Hijack Me! Lightning round controversy

[midwestyankee]

Exactly! That sort of attitude is just as attractive as hell. The sort of person that would be passionately sensual about food is likely to be similar about other aspects of her life as well.

I just love how joyful Paula is around food. She lights up the place when there's good found to be made or eaten.

 

[Recidiva]

Exactly! That sort of attitude is just as attractive as hell. The sort of person that would be passionately sensual about food is likely to be similar about other aspects of her life as well.

I get vaguely uncomfortable at watching gorgeous pretty people who clearly don't EAT the food they're cooking.

I guess it just reminds me of airbrushing, of some false illusion. I prefer expanding waistlines and joy.

I have yet to experience Nigella doing a "low fat" show either. She did one called "Temple Cooking" where she expressed "the rougher I feel, the more I need to eat" or something to that effect.

I MUCH prefer that.

I think Paula Deen freaked me out when she did a low fat show. It's like watching a porn star in a commercial about abstinence. Some sort of cognitive dissonance going on.

 

[graceanne]

I appreciate the sheer sensuous love of all things having to do with cooking. It's genuine and has not so much to do with the staged "money shot" formula of a lot of food shows.

She's the only other person who has ever expressed one of my little personality quirks...reading cookbooks from beginning to end as if they were some sort of historical romance novel.

K does that. Every year, for Christmas, my mom gets his a subscription to Bon Appetite. Which he enjoys immensly.

I like to eat. I'm a good cook. I do not like cooking enough to just go through cook books.

 

[Recidiva]

I just love how joyful Paula is around food. She lights up the place when there's good found to be made or eaten.

She's fun to watch too. I have trouble watching her do stuff (as previously mentioned) like low fat shows.

Really? We're going there?

 

[midwestyankee]

She's fun to watch too. I have trouble watching her do stuff (as previously mentioned) like low fat shows.

Really? We're going there?

It's not a Paula Deen recipe unless there's a minimum of one whole stick of butter in it.

 

[Recidiva]

K does that. Every year, for Christmas, my mom gets his a subscription to Bon Appetite. Which he enjoys immensly.

I like to eat. I'm a good cook. I do not like cooking enough to just go through cook books.

Great magazine

I enjoy everything about it...(except doing the cleaning up) I'll pick through hundreds of pages of stuff to glean one or two little techniques or ingredients I'm unfamiliar with.

 

[Recidiva]

It's not a Paula Deen recipe unless there's a minimum of one whole stick of butter in it.

EXACTLY.

I think I saw a show a few weeks ago where she made a frozen banana split casserole thingy lined entirely with ice cream sandwiches.

Only on her shows do you see this done unapologetically.

 

[intothewoods]

Love Nigella.

I love Barefoot Contessa's show as well.

Anthony Bourdain is really sexy.

 

[midwestyankee]

EXACTLY.

I think I saw a show a few weeks ago where she made a frozen banana split casserole thingy lined entirely with ice cream sandwiches.

Only on her shows do you see this done unapologetically.

Well, there's also Guy Fieri deep-frying a battered cheeseburger.

 

[Recidiva]

Love Nigella.

I love Barefoot Contessa's show as well.

Anthony Bourdain is really sexy.

Barefoot Contessa is fun because she has no problem being entirely covered in flour and having a totally chaotic work space.

Anthony Bourdain has this charming blend of vulerability and contempt that made his book fun to read and his show fun to watch.

 

[Recidiva]

Well, there's also Guy Fieri deep-frying a battered cheeseburger.

...what kind of batter? Must. Know.

 

[midwestyankee]

...what kind of batter? Must. Know.

Pancake-like batter. I've been trying to find video of this recipe but to no avail so far.

 

[Recidiva]

Pancake-like batter.

Hamburger fritter.

Woooow.

I made my first bhajias and they were good.

Time to be brave and go where few hamburgers have gone before!

/war cry

For Paula and Nigella on this, St. Crispy's day!

 

[Netzach]

Hotdogs! Who knew assholes and eyeballs tasted so good.

Little place here sold chili dogs 2 for a dollar for 20 years. Finally raised their price last year.

No buttholes in mine, thanks. Just front hooves.

When facing down choice of hot dogs it's the only time I am strictly strictly kosher.

 

[Netzach]

Hamburger fritter.

Woooow.

I made my first bhajias and they were good.

Time to be brave and go where few hamburgers have gone before!

/war cry

For Paula and Nigella on this, St. Crispy's day!

Omg, bhajias, pakoras, samosas. Best versions on the planet of dough wrapped around a thingie and fried. The only time I pour out a bottle of peanut oil or what have you is for Indian snacks.

 

[Recidiva]

No buttholes in mine, thanks. Just front hooves.

When facing down choice of hot dogs it's the only time I am strictly strictly kosher.

People in Florida comment upon how I spend so much for just a few slices of Hebrew National pastrami when I could just buy some of the stuff made here.

But then I'm sure they've never had GOOD pastrami.

Can't even get decent bagels.

 

[Netzach]

Vikas Khanna is my Nigella.

 

[Recidiva]

Vikas Khanna is my Nigella.

I saw him on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, I think...

I love the way he talks about food. And makes it.

Where can I hear/read him more?

 

[Netzach]

I saw him on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, I think...

I love the way he talks about food. And makes it.

Where can I hear/read him more?

Hunt around on the web. He's very clear and concise and no silliness - for me he continues in the vein of Madhur Jaffrey making Indian accessible without dumbing anything down.

As for Vikas himself....dayumnnn.

 

[Recidiva]

Hunt around on the web. He's very clear and concise and no silliness - for me he continues in the vein of Madhur Jaffrey making Indian accessible without dumbing anything down.

As for Vikas himself....dayumnnn.

Cool. Thanks.

I do remember the dayummnnn too. With an extra m even.

 

[Homburg]

I just love how joyful Paula is around food. She lights up the place when there's good found to be made or eaten.

Paula Deen is a joy to watch! Her food terrifies me at times, but watching her cook is like listening to birds sing for the joy of a spring morning.

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I get vaguely uncomfortable at watching gorgeous pretty people who clearly don't EAT the food they're cooking.

I guess it just reminds me of airbrushing, of some false illusion. I prefer expanding waistlines and joy.

Sandra. Lee.

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No buttholes in mine, thanks. Just front hooves.

When facing down choice of hot dogs it's the only time I am strictly strictly kosher.

Kosher hot dogs rock.

 

[ownedsubgal]

EXACTLY.

I think I saw a show a few weeks ago where she made a frozen banana split casserole thingy lined entirely with ice cream sandwiches.

Only on her shows do you see this done unapologetically.

HELLO...she deep fried a ham. an ENTIRE HAM. just dunked it in the turkey fryer. wow. love her or hate her, that woman has some balls.

 

[00Syd]

Paula Deen also makes me think of http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

 

[Keroin]

Farking sadists.

Me: "Oh look, the grocery store got in a new flavour of frozen meat pie this month!"

Can we talk about something non-food related??!! Please?!

 

[JMohegan]

Paula Deen also makes me think of http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

God, that's revolting.