Attn Bob: Must See TV Tonight for You [Archive]

SueK

11-10-2005, 12:52 PM

Just a heads up that "Paula's Southern Thanksgiving" is on FoodTV tonight. She'll be making things like fried creamed corn, Turducken, and bacon-wrapped breadsticks among other cholesterol-raising dishes. ;)

On a humorous side note, I noticed a Sandra Lee recipe for Thanksgiving gravy. I couldn't even bring myself to read the whole thing, once I saw that a can of chicken with rice soup is listed as one of the ingredients. ..... :eek:

cniles

11-10-2005, 01:03 PM

On a humorous side note, I noticed a Sandra Lee recipe for Thanksgiving gravy. I couldn't even bring myself to read the whole thing, once I saw that a can of chicken with rice soup is listed as one of the ingredients. ..... :eek:

No way... really???? :cool:

MISSINDI

11-10-2005, 01:07 PM

As soon as I saw the title, I knew it had to be Paula Deen related. I'm SURE Bob will be glued to his TV. :D

donleyk

11-10-2005, 01:27 PM

Nobody call Bob tonight, he might miss part of a recipe he's trying to jot down. :D :eek: :D

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 02:20 PM

As soon as I saw the title, I knew it had to be Paula Deen related. I'm SURE Bob will be glued to his TV. :D

Paula? Turduchen?

On a brand new 42 inch plasma?

:eek: Am I ready for this? :eek:

Thanks, Sue. (I think)

But who were the 92 busybodies who sneaked a peek? :mad:

Bob

JackieO

11-10-2005, 02:24 PM

Paula? Turduchen?

On a brand new 42 inch plasma?

:eek: Am I ready for this? :eek:

Thanks, Sue. (I think)

But who were the 92 busybodies who sneaked a peek? :mad:

Bob

93......I had to make sure it was about Paula Deen!! :p

SueK

11-10-2005, 02:26 PM

But who were the 92 busybodies who sneaked a peek? :mad:

BobAnd now they're all visiting the FoodTV website to check out the horror that is Sandra Lee's gravy recipe. :)

tbb113

11-10-2005, 02:28 PM

But who were the 92 busybodies who sneaked a peek? :mad:

Bob

If she didn't want us to peek...she would have sent it as a pm :D

SueK

11-10-2005, 02:43 PM

If she didn't want us to peek...she would have sent it as a pm :DVery true- I thought about it, but I know how many of us get a kick out of Paula. (And nightmares from Sandra).

And my mistake about Sandra's recipe - it's listed as a gravy recipe, but the link actually shows it's for her stuffing recipe. And while I'm in a vindictive mood today ;) here is her Wassail recipe from her Thanksgiving show:
2 cups light rum
1/2 cup dark rum
5 (25-ounce) bottles sparkling apple cider
1 (64-ounce) carton mango juice

In a punch bowl or pitcher large enough to blend 7 quarts, pour the rums, sparkling apple cider, and mango juice. Stir to blend liquids. With a ladle, pour wassail into individual goblets.

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 02:50 PM

Very true- I thought about it, but I know how many of us get a kick out of Paula. (And nightmares from Sandra).
[/i]

Now answer this fairly, y'all. (Having a Paula Moment here.)

I know how many of you love those Gooey Cakes.

Would you have made it if Sandra Lee, who the recipe might very well have come from, was the one who offered it up?

Bob

tbb113

11-10-2005, 02:54 PM

And while I'm in a vindictive mood today ;) here is her Wassail recipe from her Thanksgiving show:
2 cups light rum
1/2 cup dark rum
5 (25-ounce) bottles sparkling apple cider
1 (64-ounce) carton mango juice

In a punch bowl or pitcher large enough to blend 7 quarts, pour the rums, sparkling apple cider, and mango juice. Stir to blend liquids. With a ladle, pour wassail into individual goblets.

I don't know...sounds okay to me. What part of it don't you like?

SueK

11-10-2005, 02:57 PM

I didn't think mango juice had anything to do with Wassail.....

And that woman does love her alcohol, doesn't she?

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 03:11 PM

And that woman does love her alcohol, doesn't she?

..and your point is....?

Bob :)

SueK

11-10-2005, 03:15 PM

..and your point is....?

Bob :)
Oh, trust me, me saying that is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. But --- she always seems to have to have some drink in her shows and it's awful combinations like beer and tequila.

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 03:23 PM

Oh, come on now, I want an answer from the Gooey Cake fans!

