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[peacheslatour]

When she was making that slaw with jicama mess yesterday, we were informed that salt and pepper are exclusively cowboy seasonings.  Huh, I guess that's why every country in the world has never heard of them and doesn't have a word in their own language for them.   Seems legit.

[Aquarius]

I think it would be funny if Ree had an online auction for "A Day At the Ranch with Ree" ... and nobody bid.

 

From what I understand, she does/used to do that through her blog.  And then gives away all her old crap to the attendees.

 

That's probably a very uncharitable interpretations, but Ree rubs me the wrong way.

[Gam2]

Putting a touch (1 tsp) of sugar in a big pot of chili or any tomato based soup is done in the South a lot. It takes away from the acidic taste that tomatoes have. My husband's relatives (all great Southern cooks) did this. I've seen Ina Garten do this too (and she's my idol when it comes to cooking!). I've also seen many other cooks on Food Network and the Cooking Channel add sugar to tomato based dishes and they all explain the reason for doing it.  

[grisgris]

I liked Ree's description of jicama as "a Mexican turnip." I don't think even Giada could top that.

Edited October 14, 2015 by grisgris

[autumnh]

Watching her shill for Wal Mart is almost painful now...although she has to because they carry her cookware.

 

Ugh...just go away.

[Lura]

Yesterday, Ree cooked Tex-Mex (What else?) for her family and a second batch for Hye and her family.  The beef stew had so many hot spices in it that I'm sure they peeled the skin right off of their tongues.

Does anybody know whether everyone in Oklahoma eats so much hot food?  I never thought about it before, but the state is close to Texas and Mexico, so it stands to reason that they'd eat the same kinds of food.

[anneofcleves]

Yesterday, Ree cooked Tex-Mex (What else?) for her family and a second batch for Hye and her family.  The beef stew had so many hot spices in it that I'm sure they peeled the skin right off of their tongues.

Does anybody know whether everyone in Oklahoma eats so much hot food?  I never thought about it before, but the state is close to Texas and Mexico, so it stands to reason that they'd eat the same kinds of food.

 

Ha.  If it's the one I'm thinking of, that's actually one of her recipes that I'd like to try (you're referring to the Spicy Stewed Beef with Creamy Cheddar Grits, right?).  But I love spicy food.  It's funny, because I think of Ree's food as, overall, being pretty bland in terms of spice in addition to being typically meat-focused.  The few times she does spice it up, it's pretty mild, in my opinion.  This recipe actually does look like it has a kick, and I do think it would be good over the cheddar grits with the grits mellowing out the chipotle and serranos in the beef.  One of these days I will try it and give an honest review.

 

The other beef stew she made for Hye last week was a root vegetable beef stew with cheddar grits, which looked fine to me except for what other have said - all the sugar.  The recipe only calls for 1.5 tsp, but on the video she's clearly adding a full tablespoon to each pot.  I remember thinking, "Whoa, that's a lot of sugar to be adding with the sweetness of beer, tomato paste, carrots, parsnips, turnip, and onion," and rewound to see what she did.  If you like your food with a sweet taste, it would work but I know it would be too sweet for us and everyone would be reaching for the hot sauce.  lol.

 

I'm not such a purist on the addition of some sugar to a pot of something if it's to adjust for balance, but she went a little overboard with that stew.

Edited October 15, 2015 by anneofcleves

[peacheslatour]

^^^^^I'm not a total purist when it comes to sugar,  I'll add a pinch (and I mean a pinch) to things I use vinegar in e.g. cole slaw, potato salad, some vinaigrettes.  I think because of all the HFCS added to virtually everything we eat in this country (bread, ffs) we have become unable to eat things that aren't slightly to very sweet.

[3pwood]

I met a woman from Cambodia who said that "everyone" back home always adds "just a little sucre" when rehydrating dried anchovies, which are then chopped & stirred into rice.  I see all kinds of dried fish in Asian markets & mean to try her method one of these days.  I get the point -- the dried fish tend to be salty & the sugar would offset that, just as sweet onions offset the acidity in tomato sauce.  I suppose sugar in chili sauce might serve the same purpose, but I think the "just a little" part is important.

