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I was just joshin' you about Giada, KYH... I know you don't value her much! (my sister turns the tv OFF these days when she catches her hubby watching Giada... She explains that one time halfway thru the show she had been trying to keep track of a list of ingredients Giada was reciting, and she turned to Mark- who's eyes were totally zeroed-in to the screen- and she asked, "what were those last 2 ingredients, hon?" and Mark wiped a bit of slobber from the corner of his mouth and replied "uh- I believe she said '2 large juicy grapefruits' darling..." at that moment sis snapped-up the remote and she claims Mark ain't been allowed to view an episode since!

Me? I like the atmoshere of Giada's show- I like the kitchen and the strange calming method of filming, multiple/moving camera angles and such. I don't know enough about filming or photography to know what the technique is called, but it's different from most cooking-demo shows... Do u get what I mean?

Southern cooks? I think my fav would have to be first my Mom in her early years (she don't cook these days) then the masterful gracious Miss Edna Lewis. I just loved her...

Micahel's show is just way cool. I like his kitchen. I like his demeanor and his approach- he really reaches me. I kinda consider him the "guy-Ina". He cooks things I myself would actually enjoy making and eating. I don't find a thing abbrasive about him- and many guy chefs, I do. Odd, I know, but I tend to prefer the women cooks for whatever reason.

And the Deen Brothers? Lord-a-mighty! I can't think about them right now- I just showered and I don't want to SWEAT! The only way they could look better would be sitting on a picnic-table bench w/ ME in between them! Hee-Hee!
 
My husband cannot see but if he could Im sure he would appreciate Giada's grapefruits lol.
We have a friend who watches Sandra Lee and I go I didnt know you like to watch her cook and he says..you means she cooks??

Im with you I like Paula Deen and her sons have some good cookbooks.
Paula Deen cooks alot like people around here always have. You just have to save the her dessert recipes for special occasions.
Road Tasted is not my favorite show. Together there is something about her sons that gets on my last nerve.
 
I've honestly never watched their show but I have seen them on Paula's program from time to time. I think they're adorable, but perhaps in larger doses they have a larger, harder-to-take presence... perhaps like their mama! I like Paula, but I totally "get" what it is about here that critics do not like. She definitely has a presence!
 
They just keep calling each other brother again and again on their show. Alright already we know your brothers. After the first dozen times it gets old.

I like shows where they make recipes you can follow and make if you want. Road Tasted is not like that. I have the "brothers" cookbook where they give their versions of the recipes featured on their show. It is a good book. I have all of Paula Deen's cookbooks. I always make a couple of her desserts for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Do you have the little book she did... I think its called Paula Deen's Christmas? Its loaded with fabalous recipes.

The Food Network is getting more and more away from instructional shows. Saturday before 2pm is the best time to watch that channel.
 
I have ordered the Deen brothers' "Ya'll Come Eat Cookbook"... not sure what to expect- hope it's a good one!

I have a hardcover book of Paula's that I believe is a compilation of 2 or 3 previously-published small spiral-bound books.

I ordered her little Christmas book and when I discovered how teensy-weensy it was I gave it away as a stocking-stuffer... I did however look thru it first and jotted down some recipes from it first... I made her UNBELIEVABLE recipe for "Velveeta Fudge". I was SHOCKED, it was delicious, rich and oh-so-chocolatey-good!
 
I have that book and like it. Hope you do to.
Just Desserts is a really good one of Paula's.
I saw her make that velveeta fudge when she was on Iron Chef last Christmas. Was it really good? I cannot imagine cheese and chocolate together lol.
That was a funny episode of Iron Chef. It was Paula Deen and Cat Cora taking on Tyler Florence and Robert Irvine. The secret ingredient was sugar. The girls beat them bad lol.
 
Janie, keep in mind that Velveeta isn't really cheese; it's a processed, oil-based product that resembles cheese.

What it does, according to many people I know who have tried it, is make the fudge smoother and creamier, without detracting from the actual flavor.

I don't know firsthand, as I don't eat fudge, because the sugar hurts my teeth. But I know a lot of fudgeheads, and all of them who have tasted the Velveeta version say it's good.

Interestingly, my first exposure to Velveeta fudge was from a farmwife in Iowa, whose mother had taught it to her. So the recipe has, apparently, been around for a very long time.
 
I made the recipe in Paula's little book and one thing she remarks on that I defintiely found to be true is, after the fudge is spread into the pan and as it is cooling, one needs to blot it w/ several paper-towels to absorb off excess, seeping oil. Once this is completed, it's a pretty normal and straight-forward preparation. The product is creamy, rich and delicious and there is no hint that one is actually eating Velveeta. In Paula's recipe she jokes that the first time she made it, she took some out to ladies in the park across the way to let them sample it- when one gal took a bite she was in heaven- and when Paula revealed the secret ingredient, the gal replied "You're sh#tting me?!!"
 
Well, I am not Sh***ing anyone I have always hated Velveeta cheese since I was 12 yrs old and my greatgrandmother tried to make me eat a cheese sandwich made with velveeta (I actually had to sneak & throw it out) and that is saying alot for a girl who NEVER was one to waste food & I pretty much would eat anything in sight! I feel it is way over-rated and WAY over priced. And not to be mean or to kick a good thing why not just make fudge the standard way, is this velveeta fudge really that good? Just wondering! And I love cheese all the way, it's just that velveeta is like some kind of fake flavored cheese in my opinion....and you know the old saying about opinions!!! Smile, Cathy
 
Ha! I don't plan on switching from the "Mamie Eisenhower's Creamy Christmas Fudge" recipe that I've been using for quite a while, either. I just had to try the velveeta stuff 'tho, cause I simply couldn't believe it! And low & behold- it did work- I was a pretty shocked puppy!
 
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