Now answer this fairly, y'all. (Having a Paula Moment here.I know how many of you love those Gooey Cakes.

Would you have made it if Sandra Lee, who the recipe might very well have come from, was the one who offered it up?)

tbb113

11-10-2005, 03:40 PM

I didn't think mango juice had anything to do with Wassail.....

And that woman does love her alcohol, doesn't she?

I'm not that big of a drinker, so yes it did look heavy on the rum (but I wasn't sure). I looked up Wassail and it just said a punch with liquor so the mango juice seemed okay to me.

I can't answer Bob's question. I've never made a gooey cake ;) But I do like to think I judge a recipe on its ingredients, not its creator :)

jtoepfert100

11-10-2005, 03:42 PM

I'm not that big of a drinker, so yes it did look heavy on the rum (but I wasn't sure).

I actually thought it needed more rum. :o :D

Goin' Coastal

11-10-2005, 03:54 PM

she always seems to have to have some drink in her shows and it's awful combinations like beer and tequila.

Umm.....my favorite margarita recipe has beer and tequila in it! 12 oz each of frozen limeade concentrate, 7-up, tequila, and Corona beer. Stir in a pitcher and pour over ice in salted glasses. Now that's a happy margarita! :) :)

SusanMac

11-10-2005, 04:10 PM

Bob - enlighten us.....what's a Gooey Cake? Is this some frosted Twinkie recipe??

karen w

11-10-2005, 04:14 PM

And that woman does love her alcohol, doesn't she?

Hey, look at where she went to school. . .Madison, WI. . . can you say "PARTY!" :D

tbb113

11-10-2005, 04:22 PM

Bob - enlighten us.....what's a Gooey Cake? Is this some frosted Twinkie recipe??

here is the link (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_20677,00.html)

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 04:26 PM

You wimmin are just killing me today. :)

Bob

zwieback

11-10-2005, 04:36 PM

zwieback

11-10-2005, 05:01 PM

Umm.....my favorite margarita recipe has beer and tequila in it! 12 oz each of frozen limeade concentrate, 7-up, tequila, and Corona beer. Stir in a pitcher and pour over ice in salted glasses. Now that's a happy margarita! :) :)

We made a similar drink in college that we called Strip & Go Nakeds. We used vodka instead of tequila and lemonade instead of limeade. Can't say they were my favorite but, they did the trick. :p :D

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 05:42 PM

We made a similar drink in college that we called Strip & Go Nakeds. We used vodka instead of tequila and lemonade instead of limeade. Can't say they were my favorite but, they did the trick. :p :D

Now we're talking my game.

At the best party I ever threw, I made a punch of the same frozen lemonade, 6 oz., to one 12 oz. can of beer to 6 oz. of whiskey. It tasted like a whiskey sour, but it put twenty very happy people flat on their a**es. :D :D

Keep the Faith, Sandra Lee!

Bob

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 05:44 PM

I love Gooey Butter Cake!! :o :)

I've never had the different flavors, I've just had plain (yellow cake mix crust with the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar filling). It's sweet and oh so yummy, y'all! :D

Will you be making the Peanut Butter Elvis Version anytime soon?

If so, by all means review, because I'd really, really like to make it my Turkey Day dessert.

Bob

Wendy w

11-10-2005, 05:46 PM

We made a similar drink in college that we called Strip & Go Nakeds. We used vodka instead of tequila and lemonade instead of limeade. Can't say they were my favorite but, they did the trick. :p :D

I love skip and go nakeds! I've had them with tequila as well.

Now we need a visit from our long lost friend spitfire.

Happy viewing Bob. :D

zwieback

11-10-2005, 06:05 PM

Will you be making the Peanut Butter Elvis Version anytime soon? Bob

Since I'm currently living in the Memphis area, I should! :D

bobmark226

11-10-2005, 06:34 PM

I love skip and go nakeds! I've had them with tequila as well.

Now we need a visit from our long lost friend spitfire.

Happy viewing Bob. :D

Well , of course, you did, Wendy! :D

Isn't it odd that whenever the drinkers flash their credentials, Spitsy's name inevitably comes up? :)

Sorry, but Bob is doing culture tonight, Wagner and Die Walkure. Paula will be on seventy-eight times more before T-Day, so I will have plenty of time to carp, thank you.

Bob

Canice

11-10-2005, 07:23 PM

If I'd opened just one thread in the past week, I would have wanted it to be this one! Boy did it provide a much-needed laugh! :p :)

Thanks, "ya'll"!