[grisgris]

UUhhhhhhh....  "Ree's First's"

 

1. Falafel: I dunno. I guess this dish is just too "fur-in" for her meat-eating cowboys and palate-coy cowgirls, so Ree has to make it under wraps. I appreciate the diversity and all in NEW YORK CITY, but if I were to travel there, I don't think street vendor falafel is what I'd first seek out. (I suppose that's a step up from having room service serve as inspiration to re-create a dish.) I scratched my head at Ree's suggestion of serving the falfel with hummus. Wouldn't that be like serving chickpeas with chickpeas? Crapping it up with that chipotle-tahini sauce took it from "passable" to "awful falafel." Yuck.

 

2. Chicken and Waffles. Some entree's were just created for dining out and I think this is one of them. That was WAAAAY too much trouble, time, ingredients and dirty dishes to fool with. At least please use real maple syrup instead of "pancake syrup" (e.g. HFCS) to mix with bourbon for your sauce. Thank you.

 

3. Tarte Tatin. That was flat-out not true, because Ree's made that before on other episodes. She just called it different names. Ironically, while the show was on, I was making something very similar called "Caramel Apple Upside-down Cake." (My batter was made from scratch.)  I don't think I've ever seen a version with big hunks of apple like Ree had going on. It didn't look "rustic." It looked unappetizing and I was kind of hoping that Chef Anne would show up and lecture Ree about the importance of uniform knife cuts.

[sabretooth]

I scratched my head at Ree's suggestion of serving the falfel with hummus. Wouldn't that be like serving chickpeas with chickpeas? Crapping it up with that chipotle-tahini sauce took it from "passable" to "awful falafel." Yuck.

 

 

 

 

 

The pita places near my office offer the option of hummus as a spread on their falafel pita, along with the tahini & veggies. It just adds a nice, creamy texture to the mix. As for the chipotle-tahini, just…no. 

[anneofcleves]

This episode irritated me on so many levels.

 

First, the falafel.  No mention of its Middle Eastern origin.  No, Ree says it's New York street food, which I'm thinking in Ree's world translates to "food Americans eat," which is safe to say to her new Walmart fan base.  Heaven forbid, folks, that we mention that the food she's making is Middle Eastern.  I can just picture Homer calling out to his wife, "Hey Nadine.  We need to get some of this here tuh-hee-nee stuff, so that you can make me some Pioneer Woman feel-awful balls.  They're fancy - from New York City.  They're deep fried - can't be too bad!"  She has no problem saying that her stupid version of tarte tatin is French.  

 

As for the falafel recipe, pretty much everyone who makes them knows you really should start with dried chickpeas to get them to the right consistency.  They shouldn't be pureed to look like hummus (when I saw the texture of her balls of falafel I laughed and thought, "Ree must be confusing them with peanut butter Buckeyes and will probably dip them in chocolate").  They should have some texture to them otherwise they're dense and doughy.  I guess that's why she adds baking powder, though normally you see baking soda used if any leavening is included.

 

Of all the fabulous Southern food, I'm just not a fan of Southern style chicken and waffles.  I don't want syrup on my fried chicken, especially Mrs. Buttersworth.  For God's sake, if you're going to go through the effort to fry your own chicken and make your own waffles, would it have hurt you to spend two minutes reducing real maple syrup down a little bit for use in your bourbon syrup?

 

As for the tarte tatin, I do wish she would have gone through the motions to make it with an actual pastry crust.  Frozen puffed pastry has been used as a knock off for many years and is a decent facsimile, but it's not the real deal.  And the worst part is we have Homer and Nadine thinking they've made tarte tatin by using frozen puffed pastry.  I'm surprised she didn't use canned pie filling, honestly.  I also was surprised to see her use non-stick versus her beloved cast iron, which really is the pan that would do a better job.  (Well, I guess it's not surprising, since she needs ways to showcase her cheap cookware.)  I've made tarte tatin many times - it won't easily stick to any pan unless you get distracted watching Honey Boo Boo and forget it on the stove.

[SanLynn]

I watched this episode ..... sort of.... but the only thing I really came away with was how she said Tarte Tatin, with the emphasis on the first syllable of Tatin, which is of course the exact opposite of the way I normally hear it pronounced. I hope she doesn't make it very often as I suspect this will be another one of my yell at the tv moments.

