The Other Duggars: The Lost Girls and Amy

[kokapetl]

It is dated January 2015.

[Churchhoney]

It is dated January 2015.

 

I don't understand how anybody in Arkansas was making pickles in January (of any year). That's hardly the cucumber harvesting season. And cucumbers, uh, don't freeze well. Makes the whole thing seem kinda bogus to me.

[pinguina]

Read about Jason's pickles.  It always bothers me when people decide not to use an adverb when it is appropriate ("Cucumbers did amazing") It should be amazingly. But I notice this family does this consistently when they talk and apparently when they write too!  Could be one of the drawbacks about SOTDRT.

I think I noticed it because that is what my students are working on (they are second graders!)

[GeeGolly]

http://www.duggarfamily.com/2015/1/jason-s-quick-pickles

Have the Duggar's been reading the Internet about how they have 23 acres and yet grow no vegetables or fruit trees. So now Jason has surprised us by growing cucumbers and making pickles.

They are trademarking this recipe? Who ever had ideas to go commercial with this recipe, sorry your pickle empire is no more.

 

NOTE: ™ = Trademark. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Results may vary. All recipes are valid for non-commercial useotherwise written permission must be obtained from the The Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar Family. © Copyright 2011

[becca3891]

They are trademarking this recipe? Who ever had ideas to go commercial with this recipe, sorry your pickle empire is no more.

 

NOTE: ™ = Trademark. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Results may vary. All recipes are valid for non-commercial useotherwise written permission must be obtained from the The Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar Family. © Copyright 2011

Good grief. It's not that special that you need to worry about us stealing it and trying to publish it in a cookbook, Duggars.

[Mollie]

They are trademarking this recipe? Who ever had ideas to go commercial with this recipe, sorry your pickle empire is no more.

 

NOTE: ™ = Trademark. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Results may vary. All recipes are valid for non-commercial useotherwise written permission must be obtained from the The Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar Family. © Copyright 2011

You cannot copyright a recipe, let alone register a trademark for one.  You can duplicate the recipe anywhere you want to.  What you can't do is copy the directions or any other commentary word-for-word.  

 

If the Duggars are so concerned about protecting their 'brand', they should concentrate on their own behavior.  Most people don't want to copy anything about them. 

[DangerousMinds]

Read about Jason's pickles.  It always bothers me when people decide not to use an adverb when it is appropriate ("Cucumbers did amazing") It should be amazingly. But I notice this family does this consistently when they talk and apparently when they write too!  Could be one of the drawbacks about SOTDRT.

I think I noticed it because that is what my students are working on (they are second graders!)

So glad I'm not the only one who cringes at this!

[Lemur]

Read about Jason's pickles.  It always bothers me when people decide not to use an adverb when it is appropriate ("Cucumbers did amazing") It should be amazingly. But I notice this family does this consistently when they talk and apparently when they write too!  Could be one of the drawbacks about SOTDRT.

I think I noticed it because that is what my students are working on (they are second graders!)

 

This annoys me to no end.  Either the cucumbers were amazing or they did amazingly.  (They aren't the only ones.  Many people on television who do it as well.  I have a theory that it's linked to sentence diagramming no longer being part of the grade/grammar school curriculum in many places.)  

[kokapetl]

Their copyright notices are so stupid. The individuals or organizations that created the copyrightable work normally automatically own the copyright, just like I own the copyright to this post. I don't need to post © 2016 Kokapetl. And the Duggars don't appear to be doing it correctly. It's © year owner, © 2011 is incomplete. These recipes they admit were copied directly from Mama's Carmen's written instructions, so the copyright would probably be "Mama Carmen's", yet we still get the inept Duggar attempt to claim copyright "All recipes are valid for non-commercial useotherwise written permission must be obtained from the The Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar Family. © Copyright 2011"

[BitterApple]

A teenage boy harvesting cucumbers and making pickles in the middle of January? You need to hire a new blog writer, Duggars. One who appreciates proper grammar and can sell a believable story.

Edited March 1, 2016 by BitterApple

[Tabbygirl521]

A teenage boy harvesting cucumbers and making pickles in the middle of January? You need to hire a new blog writer, Duggars. One who appreciates proper grammar and can sell a believable story.

Are we sure it isn't some sort of Jesusy parable?

[Churchhoney]

Are we sure it isn't some sort of Jesusy parable?

 

Hear ye, ye young men. Ignore the devilish stirrings of thy crotch vegetable. For, lo, it is fickle. It moveth without meaning or direction. Lo, how bitterly it led thy brother astray. Be ye not so deceived. Look ye instead unto the cucumber. Green, cold, non-tumescent, yet full to a fullness with plentiful seed, it moveth not, it leadeth not astray. Plant ye therefore the cucumber. And, lo, it shall be a blessing unto you. Heed the cucumber. Award it care. Abnegate thyself and thy devilish stirrings. Water the cucumber. Weed ye it instead. Lo, though the summer be long and seem fruitless. And after all thy labor, lo, the cucumber will rise up to bless thee and give thee pickles. Even in the months of the bitterest cold and darkness. Pickles unto the last generation.

