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Mindthinkr

Mindthinkr

37 minutes ago, KLovestoShop said:

Just watched the new show.  Is it just me, or is Molly quite a bit more restrained?  When compared to her earlier shows, she was a lot less juvenile and not as rah-rah.  

When she began the show she was a young married girl. Now she’s the mother of two, has many more responsibilities and I think she has just matured with all these changes. I still find her enjoyable. 

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cynicat
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I liked the episode and think their new house looks amazing.  No one needs a house that big, however it's a lot easier to build all at once if you have the money.  As I see it, they live in it ev

biakbiak
biakbiak

One thing I really appreciate about Molly is how much she amplifies Jewish holidays and food, the fact that a FN show has an episode dedicated to Purim is important representation. 

mishy
mishy

I can tell from your posts that you're not a fan and obviously that's fine, people like what they like. But she isn't sold as how you describe her at all. Molly met her husband at Julliard, not becaus

Cetacean

Cetacean

I think they have cut back on the cutesy antics.  I wonder if all of the feedback from her stint on the Spring Baking Challenge also made a difference. 

I enjoyed the show today, I love walleye so it was nice to see that recipe.  The dessert also sounded tasty, I will definitely try that.  I am glad to see new episodes and the fact that they are still using her old kitchen.

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pdlinda

pdlinda

On 9/4/2022 at 9:56 AM, Cetacean said:

I think they have cut back on the cutesy antics.  I wonder if all of the feedback from her stint on the Spring Baking Challenge also made a difference.

Molly may be RELIEVED that her "producer-driven antics" are being discouraged.

What we're seeing on this new season of the show might be more "HER STYLE."

.....and that would include the Spring Baking Championship that might have been a  "mismatch" that won't be repeated.

On the OTHER HAND, she went through moving to a new home, having another baby and is opening a new RESTAURANT (I think momentarily) so maybe she's a bit fatigued and doesn't feel like "performing" with all those "cutsey" gimmicks people are remarking on in this thread.

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kikicat

kikicat

I've watched a few of the new episodes. Enjoyed them. But she was making another cookie salad in one show, with gummy worms and a lot of other junk. Ick.

There is a shot of the expanded house in the opening intro. It's huge, two or three times as big! You can still see some of the original house, but it's now two stories. Like others have said, I'm very glad she kept her charming little kitchen for filming.

In the last episode aired, she was wearing false eyelashes and heavy eyeliner. Didn't need that, IMO. She's so naturally pretty without it.

My tiny midwestern hometown of 1,000 has managed to support a small restaurant for at least two decades. They even stayed open for takeout through the pandemic. Molly's restaurant should do OK. 🙂

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pdlinda

pdlinda

18 minutes ago, Gam2 said:

I don’t think she needs the false eyelashes because she always looked so fresh and real.

I didn't pick that up! 

I'll have to look next week. 

I usually remark to myself that her "team" (hair/wardrobe/makeup) really do a remarkable job making it look like she's not wearing makeup at all, so the false eyelashes would be quite a change!

Also, I noted that she never wears earring and the simplest tiny pieces of jewelry.

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Mindthinkr

Mindthinkr

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59 minutes ago, pdlinda said:

Also, I noted that she never wears earring and the simplest tiny pieces of jewelry.

I think I recall seeing her wearing her wedding band. I understand not wearing jewelry in the kitchen. It’s easier to keep bare hands clean if you are using your hands to bake or knead. 

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buttersister

buttersister

Girl Meets Farm met The Today Show today. (Not for the first time, iirc.) Molly made shakshuka-spiced sloppy Joes in pita pockets. Something looked different, might have been the eyelashes. The Joes looked tasty and I grabbed the recipe to make this winter. She was plugging her new book, so perhaps she'll show up elsewhere.

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pdlinda

pdlinda

On 9/26/2022 at 12:21 PM, Mindthinkr said:

I think I recall seeing her wearing her wedding band. I understand not wearing jewelry in the kitchen. It’s easier to keep bare hands clean if you are using your hands to bake or knead. 

Yes, she wears a very simple wedding band with a tiny gemstone in the middle AND she wears a # of other simple rings.  I've also seen her wearing simple necklaces; however, NEVER saw her wearing earrings.

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goldenpuppy

goldenpuppy

On 9/26/2022 at 2:01 PM, Gam2 said:

I watched her show over the weekend. Much improved and calmed down. I don’t think she needs the false eyelashes because she always looked so fresh and real. She’s really a doll!

Yes, FN must have tilt her to tone down the cutesy, childish , goofy behavior !

She seems like a sweet person , but her over the top childish obsession with sprinkles and her little girl voice is cringeworthy.

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Cetacean

Cetacean

27 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

I dunno. She was calm to begin with, then upped the cutesy, and I figured the producer(s) told her to. Maybe she balked at it or maybe tptb saw it wasn't working and told her to go back to her normal self.

Or maybe the totally negative feedback that she got on the baking championship show sealed the deal.  I watch this show routinely but I absolutely could not stand to watch her in that one.

Since the second baby she seems to have calmed.  Sprinkles are apparently her schtick and those are easy enough to ignore. I have made several of her recipes (no, not cookie salad) and all were good.

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orangekit

orangekit

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On 9/4/2022 at 12:20 PM, Mindthinkr said:

When she began the show she was a young married girl. Now she’s the mother of two, has many more responsibilities and I think she has just matured with all these changes. I still find her enjoyable. 