 

But then I'm hypercritical of the way she says certain things on this show.

Edited October 18, 2015 by SanLynn

[peacheslatour]

 

Frozen puffed pastry has been used as a knock off for many years and is a decent facsimile, but it's not the real deal.

Ina Garten uses it and by god, if it's good enough for Ina, it's good enough for me! :)

[anneofcleves]

Shortcrust is best for tarte Tatin, and deep down Ina knows this.  Martha told her so.  ;-)

 

Heck, I'm impressed Ree didn't use a tube of Pillsbury cresent rolls.  

[Automne]

 

First, the falafel.  No mention of its Middle Eastern origin.  No, Ree says it's New York street food, which I'm thinking in Ree's world translates to "food Americans eat," which is safe to say to her new Walmart fan base.  Heaven forbid, folks, that we mention that the food she's making is Middle Eastern.

I was trying to get in another half-hour of sleep when this episode was airing, but I heard her describe falafel as "New York street food" and I started fuming. Yeah, it's sold as street fare in major cities...by Middle Eastern immigrants making a meager living off the food of their culture. 

 

I can't tell if this was Ree's ignorance or the producers' request to avoid scaring the target audience about eating food created by the brown people that they're conditioned to fear. Or a combination of both.

[anneofcleves]

I was trying to get in another half-hour of sleep when this episode was airing, but I heard her describe falafel as "New York street food" and I started fuming. Yeah, it's sold as street fare in major cities...by Middle Eastern immigrants making a meager living off the food of their culture. 

 

I can't tell if this was Ree's ignorance or the producers' request to avoid scaring the target audience about eating food created by the brown people that they're conditioned to fear. Or a combination of both.

 

Exactly.  It was just so odd how she reduced this food to being simply "New York street food".  I give her credit for actually referring to them by the food's name, falafel, and not re-branding them as Cowboy Chickpea Nuggets, but it seemed like a glaring omission to me.

 

I did go in search of her blog to see if she elaborated on her latest culinary creation, which she often does, and the only mention of falafel is that she had it on a trip to NYC to demonstrate making beef tenderloin on the Today show.  She simply says that while in NYC she ate a falafel and that it was "a triumph." 

 

Oh, and if anyone can find the video of her on the Today show (aired August 2010) I'd love to see it.  She apparently bungled it, based on her blog post, and from what I can see it has vaporized from the internet.

Edited October 19, 2015 by anneofcleves

[autumnh]

Born and raised in NYC here (Brooklyn to be exact) Falafel off the carts is amazing...NYC has amazing street food of just about every ethnicity.

 

Her chicken & waffles with fake syrup, bourbon, butter and cayenne? just yuck all around.

UUhhhhhhh....  "Ree's First's"

 

1. Falafel: I dunno. I guess this dish is just too "fur-in" for her meat-eating cowboys and palate-coy cowgirls, so Ree has to make it under wraps. I appreciate the diversity and all in NEW YORK CITY, but if I were to travel there, I don't think street vendor falafel is what I'd first seek out. (I suppose that's a step up from having room service serve as inspiration to re-create a dish.) I scratched my head at Ree's suggestion of serving the falfel with hummus. Wouldn't that be like serving chickpeas with chickpeas? Crapping it up with that chipotle-tahini sauce took it from "passable" to "awful falafel." Yuck.

 

2. Chicken and Waffles. Some entree's were just created for dining out and I think this is one of them. That was WAAAAY too much trouble, time, ingredients and dirty dishes to fool with. At least please use real maple syrup instead of "pancake syrup" (e.g. HFCS) to mix with bourbon for your sauce. Thank you.

 

3. Tarte Tatin. That was flat-out not true, because Ree's made that before on other episodes. She just called it different names. Ironically, while the show was on, I was making something very similar called "Caramel Apple Upside-down Cake." (My batter was made from scratch.)  I don't think I've ever seen a version with big hunks of apple like Ree had going on. It didn't look "rustic." It looked unappetizing and I was kind of hoping that Chef Anne would show up and lecture Ree about the importance of uniform knife cuts.

 

Actually Falafel from a street vendor is usually super awesome! much better than the restaurants i've eaten in...and I a born and raised NYC girl.