[Jynnan tonnix]

Hear ye, ye young men. Ignore the devilish stirrings of thy crotch vegetable. For, lo, it is fickle. It moveth without meaning or direction. Lo, how bitterly it led thy brother astray. Be ye not so deceived. Look ye instead unto the cucumber. Green, cold, non-tumescent, yet full to a fullness with plentiful seed, it moveth not, it leadeth not astray. Plant ye therefore the cucumber. And, lo, it shall be a blessing unto you. Heed the cucumber. Award it care. Abnegate thyself and thy devilish stirrings. Water the cucumber. Weed ye it instead. Lo, though the summer be long and seem fruitless. And after all thy labor, lo, the cucumber will rise up to bless thee and give thee pickles. Even in the months of the bitterest cold and darkness. Pickles unto the last generation.

Sheer brilliance!

 

By the way, we made a whole bunch of pickles (from various vegetables...and jams and fruit butters and pie fillings as well) and I don't think I saw many "recipes" quite as basic as this, and don't recall any being Trademarked. Plus, yeah...none of them were made in January!

 

eta: two "edits" and I still didn't manage to close my parentheses...so a third was necessary.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Jynnan tonnix

[Barb23]

Good grief. It's not that special that you need to worry about us stealing it and trying to publish it in a cookbook, Duggars.

I wonder if this was the recipe Jill used when she made them with her buddy group. (While waiting for THE Derickdillard to call her from Nepal. "Awwww" ** Giggle** **Giggle**) I think she found it on line where I'm sure Jason's recipe came from.

From what they said, the pickles didn't turn out that well and the taste was different from the processed ones they are used to.

[Tabbygirl521]

Hear ye, ye young men. Ignore the devilish stirrings of thy crotch vegetable. For, lo, it is fickle. It moveth without meaning or direction. Lo, how bitterly it led thy brother astray. Be ye not so deceived. Look ye instead unto the cucumber. Green, cold, non-tumescent, yet full to a fullness with plentiful seed, it moveth not, it leadeth not astray. Plant ye therefore the cucumber. And, lo, it shall be a blessing unto you. Heed the cucumber. Award it care. Abnegate thyself and thy devilish stirrings. Water the cucumber. Weed ye it instead. Lo, though the summer be long and seem fruitless. And after all thy labor, lo, the cucumber will rise up to bless thee and give thee pickles. Even in the months of the bitterest cold and darkness. Pickles unto the last generation.

You are killing me!!

As I am laughing at this, my husband is watching Animal Hiuse and right now, the cucumber innuendo with Mrs Wormer at the grocery store is happening. This is freaky.

[SometimesBites]

Hear ye, ye young men. Ignore the devilish stirrings of thy crotch vegetable. For, lo, it is fickle. It moveth without meaning or direction. Lo, how bitterly it led thy brother astray. Be ye not so deceived. Look ye instead unto the cucumber. Green, cold, non-tumescent, yet full to a fullness with plentiful seed, it moveth not, it leadeth not astray. Plant ye therefore the cucumber. And, lo, it shall be a blessing unto you. Heed the cucumber. Award it care. Abnegate thyself and thy devilish stirrings. Water the cucumber. Weed ye it instead. Lo, though the summer be long and seem fruitless. And after all thy labor, lo, the cucumber will rise up to bless thee and give thee pickles. Even in the months of the bitterest cold and darkness. Pickles unto the last generation.

You, dear Churchie, are the Queen of Everything today.

[Churchhoney]

You, dear Churchie, are the Queen of Everything today.

Wow, thanks. Love my crown.

[kokapetl]

Lost girls bake a cake.

Where's Jackson?

[Tabbygirl521]

Judith and Jocelyn? Who the hell are these, anyway?

[Churchhoney]

Judith and Jocelyn? Who the hell are these, anyway?

 

Hannie and Jennie?

[louannems]

Is that for Josh's birthday?

[kokapetl]

Hannie and Jennie?

Yep. Johannah (J16) and Jennifer AKA Jennie (J17)

Is that a fancy espresso machine or a nespresso machine to the right of Jennie?

Edited March 4, 2016 by Kokapetl

[GeeGolly]

Lost girls bake a cake.

Where's Jackson?

He must be back. Wonder how long the Duggars can keep their mouths shut for?

 

And more flammables on and around a gas stove.

Edited March 5, 2016 by GeeGolly

[louannems]

Please tell me that is not a paper plate on the stove!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Churchhoney]

Please tell me that is not a paper plate on the stove!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Careful. If you ask to be lied to, it's a sign you may be turning into a Duggar.

