'spicy rice'.

FWIW the concept of cultural appropriation is mostly utter bullshit, and more often than not it is about the complainant attention seeking, and almost never a case of the 'offender' actually meaning any offence, to the 'wronged' culture.

A famous white girl chooses to put her hair in corn-rows. The absolute HORROR!

Twats.

 

[seagulls4ever]

i think your post is what most people would term a load of b*llocks and quite simply trying to wriggle out of the hole youve dug for yourself.

You're even dumber than I thought, apparently.

 

[Lethargic]

Dread Zepplin are screwed then.

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[Mackenzie]

Jamie Oliver must be loving this free publicity.....people getting steamed up over an irrelevance.

 

[seagulls4ever]

Quite. No sure why it took so long for somebody to point that out. Her main point is that what Oliver is selling isn't jerk in any way at all. Its just 'spicy rice'. .

Well I already alluded to that straight away when I pointed out the the controversy appears to be about Jamie supposedly taking a concept from another culture and distorting it in order to promote a product. He's apparently appropriated a word/concept/food 'jerk', and distorted it into something that isn't 'jerk' at all.

I also agree that it's nothing to get outraged about.

 

[alfredmizen]

You're even dumber than I thought, apparently.

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great comeback , i think my original description of you seems to be spot on, not.least because of your continued use of tbe word "dumb" in place of stupid , i bet youre a "can i get" merchant arent you ? way to go dude ....

 

[seagulls4ever]

great comeback , i think my original description of you seems to be spot on, not.least because of your continued use of tbe word "dumb" in place of stupid , i bet youre a "can i get" merchant arent you ? way to go dude ....

 

[Deleted member 22389]

**** em all.

 

[father_and_son]

dawn butler is outraged (or.claims to be) because hes got jerk rice on the menu but hes not jamaican

So the logic is that I can eat food originating from another country/culture (I am embracing multi-culturalism), but I can't cook it myself (I am resorted to cultural appropriation).

Not sure that I want to be in a world where those are the rules. Seems Ms Butler wants to have her cake and eat it... but only if it's baked by a Jamaican Chef! FFS.


I read this when it first broke and the argument should be than Jamie Oliver is a sh1t chef. "Jerk" is a meat marinade. "Jerk Rice" doesn't mean anything. And on top of that the recipe JO used, I believe, bears no resemblance to the ingredients used in "Jerk". Storm in a teacup at best!

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

See what really p!$$e$ me off is all these Indian Restaurant's selling Balti Curries. It ain't Indian, it's English , from Brumingham. Damn cheek if you ask me.....

TNBA

TTF

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can we just give up with the outraged claims of "cultural appropriation" over every little thing?....We're supposed to be a diverse and inclusive society/world... let's embrace sharing clothes/food/music from elsewhere!

All we are saying
Is give rice and peas a chance

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Quite. No sure why it took so long for somebody to point that out. Her main point is that what Oliver is selling isn't jerk in any way at all. Its just 'spicy rice'.

FWIW the concept of cultural appropriation is mostly utter bullshit, and more often than not it is about the complainant attention seeking, and almost never a case of the 'offender' actually meaning any offence, to the 'wronged' culture.

A famous white girl chooses to put her hair in corn-rows. The absolute HORROR!

Twats.

I’m with you most of the way but I draw the line with white blokes having dreadlocks and/or playing the bongos.

 

[Tooting Gull]

All we are saying
Is give rice and peas a chance

Very good.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I’m with you most of the way but I draw the line with white blokes having dreadlocks and/or playing the bongos.

Only because they look like knobs though - not because they are offending anyone.

Was George Harrison accused of CA for playing the sitar on a load of Beatles songs?

 

[Triggaaar]

I see Levi Roots has said that Jamie’s made a mistake. Levi’s real name was Keith Valentine Graham. Isn’t changing it to Levi Roots cultural appropriation?

 

[Bladders]

Only because they look like knobs though - not because they are offending anyone.

Was George Harrison accused of CA for playing the sitar on a load of Beatles songs?

There was a twitter storm recently when an American girl wore a very nice traditional Chinese dress to her prom

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6174185/american-student-accused-racist-chinese-dress-prom/

 

[Triggaaar]

As do "Punchy" and "Jamie Oliver".

Only Gary Barlow has a more punchable face.

And Will Young.

 

[Bladders]

There was a twitter storm recently when an American girl wore a very nice traditional Chinese dress to her prom

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6174185/american-student-accused-racist-chinese-dress-prom/

Also a vid in that link of some black woman attacking a white kid for having dreadlocks.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

There was a twitter storm recently when an American girl wore a very nice traditional Chinese dress to her prom

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6174185/american-student-accused-racist-chinese-dress-prom/

That's the kind of thing I meant, yes. Absolute twats.