I was listening to someone being interviewed on the radio this morning. She was a chef and was demonstrating and describing a dish that she was creating. In less than 5 minutes she said “ to be honest “ 5 times. I loathe this saying. To me it implies that they must be inherently dishonest if they have to state and reiterate how honest they are every time they make a statement. By not stating that what she was about to say was honest would she be telling a load of porkies? – “ To be honest these biscuits contain only the natural sweetener of apples “ No they don’t, I used 2 cups of sugar in the recipe .
“ To be honest, I made and took all the photos of the recipes in my book myself “ No, actually I had a creative director, stylist, photographer and sous-chef along for the ride.
To be honest , I shouldn’t even be blogging right now because I am in the midst of spring-cleaning my entire apartment.