 

The damn plate is actually between two stove areas. So if one burner doesn't set it alight, the other still has a chance. Amazing.

[scriggle]

And there's what looks to be a syringe on the little red cabinet behind Hannie.

[Sew Sumi]

Is that for Josh's birthday?

One could make a solid argument for that. I know I could. As I said before, it was too quiet at the Duggar Compound last weekend. Josh would have been sprung last Thursday or Friday, depending on official date of admission. No way TLC DIDN'T film his tearful homecoming, which will probably be the season finale of J/J:CO S1, and the beginning of the official Redemption Tour. 

 

It sucks that they made the plane records private, but I understand, since the tabloids discovered it and were truly stalking them. 

Edited March 5, 2016 by Sew Sumi

[cmr2014]

Lost girls bake a cake.

Where's Jackson?

 

They really are just awful cooks. 

 

First, let me say that if they were my daughters, nieces, or neighbors, I would make a big fuss over this cake and tell them what a great job they had done, but as an internet snarker, I can admit that it looks like a pile of shit -- like every other food picture that comes out of the Duggar kitchen.

 

These aren't tiny girls, they're 9 or 10, aren't they? Making a sheet cake from a mix isn't an advanced culinary skill (I assume it's from a mix because the Duggars are all about pre-packaged food). They just don't seem to put any effort into anything -- and I mean all of them, not just these two girls.

 

It looks like they might have broken out the good stuff and slapped this mess on a plastic plate.

[kokapetl]

They certainly went too far with the sprinkles.

Edited March 5, 2016 by Kokapetl

[Zahdii]

And there's what looks to be a syringe on the little red cabinet behind Hannie.

 

It's just an oral syringe for giving medicine to infants and toddlers.  Maybe one of the M kids has been ill.  Winter is often cold, flu, and ear infection season for kids.

 

https://carex.com/item/70008/Oral-Syringe-Small/#.VtpuqXn2Zhg

Edited March 5, 2016 by Zahdii

[Love2dance]

I don't usually stick up for the Duggars, but if the girls are 9 and 10 and made the cake themselves, it looks fine to me.

[Jellybeans]

I don't like the Duggars but I think the cake looks just fine. Not going to snark on those girls for their cake. Looks like the cakes my kids did when they were the same age.

[kokapetl]

One could make a solid argument for that. I know I could. As I said before, it was too quiet at the Duggar Compound last weekend. Josh would have been sprung last Thursday or Friday, depending on official date of admission. No way TLC DIDN'T film his tearful homecoming, which will probably be the season finale of J/J:CO S1, and the beginning of the official Redemption Tour.

It sucks that they made the plane records private, but I understand, since the tabloids discovered it and were truly stalking them.

People on freejinger were using burner phones to coordinate surveillance at the airport. God forbid their privacy be compromised. I think a freejinger user was also escorted by police from the Duggar flea market thing (held on private Duggar property) when they used a concealed camera and personally asked some of the younger children about jurisdictions and filmed their replies, that person was ticketed for harassment and told not to go near any of the Duggars or their businesses ever again. Edited March 6, 2016 by Kokapetl

[sometimesy]

I don't like the Duggars but I think the cake looks just fine. Not going to snark on those girls for their cake. Looks like the cakes my kids did when they were the same age.

I would eat that cake. mmm

 

People on freejinger were using burner phones to coordinate surveillance at the airport. God forbid their privacy be compromised. I think a freejinger user was also escorted by police from the Duggar flea market thing (held on private Duggar property) when they used a concealed camera and personally asked some of the younger children about jurisdictions and filmed their replies, that person was ticketed for harassment and told not to go near any of the Duggars or their businesses ever again.

People are that interested in these people? That is why they still have a show.

[kokapetl]

I would eat that cake. mmm

People are that interested in these people? That is why they still have a show.

Freejinger isn't a fan club, it's the opposite. The person who went to the flea market with the hidden camera was not a fan. The people who were using burner phones to coordinate surveillance of the airport were not fans. These actions were all motivated by ill will. Edited March 6, 2016 by Kokapetl

[cmr2014]

I don't like the Duggars but I think the cake looks just fine. Not going to snark on those girls for their cake. Looks like the cakes my kids did when they were the same age.

 

The difference is that your kids are (I hope) regular kids with school and hobbies and friends. I made this same point on the Lonely Js thread a while back, and it probably is more appropriate there.

 

These kids don't go to school. They don't have any activies. They don't have any friends. What we are supposed to believe is that all of the girls are waiting with baited breath to become a "helpmeet" to some fundie man. If that were really the case, I would expect two girls who are 9 and 10 to be able to bake a boxed cake. I would expect all of the girls to know how to cook, and none of them does, given the endless stream of photos of inedible garbage that they post on-line.

