"In Defense of Sandra Lee"

me said:

Article in the local free "alternative weekly" that may help explain
how SL keeps a show on Food Network...

http://www.citypages.com/databank/27/1310/article14025.asp

Not that I happen to agree ...

Wow: " In another, she took cultural awareness to a new level by
pouring Corn Nuts (yes, the preferred convenience store snack of
Heathers everywhere) on a Kwanzaa cake. (Don't believe me? Run a
search on the Food Network website.)"

serene

me <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in news:sd55117-
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Quoted message said:

Article in the local free "alternative weekly" that may help explain
how SL keeps a show on Food Network...

http://www.citypages.com/databank/27/1310/article14025.asp

Not that I happen to agree ...

sd

Bwwwwwwwaaaaaahhhhhhaaaa... Cody sounds like a complete idiot. She needs
to mimic the unpretentious <smirk> style of Sandra Lee. IMO her style is
not unpretentious but kitchen ignorant.

Michael

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Pics aren't great but here are 2 of my 4 brats.
Hoot about to [censored] the snack out of my mouth:
http://tinypic.com/jtrw3o.jpg

Ramsey ever curious about electronics breaking into the TMobile bag:
http://tinypic.com/jtrwgn.jpg

Quoted message said:

me <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in news:sd55117-

Quoted message said:

Article in the local free "alternative weekly" that may help explain
how SL keeps a show on Food Network...

http://www.citypages.com/databank/27/1310/article14025.asp

Not that I happen to agree ...

sd

Sandra Lee is why everyone thinks blondes are ditzy.

me said:

Article in the local free "alternative weekly" that may help explain
how SL keeps a show on Food Network...

Another wordsmith with nothing to say.

Food network has her on because much of their lineup is [censored] and she
fits right in. Her cooking is *not* "how most of America actually
cooks". Most of America is not that stupid.

nb

serene said:

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:01:06 -0600, me <[email hidden]> wrote:
Wow: " In another, she took cultural awareness to a new level by
pouring Corn Nuts (yes, the preferred convenience store snack of
Heathers everywhere) on a Kwanzaa cake. (Don't believe me? Run a
search on the Food Network website.)"

I'm remembering now why I don't have cable... 😉

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
www.karenmacinerney.com

Karen MacInerney said:

serene said:

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:01:06 -0600, me <[email hidden]> wrote:
Wow: " In another, she took cultural awareness to a new level by
pouring Corn Nuts (yes, the preferred convenience store snack of
Heathers everywhere) on a Kwanzaa cake. (Don't believe me? Run a
search on the Food Network website.)"

I'm remembering now why I don't have cable... 😉

Heh. Yep. I'm pretty clueless about all things TV (except for the
handful of shows I watch with my partner on DVD at his house -- The
West Wing, Lost, Alias, Buffy...)

serene

notbob said:

Food network has her on because much of their lineup is [censored] and she
fits right in. Her cooking is *not* "how most of America actually
cooks". Most of America is not that stupid.

Um...

Mr. Mencken says you're wrong.

So do Mr. McDonald's, Mr. Frozen Pizza, and Mr. Twinkie...

--Blair
"The 'good food' aisle at the supermarket is not very long..."

Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Bwwwwwwwaaaaaahhhhhhaaaa... Cody sounds like a complete idiot. She needs
to mimic the unpretentious <smirk> style of Sandra Lee. IMO her style is
not unpretentious but kitchen ignorant.

Yeah, what was that "unpretentious" about? The woman is one of the
most pretentious hosts on television, and I'm including Emeril and Bobby
Flay in that assessment. She won't even use a blender unless it's the
same color as her decor.
As for the article, it sounds like the author has been researching the
subject right here on RFC. Some of what was in the article was almost
verbatim from our discussions of the show.

Stacia

Blair P. Houghton said:

Mr. Mencken says you're wrong.

So do Mr. McDonald's, Mr. Frozen Pizza, and Mr. Twinkie...

