Teresa and Joe Giudice's troubles with the IRS are truly unbelievable. The 39 count indictment is a train wreck to read. Although much of their blatant dirty deeds happened before Teresa ever signed on with Bravo, there are some interesting tidbits about Teresa's role on the popular Real Housewives of New Jersey. Notably, the compensation is much lower compared to reality T.V. top figures that used to be reported just a few years ago.
- Between June 2008 and October 2009, Teresa made approximately $110,000 between her reality show, appearances and her web site.
- In 2009 Teresa and Joe signed on for Season 2 of Real Housewives at $110,000 for the season. This amounts to about $6,000 an episode.
- The IRS is ticked that Teresa didn't disclose expected future income when she filed for bankruptcy in 2009. They allege she only disclosed her Bravo salary and did not disclose any other income from other sources such as her business and web site. She specifically told them, under oath, that her web site was not generating any income, when the IRS alleges in fact it was.
- The IRS is also ticked that Teresa didn't disclose the true income from her many other business ventures.
- The IRS is really, really ticked at this couple.
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Teresa and Joe could face up to 30 years in prison. Their passports have been confiscated and Joe faces possible deportation to Italy if convicted.
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I meant to say that 5 years ago the teens were all into Facebook but now they are more into Twitter. I don't know if that's the same today in middle school but my that is how it has changed over time for my dd who will be a junior in HS
When Milo says stupid stuff like this, I wonder if she really is a mother, or just a big faker.
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Is anyone even sure if it's a woman, or an "it" just being a Catfish? I don't think we'll ever find out.
Nice party, Joy! Great ocean breeze, men to die for, and tropical drinks that keep us going back for more! What's on the agenda for tomorrow?
Now I'm hungry for crab-stuffed mushrooms!
I made her friend me and give me her password. Now, though, she has a twitter (which can see), and instagram, a tumblr, and who knows what else.
I don't think it works asking your kids for their passwords. They just make up a new account. Easy peasy.
The best way to keep one eye on your teen's online habits is to 1) NOT give them cell phones and 2) don't put computers in their rooms.
Sure, they can get around these things too but at least my conscience is clean.
Kate can't even say that because her girls HAVE cell phones.
So I only have 1 child. My daughter went to pre-school just finished kindergarten and will be starting 1st grade in 4 weeks. Tfw makes me me feel inadequate, she makes me feel like I'm not doing enough! I work 40 hours a week and my gorgeous dd does gymnastics and is a Girl Scout and for the most part eats pretty healthy. Yet this woman somehow makes me question my mothering skills! I only have one child, she has Eight My one child does make her bed (after being reminded) somewhat picks up after herself. Yet when I read twitter feed or here I come away with a sense of failure? Am I not doing enough. I know she has 7 more children than me but why do I feel so inferior? I do what I do (what we all do) work a full time job, cook, clean, do laundry, grocery shop, organize
Ghosts of Cape May trolley tour was great fun!
Back to the beach house with great party going on! Its ten on the east coast, so we are just getting started. I see Kiefer Sutherland and Daniel Craig are on patrol as Bauer and Bond to make sure no Gladys Kravitz party crashers come around. Bauer and Bond, great name for a detective agency.
Hi Jeremy, we are all at a virtual party at Lovely beach house at Cape May, NJ, in honor of the Real Housewives.
Look who is here! Andy Cohen, Bravo producer and host of Watch What Happens Live! We can ask him if Teresa is arrogant or stupid or both, and does he think she will do a plea deal and throw Giovanni ” Joe” under the bus. And Andy must tell us how TFW really was as a guest. Oh, that's right Andy, you named her Jackhole of the Week twice, that's all you have to say.
Here is Shoka to spend the weekend with us and run on the beach. I brought dog treats just for him!
Everyone have fun on the big veranda. I convinced Paul Shaffer to come back and play piano again for us. Who is singing along right now? I think its Hugh again. Is BRUCE and Bon Jovi still here?
When Milo says stupid stuff like this, I wonder if she really is a mother, or just a big faker.
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We don't even know if it's an adult...
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 4h
@Kateplusmy8 Now please tell Mady that Jack has issued a woof woof request...we want 2see her Shoka "poised & handsome" photo dog best! :)
Jack is talking woof woof to Mady. How charming.