[IOU Payne]

I was in NYC on vacation in September and I agree that the street food is amazing. Halal Guys = so awesome!  Note to Ree:  I have eaten a ton of falafel in my life, both Lebanese and Israeli-style, and using cooked chickpeas is just not done in any culture.  You are supposed to soak the raw chickpeas overnight then grind them in the food processor.    I will also go out on a limb and say that Ree's chicken and waffles will never measure up to Amy Ruth's.  Hell, even Popeye's chicken with a McGriddle on the side would probably be better.  (Actually, that doesn't sound all that wretched....)

[peacheslatour]

ITA about not going to a lot of fuss for fried chicken and waffles.  When i get a craving I just pick up a box of frozen Belgian waffles and grab some fried chicken from the deli.  We always have real maple syrup because I have an aunt in Vermont who sends me a gift basket every Christmas.

[Aquarius]

From anneofcleves' link above.

 

http://thepioneerwoman.com/confessions/new-york-what-i-did/

 

I don't know if I want to know.

 

But can anyone explain the tagline?

 

"Plowing through life in the country . . . one calf nut at a time."

 

Please tell me this means something different than I think it does.  Please.

Edited October 19, 2015 by Aquarius

[grisgris]

I think there's some weird ordinance in KCMO that doesn't allow street vendors or the costs of permits, etc., is so prohibitive, that there aren't any beyond a few hot dog vendors around the convention center. But there are a lot of food trucks.  It would be nice to have the chance to try both (authentic street food, not hot dogs!)

 

I had Saturday's episode on again while I was whiling away time for the ALSC game to start and I noticed that when Ree made her waffles that she used a combination of vanilla and jalapenos to flavor them. (I know that there are some successful sweet/heat pairings, but not that.) My stomach turned.

[Automne]

Oh, and if anyone can find the video of her on the Today show (aired August 2010) I'd love to see it.  She apparently bungled it, based on her blog post, and from what I can see it has vaporized from the internet.

I saw her appearance way back when and she was doing a cooking demonstration (some sort of casserole because what else does she do?). She rubbed the inside of the casserole dish with a garlic clove half and her explanation of doing so was along the lines of, "It makes me feel more urban."

[autumnh]

For 6 years my husband and I specialized in produce farming....we grew amazingly sweet , sweet corn (ordered from Rup....we always did a hybrid)...this is one of the first shows she did...it is painful...and come to think of it...how many variations of twice bakes potatoes/corn casserole has she done...oy vey. 

[peacheslatour]

 

And the worst part is we have Homer and Nadine thinking they've made tarte tatin by using frozen puffed pastry.  I'm surprised she didn't use canned pie filling, honestly.

O.k. I finally saw this episode.  I can't believe I made tarte tatin!  Uh, that's because you didn't.  Also, I've never had falafel, do they really put carrots and lettuce on it?  And why, why why, must she Tex-Mex everything she does?  Jalapenos in the waffles?  Chipotle in tahini sauce?

Edited October 20, 2015 by peacheslatour

[Lura]

All I can do is shake my head.  Who writes the show -- Ree or the writers?  I think they need to have a few more meetings so the right foot knows what the left foot is doing.

 

So, Ree has a "ranch dinner" for a couple who is moving back to P Town after a long absence, and Ree thinks she should give them a welcome back dinner.  Nice thought, right?  WRONG!  It just so happens that these "good friends" have been back in P. for an entire year.  Ree's dinner seems like an afterthought.  But she desperately needs to grab the spotlight as the famed cook of P.Town and throw a shindig that shows off her skills.

 

There are 17 guests.  Ree orders two beef tenderloins that had to have been 10 lbs. each!!!  You do the math.  17 guests and 20 lbs. of meat.  She didn't even have to cut into the second tenderloin.  One served all.  And the top of the meat was covered with -- you guessed it -- sugar!  But the real star of the show was Ree's dessert, a five-layer chocolate cake, which got all the raves and oo's and ah's that Ree expected.  It was a sight to behold, with cream and strawberries fairly bulging between the layers.  I wanted a bite, but I guess Ree thought she might run out!  FIVE layers for 17 people?  They must still be eating leftovers, now converted to trifles and other creative desserts.

