Snark Talk: Home, Home on the (De) Ranged

[cathy]

Today's giveaway boots are hideous with an "mk ultra butterfly" on each of them.  They are red with the mk ultra butterfly symbols in blue.  More pathetic begging in the comments section.  Connie J Johnson says "My great nephew's wife-she deserves them."  Samreen Raheel is even more undignified with "I love them......pllzzzz pllllzzzzzzz I want these for my daughter." Betty Campbell lowers herself by saying that these would make an 83 year old happy. Kibbie Thomas says "need to replace my worn out gypsy boots."  Pam Dabrowski Spoon drools about how beautiful they are.  Shame on all of you, have some dignity.  These reeple also have not seen the recent tabloid articles about how Ree is not being honest with her fans about her wealth.

[anneofcleves]

Wow.  24 million dollars from the US government for the mustangs?  They are apparently fed much, much better than Ree’s family and friends, who get hamburger 1,000 ways and sad, pathetic scones..

I just saw a commercial on Food Network and am betting Ree is spitting mad that she didn’t come up with this one.  Not that it will stop her from stealing the idea and rebranding it as a Frontier Cowboy Ice House Cake.

Jet Puffed Marshmallow Igloo Cake.

Edited December 10, 2017 by anneofcleves

[grisgris]

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! That's hilarious! I've seen that commercial and thought of how awful it looks.

Speaking of commercials, I wonder what will become of the poor little Irish girl with the bad posture and her red-haired wannabee boyfriend? Maybe next year they will have been progressed to high school and she's introducing him to the joys of Guinness stout?  (I am just sick to death of that commercial. It runs constantly on FN!)

[Westiepeach]

"Class, meet our new student. She came all the way from Ireland to be with us."

Does she not have a name? Is she a distant relative of Ree? Or a close relative of Ree? Or someone that saw Ree's hair and THOUGHT she was a relative of Ree?

[anneofcleves]

You all really need to see the movie, Cook Off.  It’s a Best in Show-type spoof on cooking competitions like the Pillsbury Bake-Off and it had a pretty crazy cast.  The only thing that would have made it more special would have been a cameo by Ree.  Seriously, some of the recipes looked like something she’d concoct.

[grisgris]

WOW! I have to see this! Has it opened yet? I love Niece Nash. This sounds like the perfect holiday movie.  Thanks, anneofcleves, for sharing.

[anneofcleves]

I watched it through Comcast On Demand, gris gris.  It’s really, really dumb, and just what I needed today.

[grisgris]

Cool!  I'll bet Google Fiber has it. If not, Amazon. That sounds ideal to watch on Christmas Eve!

[Lura]

S'pose we could get Saturday Night Live to do a takeoff on Ree?  I'd almost kill to see what they could do with her!

[ariel]

20 minutes ago, Lura said:

S'pose we could get Saturday Night Live to do a takeoff on Ree?  I'd almost kill to see what they could do with her!

Sadly I think Ree would take that as a compliment & think she has "arrived".  They did one years ago (Dan Arkroyd) on Julia Child.  With Ree's big ego, she would then compare herself to Julia.

Edited December 11, 2017 by ariel

[peacheslatour]

12 hours ago, Lura said:

S'pose we could get Saturday Night Live to do a takeoff on Ree?  I'd almost kill to see what they could do with her!

Imagine what Kate McKinnon could do with that!

[Lura]

LOL, Peaches!

Your angle is something I hadn't thought of, ariel.  BUT, remember the hatchet job they did on Sarah Palin of Alaska when she was running for Vice President?  That's what I had in mind for Ree, and if they did the same thing to Ree, I can't imagine her feeling flattered.

[ariel]

From what I read, Sarah Palin liked it.  She did appear on SNL.  Ree is just as kooky & narcissistic as SP, so who knows?

[Kohola3]

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From what I read, Sarah Palin liked it. 

She's too stupid to know when she's being mocked.  But, then, so is Ree.

[anneofcleves]

SNL did one of the BEST parodies imaginable of Guy Fieddi.  I so wish they’d spoof Ree in a similar way.  It could be amazing.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/guy-fieri-christmas-special/n44344?snl=1

[peacheslatour]

That was hilarious! Thanks anneofcleves! (who btw was the smartest of all of Henry VIII wives.)

[grisgris]

Look what I found while browsing on amazon.com (I was actually looking to see if I could find that Cook Off movie anneofcleves mentioned.) This popped-up in the "recommended" list.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KLDEKX4/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

I checked the copyright date on this book and it appears to have come out a few years before Ree started touting "sheet pan suppers."  /frowning dark cloud emoji!!

[ariel]

My  German grandmother was making sheet pan meals in the 1960's.  She used a lot of root vegetable in the winter & it was a frugal way to cook.  I don't think she would like Ree & all her bs.