So glad you asked Over in TFW Country! Oh, I think Shoka hitched a ride with you. I don't speak canine very well but he woofed something about ” no appreciation at home” and ” bored”. TFW is definitely as boring as can be.
Tomorrow we have to be at the Coast Guard academy grounds by seven to get good seats for the Sunset Parade, it should be very inspiring. Daytime is for a tour of the Emlen Physick estate and Victorian era house. And bicycle rising around Cape May and hit any restaurants you want. It may rain for a short time, but that won't interfere with or plans, that is the beauty of a virtual holiday!
I'm switching to sangria. Any more rumspringa and I will be snoring on the veranda.
I'm cooking up some steamers so anyone who has a hankering for clams come on down to the beach and someone please bring the clarified butter from the kitchen.
Nice party, Joy! Great ocean breeze, men to die for, and tropical drinks that keep us going back for more!
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Tropical drinks? Will we be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band?
Joy in Virginia, I love your posts.
Sophie @sophkaplan 10m
kate gosselin where u at
Most likely not where she wants to be...which is anywhere on her bucket list. Paris perhaps?
ancia rowbotham @l_rowbotham 2h
@Kateplusmy8 kate you probably wont get around to reading this but i was just wondering if or when you would be bringin back kate plus8
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Unintentional rubbing of salt into the wound? LOL.
Joy - your beach party house and daily activities sound both fun and exhausting! Must be my age that's showing. However, the bike ride really sounds appealing to me, as long as it's not too hot and the roadways/pathways are nice and flat!
Then to return to a comfy beach cottage, where cool drinks await? Oh, bring it on!
This mama could not afford to go away on vacation this year, but I am taking next week off. I hope to get out to my nearby beach at least one afternoon,. I bring along a beach chair, and just sit and listen to the waves, people watch and relax.
Joy.... Back in the late 90's, (in my club-going days) my friend and I ran into Nathan Fillion and Ryan Reynolds in a famous nightclub in my city (Vancouver), and the drinks were flowing....and well, lets just say that Nathan is a good kisser! He was in a show called Two Guys A Girl and A Pizza Place at the time. All the girls were swooning over Ryan cuz he was more famous at the time, but I spent my time talking to Nathan....such a nice guy!
And bicycle rising around Cape May and hit any restaurants you want.
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You'll find Hugh and me down at the Raw Bar on Fisherman's Wharf where we'll enjoy some crab soup and a few dozen oysters before dinner at the Lobster House. It's usually crowded, but I'm sure if he breaks into "Who Am I?" they'll find a nice table in the corner for us!
The fans are still having trouble understanding the process of baking/freezing cookies:
Efimova Alexandra @SashaDoubleMam 18m
@Allisstair @Kateplusmy8 They have already finished or still need to bake after thawing?
What is so complicated about this? You bake the cookies, freeze the cookies, take them out of the freezer, let them defrost, and eat them!
The use of TFW has to be pissing her off...we all know it. I'm sorry but it's funny.
As for how and what TFW feed's the kids is sad. I have been saying for years...she does not feed them right. I was jumped on b/c I didn't understand how a 5 year old would order a salad instead of french fries. But it was pushed in my face that all children 4-17 order salads for their side dishes.
TFW can't afford MILK for the kid's cause it's just gosh darn too expensive (even 1 glass a day per kid).
It's been made clear that the kid's are ruled by food. You do good and you get ice cream. You tell the world you miss the tv show...you get candy. You eat TFW's crap she call's dinner and rate it 9 stars you are not forced to eat any more.
I feel so bad for these kid's...and still wonder why no one can help them.
TFW is a Child and Animal Abuser.
Mim, Millicent, glad you are having fun! NJ Gal and Over in TFW country, I will be tagging along with your culinary adventures. Just a city girl, thanks for the story! Nathan just seems very nice and like he would be loads of fun at a party! Did you see him in Joss Whedons version of Much Ado About Nothing? He played the comic relief, a bumbling detective, and was hilarious. Anyone so willing to make fun of himself has to be a funny guy.
Note to self: steel drum band on veranda all tomorrow afternoon.
No need to wait for cookies to defrost. Frozen cookies are my favorite kind. There is a snap, but they are soft and flavorful.
The use of TFW has to be pissing her off...we all know it. I'm sorry but it's funny
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I smirk everytime I see it. And the alternative definition runs thru my head.
