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Skriven 2008-01-11 15:43:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
    Kommentar till text 557 av Carol Shenkenberger (6538.cooks)
Ärende: Food TV
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Hi Carol,


 CS> (on Paula Deen)

 > She does make things other than sweets. (G)  Good old style southern

 CS> I have been unfortunate then to miss such shows.  That or her
 CS> 'southern few non-sweets' were too normal to me to hit a radar.

I suspect the latter is the more likely reason.  You were raised in the
south, on southern cooking, which is what  she's trying to teach to the
rest of the country.


 > cooking is her mainstay.  The one on the Food Network I can't stand is
 > Sandra Lee.  There's another part store/part home made one that I've
 > never seen but doubt she'd impress me.  Rachael Ray doesn't either.

 CS> Cant say as I love either one, but we find both more watchable than
 CS> Paula Deen.

I don't use as much store bought "helps" in my cooking as the semi home
made ladies do.  I heard one estimate that Sandra Lee used 75% store
bought, 25% done from scratch in her cooking. Mine is more the reverse.

And, if the only Paula show you've seen is Paula's Party, I agree that
it's not her best side.  She has lots of supporters and detractors here
in Savannah; a lot of times, the local newspaper will have a negative
comment by somebody one day, followed by a host of indignant positive
ones or vice versa.

 > Giada Di Laurentis's "Everyday Italian" is everyday good eating; Ina
 > Garten is good food kicked up a notch or two.  I would most likely give

 CS> I've not seen either that I can recall.

They seem to run in the early afternon/early evening time slot, most
likely, you are at work.

 > some of their recipes a try.  We have tried some of Paula's creations at
 > her brother's place, not gotten to her restaurant downtown yet, and
 > enjoyed them.

 CS> Which ones?  Just curious.  It's gotten so Don swaps channel when

I posted a couple of varients on one to Hap yesterday.  I'll dig out the
Key Lime pie one that Stev likes so much, and others, and get them up.

 CS> Paula Deen c omes on. It might be we got stateside just as the holiday
 CS> cooking shows ramped up and those might be more sweets related. My

That's the big reason--you got a sugar overload when you came back.
From early November until the end of December, it seemed like there was
little but cooking "specials" on the food network--and most of them
dealing with sweets.


 CS> general impression so far is if given a vote, she'd vote to put HFCS
 CS> in Coke-a-cola.

Sugar, yes, HFCS, doubtful.


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