The "I Hate Wretchel Ray Thread"

WearingRAY-BANS! said:

Who detests ~~Wretchel Ray~~ more than I do? Even her "official"
dislike thread never came up with "Wretchel" HEH!!! So that's MINE,
kids!! Invite me onto your board please!! LOL Her voice?? Her voice
sounds like kittens stuffed into a lye soaked garbage disposal that's
also grinding hunks of tar. Her "food" is [censored]. Her knife skills are

so horrid one day she's going to chop off her own [censored]. Eeek!!
Comments?

Saw her on Letteman last night. Of all the cooks he has had on his
show, she seemed to handel his goofiness better than any other. Plus
she stressed that she was a 'cook' not a 'chef' and made the distinction
of being self taught and not out to please anyone but herself. By which
i men she seemed to not care about fads or style or being 'popular'
Letterman seemed to be impressed with her work ethic and the sheer
volume of her stuff.

But this is the only time i have seen her and would not have heard of
her were it not for all the hype she gets here, where it seems she has a
large following. What is she on, cable or something?

I was surprised that Letterman, after swilling the wine and taking big
bites of butter, did not make a joke about his next heart surgery.
---
JL

Rachel Ray is on the Food TV channel, she has three shows there (you
can look it up on the Food TV site ("30 minute meals" is one of them.
) She is wildly popular. She's cheery, skilled, and works very hard.
Just great fun to watch. Oprah liked her so much she is setting her up
with her own cooking show. Another show is something like "40 dollars
a day" where she travels to different cities, and finds good
neighborhood places for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and how to find
such places.
I think you'll enjoy her.
Nancree

nancree said:

Rachel Ray is on the Food TV channel, she has three shows there (you
can look it up on the Food TV site ("30 minute meals" is one of them.
) She is wildly popular. She's cheery, skilled, and works very hard.
Just great fun to watch. Oprah liked her so much she is setting her up
with her own cooking show. Another show is something like "40 dollars
a day" where she travels to different cities, and finds good
neighborhood places for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and how to find
such places.
I think you'll enjoy her.
Nancree

I think he already implied that he DIDN'T enjoy her?
She's okay, I like her, but I dislike that her $40 dollars a day show
NEVER shows a bad meal? No comments ever to suggest she might have
goofed or that the food could have been improved in some way. I find
that a discredit and disingenuous.
Goomba

WearingRAY-BANS! said:

Who detests

Why watch? Too many other things to do in life than [censored] about a
show you don't care for?

Have you considered having your own show?

Goomba38 <[email hidden]> wrote in
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She's okay, I like her, but I dislike that her $40 dollars a day
show NEVER shows a bad meal? No comments ever to suggest she might
have goofed or that the food could have been improved in some way.
I find that a discredit and disingenuous.

How so? It's not a restaurant review. Obviously they won't go around
wasting time on bad stuff if the purpose is to showcase good food at
affordable prices.

--

"Compassion is the chief law of human existence."

Dostoevski, The Idiot

Michel Boucher said:

Goomba38 <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

She's okay, I like her, but I dislike that her $40 dollars a day
show NEVER shows a bad meal? No comments ever to suggest she might
have goofed or that the food could have been improved in some way.
I find that a discredit and disingenuous.

How so? It's not a restaurant review. Obviously they won't go around
wasting time on bad stuff if the purpose is to showcase good food at
affordable prices.

I guess because when I'm sticking to a budget, I've been known to pick
the wrong place sometimes too? I also just realized that I've never seen
her go over her $40. by more than a few cents. Is it realistic? Would it
be accurate to say what you get for $40/day in Orlando might reasonably
cost you $50/day in NYC?? I still like her enough to watch, don't get
me wrong. 🙂
Gooba

Goomba38 <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

She's okay, I like her, but I dislike that her $40 dollars a day
show NEVER shows a bad meal?

How so? It's not a restaurant review. Obviously they won't go
around wasting time on bad stuff if the purpose is to showcase
good food at affordable prices.

I guess because when I'm sticking to a budget, I've been known to
pick the wrong place sometimes too?

Obviously they do their research ahead of time. She doesn't just walk
into a place without knowing what's there and if they do get something
bad, they don't air it. It's like Antiques Road Show (the original
British series). They never showed the grotty little knick-knacks that
auntie Jess brought back from her third holiday in Benidorm, only the
choice pieces like the original Chinese ware or etchings by William
Blake found in an old fish and chips wrapper.

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I also just realized that I've
never seen her go over her $40. by more than a few cents. Is it
realistic? Would it be accurate to say what you get for $40/day in
Orlando might reasonably cost you $50/day in NYC??

Again, that's a question of research. If the crème caramel here is
4,95$ but it's 6,95$ over there, guess whose crème caramel goes on the
air.

--

"Compassion is the chief law of human existence."

Dostoevski, The Idiot

"WearingRAY-BANS!" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Who detests ~~Wretchel Ray~~ more than I do? Even her "official"
dislike thread never came up with "Wretchel" HEH!!! So that's MINE,
kids!! Invite me onto your board please!! LOL Her voice?? Her voice
sounds like kittens stuffed into a lye soaked garbage disposal that's
also grinding hunks of tar. Her "food" is [censored]. Her knife skills are
so horrid one day she's going to chop off her own [censored]. Eeek!!
Comments?