Starz22...I was with you. It's not at all normal for a kid however old Mady was to order a salad. Says how much she'd been brain washed.
And if the brain washing worked for food intake, just think how it must have worked for filming, or their daddy. Hmmmm....
Mel #20 I agree.
I think the kid's hear on a daily basis...It's all daddys fault that we don't have a show anymore. Daddy is the reason we don't get vacations anymore.You'r daddy took it all away.
They will never hear that TFW has the money to take them on vacation...all due to the kids "working". It's ok for TFW to pay for HER vacations...but not the kids. TFW can eat out...tan...drive fancy cars all b/c the kids worked. Like on Ellen she was asked...How are you going to license 6 kids at one time, and give them a car?TFW says ppppffftttt....they will have to get a job and buy their own car! Really?? What a smuck.
TFW is a Child and Animal Abuser...
Mel said... 20
The use of TFW has to be pissing her off...we all know it. I'm sorry but it's funny
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I smirk everytime I see it. And the alternative definition runs thru my head.
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I thought is was a calculated move on Jon's part to not use (she who shall not be named) the name.
BUT, it shows a high level of acrimony still exists between them, and that's just sad.
It's been made clear that the kid's are ruled by food. You do good and you get ice cream. You tell the world you miss the tv show...you get candy. You eat TFW's crap she call's dinner and rate it 9 stars you are not forced to eat any more.
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Absolutely!
Don't forget, whoever dared got TFW wet on a fricking RAFTING trip would not get dinner that night.
That is sick and abusive.
DH and I had a lovely dinner out with all of his family last night (in laws, BIL"s, SIL's, nieces, nephews), and the kids sat at their own table, and had their own buffet while the "grown ups" ordered from the regular menu.
Not one parent doled out their food, or cared what they helped themselves to, or cared how many smores they made themselves.
The kids had a blast, and they're all happy, healthy and active.
Food just isn't wielded as a weapon or reward.
BTW... just watching the interactions between the kids and their parents-- it just touches my heart. So much love that is expresses in words, glances and touches.
It is vastly, vastly different than how Kate treats her kids. She's so cold, with the occasional touching or looking into the eyes, but nothing "just because' and extemporaneous like my nieces and nephews get.
When's the last time anyone saw a kid crawl into her lap?
And watching my nieces and nephews with their grandparents, OMG, it's precious. They have such a bond and love them so, so , so much. It's all they've known all their lives.
Joy, you really should get into the virtual party business. I'm having such a great time on your veranda, I actually feel the ocean breeze. Oh, wait, I live in Vancouver, the breeze is real, but the party is in my head, thanks for putting it there! I brought Simon Baker BTW, his blue eyes are dazzling, and I love his Aussie accent.
Sleepless In Seattle said... 7
When Milo says stupid stuff like this, I wonder if she really is a mother, or just a big faker.
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We don't even know if it's an adult...
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 4h
@Kateplusmy8 Now please tell Mady that Jack has issued a woof woof request...we want 2see her Shoka "poised & handsome" photo dog best! :)
Jack is talking woof woof to Mady. How charming.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...... Gee Milo, why does only Jack have a woof woof request for Shoka? If anyone would have a woof woof request I would think it would be Katie Irene, your new dog you named after Kate. Katie Irene doesn't want to see a picture of Shoka? Or do you just not mention that pup anymore, since it was painfully clear you really ticked TFW off by naming a dog after her?
Food just isn't wielded as a weapon or reward.
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Amen. Sounds like a nice dinner out!
Food should not be a weapon OR a reward or even a focus. My family didn't place the focus on the food, they focused on the gathering together. No one has food issues. The food was good, compliments to the cook, and move on. I do the same now that I'm an adult.
According to Kate's fake blog counter, she's had over 100,000 page views in the past few days yet she's only sold 7 books.
According to Kate's fake blog counter, she's had over 100,000 page views in the past few days yet she's only sold 7 books.
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That's a terrible conversion rate. Any publisher who cares who be panicking now.
Serves her right for using Mady as bait. It's not just that we can't give her the benefit of the doubt. It's that her actions strongly suggest she is indeed using them. As someone else pointed out, it'd be a heck of a lot easier to look at her post about Mady as merely innocent if she simply linked DIRECTLY to it. Instead you have to get through two, maybe even three I think advertisements for the book to get to Mady's post. She might look a little more innocent if she simply put the book ad in the right hand sidebar so it showed up on every page. Then, link directly to posts she is referencing. She insults her viewers' intelligence.