I don't know who "Mr. Mencken" is, but I'll take a Big Mac and a
Twinkie any day before I'd eat some of the [censored] Sandy whips up.
Using tomato soup for spaghetti sauce and putting ice cream in beer is
simply absurd. There's no doubt in my mind she does a lot of it just
to create controversy and get attention. Anyone can make a salami
milkshake, but why would they?

nb

notbob said:

On 2006-01-16, Blair P. Houghton <[email hidden]> wrote:
Using tomato soup for spaghetti sauce and putting ice cream in beer is
simply absurd.

I've had beer milkshake. It's not bad, if you use the right beer.

Quoted message said:

There's no doubt in my mind she does a lot of it just
to create controversy and get attention.

That's what being 6 feet tall, skinny, and blonde does for her. The
cooking thing
is just so you won't think it's a still picture.

--Blair

Blair P. Houghton sez:

Quoted message said:

I've had beer milkshake. It's not bad, if you use the right beer.

In Steinbeck's "Cannery Row," Doc drinks a beer milkshake near the end of
the novel; if I recall, he didn't much care for it.

I like good beer. I like milkshakes. But not, I think, together.

Spitz
--
"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"

Blair P. Houghton said:

I've had beer milkshake. It's not bad, if you use the right beer.

Nonsense. How many have you had since? My two favorite foods are
beer and ice cream and I'd no more put them together than I'd put
ketchup on a banana cream pie. Sand-for-brains has to do this stuff
on purpose. No one with an ounce of good taste would mix the stuff
she does.

For example, the spaghetti sauce she did. She starts out sauteing
onions and garlic and adds mushrooms and ground beef and herbs. This
is dead on for the foundation of a good spaghetti sauce. All she had
to do is add canned spaghetti sauce or just plain ol' canned tomato
sauce or paste or puree. But, no. She adds a can of tomato soup!
What a load of [censored]. Who do you know that would go through all that
effort only to ruin it up with canned soup? She's ridiculous.

nb

In article <[email hidden]>,

notbob said:

I don't know who "Mr. Mencken" is,

<http://www.io.com/gibbonsb/mencken/>

--
to respond (OT only), change "spamless.invalid" to "optonline.net"

<http://www.thecoffeefaq.com/>

notbob said:

me said:

Article in the local free "alternative weekly" that may help explain
how SL keeps a show on Food Network...

Another wordsmith with nothing to say.

Food network has her on because much of their lineup is [censored] and she
fits right in. Her cooking is *not* "how most of America actually
cooks". Most of America is not that stupid.

nb

Actually, I am convinced she is satire.
-L.

notbob said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Mr. Mencken says you're wrong.

So do Mr. McDonald's, Mr. Frozen Pizza, and Mr. Twinkie...

I don't know who "Mr. Mencken" is, but I'll take a Big Mac and a
Twinkie any day before I'd eat some of the [censored] Sandy whips up.
Using tomato soup for spaghetti sauce and putting ice cream in beer is
simply absurd. There's no doubt in my mind she does a lot of it just
to create controversy and get attention. Anyone can make a salami
milkshake, but why would they?

nb

I've seen where she makes a root-beer float on her beer show, but when
did she ever put ice-cream in regular beer?

tsr3 said:

I've seen where she makes a root-beer float on her beer show, but when
did she ever put ice-cream in regular beer?

Well, don't I feel stupid! I didn't see the beer show and obviously
mis-read the thread bashing her for her root beer float. I've seen
a couple other shows, though, and she's still ridiculous. I quit
watching.

nb

There is no defense,and there is no excuse,for Sandra Lee.

notbob said:

tsr3 said:

I've seen where she makes a root-beer float on her beer show, but when
did she ever put ice-cream in regular beer?

Well, don't I feel stupid! I didn't see the beer show and obviously
mis-read the thread bashing her for her root beer float. I've seen
a couple other shows, though, and she's still ridiculous. I quit
watching.

nb

I rarely watch her, but I must admit she has two obvious talents.

modom

In article <[email hidden]>,

modom somebody said:

I rarely watch her, but I must admit she has two obvious talents.

Rachel Ray's are obviouser.

-A