 

The saving grace of the show was that at least we got a break from the cattle for the entire episode. After all of this fuss, there was just one thing missing: Ree's Walmart dishes.  If ever there was a chance to show them off, this would have been it, but it was an opportunity missed.  Sad.

[Bajovane]

All I can do is shake my head.  Who writes the show -- Ree or the writers?  I think they need to have a few more meetings so the right foot knows what the left foot is doing.

 

So, Ree has a "ranch dinner" for a couple who is moving back to P Town after a long absence, and Ree thinks she should give them a welcome back dinner.  Nice thought, right?  WRONG!  It just so happens that these "good friends" have been back in P. for an entire year.  Ree's dinner seems like an afterthought.  But she desperately needs to grab the spotlight as the famed cook of P.Town and throw a shindig that shows off her skills.

 

There are 17 guests.  Ree orders two beef tenderloins that had to have been 10 lbs. each!!!  You do the math.  17 guests and 20 lbs. of meat.  She didn't even have to cut into the second tenderloin.  One served all.  And the top of the meat was covered with -- you guessed it -- sugar!  But the real star of the show was Ree's dessert, a five-layer chocolate cake, which got all the raves and oo's and ah's that Ree expected.  It was a sight to behold, with cream and strawberries fairly bulging between the layers.  I wanted a bite, but I guess Ree thought she might run out!  FIVE layers for 17 people?  They must still be eating leftovers, now converted to trifles and other creative desserts.

 

The saving grace of the show was that at least we got a break from the cattle for the entire episode. After all of this fuss, there was just one thing missing: Ree's Walmart dishes.  If ever there was a chance to show them off, this would have been it, but it was an opportunity missed.  Sad.

Did you catch how many sticks of butter that went into making that meal?  My heart was quaking with the butterfat overload...

[Lura]

Bajovane, at one point, I stopped counting all the sticks of butter and all the half-and-half and all the cream.  It was way, way over the top.  At one point, she looked into the camera and said, "Why am I adding all of this richness?  Because I can!"  I hope she doesn't wind up with diabetic children and a husband whose arteries are so clogged that he can no longer work the ranch.  I would go so far as to say that Ree is dangerous.  She's teaching inexperienced cooks to use whatever they want in their food and the heck with their health.  She seems to be saying that as long as she's serving fresh fruits and veggies that they're eating healthy, but she's disregarding all of the precautions one needs to be aware of, like sugar intake and cholesterol.  Ree is all about the food tasting good and nothing about it being good for you, IMHO.  Then, she will gladly tell anyone who will listen that her father is/was a doctor!  If so, he should be screaming at her!

 

I don't mean to sound like some health food nut, standing on a street corner, preaching nutrition.  I love cream and sugar as much as anyone does.  I just think that if you have a cooking show, you have to be careful about what you teach.

[peacheslatour]

 

I just think that if you have a cooking show, you have to be careful about what you teach.

It's all fine and dandy if you're cooking for people who work as physically hard as we are supposed to believe her family does.  I remember my grandma telling me about the food they used to eat on the farm, lots of meat, butter and cream and nobody ever got fat, developed heart disease or diabetes.  But, if she is going to instruct people new to cooking, probably suburbanites who work office jobs it could be really bad for them.

[pandora spocks]

After all of this fuss, there was just one thing missing: Ree's Walmart dishes.  If ever there was a chance to show them off, this would have been it, but it was an opportunity missed.  Sad.

 

When I saw the Walmart commercial for the first time and saw Ree's generic family, I automatically thought her cowboys and cowgirls were replaced by pod people.

[Hildegard802]

"I remember my grandma telling me about the food they used to eat on the farm, lots of meat, butter and cream and nobody ever got fat, developed heart disease or diabetes."

Wow, there's some good genes counteracting the saturated fat. Both my parents, and many of us kids, worked hard on the farm/ranch and ate exactly the same food. There was/is high cholesterol, weight issues, high blood pressure, a heart attack (fortunately mild). Physical labor alone is not preventative.

[peacheslatour]

 

Wow, there's some good genes counteracting the saturated fat.

That's o.k., they all smoked like chimneys and died of emphysema.  Well, I should say the men did.  My grandma still ate bacon, sausage, eggs and buttered toast for breakfast every day until she died at 83, but she was murdered so who knows how long she would have lived.