She insults her viewers' intelligence.
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I think there's an oxymoron in there somewhere. ;)
Anybody feel like taking a little stroll down memory lane? Two years ago today, a fan tweeted TFW and said that Perez was reporting that K+8 was canceled. TFW answered, "Zero truth! Not going anywhere!!! Tons of fun 2 be had!" Looking back, it's so funny to read those, knowing that 11 days later TLC pulled the rug out from under her.
(Sorry, my persnickety laptop doesn't like having a mouse attached, so I can't cut and paste. But if you go in the archives, it's there--August 4, 2011, comment 62, under the Hodge Podge DInner recap.
Admin (186, previous page) mentioned TFW being defensive about the Audi in a Sept 2011 tweet exchange. While browsing archives (I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep!) I saw where someone had asked TFW what she drives, and she said the BBB, or her Toyota SUV when she had 6 kids or less. This was summer 2011. She had the Audi then, but didn't mention it. She was hiding it, all right, and she knew it didn't look good to be crying poor while simultaneously buying a sports car. She was just ticked off that she got caught!
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If they had filed returns and paid off the loans, they may not have ever been investigated. The way the IRS works, is that they start with an audit, and if there are no big red flags, that is the end of it. If there were errors made, or a reasonable interpretation of tax laws, then the owed taxes must be paid, and there may be a penalty on top of that. The taxpayer can make a case, for example, medical reasons, hurricane, etc., but they have to prove it.
If there are red flags, and obvious efforts to defraud, the IRS will just keep going back, and begin building a case.
As far as the banks, if the payments are being made, there would be no reason to probe. They only care about getting their money.
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Thanks so much. That's what I'd thought.
I was watching "Show Business Tonight" yesterday and they had as guests the female attorney Monica Chacon and another guest (who I think was the guy who sued Joe G....may have been the case where Joe G. forged the guys name on a loan application). At any rate...the host was insinuating that Monica and the other guest were responsible for getting the G's into trouble with the Feds and that they'd done super sleuthing to accomplish this.
I find this rather alarming....why would super sleuthing have been needed to uncover this? It really makes me wonder how many people are committing fraud and getting away with it. I always thought that the least little illegality and the police would be at your door.
Wouldn't the G.'s have needed to show tax returns when filing for that bankruptcy? And documentation regarding the loans (that made up part of the 11 million in debt)? I'm just having difficulty understanding how all this fraud wasn't uncovered earlier and why any sort of super-sleuthing would have even been necessary.
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Anybody feel like taking a little stroll down memory lane? Two years ago today, a fan tweeted TFW and said that Perez was reporting that K+8 was canceled. TFW answered, "Zero truth! Not going anywhere!!! Tons of fun 2 be had!" Looking back, it's so funny to read those, knowing that 11 days later TLC pulled the rug out from under her.
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So either TLC didn't give a crap about Kate and hadn't confirmed, with her, the rumors that by that time were flying, or Kate didn't give a crap about her fans and outright lied to them. Does anyone believe Kate hadn't heard the rumors and didn't know what was going on?
Personally, when speaking about Kate's lies, I'd rather use her name instead of initials. Just because she won't own her lies doesn't mean I'm going to cover them up by using initials.
JMO, but I think Kate knew her show was over but since "No never means no" to her she felt she had so many loving fans that they could make silly signs and stand in parking lots demanding to keep Kate on TV and that would work. After the announcement had been made one of her fans put a petition on her blog to bring Kate back. I don't think it got over 500 signatures.
When her fans say they "have her back" what does that even mean? They couldn't get her job back for her or get her another one.
Yesterday, I was at my best friend house, having a nice dinner with her and her 21 years daughter, my godchild. At one point, we started reminiscing about good ol'times and my godchild said that her favorite memory of her mother is when how , every saturday afternoon, she would put the Pointers Sisters full blast all around the house and vacuum like crazy, singing along at the top of her lungs until everthing was spic and span. Then "she would pour herself a glass of red wine and do her nails, watching old movies on tv. I know it's kind of weird, but that always made me so ssafe..."
