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

[Mindthinkr]

9 minutes ago, cathy said:

On the facebook page for the PW fan club a horror story about a pressure cooker that exploded in a lady's face with some aweful photos. I can't seem to copy it here. She advises to not use pressure cookers. No, it was not Ree's instapot.  She was burned badly, second degree. Poor lady!!

Oh my. That’s terrible. Burns are one of the most painful injuries. After recovery then she’ll have to deal with the scarring. I feel badly for her. 

Any appliance can cause injuries. A lot of us will be cooking a lot this week. Be careful everyone. 

[cathy]

The administrators of Ree's facebook fan page deleted the post about the exploding pressure cooker. They did that yesterday, as I looked yesterday night and did not see it. The first time I read the comments for the post were closed, I do remember that. Maybe I missed it, possible but not likely. Ree seems to have a whole pack of attack employees ready to scrub, scrub, scrub. They probably did it so as not to dissuade anyone from buying her insta-pot. The appliance in the article was not Ree's though. 

[Mindthinkr]

8 minutes ago, cathy said:

The administrators of Ree's facebook fan page deleted the post about the exploding pressure cooker. They did that yesterday, as I looked yesterday night and did not see it. The first time I read the comments for the post were closed, I do remember that. Maybe I missed it, possible but not likely. Ree seems to have a whole pack of attack employees ready to scrub, scrub, scrub. They probably did it so as not to dissuade anyone from buying her insta-pot. The appliance in the article was not Ree's though. 

The scrubbers were all in place because they have been doing damage control for her dishes that break easily. All of them are making money off of Ree so the game here is keep it nice, keep it sweet and sell sell sell. 

[chessiegal]

Ree Drummond's Instant Pot is a regular Instant Pot with a floral design on it. Obviously, she has entered into an agreement with the company that manufactures Instant Pot to market it. Considering her popularity (reason for which eludes me), the company would be missing an opportunity to sell more of their product.

[cathy]

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The scrubbers were all in place because they have been doing damage control for her dishes that break easily. All of them are making money off of Ree so the game here is keep it nice, keep it sweet and sell sell sell. 

Do you think the administrators are being paid a salary? (I must be very naïve). There are 2 of them, I believe. Angelgale seems totally obsessed with Ree. She has a massive amount of PW crap in her house (she made of video of it). Today Angelgale posted that all members must not be rude or disrespectful or they will be banned. Something about if you don't like someone's food don't say anything. I don't know anything about the other lady.

[cathy]

The Pioneer Woman - Ree Drummond posted 3 photos.

8 hrs · Instagram ·

These are my full-on buds @fitchefeddie, @bakedbydan, and @aartipaartipics and we have so much fun doing Christmas Cookie Challenge together! We laugh, we cry, we eat cookies, we judge...we eat cookies, we eat cookies, we eat cookies. Tonight is a new episode, a new group of cookie bakers, and a whole new set of challenges. Come hang with us on @foodnetwork at 10 ET/9 CT! 🍪🎄😍

[chessiegal]

I doubt these people are being paid. Anyone can create a closed FB page which you have to be approved to join by the creator/administrator. My neighborhood association has one, as well as my high school graduating class, and a bunch of folks who have boats at our marina.

[Kohola3]

2 hours ago, chessiegal said:

I doubt these people are being paid.

I doubt it as well.  I am the admin for a closed group for a non-profit group (Friends of our local State Park) although I have never banned anyone and accept anyone who requests admittance.  We do have rules mostly surrounding postings related to the State Park and I have removed a couple that weren't appropriate.  But people can be critical of things without censure.

The difference is that Angelgate appears to be some sort of Ree-obsessed manic groupie.  No nasty comments about St. Ree allowed - bet she'd have a stroke if she saw this forum.

[Cupid Stunt]

On ‎11‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 5:52 PM, Kohola3 said:

My aunt used to put green beans in her chili.  It was vile.

On ‎11‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 9:11 AM, CharlizeCat said:

I had a hair stylist once who said she put celery in her chili recipe. Blurgh ... 