[MissT]

That's o.k., they all smoked like chimneys and died of emphysema.  Well, I should say the men did.  My grandma still ate bacon, sausage, eggs and buttered toast for breakfast every day until she died at 83, but she was murdered so who knows how long she would have lived.

Murdered!!!!! Holy crap.   I almost spit out my iced tea reading that.     My grandmother just turned 94, volunteers at the hospital, drives and lives on her own.  She's a feisty Italian.  She smoked 65 years and drank her share of cocktails and she outlived two husbands/marriages, both which lasted 35 years each and they were happy marriages. 

Edited October 22, 2015 by MissT

[peacheslatour]

 

volunteers at the hospital, drives and lives on her own.

My grandma did all of that too (feisty Scotts-Irish) unfortunately she surprised a burglar in her home and he didn't want any witnesses.  The police caught him in a matter of hours (neighbor kid driving her car) and he was tried as an adult and sentenced to 25years in prison.  This was in 1988, he's been out for 5 years and the last I heard he was in Florida.  Piece of shit, I hope he burns in hell.

MissT, your grandma sounds awesome- give her a call!

[anneofcleves]

She is totally trying to get her neon hair to match her shirts.  I bet she glows in the dark.

 

So Alex finally gets a care package - you all knew this show was coming.  I was watching with my super (sometimes annoyingly) health-conscious, vegetarian daughter who said, "I think I'd be mad at you if you sent me that.  Junk food is not exactly hard to find on most campuses."   Last time I traveled to visit her on campus I packed several containers of her favorite homemade soup in a cooler, and that made her very happy.  I realize she may be a little odd in this regard, when perhaps more students might actually prefer cookies or totally crapped up candy bark.  (Honestly, when I saw the candy bark I thought, "That one is going to be such a hit with the bong-passing crowd."  I didn't say it aloud, though, because my prude of a health-conscious daughter would have tsk tsk'd me.  lol)

 

Be that as it may, this is Ree's show, and Ree plays to stereotypes.  I'm really surprised she included cheddar crackers (which looked pretty good) and Chex mix (boy howdy, that amazingly original recipe is a keeper!), because they seem to be guy food.  She really threw me on that one.

 

When she was talking about the other kids' future care packages, all I could think of is poor Paige.  All that poor girl is going to get is peas and carrots!

Edited October 24, 2015 by anneofcleves

[grisgris]

Meh... I didn't think much of anything she made other than how average and blah everything was. That candy/graham cracker bark looked pretty nasty with all of the candies of competing flavors crammed on top of it. Ugh. The cheese crackers looked pretty good, but for the time/effort it took to make them, I could probably go to Whole Foods or someplace and buy a box of organic "cheez-its."

 

I hope that Alex has alternate uses for those containers. Real estate in dorm rooms is kind of sparse. I'm sure that Ree uses them over again to pack more *treats.*

 

I was curious to know what college Alex chose and if she has a tentative path of study.

 

I really wanted a Halloween episode, but the Drummond kids are at that age where they probably have different events to go to and who would trick-of-treat out to "the middle of nowhere." However, a big gala in the downtown building might have been fun. (or maybe not...) Ree could be Bozo.

 

This episode actually sparked my interest in making a care package for my niece who is away at her first semester at college. Some odds and ends from Ulta would be more her style, though!

[SanLynn]

The cheddar crackers did look good but wouldn't take the time to make them either.

 

That bark looked nasty. Way too much going on. And I hate White Chocolate.

 

I didn't know they still had those polaroid cameras with the instant pictures. Seemed old fashioned but then I don't know much about cameras that aren't my phone.

 

I hate to break it to Ree but putting those mason jars right next to each other without any protective packaging ensures that Alex's care package is going to get to her with lots of broken glass in with the candy. At least she used plastic for the Trail Mix and crackers.

Edited October 24, 2015 by SanLynn

[Pickles]

Alex is at Texas A&M. She is already in Tri Delt. I would bet Ree is outfitting the sorority house with all of her Walmart dishes.

[sharinlilbit]

Alex is at Texas A&M.  Ree has addressed that several times on her blog.  As for the packing of the box, does anyone *really* believe we watched her close it up and take it straight to the post office as it was?  

