Paula Deen - A NUT

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I'd like to hit Paula Deen in the face with a ham!

Never mind...

eh hem see post #14

[limey]

Originally Posted by Brianna

perusing thanksgiving day recipes I came across this:

Deep-Fried Cranberry Sauce Fritters

by Paula Deen

Deep frying cranberry sauce seems so very wrong - but, I bet it's good. I also wonder if ol' Paula is Scottish. They seem to want to fry everything, too. Where is bebop? Where is a Scottish person when you need one? typical - at the fry shop.

OK. where's the recipe? I'll give it a go (not Scottish ,but living here ...)

[Trilby]

sorry, limey!! here ya go - and if you make it - gotta tell us how it was!!


Ingredients
1 (13-ounce) can jelly style cranberry sauce, sliced into 1/2-inch thick rounds
2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup water
Oil, for frying
Directions
Lay the cranberry sauce rounds out in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan and freeze for 4 hours or until solid.


In a shallow bowl, place one cup of the flour. In another shallow bowl combine the remaining cup of flour with the sugar, salt, and baking powder. Pour in the water and stir together until smooth. Let the batter rest for 15 minutes.

Heat the oil in a deep-fryer or large Dutch oven to 375 degrees F.

Dredge the frozen cranberry sauce rounds in the flour. Then dip rounds in the batter and gently place in the oil. Fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.

Serve and enjoy immediately.

[limey]

Originally Posted by Brianna

sorry, limey!! here ya go - and if you make it - gotta tell us how it was!!


Ingredients
1 (13-ounce) can jelly style cranberry sauce, sliced into 1/2-inch thick rounds
2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup water
Oil, for frying
Directions
Lay the cranberry sauce rounds out in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan and freeze for 4 hours or until solid.


In a shallow bowl, place one cup of the flour. In another shallow bowl combine the remaining cup of flour with the sugar, salt, and baking powder. Pour in the water and stir together until smooth. Let the batter rest for 15 minutes.

Heat the oil in a deep-fryer or large Dutch oven to 375 degrees F.

Dredge the frozen cranberry sauce rounds in the flour. Then dip rounds in the batter and gently place in the oil. Fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.

Serve and enjoy immediately.

Tricky 'cos I don't have a deep-fat fryer, but I'll try to work out how to give it a go ...

[Aliantha]

Sounds a lot like how you make deep fried icecream. That's yummo!

Also deep fried mars bars!

[skysidhe]

She makes a great shrimp creole though, oh and a chicken pot pie.
I have found most of those meals on those shows are not simple enough for me. I find better recipes on blogspot.

Mostly I watch the Food Network Challenge and the Food Network reality star show.

[classicman]

lol - too funny

Link

[TheMercenary]

We have to live with her in our face on a continual basis. People who come to Savannah flock to line up in the summer Georgia heat to eat at her place. It really is a waste of your time. Most food at a local dinner is better. It is all homestyle cooking and way over priced.

[wolf]

I'm just not that into white trash or white trash cooking.

momwolf was a big fan of the Food Network, and would sometimes end up watching Paula while waiting for some actually good show to come on.

The show where she went to England and played the Even Uglier American was a complete travesty.

And there just should not be a recipe for fudge that uses Velveeta Cheese as an ingredient.

Ick.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by wolf

The show where she went to England and played the Even Uglier American was a complete travesty.

Damn. Couldn't find that on YouTube

[zippyt]

She's an old white lady from the deep south , of corse she has said nigger , Duuuuhhh !

[BigV]

I agree with both of y'all.

I'm curious about actions more than words. There can be empty words, but if they're matched with similar actions, then there's likely a cause for concern (action).

Deen was being deposed in connection with a pending sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee who claims she was subjected to a barrage of racist, sexist and generally inappropriate comments while she worked at Paula's Oyster House restaurant in Georgia.

In this context, I think such questions are appropriate. They're not sufficient, but they are pertinent.

[Happy Monkey]

I have more of an issue with her idea of a "plantation style wedding" than any use of any particular word.

[Sundae]

I worked with a man who would use very inappropriate language about our gay colleague. Behind his back.
Gay colleague was supercilious, snide and quite unpleasant.
Person using the inappropriate language was funny, open-minded and was BFF with a gay all the way through Uni (they lost contact he he moved away from Brighton, not because of any other disagreement).
He was not homophobic.

But had he ever been in court and it was called into question, he would have been judged by his words, not his attitude or behaviour.

I must remember this.
I secretly roll my eyes at many things Mum says. They speak of embedded attitudes ("Well, we do have one Asian family living nearby, but they don't really cause any trouble.")
But her actions and behaviour show differently.
She was so touched at how they responded to Grandad's death. She appreciated the fact that Mr H read her some verses from the Koran, in the same way an atheist like me would appreciate a true Christian reading reading a relevant passage from the Bible - if it is intended to comfort then it's the thought that counts.

They put a card through the door every Christmas, she puts one through their door at Eid.

Sorry, a bit off topic.
No idea who this woman is and whether she's racist or not.
But I do get a little stab in the throat when Bri's name comes up on my screen.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Sundae

I worked with a man who would use very inappropriate language about our gay colleague. Behind his back.
Gay colleague was supercilious, snide and quite unpleasant.
Person using the inappropriate language was funny, open-minded and was BFF with a gay all the way through Uni (they lost contact he he moved away from Brighton, not because of any other disagreement).
He was not homophobic.

--snip

I have a problem with this kind of behavior, one face to the world, a different face to the friends. Was the "very inappropriate language" about the gay colleague about the colleague's sexuality? Your post makes it sound that way. So, your co-worker was not homophobic, didn't like a gay colleague, and expressed that dislike by calling names; not about the colleague's actual unpleasant qualities. What is the purpose of such complaints? Maybe he was a king joker, a clown who made jokes about all kinds of people. But mostly this kind of disconnect makes me suspicious. I don't like it.