On ‎11‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 9:54 AM, peacheslatour said:

I once lost my mind and put grated carrots in my chili. I had to throw the whole thing away. Demonic possession. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

 

Cease and desist, Ladies!

It's a Bowl o' Red -- beef, homemade chile paste, and a few flavorings -- or it's not chili.

[Cupid Stunt]

3 hours ago, cathy said:

Do you think the administrators are being paid a salary? (I must be very naïve). There are 2 of them, I believe. Angelgale seems totally obsessed with Ree. She has a massive amount of PW crap in her house (she made of video of it). Today Angelgale posted that all members must not be rude or disrespectful or they will be banned. Something about if you don't like someone's food don't say anything. I don't know anything about the other lady.

3 hours ago, chessiegal said:

I doubt these people are being paid. Anyone can create a closed FB page which you have to be approved to join by the creator/administrator. My neighborhood association has one, as well as my high school graduating class, and a bunch of folks who have boats at our marina.

 

PW might have paid administration of her social network. They note trends and new ideas for merchandising to PW Inc., monitor and scrub clean what is not pro-PW, post with separate handles their own Happy PW banter/propaganda, and keep the conversation moving and peppy. 

That sort of administrative monitoring and trolling goes on all over commercial forums/FB/IG/Twitter feeds. They pay for the privilege to control their message and commercial image to the buying public and fans.

[chessiegal]

As far as I can tell, Pioneer Woman has her own official FB page, open to anyone. The Pioneer Woman Fan FB page is a closed group you have to join in order to view content or post. It appears to have been created by a PW super fan, not Ree Drummond.

Pioneer Woman FB page open to everyone

[Cupid Stunt]

2 hours ago, chessiegal said:

As far as I can tell, Pioneer Woman has her own official FB page, open to anyone. The Pioneer Woman Fan FB page is a closed group you have to join in order to view content or post. It appears to have been created by a PW super fan, not Ree Drummond.

Pioneer Woman FB page open to everyone

Assuming that the PW FB page is not monitored, swept for content, and the member accounts data mined is naïve. That's what the commercial pages are all about, and they pay FB for access of that control and data content.

The Pioneer Woman Fan FB page may be a perfectly innocent invitation-only Super Fan heaven or a heavily curated, commercially-backed true believers private club  -- Anyone who created a special page to extol the mediocre talents of PW with other fangirls should elicit pity … And a healthy dose of skepticism.

[cathy]

https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.wood.180/videos/2162573020443268/?t=77

[cathy]

The above post is a video of HRH Ree making an appearance at a Chinamart (a/k/a Walmart a/k/a satanmart).  There is at least one security guard, and 2 real police officers there. To protect her from the unwashed masses. She should pay for the cops being there. They are on "private duty" if they are there to "protect" her. But I bet the taxpayers are picking up the tab. This was from the fan club facebook page.

[Kohola3]

1 minute ago, cathy said:

But I bet the taxpayers are picking up the tab.

Well, sure. She is, after all, a national treasure. Loved and supported by adoring fans worldwide.  How would we live without her luscious and innovative recipes?

[cathy]

Kohola3, we could not live without her. She is our queen. The reeple on her fan page call themselves PW "sisters" and exchange Christmas cards, presents, letters, secret santa, etc. They seem like very nice people, I must say, but they are deluded, not very bright. There are 80,380 members of her fan club. Ree recently had a Barbie giveaway for members of the fan club only. Also, just before the PW Barbie came out, it was announced on the facebook page by the admins, who said they were informed of this by Ree's people. So it is kinda controlled by Ree's handlers.

[Kohola3]

3 minutes ago, cathy said:

I must say, but they are deluded, not very bright.

And live, apparently, very small lives.  It's always a mystery to me when people adore people like stars and athletes instead of individuals who make a real positive difference in the world.  And want dolls of them.  Insanity.

[CharlizeCat]

I watched the second installment of that Christmas cookie baking show. This time, at least two of the bakers were professional cookie artists (I guess that is what they call themselves now). There wasn't as much gushing and crying and near-fainting as usual. So, Eddie Jackson had to really ramp it up by referring to Ree as a "super star." Gag! The final challenge was to create an advent calendar out of cookies and as a joke, Ree made herself one of the "goodies" that appeared behind door of one of the days on the calendar. Double gag.