[grisgris]

I don't read Ree's blog.

[CMH1981]

 

As for the packing of the box, does anyone *really* believe we watched her close it up and take it straight to the post office as it was?

 

Nope, I'm guessing she actually ended up driving it down to Alex.

 

 

I hope that Alex has alternate uses for those containers. Real estate in dorm rooms is kind of sparse.

 

This gives Ree another reason to visit Alex at college, to recollect her containers...yeah, that's the reason.

 

 

So Alex has been at college what, at the time of the taping of the episode, a month or so?  She would have started in mid-August, and i'm sure they filmed this in September.  I wonder how many times Ree has gone down to visit or redecorate the dorm room or whatever.  I'm actually shocked that we didn't get a moving Alex to college episode where we see Ree baking goodies for the trip down.

 

The faux-cheeze-it, well it looks like Ree has been following up on Martha Stewarts's show on PBS.

 

That bark concoction looked horrible, well after Todd added all that crap on top.  I was actually surprised that Ree didn't add marshmallow fluff on top of the white chocolate, or instead of it.

 

I will admit that Todd has a better screen presence than Ree.  I do enjoy seeing Ree and Todd together, their scenes do feel the most natural on the show.

 

We get another Bryce painting/drawing....I do wonder what the Drummond men think about the artistic side of Bryce.

[anneofcleves]

We get another Bryce painting/drawing....I do wonder what the Drummond men think about the artistic side of Bryce.

 

Is it wrong for me to hope that Bryce would would extend his love of art to wearing it?  Coloring his hair, sequins, feather boas, high heels?

[Fostersmom]

She's blogged that she's been down at least twice, both right after Alex started. One was for sorority bid day, she and Paige went, and then the whole family went for the first football game of the season, Alex's school played Ladd's school. 

[Qoass]

In addition to the "Care Package" episode, I also saw the "Man Cave" episode.  The boys passed the day by housekeeping, shopping, decorating and eating chopped salad.  As men do.

[MMLEsq]

I didn't know they still had those polaroid cameras with the instant pictures. Seemed old fashioned but then I don't know much about cameras that aren't my phone.

This particular kind is relatively new, I think.  It's the Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Film Camera.  The pictures are smaller than the Poloroid pictures back in the day.  My daughter's got it on her Christmas wish list -- that's how I knew what it was.  In fact, she wandered into the room right when that scene was showing and immediately commented on Paige's camera.

 

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/instant_photo/cameras/instax_mini_8/

[Hildegard802]

Oh for God's sack. She takes this big ol' flimsy white cardboard box, puts mason jars and rolls of quarters in it, amongst a shit-ton of other crap, with no packing materials whatsover, and pretends she's mailing it.

IF she did mail it, which I don't believe for one second, everything would be smashed, and postage on the smashed box and contents (assuming the contents didn't all fall out enroute upon said smashing), would've been around $75.

And viewers are supposed to believe ANYthing she does or says on this shit-show is either real or true?

[film noire]

Is it wrong for me to hope that Bryce would would extend his love of art to wearing it?  Coloring his hair, sequins, feather boas, high heels?

It is ALL kinds of right -- "I'm as fancy as a dancer in Dead Man Gulch Saloon -- who's the real Pioneer Woman now, Mom?"

Edited October 29, 2015 by film noire

[IOU Payne]

If he can thumb-dance, it's not far off from voguing.

[Lura]

Oh, no!  Ree was back to fixing each kid's favorite meal again and making them guess which dish was especially for them.  It sounds like a game for 5 year olds.  Besides, she's done it before.  You could tell that nobody had their hearts in it except Ree, and most of them named the wrong dish!  Her Salisbury Steak looked good even though it's just hamburger.  Her Fettucine Alfredo really appealed to me, but the cooked peas and carrots are my very least favorite combination.  I noticed that the kids looked so tired that they were draping themselves all over their chairs and the table.  That's a rough life they're leading. Sometime, I wish they'd just show those kids having a great time -- somewhere away from the ranch.

Edited October 31, 2015 by Lura

[peacheslatour]

 

Sometime, I wish they'd just show those kids having a great time

somewhere away from the ranch.

^^^^^^So much THIS!