Fiction, Reality, and River Cottage

[lefaym]

I mentioned in my last post that I've been watching a lot of River Cottage lately. I started watching because kath_ballantyne, iamshadow, and alisso were talking about it a lot, and now that I am watching it, it's gripped my imagination more than any show since Torchwood

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[fide_et_spe]

I found this really interesting, although I'm now stuck with a very amusing image of Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall fighting aliens.

This has happened with me, not with River Cottage mind. I like him a lot, but I'm not very good with the farming sort of programmes. However I've found myself obsessed with other reality based stuff, The Great British Bake off was one, and Masterchef: The Professionals, I've decided I love Michel Roux Jnr. Plus we've just had Frozen Planet, which is a delight.

I hadn't put it together about being so burnt from TW, I knew I had lost interest in fiction, that's still true, and rarely watch it, I just watch documentaries, comedy and reality nowadays. Years ago I had a friend say to me that she didn't watch fiction, she couldn't relate to it or get involved, at the time I felt she was mad and couldn't get it

I still watch Dr Who, but don't find that much joy in it, it's fun, but most weeks I'm just a bit meh these days.

[lefaym]

although I'm now stuck with a very amusing image of Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall fighting aliens.

"Today I'm visiting Thames House, to meet with an alien who has a rather revolutionary approach to food. He doesn't grow veg or rear meat -- instead, he harvests the chemicals from children's brains."

I think with me, I do still enjoy fiction. It's not like I've stopped engaging with it altogether; I still watch plenty of shows, and I read plenty of books. It's just that it doesn't feel as precious to me as it did before.

[fera_festiva]

I'm now stuck with a very amusing image of Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall fighting aliens

SOMEONE NEEDS TO WRITE THIS FIC.

[lefaym]

Hugh/Jack, y/y?

[fera_festiva]

:3 I love River Cottage. Doing the smallholder thing has been a dream of mine for a while now, so I love soaking up ideas from it and just sort of basking in the feel of it. (It's mainly the recipes, though, NGL. I happened to see an episode last night and he made jalapeno cornbread and slow-cooked brisket and I think my tastebuds came.) Eggs, chickens, goats, veggies - and making quilts and things... ahhh. I blame Little House on the Prairie as much as anything else.

BTW did you ever put up your pics from the trip? I have a feeling you have a flickr account but I can't for the life of me remember what your username is.

[lefaym]

I love the idea of smallholding too, even though I know I would likely be crap at it in real life, because I'd be on Twitter while the slugs were eating my lettuce or something. But yeah, I know exactly what you mean, about just wanting to bask in the feel of the show, AND THE FOOD. (OMG, SO MUCH GOOD FOOD. I WANT TO EAT ALL OF IT.)

As for pics from the trip -- I still haven't put up anything from after Wales, though it's been on my to-do list ever since we got back. And I do have a flickr account -- I'll email you the link.