Terri_A

11-10-2005, 07:55 PM

I am watching the Paula Thanksgiving right now....turkducken....ick!

KAnn

11-10-2005, 08:10 PM

The apple butter pumpkin pie looked very intriguing, as I am not fond of traditional pumpkin pie (I bake a pretty good one, I think), but, the sweet potato balls were a bit much! I enjoy Paula...I just don't care for many of her recipes! I like many of RR's recipes but I cannot bear to watch her! lol

tea4one

11-10-2005, 10:53 PM

I think I will make a ooey-gooey pumpkin butter cake this year. It just sounds good. I did watch it and liked her kitchen. Her soapstone countertops looked nice.
Too bad they didn't give a close up of the one oven but I think it was a garland (?) maybe. I know they made sure to show the wolf name.

newtricks

11-11-2005, 04:57 AM

Oh my y'all (but be sure to pronounce that y'owl). It's really all I can say after that extravaganza. Where do I begin?

*The stick of butter they poured over a DEEP FRIED TURKEY!!?? (not that there's anything wrong w/ df turkey but it surely doesn't need butter)
*or the appetizers that contain a days worth of fat and calories? Mini cheeseburgers wrapped in puff pastry and breadsticks wrapped in bacon, then rolled in parmesan cheese! yummers! not.
*The pure "gloppiness" of everything? gloppy oyster dressing, turducken glop, and those sweet potato balls? good lord
*All the kissing. And the finger licking!! And those sons need years of therapy.

The pumpkin pie did look nice. Not her recipe. But did she have to teach us how to stick a spoon in to get a taste of the pie without anyone noticing.

This almost tops her visit to the Krispy Kreme store.

Enjoy Bob! ;)

patissac

11-11-2005, 05:12 AM

I happen to love Paula Deen, wish I could say the same about some of her recipes, I am a huge fan of her gooey pumpkin butter cake and will be making it for Thanksgiving. I did see the show last night and I was saddened to see that it looked like Jamie and Bobby have girlfriends :(
Her recipes are not that hard to lighten up, yes some you can't get around it!
But that pumpkin pie looked so good I just might have to make that next week and of course, stick a spoon in it to taste ;)
At first when I heard about Turducken I could not believe they could come up with something such as that, however I must admit I'm curious in seeing how it tastes!
Best Dishes Y'all :p

bobmark226

11-11-2005, 06:11 AM

*The stick of butter they poured over a DEEP FRIED TURKEY!!?? (not that there's anything wrong w/ df turkey but it surely doesn't need butter)
*or the appetizers that contain a days worth of fat and calories? Mini cheeseburgers wrapped in puff pastry and breadsticks wrapped in bacon, then rolled in parmesan cheese! yummers! not.
*The pure "gloppiness" of everything? gloppy oyster dressing, turducken glop, and those sweet potato balls? good lord

Enjoy Bob! ;)

Gee, thanks, Barbara. Not so much for the review, but for raising my cholesterol twenty points before breakfast. :)

Bob

donnamp14

11-11-2005, 06:26 AM

I missed yesterday's discussion, and therefore missed the special last night. Lest all be lost, please note that I just put on 5 pouds while reading about this stuff! So, I googled turducken, found some sites, got over the nausea, and decided to set the alarm for 7:00 tomorrow morning to see this show! I do like Paula, but couldn't possibly eat any of her stuff. (Except the gorilla bread she made last year. I really want to try that!)

There ought to be laws, or at least local ordinances, regarding Turducken!

(And Sandra Lee scares me!)

newtricks

11-11-2005, 06:34 AM

Just for the record, I *think* that turducken could be good. I've seen it made with interesting stuffings and you would have to take the skin off the duck and the chicken. But I didn't like the look of last night's turducken. Or her fingers in it. :eek:

Bob, it would take weeks of lentil stew to get your lipids back in line after that. :)

dorothyntototoo

11-11-2005, 06:44 AM

I enjoy watching Paula because she's so happy & loves what she's doing. But when I see her and others - Emeril, Wolfgang Puck, etc. licking their fingers and double dipping tasting spoons, I think that I don't want to eat at their restaurants. The sweet potato balls were too gross for me!

Dorothy

GingerPow

11-11-2005, 07:09 AM

double dipping tasting spoons

Dorothy

Pet peeve of mine - DISGUSTING!

TerriAb

11-11-2005, 07:20 AM

BetsyS

11-11-2005, 07:22 AM

These Paula threads always crack me up.