The best of all was that one of her co-judges was Gesine Prado. That was good for a few laughs. While Ree was able to comment on the appearance of the cookies and a little bit about the flavor and texture, Gesine was able to really drill down and point out the mistakes the bakers made. The difference between the level of expertise between the professional judges and Ree was glaring.

[Lisin]

OK gang, I'm going to ask you all to please stop snarking on fans of the show even if they're on another site. It's 100% fine to make fun of Ree etc. but let's please leave the fans out of it. Thanks. 

[Kohola3]

"We do mik ot"? Um, OK. Genius level supporters there.

[txvoodoo]

On 11/15/2018 at 1:57 AM, chessiegal said:

That's not a marinade, that's a dressing, as in salad dressing, which is something you would do to a vegetable.

To me, you put dressing on something and serve it then. These aren't served until they've been in the fridge for several hours (if not longer).  

The green beans are only blanched, not cooked through. The, um, marinating in the fridge is what softens them nicely.

[cathy]

 Yesterday she was inducted into the Oklahoma hall of fame. It is on her social media. I saw it on the fan facebook page. I did join the fan facebook page, for research purposes only, to study the Reeple in their natural habitat. I must say that unlike their idol they seem like really really nice people so it is becoming harder and harder to dislike them

[Kohola3]

1 hour ago, txvoodoo said:

To me, you put dressing on something and serve it then.

That's how I have always interpreted it as well. 

The definition of marinade is "a sauce, typically made of oil, vinegar, spices, and herbs, in which meat, fish, or other food is soaked before cooking in order to flavor or soften it".

[cathy]

there are a few more photos on her social media but I can't upload any more as I have reached my limit. Being in the hall of fame for being rich, and promoting unhealthy foods. Oklahoma has low standards.

[Kohola3]

11 minutes ago, cathy said:

Being in the hall of fame for being rich, and promoting unhealthy foods. Oklahoma has low standards.

Sad, isn't it?  Has she ever done a single thing with that wealth and notoriety to help anyone?  To better someone's life?  To volunteer to help those less fortunate or those in need? To help educate anyone (her hack cooking is an obvious exclusion)?  

The only thing she has done is to create a fake persona and rake in the dough.  Not something that should be rewarded, in my opinion.

15 minutes ago, cathy said:

Oklahoma has low standards.

Low indeed.

[cathy]

A brand new🎄CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE🎄 starts on Food Network tonight at 10 ET/9 CT! The bakers are utterly amaaaazing, and if watching this episode doesn't make you want to drop everything and start making Christmas Cookies...well, then I'll make ya some.😉 Hope you enjoy tonight's show!

[cathy]

Is it my imagination, but does Alex have crow's feet? She is way too young for that. I do not have crow's feet when I smile, and I am much older. Alex is barely out of her teens. Ladd has them too. Ree not so much, but she probably gets botox.  Ladd and Ree look they have veneers put on their teeth. On one of the last shows I saw, Ladds brother Tim had horrible yellow teeth

[peacheslatour]

3 hours ago, cathy said:

Is it my imagination, but does Alex have crow's feet? She is way too young for that. I do not have crow's feet when I smile, and I am much older. Alex is barely out of her teens. Ladd has them too. Ree not so much, but she probably gets botox.  Ladd and Ree look they have veneers put on their teeth. On one of the last shows I saw, Ladds brother Tim had horrible yellow teeth

They are outside a lot.

[ariel]

58 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

They are outside a lot.

They probably don't use sunscreen.  I wonder if Ladd thinks that sunscreen is too girly for a manly man cowboy.

[Kohola3]

9 minutes ago, ariel said:

They probably don't use sunscreen.  I wonder if Ladd thinks that sunscreen is too girly for a manly man cowboy.

I bet they don't believe in climate shift, either.  Fake news, you know.

