It’s Friday, and Meg is thinking some football and yummy snacks for the Patriots/Ravens game this SUNDAY. Meg will not, however, be turning to Paula Deen for a casserole of cream cheese and a side of fried butter for her halftime snack.
Paula’s cooking never inspired Meg. Too much of everything. Too much fat, too much butter, too much salt. Most of all, TOO MUCH Paula. She is just too over the top with all the y’alls and and best wishes and dishes cornpone.
Now when Paula announced on national TV she had diabetes, she was not surprised. In fact, Meg must admit she had a case of schadenfreude when she heard the news, but she suspected someone who’s overweight and cooks like that may lean toward that type of condition.
Meg was also not surprised when Anthony Bourdain tweeted this:
Needless to say, all the Paula groupies hopped on Facebook and Twitter to diss Bourdain’s witty and astute observation.
Guess what Paula groupies? Paula partnered with a drug company and gets PAID by Novo Nordisk for promoting her disease. She also is all over their website touting alleged HEALTHY recipes with her two talentless sons, who are also promoting a HEALTHY cooking show. Oh, and guess what? If you want those HEALTHY recipes, you have to sign up and give them all of your personal information. Name, birthdate, address, phone number. Really? You need all of that for me to look at Paula Deen’s recipes?
“I’ve always encouraged moderation. People see me cooking all these wonderful, Southern, fattening recipes … it’s for entertainment. People have to be responsible.”
Here is part of Paula’s recipe for a HEALTHY lasagna:
OK, that contains 7 different types of cheese. Seriously, isn’t that like a whole herd of dairy cows? No wonder there are dairy shortages in Scandanavia, she’s hogging the world’s supply of lactose!
Here’s the deal Paula. You had diabetes for three years, and you are now monetizing your brand by being a spokesperson for a drug, and promoting a TV show with your goofy kids. Worst of all, in any interview I’ve seen, you haven’t said once how you changed your diet, how you modified your routine, or what kind of exercise you’ve incorporated into your life.
Meg suspects the only exercise she’s done is jump up and shout Hallelujah with her accountants about how much money she’s raking in.
This weekend, Meg is going to relax and tune into the Barefoot Contessa, where the soothing Ina Garten will melt Meg’s Paula Deen rage by gently saying “how good is that” and serving lunch in her garden of hydrangeas.
I usually include a relevant video on Friday, but I couldn’t bring myself to post any of the Deen interviews. Today, I bring you the President channeling Al Green:
I’m heading out to Pandora radio for an Al Green fest right now!
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Y’all, I love me some Reverend Barack Green! Paula and her blue hair drive me crazy too. I love me some Ina too, but that girlfriend probably has Type 2 as well. And Mario B.
GO RAVENS!!!!!!!!!!
The Zadge´s last [type] ..All the Zadge has to say is…
Now show me a GOP candidate who can sing like that!
Paula ew…yuk…..ya’ll…………….while I think it’s ok once in awhile to cook up a fattening dish that you partake in once or twice a year – Paula is just irresponsible and you are right her sons add ZERO……..
The Zadge has now defected to the Ravens I see………..hmmm…….My Tommy and his posse and gonna send them packin too Zadge……..it’s just the way it has to be!
Paula Deen makes me embarrassed to have a Southern accent.
And, as if I wasn’t already goofy over my President…oooh, baby, baby!
Nance´s last [type] ..Wrasslin’ Slime Creatures Down In The Swamps
I now have a new favorite word.
linlah´s last [type] ..feather in the sky
That is 6 cups of cheese. In one lasagna. At most I have two cups of ricotta cheese and a smattering of mozzarella in mine. And that is for a BIG lasagna.
Go GIANTS!!!! GO! GO! GO!
Whew, now that I have that out of my system. I can focus on Paula. the Big Tuna and I are from just outside NYC. Let’s face it, if it tastes good, we should spit it out.
Mrs. Tuna´s last [type] ..The Sisterhood of the Traveling Office
Good thing Paula doesn’t have my doctor. She would have to purge the word “moderation” from her vocab. Apparently that’s her diet.
We’re on no sugar-low fat. We think cheating is when you have an extra graham cracker for your bedtime snack. We count our grapes at breakfast.
Barack OGreen melted my heart with that singing.
Little Miss Sunshine State´s last [type] ..Interview With A NEW Cat!
I am hysterical that you used the word “cornpone.” I haven’t heard that word since my grandfather was alive and I was probably 10 years old. Absolutely classic!
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