The only thing more annoying than crazy Andrew and that ass-hat Spike was the commercial for "Mis en Place." I've been irritated from Day 1 with the hand gesturing, and pseudo-rapper attitude these guys are trying to play off. Just cook and STFU. Nobody's buying your tough guy antics.
If I was your Mom, I'd move. If my HOA told me that I couldn't grill, it had better be for a reason more compelling than "the odor may disturb other residents." They're enemies of food, and I feel for your Mom. :-(
Great recipe, Joshua. You're a good son, doing that for her.
This is every reason why she's wrong:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_127127,00.html
She may not have invented it, but she needs to be stopped.
It's about time she got some bad press. They should also mention that she's trying to kill us with her food. Remember that recipe for the cheeseburger with an egg on top of it, and she used a crispy creme donut in place of a hamburger bun? Consult your cardiologist before buying any of her cookbooks.
If you have even a little space (on a deck or front entrance that gets adequate sun) you can container garden. That's what I do, only because the soil in the ground here has way too high a PH to grow anything. Herbs, tomatoes, some peppers, maybe a few squash or cucumber plants. It's fun, and the expense (water mostly) is well worth the result. The stuff you grow yourself is always more delicious on your table than anything else.
Broccolini rocks! If I have time, I'll do the extra prep and use a paring knife to remove the skin from the stems. Comes out less woody that way. Incredible flavor in this vegetable - very underrated, especially if you're lucky enough to get it fresh from a local farmer's market.
Great recipe. Thanks for posting this!
Outside of Stephanie, I find myself underwhelmed with this seasons crop of chefs.
Quote of the night came from Dale. "She cooked bacon and won? Bacon? Are you f***ing kidding me? I'm bitter." Hilarious.
Excellent synopsis.
Excellent! Thank you Kathy. I love Musubi, and only manage to have it when we're on the islands. I can't wait to try it (once my press comes).
@renzata... "throw/thrown under the bus" has been around for many many years, long before Top Chef started. They sure are killing it though.
Again, my top three has been demolished by the judges. Spike drives me insane while Lisa just scares me. She's got to go!
@suburbangourmet: actually, Andrew's food wasn't cooked - cause it was all raw!
I had an HOA tell me that once, and then I started to grill at the very end of the driveway or across the street at the local park, love those mobile grills. Pretty soon, most of the residents were out there right along side us and grilling away. It seems that majority ruled at that point and they changed the rule. Besides, while some foods like Jamaican, Creole or Indian taste fantastic, they don't smell particularly fantastic when walking down the corridor and they aren't banned.
I like Paula Deen, I like her cooking, I cannot cook like her because it's not what I can serve at our home. The "Paula started from nothing" thing is also a topic. She was operating an illegal catering business out of her home. That is fact. No health inspection, no insurance, no safety net. If someone got ill she would have started with much less of nothing and a legal mess.
To hold Paul Deen up on a pedestal is asking for someone to come along and knock it down. Hero worship doesn't always convey well on here. You are free to worship anyone you want. I choose to worship people who did things the correct and legal way. Not selling food out the back door.
She is a story alright. She is the story of what you should not do. Doesn't matter if she was successful or not. Same with the Smithfield endorsement, her manager should have represented her a little better.
I do not begrudge anyone making a living. Just don't shove the beatified Ms Deen down our throats. We know the score and it was not a win win.
My own snarky comment was tongue-in-cheek, doodoolemonque. Some of the other's comments may have been also.
Your own post just shifted from commentary on the topic to a direct attack upon the other commenters though - which is crossing a certain line.
Paula is not all that important in my life that I would want to follow Sharpton, Jackson, Sarandon, and Glover into a fray against her. It is interesting that this is happening, though.
I don't buy Smithfield. The reason being that the products suck. No more, no less.
As to workers rights and violations of those rights, thank goodness this country has an excellent record of addressing these sorts of things. I can't remember when the activities of celebrities on either side of these sorts of issues made any real difference in the actuality of the corporate behavior, though. Usually it just brings about media attention for the celebrities who have chosen to attach themselves to an issue. Good for them, though. An open and free society is an excellent thing to be able to participate in - and there are many fashions and options to do so.
Smithfield is a publicly owned company. Who owns it? The stockholders. Therefore it is the stockholders who theoretically could ask for answers on these reported worker violations. Maybe they have, maybe they haven't. Knowing how many small investors (including anyone with a pension plan managed by a third party) do not have any idea exactly what stocks may be in their portfolio bringing them profit or loss it could be possible (and I think even probable) that many people who might want to speak out as stockholders of the company i.e. the owners of the company don't even have a clue that they are owners of the company. The downside of the sort of big-ness that yields corporate profits can be anonymity. Sort of like on the internet. Secret handshakes can be everywhere even without intent. :)
As for her diamonds, that was a reference to another thread. I do think she loves to flash that bling. I think it's sort of cute, myself.
I'm off to the Farmer's Market to see what's really local this week and then decide whether (as a single mother who must decide whether this dollar will go towards her children's education or a nice vacation or for this head of lettuce) it is worth it to pay twice as much for the goods that the farmers bring. I know I'm supposed to support the farmers but lurking in my mind is the thought that first of all I better support my own family. Maybe when I get to the point where I too own a farm I too will become political and righteous.
Until then, msn nicely provided me with my quote for the day, right there on my homepage:
Politics is opposed to morality, as philosophy is to naivete. - Emmanuel Levinas
This is a woman who started her "cooking career" with nothing, so if she seems unduly preoccupied with money, I certainly don't blame her. I do not use Smithfield products for the reasons stated, but the degree of envy posted here sounds far more unhealthy than donut enrobed burger. Y'all some ugly people round here.
This is every reason why she's wrong:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_127127,00.html
She may not have invented it, but she needs to be stopped.
@RichardCrystal........yur suthin' ac say ent (drawl?) is puttin' just a big ol' samyle on mah kisser en ahm thuraly injoyen it darlin'. y'all keep it up now, hear? unfort chu nat phrasin', since ah do know how yur mind works. ;) uhhhhhh, keep tawkin' purty ta me?
Mmm mmm mmm. The ire might better be directed at the stockholders of the company, no? All the "little people" who want their old-age investment portfolios to remain healthy.
But Paula does wear those big damn diamond rings. Such a nice target.
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