That's how you make memories for your children... By letting them choose what they"ll remember and cherish. It's their personnal history. Not ours.
Hi Jumping in, we went to Vancouver a while back, it was when x Files was still filming there and we saw lots of locations we recognized from the show. Maybe next trip we should do West coast and have virtual bicycle ride around Stanley Park!
Its noon here on the East Coast and the steel drum band is setting up on the veranda. It was so nice watching the sun come up while walking the beach.
At one thirty there is a wetlands wildlife tour on the Osprey, a tour boat leaving from the Miss Chris Marina. Www.capemaykayaks.com you can click on their website and See photos of where we are going.
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So I only have 1 child. My daughter went to pre-school just finished kindergarten and will be starting 1st grade in 4 weeks. Tfw makes me me feel inadequate, she makes me feel like I'm not doing enough! I work 40 hours a week and my gorgeous dd does gymnastics and is a Girl Scout and for the most part eats pretty healthy. Yet this woman somehow makes me question my mothering skills! I only have one child, she has Eight My one child does make her bed (after being reminded) somewhat picks up after herself. Yet when I read twitter feed or here I come away with a sense of failure? Am I not doing enough. I know she has 7 more children than me but why do I feel so inferior? I do what I do (what we all do) work a full time job, cook, clean, do laundry, grocery shop, organize
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You're the real mom and you should be proud of yourself! Don't sell yourself short or let an image of someone created to be something she is not make you feel inadequate. From the image of the Christian mom wearing Bible verse t-shirts with verses posted all over the house, to appearing overworked and frazzled while slaving over laundry and meals, she wasn't then and is not now, what the tv show or TFW herself wants us believe.
TFW's "brand" (and that's all it is - something to 'sell' to consumers) has always been that of the overachieving, do-it-herself, hands-on, supermom of 8, yet we know it was fake. She doesn't work outside the home. She has help with the kids, with cooking and cleaning and the kids are not as involved in outside activities as your daughter seems to be, reducing her involvement outside the home w/them. You're living the life of a real mom in society today - she's NOT and never has. Don't compare yourself to a false image created to market a tv show or cookbook or 'brand'.
TFW with her 'branding' has always been intentional to impress and amaze others. She and her managers worked hard to create the image. Read her twitter tl and you'll see the young girls and new moms gushing over how hard she works and being amazzzzzzed at how she does it all. But, how did they get this opinion of her? They watched the show and read her tweets - created to reinforce the 'image'.
Just remember that it's smoke and mirrors and FAR from the experiences of working moms all over the country. We saw what they wanted us to see and she tells us what she wants us to know to perpetuate that image, but it is only a fraction of the truth.
I don't understand either why you need super sleuthing either to realize someone simply didn't fill out tax returns for ...eight.... Years.
Since someone mentioned her fake blog counter, I think TFW has been up all hours of the night buying twitter followers and books. I haven't slept well since my furry baby died so I'm up late on my iPad.
One night I took a peek at her twitter and all of a sudden her twitter followers jumped by 100, then another 100. Within a few min. She went up 500. Same thing with her book, books are are being bought in the middle of the night.
I wonder if Kate is up late and then sleeps in, and her kids look after themselves. TFW is very,very, very lazy and I don't think she does any work around the house or takes care of her kids.
The only work Kate will ever do is twitter, lousy cookbook, and of course the old use her kids to make money for her. Exploitation at its best!
I know 8 year olds who have Facebook accounts. Sad. Personally, I think you should have to wait until your 18 to have an account. Unfortunately, there's no way for FB to determine how old you are. They have to take your word.
On a different note, I was looking over her stir fry recipe, which will be my second one to try. Her proportions seem all off! A quart of snow peas? 1/2 Cup of soy sauce? I don't think my wok is big enough! This is more daunting then I first thought.
Off to church. I'll pray for cooking guidance!
Speaking of the recipes, I wonder why they aren't posted on the Amazon UK and Canadian sites? They're only posted on the HCI Books site, and the Amazon.com sites. Since there have been only 13 orders from Canada, and 23 from the UK, you'd think they would post them there too to up the sales.(ha ha)
Since the TFW is known "worldwide", why shouldn't the "world" be entitled to get a peek at her "delicious" and "yummy" recipes?
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On a different note, I was looking over her stir fry recipe, which will be my second one to try.
