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Dear Food Network, Please Stop
What I don't understand is this: Who is watching all of this crap? Sure, we're complaining about how programming sucks, but I'm assuming there are loads of people who Like Guy, and the Next Food Network Star, and Sandra Lee. They give their "worst" personalities the most shows. There has to be some kind of market for it. They wouldn't give Guy three shows and Sandra two shows if they were so unpopular or disliked. I think they're crap, but there must be an audience for it- and a large one at that. Who are these people? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM?
Not Worth the Trouble?
@dbcurrie- SPINACH! I forgot all about the stuff. It's gotten to the point where I'd much rather just buy the bagged stuff. I bought some spinach recently that was FILTHY and after several rinsings I cooked it, took a bite, and felt that gross, sandy grit in my mouth. I had to throw it all away. I hate washing spinach.
Throwing a BBQ on the cheap
Go to a Mexican market with a meat counter and get loads of their "prepared chicken." They have the kind for "fajitas," but I like the deboned thigh meat. It comes prepped with a spice rub and red onions and bell peppers. It's usually like three bucks a pound. We're actually grilling six or seven pounds of it for Fathers Day. I seriously eat this chicken two or three times a week. It's so delicious and cheap.
I used to have a friend who was a bartender at a crappy little dive bar and she lived alone in the Los Angeles area. Needless to say, she was broke pretty often, but loved to entertain. She provided the liquor and some BBQ basics, maybe a couple pounds of some cheap cut of meat and the rest she'd leave up to us. People brought meats to grill, veggies, polenta, whatever. It was a great, inexpensive way to throw a get together. We never asked her how she got a hold of so much liquor given her budget ...
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About PumpkinBear
Website: http://myspace.com/wordsnotbombs
Location: Los Angeles, CA
About: I love to cook.
Favorite foods: All things sandwiches, peanut butter toast, pad thai, sushi, meat and cheese combinations, roasted potatoes, all things pasta, California rolls, nori and white rice, sun dried tomatoes, thai ice tea with boba, asparagus.
Last bite on earth: A carne asada burrito.
I really life Diary of a Foodie. I can do without the segments where one of the editor's of Gourmet magazine make their take on a specific dish, but as others have said it's very educational AND entertaining- take note, FN.