[Lura]

Can you imagine cooking three meals a day for six people?  I've wondered before how Ree does it.  Throw in meals for cowboys or Edna Mae, and that's extra cooking and baking.  Throw in  Chuck or the whole Drummond family or guests, and that's even more cooking and baking.  Even though my husband is now the chief cook, I still can't imagine how Ree does it.

I don't begin to have Ree's schedule, but just cooking for the family would be nearly a full-time job, or it seems that way to me.  Just the meal planning, plus the grocery shopping, would take time.  I'm not especially excited about sheet pan meals, but whatever works for Ree is OK by me.

Do you suppose, in real life, that Ree hires a cook?  How else could she go on book tours, visit the FN in NYC, write the books, and do everything else (like the Merc) if she didn't have the kitchen help?  I'm no Ree drum beater, but I think she must be a strong woman and have pretty good genes to accomplish just the cooking and baking for all those people.

[anneofcleves]

Yes, i can imagine cooking like that.  Being a stay at home mom, as she was before her empire was built, is a busy job, for sure, but cooking for six people isn’t that big a deal if you’re organized and efficient.  Especially if you’re making a lot of the stuff she showcases, like burgers, chili, ground meat based casseroles.

I’ve always called total BS on the breakfasts and lunches she supposedly makes for the family day in and day out and assume Ladd and the kids were eating foods that are less intensive to prepare - oatmeal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, etc.  

I’m speculating, but if she did develop the practice of schlepping a buffet out to the field to feed the crew, I imagine she did it because she liked doing it and wanted to.  I could see finding that to be fun, like having a mini catering operation, especially if I had domestic help to clean the house, do laundry, etc. (which I bet the Drummonds have a lot of) to maintain that property and all of the homes on it.

Edited December 13, 2017 by anneofcleves

[Kohola3]

Heck, our neighber had 7 kids and worked full time.  And still did all of the cooking, cleaning, and so on.  It can be done.

Ree grew up with money so I bet she is very familiar with hired help.  She doesn't do 24 casseroles before she goes off on a TV gig or book sale.  She's gotta have help.

[Lura]

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On ‎12‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 11:40 AM, grisgris said:

Speaking of commercials, I wonder what will become of the poor little Irish girl with the bad posture and her red-haired wannabee boyfriend? Maybe next year they will have been progressed to high school and she's introducing him to the joys of Guinness stout?  (I am just sick to death of that commercial. It runs constantly on FN!)

 

I LOVE that commercial and never get tired of seeing it.  The librarian has just the right  look on her face.  The one I'm sick of are the two masses of people facing each other with a ton of gifts catapulted into the air, but only half the crowd gets presents.  Some crazed woman riding a reindeer announces that the giftless crowd gets cash.  Makes no sense to me, and I think it's the dumbest thing for a holiday ad.  What is it, Target?

[Kohola3]

7 hours ago, Lura said:

What is it, Target?

I think it's Kohl's.  The idea is that the gift givers get Kohl Bucks to use for themselves.  But that's just speculation. I agree it's a stupid commercial.

I don't mind the Irish one.  I think it's cute.  But it would be nice not to have to see ANY commercial a zillion times.  Get new sponsors for heaven's sake.

[Qoass]

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She doesn't do 24 casseroles before she goes off on a TV gig or book sale.  

Here's a thought: how about Bryce-y picking up a spatula once in awhile?

[Lura]

When Ree or someone asked the kids about their futures, wasn't Bryce the one who said he wanted to stay on the ranch?  Or was that Todd?  I know it wasn't either of the girls.

[Qoass]

I chose Bryce because a. as a boy, he is not expected to do wimmin's work and b. seems the least appreciative of the food he is given.

Edited December 14, 2017 by Qoass

[Natalie68]

On 12/10/2017 at 4:31 PM, anneofcleves said:

You all really need to see the movie, Cook Off.  It’s a Best in Show-type spoof on cooking competitions like the Pillsbury Bake-Off and it had a pretty crazy cast.  The only thing that would have made it more special would have been a cameo by Ree.  Seriously, some of the recipes looked like something she’d concoct.

OMG!  I have to see that.  I love everyone in that cast!

[Lura]

Ree is totally baffling to me.  She can't wait to tell all of her viewers that she just came back from NYC, went to her favorite tea room or restaurant, ate street food, discovered falafel there, etc.  If she isn't yapping on and on about NYC, she has to remind the world that she once lived in LA, had breakfast at her favorite coffee shop, ate scones for breakfast, etc.  In other words, it's as if she wants everyone to know that she's quite the sophisticated, cosmopolitan woman.

