SAVE OUR PIGS

How can Mariah Carey put her breasts away and stop drinking long enough to actually do something amazing? Yesterday I saw PRECIOUS in which Mariah dresses down to play a brunette social worker and her performance is pretty good (as is Lenny Kravitz's as a nurse because I didn't recognise him). It's the start of my Academy Awards viewing and this disturbing but powerful film has to get some acting nominations although Mariah will probably be reduced to sticking her chest out while co-stars Mo'Nique and Babourey Sidibe get nods. At least Mariah has that new champagne she is brewing and if that doesn't keep her porked up, nothing well. Speaking of pork and rooting behaviour, JAMIE SAVES OUR BACON is repeated on Ten tomorrow (Sunday) at 2.30pm. This was the most inspiring piece of television I saw in 2009 as Jamie shows the most humane ways to farm pigs and then offers up a great suggestion which I just tried to great success. Apparently the shoulder of pig is ignored by picky consumers in favour of the loin but if more of us ordered shoulders from our butchers, we wouldn't need to kill so many pigs. Jamie Oliver's slow roasted shoulder of pork (the recipe is on his website) takes about 7 hours to cook but you end up with the most amazing crackling and meat that just falls apart inside. Again, just like Mariah Carey ...