I actually caught her show today and it was...not bad. I'd watch it again, and I can see making things or getting ideas from it.
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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
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brenda m - Aug 09, 2009 5:15:35 pm PDT #10213 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Amy - Aug 09, 2009 5:21:19 pm PDT #10214 of 23273
Because books.
I did, too! She did really well, I thought, very comfortable and personable. And that potato tart (wait, did she call it a torte?) looked AWESOME.
brenda m - Aug 09, 2009 5:28:54 pm PDT #10215 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, totally. And the way she did the bacon makes so much sense.
(Also I made a pie today - which was already planned - but I totally used her trick of freezing the butter.)
Amy - Aug 09, 2009 5:35:45 pm PDT #10216 of 23273
Because books.
I missed the beginning, so I didn't see that or how she made the applesauce granita, which sounds really easy and yummy.
I feel like they could have given her a hook closer to what she wanted to do originally than "Ten Dollar Dinners," but hell, I don't mind hearing about cheap recipes, so.
brenda m - Aug 09, 2009 5:43:21 pm PDT #10217 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
She mixed 2 cups of unsweetened applesauce with a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice and threw it in the freezer.
I feel like they could have given her a hook closer to what she wanted to do originally than "Ten Dollar Dinners," but hell, I don't mind hearing about cheap recipes, so.
I have a feeling both her original concept (easy for busy moms) and the one Alton gave her (sort of a kitchen 411) can and will be wrapped into this one pretty easily.
It was definitely a more watchable show than the Sandra Lee budget cooking one that immediately preceded it. (I watched a lot of Food Network this morning.)
Frankenbuddha - Aug 09, 2009 6:21:10 pm PDT #10218 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It was definitely a more watchable show than the Sandra Lee budget cooking one that immediately preceded it.
I think 50's-era highway safety films are more watchable than anything Sandra Lee has ever done.
brenda m - Aug 09, 2009 6:28:41 pm PDT #10219 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Point.
Amy - Aug 09, 2009 7:21:11 pm PDT #10220 of 23273
Because books.
When I see Sandra Lee on the screen, I shudder and change the channel immediately.
Vortex - Aug 09, 2009 8:09:41 pm PDT #10221 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I feel like they could have given her a hook closer to what she wanted to do originally than "Ten Dollar Dinners," but hell, I don't mind hearing about cheap recipes, so.
yeah. unfortunately, I think that they're kind of misleading with the concept. she said that the pie cost 4 something, but you have to buy the entire pound of bacon to use 4 slices, or the entire package of thyme to infuse a few sprigs in the cream.
Jesse - Aug 10, 2009 2:50:36 am PDT #10222 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cooking at home is cheap, but only if you do enough of it to use the spices and stuff up.