Re: Paula Deen

shoekitty · ‎03-10-2010

I don't know what happened to her. She started out so warm, funny and really entertaining preparing her recipes . I love to watch her, although I couldn't eat the food she prepared. Then she did get very inappropriate, and hard to watch. I just quit. It was cringe worthy! I don't know if she lost a filter on her mouth, but even male guests were taken back by her attics. Then the fall out. It was sad to see, but maybe for the best for her. She managed to go on

“sometimes you have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on”….Bob Dylan

Moonlady · ‎03-10-2010

About 20 years ago, I saw a wonderful episode of her show in which she traveled to Plains, GA after President Carter called in to suggest she come for a visit and do some cooking. (Apparently, he'd appeared in her show before, and they became friends.)

When he died, she had nice words to say about him and thoughts to share. And she posted a link to that episode. I was happy to revisit it again. I didn't remember "Mr. Jimmy" taking her on a tour of his boyhood home, so that was nice to see. The cooking was just as I remembered it! She brought him an apron emblazoned with Hail to the Chef lol. He helped with the cooking and Mrs. Carter helped make the pecan tassies.

To me, the best part was when Deen asked where they usually eat, and Mrs. Carter said they ate on trays in the living room. So that's where they ate, but used a wooden coffee table instead of trays. They used some nice plates that Deen brought as a gift. Very much down-to-earth people.

I loved watching that episode again, and I thought of it when President Carter died. I just checked and it's still posted on Deen's Facebook if anyone's interested.

The pain they have cost us, the evils that never happened.

Rockycoast · ‎03-02-2016

@colleena wrote:
@Rockycoast Seem to remember it was called Paulas Party & she would sit on male audience members & make suggestive comments - cringy.

Is that what it was called? I could not remember. Just remember the disgust I had watching her. She thought she was hillarious. I ddn't. Did not watch any more.

vaberry · ‎03-20-2010

I had read where the rain in Savannah had flooded the restaurants multiple days. Maybe that played into the decision.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

At 78, I could see her cutting back, allowing the sons focusing on the most popular restaurants. Her early shows were fun to watch, but I've never made a single PD recipe.

walker · ‎03-26-2010

I always enjoyed watching her show on Food Network years ago. I have fixed two of her recipes....Tuna Burgers and Marinated Tomatoes....both good. I liked watching her sons on program as well. They both have busy families now....Bobby has triplets.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

I enjoyed her first few shows on the Food Network, but she soon showed herself to be loud, phony and overbearing. Totally obnoxious.

We did eat at her place in Savannah before she became so famous, along with Mrs. Wilkes (which to me was more what you'd expect) and others and Paula's was your basic Southern meat-and three cafeteria. Not really my kind of food, and nothing special.

CoffeeNut · ‎03-15-2010

I still watch her daily YouTube channel which puts out daily videos of her. Over the past year it seems her memory loss is getting more noticeable. She's always asking people in the background for answers because she can't remember much of anything.