You bring whole new meaning to the phrase "get a life."

--
Peter Aitken

When I first saw her shows, I really disliked her giggly, smiley
personna, but gradually I came to realize that that's her personality;
I don't believe she's putting it on. So I sometimes watch her
30-Minute Meals. However, I don't know how many more times I can
listen to her say "EEVO." And I don't watch her out-of-studio shows;
on those, she seems to gush over everything and everyone. I realize it
may not sound like it, but I kinda LIKE her.

"Joseph Littleshoes" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I was surprised that Letterman, after swilling the wine and taking big
bites of butter, did not make a joke about his next heart surgery.

That was a little tough to take, we were talking about it on
the chat that night. Yuck. I said, if he'd put that much butter
on a bagel, I wouldn't have thought twice ... just plain like
that ... ack!

nancy

Goomba38 said:

She's okay, I like her, but I dislike that her $40 dollars a day show
NEVER shows a bad meal? No comments ever to suggest she might have
goofed or that the food could have been improved in some way. I find
that a discredit and disingenuous.
Goomba

I read somewhere, perhaps on Food Network, if she talks about the
restaurant decor and goes on and on about it, then the food at that
particular establishment was not all that great. I thought that was a
little interesting. But if you've already scouted out the places, why
go to one that has so-so food and waste all that film footage on it?

I'm not a fan of hers, so I just switch the channel until something
more appealing is presented.

WearingRAY-BANS! said:

Who detests ~~Wretchel Ray~

Nobody cares.

*plonk*

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

If Rachael were ugly, do you think she would be as popular?

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Who detests ~~Wretchel Ray~~ more than I do? Even her "official"
dislike thread never came up with "Wretchel" HEH!!! So that's MINE,
kids!! Invite me onto your board please!! LOL Her voice?? Her voice
sounds like kittens stuffed into a lye soaked garbage disposal that's
also grinding hunks of tar. Her "food" is [censored]. Her knife skills are
so horrid one day she's going to chop off her own [censored]. Eeek!!
Comments?

What a tragedy that your television has neither a channel
selector nor an off switch.

gloria p

Leo Scanlon a écrit :

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When I first saw her shows, I really disliked her giggly, smiley
personna, but gradually I came to realize that that's her personality;
I don't believe she's putting it on. So I sometimes watch her
30-Minute Meals.

I'll watch that one anytime, just to drool over that Chambers 1950 gas
stove of hers, well...the one provided for the show...whatever.

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kids!! Invite me onto your board please!!

Sorry. You didn't make the cut, so you can't join.

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What a tragedy that your television has neither a channel
selector nor an off switch.

When somebody goes on tv, or is otherwise in the public spotlight, they
can expect some criticism. I've read some interesting and informative
criticisms of her show. The comments by Mr. Tidless were neither. Like
you posted, Gloria, if he hates the show so much, he shouldn't watch it.

The post strikes me as a cheap shot. People sometimes attack the famous
in an attempt to build themselves up. It doesn't often work. It didn't
work here.

--
Dan Abel
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Petaluma, California, USA

Ward Abbott said:

WearingRAY-BANS! said:

Who detests

Why watch? Too many other things to do in life than [censored] about a
show you don't care for?

eggzackly!!

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Have you considered having your own show?

AL said:

If Rachael were ugly, do you think she would be as popular?

I've seen the 30 Minutes show several times, though not her other
shows, and I've read a fair amount of these threads. She seems to have
a three-part audience:

* novice cooks who are interested in the techniques and ingredients
that are new to them and pretty well demonstrated by RR, who actually
imparts a good deal of basic information in each show;

* those who like to watch tv and find her attractive and
entertaining;

* those who need someone to feel superior to because they lack any
other basis for self esteem.

So, if she were ugly she might lose the middle group, but not the
others. -aem

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Goomba38 said:

She's okay, I like her, but I dislike that her $40 dollars a day show
NEVER shows a bad meal? No comments ever to suggest she might have
goofed or that the food could have been improved in some way. I find
that a discredit and disingenuous.

Rachael could turn down the gigglin' 'n' dropped g's a bit, but
she's fun to watch. She obviously enjoys what she's doing. Not hard
to look at, either.

I think there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes of $40 a Day.
Certainly people from the show are doing some legwork before she
ever shows up.

I notice that there's some "play" in the menus each week. There are
times breakfast will be coffee and a bakery treat; other times it
will be eggs and hash-browns. Often when she's running a little over
budget for breakfast and lunch, she suddenly becomes not-real-hungry
for dinner.

And I really don't think Rachael is all that hard to please when it
comes to food. She's not a food critic, noting whether a flavoring
is mint extract or creme de menthe or if the right kind of beans
were used in a particular dish. If it tastes good, she seems to like
it. And that's fine -- that's how many people eat. Cuts down on
disappointments, too.

sd