 

My insult is meant for the parents, not the kids. If there was any truth to the line of bs that they are selling, they would be posting pictures of beautiful famiily dinners, not Stouffers frozen lasagna on paper plates. The house would be immaculate with so many girls cleaning and boys doing maintenance, but the house looks dirty and run-down.

 

If this was what I wanted for my children, then I would want them to do it well. I would want my daughters to cook and clean and sew well. I would expect my sons to be busy all day doing maintenence on the house and the cars.

 

What we see, though, is people who just don't care. Neither of the married daughters can cook or clean. Whenever the SAHDs can be bothered to slap together a meal it's considered worthy of endless photos for on-line distribution. When Jana was tasked with altering Jill's bridesmaids' dresses, we saw her whacking some fabric onto the bottom of each dress while her sisters lolled around in idleness. The house is perpetually filthy, and the little girls are perpetually filthy, but no one notices or cares. And we see the boys over and over and over again, doing nothing at all -- they are lolling around on the sofas, or photo-bombing their sisters.

 

This is what we see -- this is what they want us to see -- imagine how much worse it really is.

[kokapetl]

I hate that they have a huge commercial kitchen, they eat so much they could order pre chopped ingredients like some restaurants do, and there's always at least half a dozen people in the house who could do the prepping and cooking, but they just eat microwave lasagne. They could easily pay for cooking lessons.

And the friggen plastic plates and cups and cutlery. They have a commercial dishwasher that washes in like 5 minutes.

[Darknight]

Please tell me that is not a paper plate on the stove!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey maybe they want a bbq

[Barb23]

Hey maybe they want a bbq

They forgot they have a bbq grill in the backyard. But once again, I think it is rarely used. IIRC, the first time it was used was at Michael's first birthday party when Josh cooked on it. I think he mentioned the party was its first use even tho they had lived there for years. I think later on we saw Boob cooking hot dogs it on it. Nothing wrong with hot dogs on the grill, but they could have thrown on some chicken or steak (they can afford it) & fresh veggies, too. A very easy nutritious meal. But no, it's easier for the J'slaves to throw a Stouffer's lasagna in the oven.

Even some of their fans were commenting on the family blog site about their use of Styrofoam & paper products instead of using dishes &the commercial dishwasher. (They were commenting on the taco meal picture.) They also mentioned about them having plenty of hands to do things. Of course there was the leghumper that said the reason they use paper products is because they are so busy & "don't have extra time to spend at the sink or dishwasher." Geez......

[awaken]

Hear ye, ye young men. Ignore the devilish stirrings of thy crotch vegetable. For, lo, it is fickle. It moveth without meaning or direction. Lo, how bitterly it led thy brother astray. Be ye not so deceived. Look ye instead unto the cucumber. Green, cold, non-tumescent, yet full to a fullness with plentiful seed, it moveth not, it leadeth not astray. Plant ye therefore the cucumber. And, lo, it shall be a blessing unto you. Heed the cucumber. Award it care. Abnegate thyself and thy devilish stirrings. Water the cucumber. Weed ye it instead. Lo, though the summer be long and seem fruitless. And after all thy labor, lo, the cucumber will rise up to bless thee and give thee pickles. Even in the months of the bitterest cold and darkness. Pickles unto the last generation.

Now, THIS needs to be copyrighted and published!! Seriously, should go down in PTV hall of fame.

[awaken]

Whose birthday was it, really? Looks like 5 candles in the cake.

[NikSac]

Of course there was the leghumper that said the reason they use paper products is because they are so busy & "don't have extra time to spend at the sink or dishwasher." Geez......

Busy doing what?

[farmgal4]

Busy doing what?

Hey, hey, hey!

[GeeGolly]

Whose birthday was it, really? Looks like 5 candles in the cake.

Josh is the only Duggar with a birthday in March and there are no February birthdays. Derick's birthday is March 9th.

[BitterApple]

Busy doing what?

That's the million dollar question...

[pinkelephant3]

Amy mentioned on her instagram that if she wants to hang out with any of the girls she has to go there because they don't want her influencing them.

[MichaelaRae]

Busy doing what?

 

Judging everyone who doesn't believe what they believe.

[flyingdi]

Didn't Amy show pics on her instances of her and Jinger going out to lunch alone like two weeks ago? The Duggars rules regarding Amy seem to change every time Amy thinks something will sell better.

[Mollie]

Amy likes to pretend that she's the Duggars' 20th kid, but she isn't.  She has never been accepted by them.  They let her in the house to visit her grandma Mary.  She's not close to her Duggar cousins at all and none of them follow her on Facebook or Instagram, even though she follows all of them.  Amy should take a hint and take a hike.  She's 29 years old and has never even had a full-time job.

[Albanyguy]

She's 29 years old and has never even had a full-time job.

In that sense, she truly is a Duggar.