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Re: Semi-Homemade Cooking With Sandra Lee

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  1. "priety zinta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Nothing on this show is semi-homemade.

    Hell, nothing is even a tiny little bit homemade. Sandra's schtick is
    to
    buy a bunch of overprocessed [censored] at the store and slap it together.
    And
    there's nothing wrong with that. Lots of people don't have the time or
    inclination to bake or cook from scratch. They wouldn't sell cake
    mixes
    if people didn't buy 'em.

    I think my main problem with Sandra is her presentation. A bit of
    context: Sandra is a bleached blonde who can't possibly eat any of her
    own creations because she wears approximately the same size as my
    six-year-old daughter. Her sets change for every show to match her
    outfit. She has seven or eight Kitchen Aid mixers that she never uses.
    Her husband is a very old real estate developer. She's probably never
    used an electrical kitchen appliance in her life and if she doesn't
    have
    a personal cook I'd be very surprised.

    So why does she have her own show? And more importantly: why is she
    making a Kwanzaa cake?

    She made a Kwanzaa cake on one episode. It was filled with canned
    apple
    pie filling. frosted with ble frosting, and had Corn Nuts on it. Corn
    Nuts, people.

    She has a multitude of bad ideas. Tons of 'em. Like, for her football
    show, she made something called a beergarita. It's a margarita with
    beer
    in it. Yum! On the rare occasion she does something clever, she talks
    it
    up like she'd thought of it herself. Strips of waxed paper underneath
    the
    cake to keep the frosting from ending up all over the plate? Julia was
    doing that when you were in diapers, sweetie.

    This is one of those shows that makes me scratch my head because so
    many
    other talented people have had shows on the Food Network but have
    either
    moved on or been cancelled. The Tamales could eat Sandra for
    breakfast.
    Heck, I'd watch an all-day marathon of the Two Fat Ladies before I'll
    watch another episode of this overgrown sorority girl.

    The Food Network is increasingly targeting people who do not actually
    cook. So it isn't about talent. Have you ever seen the 'Secret L:ife Of'
    shows? They'll do a whole episode about America's love affair with
    Twizzlers.

    -T

  2. skoonj said:

    "priety zinta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Nothing on this show is semi-homemade.

    Hell, nothing is even a tiny little bit homemade. Sandra's schtick is
    to
    buy a bunch of overprocessed [censored] at the store and slap it together.
    And
    there's nothing wrong with that. Lots of people don't have the time or
    inclination to bake or cook from scratch. They wouldn't sell cake
    mixes
    if people didn't buy 'em.

    I think my main problem with Sandra is her presentation. A bit of
    context: Sandra is a bleached blonde who can't possibly eat any of her
    own creations because she wears approximately the same size as my
    six-year-old daughter. Her sets change for every show to match her
    outfit. She has seven or eight Kitchen Aid mixers that she never uses.
    Her husband is a very old real estate developer. She's probably never
    used an electrical kitchen appliance in her life and if she doesn't
    have
    a personal cook I'd be very surprised.

    So why does she have her own show? And more importantly: why is she
    making a Kwanzaa cake?

    She made a Kwanzaa cake on one episode. It was filled with canned
    apple
    pie filling. frosted with ble frosting, and had Corn Nuts on it. Corn
    Nuts, people.

    She has a multitude of bad ideas. Tons of 'em. Like, for her football
    show, she made something called a beergarita. It's a margarita with
    beer
    in it. Yum! On the rare occasion she does something clever, she talks
    it
    up like she'd thought of it herself. Strips of waxed paper underneath
    the
    cake to keep the frosting from ending up all over the plate? Julia was
    doing that when you were in diapers, sweetie.

    This is one of those shows that makes me scratch my head because so
    many
    other talented people have had shows on the Food Network but have
    either
    moved on or been cancelled. The Tamales could eat Sandra for
    breakfast.
    Heck, I'd watch an all-day marathon of the Two Fat Ladies before I'll
    watch another episode of this overgrown sorority girl.

    The Food Network is increasingly targeting people who do not actually
    cook. So it isn't about talent. Have you ever seen the 'Secret L:ife Of'
    shows? They'll do a whole episode about America's love affair with
    Twizzlers.

    As soon as I hear that show come on, I change the channel. Heck I even
    get UP to do it if I can't immediately find the remote!!!

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