Then, when she's finished with her cooking, she goes out to the porch, settles into her favorite chair, looks over the OK landscape and sighs, "I'd never want to live anywhere else."  Did she suddenly remember that she's supposed to be the Pioneer Woman, or what?  I sometimes wonder whether she knows who she wants to be.

[ariel]

She's a faux cosmopolitan & a faux pioneer woman.  She wants to be whichever makes her money.

[Lura]

5 hours ago, ariel said:

She's a faux cosmopolitan & a faux pioneer woman.  She wants to be whichever makes her money.

And whichever brings her the most attention from the public.  I sometimes think that she'd do anything that would satisfy her desire to be "a star."  At one time, she wanted to go into broadcasting.  Horrors!  Can you imagine turning on the news and hearing that voice?!!

[ariel]

1 hour ago, Lura said:

And whichever brings her the most attention from the public.  I sometimes think that she'd do anything that would satisfy her desire to be "a star."  At one time, she wanted to go into broadcasting.  Horrors!  Can you imagine turning on the news and hearing that voice?!!

I hope she doesn't go into politics.  The next Sarah Palin.

[grisgris]

Oooh .... look what showed up in my FB feed this morning.  It has Ree's name written all over it.

https://12tomatoes.com/mexican-corn-coleslaw/?utm_source=glp-12t&utm_medium=social-fb&utm_content=photo&utm_term=&utm_campaign=mexican-corn-coleslaw

[anneofcleves]

Mmm, creamy beans and corn.  That looks right up her alley.  I think it needs some tumatuhs, though, and maybe a cuppa cream cheese to make it extra glorious.

[peacheslatour]

*hork*

[Lura]

Ree was on her "miraculous" word all throughout a rerun I watched the other night.  Then, last night I watched her Christmas cocktail party, and every other word was "glorious."  I was amazed that one word could keep coming out of her mouth without her realizing it.  I would place a bet with someone that the next time she uses sweetened condensed milk, she'll remind us that it's "the nectar of the gods."  Someone should buy her a paperback thesaurus.  For a so-called writer, she's really weak on vocabulary.  I certainly believe her claim that she reads the Bible (Psalms) every morning.  Her expressions sound exactly like they came out of church.  Give us a break, Ree.  How about saying something is "lip-smackin' good"?

[HyeChaps]

Here are some of her goods:

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonstangelo/the-pioneer-woman-rustic-kitchenware?utm_term=.jqpqXRoKo&utm_source=bffbbuzzfeedtasty&ref=bffbbuzzfeedtasty#.el575nbpb

[cathy]

Ree was on her "miraculous" word all throughout a rerun I watched the other night.  Then, last night I watched her Christmas cocktail party, and every other word was "glorious."  I was amazed that one word could keep coming out of her mouth without her realizing it.  I would place a bet with someone that the next time she uses sweetened condensed milk, she'll remind us that it's "the nectar of the gods."  Someone should buy her a paperback thesaurus.  For a so-called writer, she's really weak on vocabulary.  I certainly believe her claim that she reads the Bible (Psalms) every morning.  Her expressions sound exactly like they came out of church.  Give us a break, Ree.  How about saying something is "lip-smackin' good"?

I read somewhere that people suspect that more than one person writes her blog (and probably the books too).  Her blog writing is short, breezy, modern, and a bit mindless (and in my opinion done so to be escapist.  Ree herself said it was meant to be a place people can go to to relax, like a refuge, with no politics, no negative news).  Only pretty photoshopped horses, children who never misbehave or answer back and sing old fashioned gospel songs.  Sounds too good to be true, especially the old show where the teen agers sing "amazing grace" at Hy's house.  The whole thing is a big con job that millions have fallen for-but it has made her $50 million dollars so far.  She is now calling the hotel a "boarding house."  WHY??  Is the housing situation that bad in Oklahoma?  And each room has a different name (weird) for example "the butterfly room."  What is the point of that?  The boots for this year's 12 days of boots giveaway are especially ugly.  Tacky.  And her reeple beg to win in the comments section (oh I can just see my daughter wearing these, I don't have any money for Christmas gifts this year......lie lie lie).  The prize selection is supposed to be random.  But the reeple think they can beg like a small child whining at Toys-R-Us to get more yummy goodies.  This phenomenon is truly both perplexing, and shameful at the same time, as is Ree.  Where is The Marlboro Woman?  I wish she would come back!!

[Kohola3]

21 hours ago, anneofcleves said:

Mmm, creamy beans and corn.  That looks right up her alley.  I think it needs some tumatuhs, though, and maybe a cuppa cream cheese to make it extra glorious.

And a sprinkling of Beano.