[cathy]

How long before the 12 days of boots? I suspect Ree might not really give the nice, expensive boots away, but keep them for herself, or give them to friends and family. I don't bother entering. I just looked at her main site, more pictures of crows feet on those kids, and cowboy Josh too. They all need sunscreen, and not just to stop those wrinkles. Skin cancer can kill, I have an ex neighbor that died of it, was on his forehead. I wonder if she will have another Christmas "special" like a few years ago.

[Mindthinkr]

They also need sunglasses to keep from squinting against the sun.  

[Mandolia]

I developed crows feet years ago, growing up in the tropics and squinting at the sun from an early age.  And almost no sun protection, apart from my mother sploshing a dab of Coppertone on my nose if we were at the beach.  (and I've always loathed wearing sunglasses)  I know I've been lucky about skin cancer - my best friend from childhood has had a lot of "bits" removed,, some rather serious ones   Have to say that what I call my laughter lines do reflect a lot of laughter but also Sun Squint.

Anyway, I happened to see those (faintly weird to me) crackers with bacon & parmesan (or the sweet version: bacon & soft brown sugar).  Which apparently are gloriously delicious to bring out with drinks.  My initial reaction was a frown (which exaggerated ALL the lines on my face, as I'm good at frowning and have never had de-frown treatment).  Are they nice? 

[cathy]

Mandolia, are what nice? Sorry to be so dense. You are probably very pretty, unlike Ree, who sometimes looks like the "Chucky Doll" of horror movie fame, holding onto a knife, ready to kill someone, like a remote, abusive husband with a *swoon* nice ass. If Ree's head was a bit larger she would look like the boy in "mask" who had the terrible disfigurement. I noticed that Ladd sometimes looks like he has "Gin Blossoms" on his nose and cheeks, or at least the beginnings of them. That is a sign of alcoholism. 

[rocketinu]

Check out thelostogle.com which is a blog here in Oklahoma. They just did a review on her new Walmart frozen meals. You won't be disappointed.

[Mindthinkr]

31 minutes ago, rocketinu said:

Check out thelostogle.com which is a blog here in Oklahoma. They just did a review on her new Walmart frozen meals. You won't be disappointed.

Interesting article and I liked that it included pictures. (It didn’t look appealing) Since the article was published in OK, Ree isn’t in danger, because us out of town folks won’t know about it and be fooled into buying some of her crap. So she might think anyway. Even if I didn’t see it I wouldn’t be putting my money into the Drummond Dream. My dream is of good health and that doesn’t include food with high sodium, fats and Lord only knows what else. 

[peacheslatour]

Lulz:

"Where did the supposedly large portions of rural restaurant-quality food disappear to? While the creamy potatoes seemed to justify its container, the Meat Loaf was a tumorous clump of gray matter that was more sauce than anything else. Even worse, the two mysteriously shrunken Country Fried Steaks wouldn’t feed a Kid Cuisine, let alone a Hungry Man".

[chessiegal]

3 hours ago, Mandolia said:

Anyway, I happened to see those (faintly weird to me) crackers with bacon & parmesan (or the sweet version: bacon & soft brown sugar).  Which apparently are gloriously delicious to bring out with drinks.  My initial reaction was a frown (which exaggerated ALL the lines on my face, as I'm good at frowning and have never had de-frown treatment).  Are they nice? 

If your talking about the Town House or Keebler club crackers wrapped in bacon, I was at a pot luck where one of her fans brought them and they were horrible! A soggy mess.

[peacheslatour]

29 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

If your talking about the Town House or Keebler club crackers wrapped in bacon, I was at a pot luck where one of her fans brought them and they were horrible! A soggy mess.

Seems like if you baked them on a rack so the bacon drippings would drain off and long enough so it would crisp up nicely it might work.

[Westiepeach]

1 hour ago, chessiegal said:

If your talking about the Town House or Keebler club crackers wrapped in bacon, I was at a pot luck where one of her fans brought them and they were horrible! A soggy mess.

My mother used to make those back in the day for her cocktail parties (think of a Whiskey Sour - that era!) Trust me, the bacon grease soaked into the cracker. No amount of draining it would help. Now, I love bacon just as much as the next person, but these were HORRIBLE!

[peacheslatour]

Good to know. I wonder how they became so popular. My mom (Gin and tonics) used to make bacon wrapped water chestnuts for her parties. I never ate any of them so I don't know if they were any good.