I don’t think that the change  in her family responsibilities is the reason for the change in behavior. When she started the show she was calm and not silly . As she became popular she became goofy, immature and cringeworthy. When she talked  about her sister visiting and looking forward to fart jokes it was last year :

I think her goofy and immature behavior did not go over well to say the least when hosting the baking championship, and that is why she is more calm .

I still have a hard time watching her and liking her the way I did when GMF started after her seeing her behavior on the other show .  Her annoying grin and open mouth smiles are irritating .

I did watch part of the show last week , but when she brings out her stupid sprinkles I have to turn it off !

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hiisa

hiisa

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I've been watching the show over from the beginning and I like Molly but season 3 is when she gradually starts cranking up the cringe. I just watched the season 3 ep with her baby shower (everything looked delicious-- especially the trifle. Shoot. Yum.) but there's an over abundance of wide, open mouth led grins with the camera angled AT her tongue. Why?! I have no idea. At certain points I had to look away.  I'm looking forward to the eps where the cringe lessens! 

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Season 3 is the baby shower
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Cetacean

Cetacean

27 minutes ago, sATL said:

how is her restaurant ? does she show the kids during her cooking segments  or show episodes of the meals she makes for them ?  Any more house remodeling ?

No mention of the restaurant, does not show the kids, although she talks about Bernie's favorites when cooking, house is done.  The picture at the beginning is of the outside of the new place.

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Door County Cherry

Door County Cherry

I feel like every once in a while these cooking shows show me something that isn't too complicated, fits a potential need in my diet and might inspire me to actually try to make it.  

Today, that was falafel waffles (although using the onion to make caramelized onions on Mary Makes is another thing I might try.) 

I don't have a waffle maker so I might have to try them with as pancakes but I'm always looking for something for breakfast when I have to go into work.  The waffles would be easy to eat while on the go (without the slaw, of course), contain a lot of protein and would feel like breakfast food.  Plus, they're not fried.  

 

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hiisa

hiisa

I'm still plugging along in my binge watch. I'm midway through season 8. I'm not liking these last few seasons as much. I actually liked when they had friends and family pop by for various things (curling! Nick built a bowling alley! Hockey!) and I liked when the EP ended with Molly and Nick eating and chatting. They were pretty cute. There's an ep in season 6 or 7 where Nick sings a song for Molly and he has a really decent voice. Like I already like his speaking voice but his singing voice is dang pleasant. I liked when she'd pop by the farm and they'd eat together. It seems like when they stopped doing that is when Molly went over the top cutesy. She is forever making weird faces. One she does often is letting her jaw drop and folding her lower lip over her teeth. She also closes one eye at a time in some weird slow blink/wink. It's all just....weird. She makes interesting food but ....yeah. She's a lot. 

I wonder why we dont see as much as their friends and family on the fa anymore? Maybe Nick didn't want to continue? Or maybe he wanted to take care of Bernie while so many people (the crew) are around?

Also, has anyone made her tahini chocolate cake? Binge watching she's made that cake or a variation of it more than once. 

Cetacean

Cetacean

She has toned way down this season and I don't think she's used sprinkles in anything lately.  It might be the fact that she has two kids now and is more settled. Plus FN is not doing as many of the cutesy animations so they may be taking note of the criticisms.

Of the few cooking shows that I watch, this one is the one I find recipes I am more likely to use.

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patty1h

patty1h

I just watched todays "Date Night" episode.   90% of the menu looked pretty interesting... I wouldn't mind trying those pitas, the salad or the curried cauliflower.   She just had to jump the shark with the potato chips that she desecrated by dusting them with white chocolate, sprinkles and pop rocks candy.  She was trying hard to express how FUN this was.  Not to me.

Door County Cherry

Door County Cherry

And that area of North Dakota is known for their chocolate covered potato chips.

OK, maybe "known" is a bit much but every chocolate shop in the area offered chocolate covered potato chips with multiple types of chocolate in ways I don't normally see in other chocolate shops.

These are the best, IMO.

http://www.carolwidmanscandy.com/ 

I doubt I'd like the pop rocks but I bet those chips are pretty good.

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Gramto6

Gramto6

16 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

I caught about the last 15 minutes. She seemed fine to me. 🤷‍♂️

The fried rice looked good.

She was definitely toned down from what she was a couple of seasons ago, I didn't even notice her mugging.

I was married to a Chinese man for 16 years and learned to cook Chinese food from his mom. I have never heard of putting cheddar cheese on fried rice. I missed her intro to the recipe, maybe it was her "own special" variation?

Door County Cherry

Door County Cherry

1 hour ago, Gramto6 said:

I have never heard of putting cheddar cheese on fried rice. I missed her intro to the recipe, maybe it was her "own special" variation?

It was an (American breakfast) fried rice with bacon,  eggs (which I think are already a part of fried rice) and she said she started putting cheddar cheese on it a while ago.  So she sold it as something she likes to do.

letusprocrastinate

letusprocrastinate

4 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

When she made those Mangoes on sticks, does anyone remember what she seasoned them with besides chili’s (ancho?), coconut, lime zest and sugar? 

You got them all:  dried ancho chilies (seeds and stems taken out), coconut, lime zest, and sugar.  Pinch of salt at the end.

BTW, that episode (S7, E11) is being rerun next Monday morning, February 13.

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