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Wait! Did I miss something? What did you make and how did the family like it?
It just hit me that's a LOT of sit sauce! Soy sauce is like salt, a little goes a long way.
White that's such a cute story. I've said that before too. Children decide what their memories are good or bad. You don't get to tell them how their memories will go. Just give them a good and safe life and the memories will take care of themselves.
@MiloandJack: @Kateplusmy8 Okay...okay Mom...calm down...I confess...I left the freezer door open! :(
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Yeah Milo, we know that TFW is a bitch and your pointing it out does not help matters. I don't think she'll be amused by your tweet. How long is it going to take you to realize your faux pas and delete the tweet?
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@Kateplusmy8 Okay...okay Mom...calm down...I confess...I left the freezer door open! :(
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The picture is of a tiger roaring, with a little baby tiger standing up in front of it with its paws spread out as if to "hush" the tiger.
Does Milo really think this is cute? She is basically blaming one of this kids for leaving the freezer door open. How does she know that her queen, TFW, wasn't the one who left it open? I don't think there's anything cute or funny about it.
Does Mary Jane at the Examiner(who writes all those fluff articles about TFW based on her tweets) understand the purpose of TFW putting the copyright watermark on Mady's pictures?
She wrote an article about Mady's new hobby, and right there in the article is one of the pictures that Mady took, copyright and all.
Didn't TFW start putting the watermarks on her pictures when one of the tabs(Hollybaby or Huff Post) posted pictures from her website?
Don't think TFW would be too happy to find out about this.
I find it ironic when TFW always tweets platitudes that she should be following but does not. This is the latest.
iAm Wise @iAmTheWiseOne 22h
The secret of success: stop wishing, start doing.
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OMG! I just read my e-mail and there's a joke from a friend called Ammo is getting scarce. I tried copying it, pictures and all but it just brings up my e-mail page. Here's the joke.
Ammo Scarcity
Ammo is getting scarce!
This morning I lucked out and was able to buy two boxes of ammo.
I placed the boxes on the front seat and headed back home, but stopped at a gas station where a drop-dead gorgeous blonde in a short skirt was filling up her car at the next pump.
She glanced at the two boxes of ammo, bent over and leaned in my passenger window, and said in a sexy voice, "I'm a big believer in barter, old fella. Would you be interested in trading sex for ammo?"
I thought for a few seconds and asked, "What kind of ammo 'ya got?"
Guess who the picture of the blond is?? Kate Gosselin in a short dress pumping gas! If anyone can tell me how to post this e-mail so you just get the joke please let me know and I'll post it.
@MiloandJack: @Kateplusmy8 Okay...okay Mom...calm down...I confess...I left the freezer door open! :(
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Funny that Milo tweeted this cause TFW is really like this.
On a different note, I was looking over her stir fry recipe, which will be my second one to try. Her proportions seem all off! A quart of snow peas? 1/2 Cup of soy sauce? I don't think my wok is big enough! This is more daunting then I first thought.
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Seriously, I would think twice about making this. I don't think we need a "guinea pig" or first hand experience to say this recipe is utter crap and actually unhealthy to boot.
The soy alone adds about 5000-8000 mg of sodium. Soy is to be used as a condiment, not a stock.
Please, spare your blood pressure!
And yes, a quart of snow peas is ridiculous.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 44
White that's such a cute story. I've said that before too. Children decide what their memories are good or bad. You don't get to tell them how their memories will go. Just give them a good and safe life and the memories will take care of themselves.
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Great story!
One of my best memories actually does involve food.
My parents would occasionally take us to a family-owned ice cream place that was a bit of a drive into the "country". It was a treat for us and no, it wasn't a bribe or reward, it just WAS, because we did it as a family and all enjoyed it together.
Dad would drive the old station wagon with us in the "way, way back" (how did we ever survive those death traps!) and when we parked there, he'd pull down the rear door and we'd sit with our legs hanging over the edge, eating ice cream cones.
Just. Because.
I find it ironic when TFW always tweets platitudes that she should be following but does not. This is the latest.
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You find it ironic, I find it hysterical. Potato potato.
Unfortunately, there's no way for FB to determine how old you are. They have to take your word.