[chessiegal]

I don't think bacon grease would soak into a water chestnut, so that sounds okay. We've grilled bacon wrapped figs and they were good. I just can't see any way to keep the grease from soaking into a cracker. What I had was vile.

[Westiepeach]

40 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Good to know. I wonder how they became so popular. My mom (Gin and tonics) used to make bacon wrapped water chestnuts for her parties. I never ate any of them so I don't know if they were any good.

Now, THOSE are awesome! You make a glaze for them ... ODG I could eat the whole pan. See, like @chessiegal said above, the grease does not soak into a water chestnut like it does a cracker.

Now I want bacon wrapped water chestnuts ...

[Mandolia]

4 hours ago, chessiegal said:

If your talking about the Town House or Keebler club crackers wrapped in bacon, I was at a pot luck where one of her fans brought them and they were horrible! A soggy mess.

Yes, I was referring to the Town House thingies!  I kept thinking how uncrisp the cracker part must be.  "soggy mess" sums up what I imagined!

[Mandolia]

3 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Good to know. I wonder how they became so popular. My mom (Gin and tonics) used to make bacon wrapped water chestnuts for her parties. I never ate any of them so I don't know if they were any good.

I love bacon wrapped water chestnuts - the water chestnuts don't lose their crunchiness. 

Lots of people in the UK still (it's a bit retro!) do "devils on horseback" as a canape/nibble for drinks/cocktail parties...half a rasher of bacon wrapped round a (stoneless) prune and then cooked in the oven til the bacon is crispy.  Served warm.  It might sound  a tad gross but it's actually really good.  Ditto bacon wrapped round dried apricots.  I've made masses of these little "treasures" in advance and then froze them uncooked on trays before placing in a freezer bag.  Thaw.  Shove onto a baking rack in a sheet pan and put hot-ish oven til bacon is cooked, turning once to get evenly cooked bacon.  (I use smoked streaky bacon.)  I think it's the combined smokey flavour plus a bit of sweet which makes the devils very more-ish.

Edited November 30, 2018 by Mandolia

[Kohola3]

Geez, now I am positively craving bacon!  Thanks a bunch!

[Mandolia]

17 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

Geez, now I am positively craving bacon!  Thanks a bunch!

 The idea of a bacon and fried egg (runny yolk which goes everywhere when you bite into it) sandwich is at the forefront of my mind...it's 1 a.m. in the UK, I have no bacon!

[CharlizeCat]

Hey, Mandolia. Glad to see you back here so you must be feeling better!

If you were referring to de-frowning treatments being nice, I guess you mean injections like Botox or Rejuvia? I've never had them but a lot of women who get them don't understand that "less is more" and go around with frozen faces and trout pouts.

Ree introduced those awful baked Town House bacon crackers during a Food Network "Thanksgiving Live" special several years ago. The other participants were Alton Brown, Giada, Bobby Flay, Alex Guarnaschelli and maybe Ina? They must have been horrified. 

[cathy]

Mandolia, is your town going to have another Christmas party this year?

[Mandolia]

53 minutes ago, CharlizeCat said:

Hey, Mandolia. Glad to see you back here so you must be feeling better!

If you were referring to de-frowning treatments being nice, I guess you mean injections like Botox or Rejuvia? I've never had them but a lot of women who get them don't understand that "less is more" and go around with frozen faces and trout pouts.

Ree introduced those awful baked Town House bacon crackers during a Food Network "Thanksgiving Live" special several years ago. The other participants were Alton Brown, Giada, Bobby Flay, Alex Guarnaschelli and maybe Ina? They must have been horrified. 

 I'm not quite 100% yet (and I hope the beastly infection isn't percolating again...suspicious ache in my lower back, which is why I'm up at this time of night),  My question "are they nice?" was ref the (potentially soggy) bacon crackers!  But I can see that, tagged onto the de-frowning remark it wasn't quite clear!!  Sorry. 

(I have a couple of friends who have SO overdone Botox and nips & tucks and it looks horribly unnatural - what used to be a beaming smile has become a featureless rictus grin)