I had to go look at the recipe for the "gloppy" oyster dressing. It's the exact same one we eat every single year! ROFL

SandyM

11-11-2005, 07:25 AM

This thread is cracking me up - as do all Paula threads. :D

Bob - I love your new quote.

mom2garret

11-11-2005, 07:41 AM

I caught the episode. I was saying ou loud to the tv "OMG! Don't do it!!"
This would be when her sons walked in at the end and started sticking their fingers in the pie filling and then opened the jar of apple butter! Well, I guess it goes to show our children do LEARN from their parents!
Jodi

newtricks

11-11-2005, 07:47 AM

These Paula threads always crack me up.

I had to go look at the recipe for the "gloppy" oyster dressing. It's the exact same one we eat every single year! ROFL

Betsy - I thought the recipe looked really good as she was making it. I love oyster dressing - and scalloped oysters with saltines. It's just that when it was mixed up it got all.... gloppy. I think it was too much mixing and all the eggs. do you use that many eggs? I usually just add one beaten egg to any dressing recipe but I guess I should keep an open mind. :)

I'm feeling a little bad about all my Paula bashing. She's pretty harmless and I love her banana pudding.

patissac

11-11-2005, 08:08 AM

I'm feeling a little bad about all my Paula bashing. She's pretty harmless and I love her banana pudding.[/QUOTE]

Same here, thats what I love about Paula, she is so family oriented. She opens up her heart and home to you, she's real. I had no idea that giada delerntis(sp?Aka Face full of teeth)had a husband till that one episode because she never talked about him and OMG Emeril has children?! Yes I know that some of you are going to disagree because others tend to be more private but I really like the warmness Paula generates. She is just a cute southern gal that doesn't mean any harm. ;)

tbb113

11-11-2005, 09:22 AM

I did see the show last night and I was saddened to see that it looked like Jamie and Bobby have girlfriends :(

If those are her sons instead of Jamie Oliver and Bobby Flay, one of them just got married. I seldom watch her...but I did catch the show where she introduced her new daughter-in-law

bobmark226

11-11-2005, 09:24 AM

I love watching Paula, but I agree with the finger licking problem. I was even more horrified when she was sticking her hands in the jars at the peanut store. I guess I won't be shopping there on my next trip to Savannah.

She is also the only TV chef I've seen eat off the cooking spoon, then put it back in the pot.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!

Bob

bobmark226

11-11-2005, 09:28 AM

BetsyS

11-11-2005, 10:55 AM

Betsy - I thought the recipe looked really good as she was making it. I love oyster dressing - and scalloped oysters with saltines. It's just that when it was mixed up it got all.... gloppy. I think it was too much mixing and all the eggs. do you use that many eggs? I usually just add one beaten egg to any dressing recipe but I guess I should keep an open mind. :)

.

Yep, we really do use that many eggs. When it bakes, it gets pretty firm. You can cut it into squares and serve it on a platter. (Which, okay, does sound pretty gross, but that's the way we've eaten it for generations, and we do like it. LOL)

Lillith

11-11-2005, 12:16 PM

I love Paula....licking her fingers, saying "ya'll" a tad too much, using waaay too much butter, mayo, cheese in every recipe, etc. I think she's a peach!

P.S to Bob,
Are you intentionally ignoring my PMs? I'll not give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Linda in MO

11-11-2005, 12:16 PM

The sweet potato balls were too gross for me!
Dorothy
OK, will I be the only one to admit that I think the sweet potato balls look good. :o I must say that I like my sweet potato dishes to be almost dessert like though. :D

Sweet Potato Balls

4 large sweet potatoes
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 cups shredded coconut, sweetened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large marshmallow per potato ball

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them. Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, creating a 2 to 3-inch diameter ball. Roll the balls in the coconut mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open.

Lillith

11-11-2005, 12:23 PM

Same here, thats what I love about Paula, she is so family oriented. She opens up her heart and home to you, she's real. I had no idea that giada delerntis(sp?Aka Face full of teeth)had a husband till that one episode because she never talked about him and OMG Emeril has children?! Yes I know that some of you are going to disagree because others tend to be more private but I really like the warmness Paula generates. She is just a cute southern gal that doesn't mean any harm. ;)

It was kept a secret for a while that Giada (correctly pronounced as Jah-Duh)DeLaurentis was married. Her husband's name is Todd. Actually, he's been in many of her shows at the end when she's serving her guests. Giada's buzz word is "creamy"....Paula's is "ya'll". It's all good!!!

veschke

11-11-2005, 12:56 PM

Just for the record, I *think* that turducken could be good.

