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Yeah thinking about making this for a coming dinner..... How about bacon grease???? I can't say I have any goose or duck fat on hand.. Thinking about roast potatoes with shallots, bacon, and rosemary, what do you think..?

Apparently the first rule to being a successful vendor is to have three arms, as pictured in the first photo.

I miss the S'mores cookies and Fudgies, the little Kraft chewy candies in a gold wrapper. Does anyone remember the cereal, Double-Dip Crunch? I was like a "frosted" Crispix. Mmmmm!!! Oh, and the Quacker "strawberry" snack/dessert bars that looked like Nutri-Grain but had a little "squiggle" of white "icing" on top. I'm hungry now.

Anthony Bourdain is an intelligent guy that cracks me up when in interviews, but his show bores me to death.

Giada's food sucks. It has no flavor! What the heck is AB thinking? Please get rid of Sandra Lee, I get a headache when I hear her speak. I feel like everyone is just repeating catch phrases that the other person said. We need ppl that actually know what they're saying. Bring back Mario, Emeril, Wolfgang Puck, hell even bring back Ready Set Cook!

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The Barefoot Contessa was the name of the Hamptons gourmet food store that Ina bought years ago. Her husband spends his week at Yale and comes home on Fridays. Her friends are a little creepy, but so what!

Paula Deen is probably a decent home cook; she tells you that she isn't a chef ~ which is obvious to anyone who ever cooks anything that isn't loaded with butter, cream cheese and sour cream. And/or deep fried. That stunt with the Krispy Kreme donuts as the hamburger bun, still makes me gag a little. I do find her antics mildly amusing and sometimes grossly embarrassing

I TOTALLY was flabbergasted! I looked at my hubby and said I want one! lol too cute! And its purple! :D

This is hysterical - I have been trying to enlighten my fiance on the yumminess of Magic Middle cookies (apparently he was sheltered and never tried them) and he just doesn't get it. I guess if you never tried one, you wouldn't know what you were missing, but still. Also, LOVED Crystal Pepsi!!! Was it really only out for one year? That's surprising - I thought it was fairly popular in my little neck of the woods.

I miss everything on the top ten list with the exception of the C3PO's-never had those. I also miss Planters Cheeseballs and Cheesecurls, and O' Boises (those were by far my favorite potato chip growing up-especially the sour cream and onion).
But I'm super surprised that one of the most amazing foods of the 80's was left off of this list and wasn't named by anyone. I want to know what happened to Red Devil Cheese Puffs. My mom would buy them every year for New Years Eve and we were so excited to take them out of the freezer and bake them-and even if they were burnt they were still good. I really miss those and can't find them anywhere.
As far as fast food restaurants, I was very happy to find a Roy Rogers a couple of years ago (to only have it taken away from me) but all of their food from my childhood all tasted the same right down to the french fries and the pickles in the fixin bar.
Also, I don't know if any one has noticed but the good old "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame bun" (of course I'm referring to the Big Mac), the special sauce is different from when I was a kid-which I kept telling my mom about and she thought I was crazy, but I saw something on food network recently that said McD's lost the special sauce recipe in the 90's and the sauce is different now-so that being said I also miss the original big mac.

Anthony Bourdain is so opinionated that inspite of his inebriation in this video he clearly and concisely provided spot on analysis of what troubles Food TV. He recognizes the limited talent on the network and I am proud to say that I agree. He is an alcohol fumed and formerly smokey breath of (fresh) air. Isn't it a shame his type of candor hasn't pervaded more of our society!

I caught this guy on TV one night. he was in Egypt and was acting sooo rough. Whew-hew! I couldn't turn it off. He explores the real life of all these countries-and satisfies the my sometimes obsessive curiosities about what really goes on behind the tourism brochures. I really look forward to journeying with him to all these countries-and boy does he make me want to cook. Frankly, Rachel Ray, Nigela, etc-boring! Anthony-cool dude!

I totally remember Doo Dads. I grew up in Michigan and my father loved that snack. Since moving to Florida 15 years ago I've never seen it again.

I'm also glad to see others that remember Cinnamon Chachos. I loved those and when I explain them to people (to see if they remember them) they look at me like I'm insane.

I didn't realize that Planter's discontinued Cheez Balls. That's a bummer.

sable42, I'm happy to report that here in Florida Little Caesar's has had a huge resurgence thanks to cheap $5 take-away pizzas. Years ago Caesar's started closing up, but in the last year or so they've exploded all over my area, even opening a Drive Thru location! Now all the pizza places in the area are trying to copy them (usually with a bigger $6 pizza) but L.C. is doing business like gangbusters.

Also, if you never had GatorGum don't worry, it was terrible.

Wish I could see the video now...FN removed the link.

And btw, never thought I'd see that sentence in print "In defense of Sandra Lee..." She and Rachel Ray already had plenty of venues to shill their wares... Family Circle, Women's Day, your morning paper, just about any day time talk show... since when was there NOT a voice for making simple meals at home on a budget???

I agree, FN should air shows that appeal to a variety of cooking levels, but they've set out a mandate to appeal to the simplest of minds as well. Its like a fine arts channel switching their programming to scrapbooking so that those who didn't go to art school arent' turned off.

FN seems out to fill their time slots with poster children for every demographic WalMart caters to. And lets face it, its all just something to watch in between ad placements. They're not out to educate or make the world a better place, their out to show advertising.

All that's missing now is a Rachel Ray substitute for asian cooking and most of the bases will be covered. I'll take all the piss and vinegar AB can summon up, because he's usually spot on.