[grisgris]

4 hours ago, HyeChaps said:

Here are some of her goods:

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonstangelo/the-pioneer-woman-rustic-kitchenware?utm_term=.jqpqXRoKo&utm_source=bffbbuzzfeedtasty&ref=bffbbuzzfeedtasty#.el575nbpb

I wants to see Anna and Kristina review these products on "Grocery Games." They need to throw the cutting board off the balcony of a two-story building like they did the previous time they reviewed cutting boards.  I am a sucker for anything floral, but ... no. The Dutch oven is kind of pretty but it looks like painted metal which makes me wonder how durable it actually is. 

[Kohola3]

50 minutes ago, grisgris said:

The Dutch oven is kind of pretty but it looks like painted metal which makes me wonder how durable it actually is. 

Made in China by 10 year old peasant kids?  Probably not that durable.

[Lura]

Grisgris, thanks for sharing the pictorial!  I actually enjoyed seeing the various patterns that Ree has.  I really liked that Dutch oven, but I don't trust Ree's items in terms of quality.  I mean, I'd hate to think that her Dutch oven was made as poorly as her slow cooker was, and before you knew it, you had shards of cast iron flowers blown out all over the kitchen.                                                                                                                                                                                                                

[peacheslatour]

I really like the green milk glass cake stand. The serving dishes aren't bad but I wonder if any of this stuff in microwavable and dishwasher safe.

[Kohola3]

For what it's worth, there are reviews posted on Amazon, although only 44 which is not many.  The 1, 2, 3 star reviews appear to be from people who have actually cooked in the thing and it's junk. The 5 star ratings all lean toward "I bought it and it's so cute, I  hope it cooks well", "I bought it for a friend/relative/daughter and I hope she likes it", and "my sister/mother/friend loves it" but with nothing about actually cooking in it. 

Even the Q&A section has replies by what are obviously her fans.  One person asked "Can it be used it in the oven" and the answer was "I don/t see why not".  Not exactly helpful.

Typical Reesters

[Lura]

I think it was on the B-Man episode, Ree appeared in what looked to me like a cocktail dress.  It was actually quite pretty, but it was worlds away from what most people would expect a pioneer woman to be wearing, especially around the house on an ordinary day.  It was all blue --  a good color for Ree -- and the long sleeves were made of matching blue lace.  I was sure  that I'd clicked on the wrong episode in my recorded shows, but nope.  She was just all dressed up for her day at home alone with Bryce, whom she called Brycie the entire show.  Lucky kid got to grocery shop with Mama and pick out all the ice cream, sauces, whipped cream and candy (for a sundae) that he wanted, and Ree encouraged him every step of the way.  She was in sweet tooth heaven.  Glorious and miraculous sweet tooth heaven!

[grisgris]

Coming soon to a sheet pan near you:

https://tasty.co/recipe/sheet-pan-breakfast-sandwich

I don't know about you guys, but I only have large two sheets pans. I have a couple of smaller ones that I use for stuff like roasting veggies or if I have an odd amount of cookie dough leftover to bake that won't fill a large tray.

[chessiegal]

20 minutes ago, grisgris said:

Coming soon to a sheet pan near you:

https://tasty.co/recipe/sheet-pan-breakfast-sandwich

I don't know about you guys, but I only have large two sheets pans. I have a couple of smaller ones that I use for stuff like roasting veggies or if I have an odd amount of cookie dough leftover to bake that won't fill a large tray.

WTH? That seems like a lot of work for a breakfast sandwich. Let me know if it shows up on PW.  Thanks for the laugh.

[grisgris]

You know how Ree would create this. She'd add jalapenos and hot sauce to the eggs and use pepper jack cheese.  She'd also encourage dousing the final product with "pancake syrup." The recipe also looks like perfect fodder for one of her ranch hand job site delivery breakfasts.

[peacheslatour]

16 hours ago, chessiegal said:

WTH? That seems like a lot of work for a breakfast sandwich. Let me know if it shows up on PW.  Thanks for the laugh.

It also seems there is a second slice of cheese between the sausage/melted cheese and the top "pancake" yet that does not appear in the recipe.

[Lura]

The recipe from Tasty.com doesn't appeal to me.  Too many flavors in one bite for my taste buds. 

I long to see a slice of tomato or something acidic with some Vitamin C in Ree's breakfast fare.  I'd like to see Ree's kids drinking breakfast glasses of orange, grape or tomato juice.  Everything Ree makes for breakfast, like breakfast burritos and even pancakes, seem so heavy, and a little bit of fruit in the morning meal would be good for them.

Edited December 20, 2017 by Lura

[Kohola3]

25 minutes ago, Lura said:

Everything Ree makes for breakfast, like breakfast burritos and even pancakes, seem so heavy, and a little bit of fruit in the morning meal would be good for them.

Well, just the girls.  Them big ole he-man types don't cotton to no fruity fruit.  That's for sissies.