I can't speak to hers, but I've had turducken. The one we had was a little too Cajun-ized for our New England palates :-) but tasted just fine otherwise. I do think it's a funny idea, but can be done well.

I am also guilty of double-dipping tasting spoons. :o

zwieback

11-11-2005, 02:01 PM

I Tivoed the show last night and just watched it. I feel really sick now. Is there anything Paula doesn't add sugar, butter and bacon grease to? ;)

The turducken might be good but, yuck. Just the thought of it and watching her put it together. Ick. I've heard of turduckens before but, I never imagined that all of the bones were removed first before assembling. I always thought of the duck being stuffed inside of the turkey, and the chicken stuffed inside the duck, like you would put stuffing inside the turkey if you were making a regular turkey. I always wondered how they'd all fit. :rolleyes:

I had to laugh when Paula asked, "can you believe these are vegetables?" after making the sweet potato balls. Umm, I'd hardly call them vegetables anymore - not after loading them with brown sugar, white sugar, sweetened coconut and marshmallows.

Also, has anyone else noticed that she nearly has an, umm, orgasm after she tastes the food? After watching her show, I don't know if I should want to try the recipes or feel dirty. :p :D

Kingwell

11-11-2005, 02:07 PM

I started watching Paula last night, but it was just a bit too sweet all the way around. She is nice and perky and positive and family oriented, and that's all good, but yeah, the butter on the turkey was a bit much. And the whole turducken thing...first the three birds (talk about sheery gluttony) then the "get your hubby in the kitchen...kissy kissy...I couldn't do this without you, huhnee..."

I feel super mean, but she was just too much of everything for me last night. Perhaps she felt she had to be louder and sweeter and all for the special. I generally like watching her shows, although I probably wouldn't make many of her recipes. I like to stay ignorant about my dessert ingredients when that much butter is involved!

I agree on the high-fat hors d'oeuvres. Was there a vegetable in their whole meal that wasn't coated in egg or butter?

I have a friend who went to Savannah recently and had a disappointing experience at their restaurant. I don't want to set anyone off, upset anyone, or gross you out, but he had the fried cornbread and the result? Well I'll let him tell it:

The food in Savannah is excellent, though a tad heavy. Several people had told us we just had to go visit this restaurant called The Lady & Sons, which features recipes by Food Network queen Paula Deen. Deen owns the place with her sons, hence the name. My wife pooh-poohed it but I could tell she wanted to go, so we did. I�ve never felt more like a tourist.

We went early to put in our name (always a bad sign), then returned at our appointed time to find more than a hundred people lining both sides of Congress Street. A guy came out of the restaurant banging a pan and yelling, "Come and get it."

Boy, did I ever get it. If you want a bowel lube, be sure to eat one of the fried cornbread patties and an order of fried lobster. Tasty, but you get the picture.

SueK

11-11-2005, 02:16 PM

I had to LOL when I caught part of her show today. She was making a friend's spaghetti sauce recipe. When she put some spaghetti noodles on her plate for a taste test, she said something about how she doesn't eat spaghetti w/out butter on the noodles and she proceeded to to put about 2 or 3 TBS of butter on just a small mound of noodles. :p

I do love to watch her, though. She's so over the top sometimes that it gives me a good chuckle. Having said that, I looooove her Not Yo Mama's Banana Pudding!

UnGourmetGal

11-11-2005, 04:11 PM

I watched the show last night and was just salivating the whole time...expecially the oyster stuffing. I love my stuffing to be gooey and moist, unlike Alton Brown who says it should be fluffy (I watched his show after Paula's). I've always had gooey stuffing so I never thought it could be made any different. Her sweet potato balls were a little over the top, but I wouldn't pass them up if they were on my table, that's for sure :)

What is the deal with everybody criticizing paula's double dipping, and licking off the spoon? It's not like she is cooking for anybody but her family/close friends when she does her shows.

bobmark226

11-11-2005, 04:51 PM

[QUOTE=UnGourmetGal
What is the deal with everybody criticizing paula's double dipping, and licking off the spoon? It's not like she is cooking for anybody but her family/close friends when she does her shows.[/QUOTE]

1. It's a disgusting habit that passes the cook's germs, whether they be family or not.
2. The food she cooks is not for her family. Most of the food from the foodtv shows goes to the crews and assistants.

Bob