I have a huge gripe about Paula Dean.  My husband has been recording cooking shows, and I saw her show tonight.  Her Thanksgiving menu included but was not limited to:  Fried stuffing on a stick, fried pecan glazed turkey, fried bacon mashed potato footballs, fried pumpkin cake.........and later on tonight she's doing fried cranberry fritters.  Paula Dean is clogging the arteries of Americans and anybody else on the planet who has satellite with the 'Food Network'.  She is systematically giving people heart disease and diabetes.  She say's 'yall' so that she doesn't appear noticably evil.  Everything she makes either has lard or real butter in it.    No wonder America has such a massive rate of these diseases...........and it's either self induced or fed to the kids by the parents on a regular basis.   Also, Refridgerator Perry was on...............350# and 6'1", retired NFL player for Chicago I think.  He said he was raised 'on this kind of cooking.'.  Since she has been purposely trying to kill people she can be classified as a terrorist..........and she brain washes us into salivating like Pavlov's dog when you hear that deep fryer sizzling.   

Nothing wrong with eating this way once in awhile.  Angie, you should do stand up

She makes the weirdest stuff.  I do agree, she does set a very bad example for the health of many people who try out these hairbrained recipes.

They should put a disclaimer on her show, COOKING LIKE THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH.

I'm from Boston where all we eat is lobster and baked beans LOL does anybody actually cook like this?

I think it's funny that you don't like Rachel Ray. My husband has a not so secret crush on her. LOL I don't know why really maybe the cooking? But I cook for him all the time! Her voice annoys the crap out of me!

Nursejenny1310 says ...

I think it's funny that you don't like Rachel Ray. My husband has a not so secret crush on her. LOL I don't know why really maybe the cooking? But I cook for him all the time! Her voice annoys the crap out of me!

Do ya lean over the stove like her when you cook?  LOL  LOL  LOL

Rachel Ray gets on my nerves really bad............her 30 min meals would cost a fortune.  EVOO..........thats the expensive olive oil, I guess.....check the fat grams on that bottle.  I guess this is the GOOD fat.  My husband is trying to kill me along with the "neely's" from "Down Home with the Neelys".    He made blackened catfish last sunday.  I started 'wheezing' while he was cooking........apparently it was CAJUN BLACKENED CATFISH'.  No problem except I'm allergic to crab meat............his cajun spice had crabs.   <loving my emergency stash of prednisone as of last Sunday>.

Well I love the foodnetwork.  I watch it all the time.  emptpixie it depends what part of the south you're from as far as the type of cooking Paula does.  I happen to like Rachel Ray, the one I don't like  to listen to much is Sandra Lee...I can't stand the way she talks. If I ever hear super simple again it will be to soon.

ooh that stinks. I LOVE CRAB!  I am allergic to shell fish, but I can eat them in small portions, If I eat to much then I start vomiting everywhere.

Hahaha GREAT post!!! But I have so say that I LOVE Paula Deen...in moderation, of course. I wish she was my grandmother. I especially like her holiday specials.

I have to agree with dmazement...I can't stand Sandra Lee!! Have you noticed that she always includes some sort of cocktail in her show? I saw a Christmas special she did once, and she decorated her tree with champagne flutes and martini glasses. I am all for a drink now and then, but I don't need a special drink for every homemade meal. A nice glass of wine will do just fine, thank you.