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If you know an 8 year old with a FB account, you should report it to FB. I've done it and they have removed the account. There is no reason for an 8 year old to have a FB account and it is potentially dangerous. There is a REASON that FB has an age limit.
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Does Milo really think this is cute? She is basically blaming one of this kids for leaving the freezer door open. How does she know that her queen, TFW, wasn't the one who left it open? I don't think there's anything cute or funny about it.
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Agree. Kate seems to spend all her time freezing for the apocalypse anyway, why wouldn't it be her?
Kate finally made it back on ROL. Not too kind about using her kids to sell her crookbook and website.
Kate finally made it back on ROL. Not too kind about using her kids to sell her crookbook and website.
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Just so everyone knows, if they're talking smack about Jon it's journalism and must be true. If they're saying bad things about Kate though, it's tabloid rag mag trash and lies.
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I agree with Suze 37. From the beginning, TWF has been promoting HERSELF as a brand. It's an illusion for viewers and a delusion for
her (I think she believes her own press).
Read any of the 8's exploitation links below. A more extensive listing can be found at:
http://www.gosselinbook.com/
It sounds like you are a great Mom to a happy child. If I needed a babysitter, you're the one I'd choose over a rigid, controlling fake.
Does Milo really think this is cute? 55
She may. I don't, but I do think it epitomizes kate. One of her kids reaches for her and she growls.
The ROL article begins:
"If you thought you’d seen the last of the former Mrs. Jon Gosselin,"
bwahahahahahahahah!
Haha ROL calls TFW "The former Mrs. Jon Gosselin". TFMJG it is then!
Seriously, I would think twice about making this. I don't think we need a "guinea pig" or first hand experience to say this recipe is utter crap and actually unhealthy to boot.
The soy alone adds about 5000-8000 mg of sodium. Soy is to be used as a condiment, not a stock.
Please, spare your blood pressure!
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Just Googled soy sauce and, yep, you're exactly right. 1/4 cup can have over 7000 mg of sodium. Kate is no cook. It may be very difficult to actually test her recipes and eat properly. I'd like to see them, but not sure I want someone duplicating them.
I guess HCI has no control over what goes in a cookbook?
Just Googled soy sauce and, yep, you're exactly right. 1/4 cup can have over 7000 mg of sodium.
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My god, that is AWFUL. Making the recipes could be fun but not if they put your health at risk. There will be plenty to chose from in the crookbook that don't contain that much sodium.
It takes us 5 months to run through one big bottle of soy sauce and we eat a lot of Asian inspired dishes. It shouldn't be used in large quantities like that, it's not right! LOL. I've always thought of soy sauce as the Asian substitute for salt. If I want something to be Asian inspired I substitute salt for soy sauce. A few little squirts for a whole meal is plenty.
So either TLC didn't give a crap about Kate and hadn't confirmed, with her, the rumors that by that time were flying, or Kate didn't give a crap about her fans and outright lied to them. Does anyone believe Kate hadn't heard the rumors and didn't know what was going on?
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I do kinda believe the network didn't communicate with her. That's kind of how they are. They...don't....care. There are dozens of stories on the internet of celebs not even knowing when their own show was cancelled. It's rude and not very appreciative, but apparently it's how some of the networks roll. Apparently even networks don't like to fire people so if they don't really have to deal with them directly, they won't.
There is another tweet, maybe someone could find it, where someone asked Kate WHY the show was cancelled. Kate's reply was that she had NO IDEA.
Obviously the show was cancelled for low ratings (um, this calls for a DUHH.) But I also took that to mean that no one had told her why. So, no one ever sat her down and went over the numbers with her and explained that the downward trend was a problem and it better start going up to X amount or they were done? Could very well be. Kate was just the "talent" expected to hit her mark. It was the network who was concerned about how to get good ratings.
I sort of believe it. They didn't care and didn't want her opinion. It was one of those when we want your opinion we'll give it to you situations. And when they decided show was over it was done, they couldn't care less what Kate or anyone had to say about that. This is why I sort of laugh when people ask Kate when are YOU bringing the show back or when are YOU doing a special? Kate doesn't have a single thing to do with it. For whatever reason, probably because she is more of a liability than an asset, they've decided not to bother with it. They don't care what Kate thinks or what she wants and Kate certainly has no power to make them do a show. Meanwhile they keep on making specials with the little people even sending them on trips to Costa Rica lol.
Now all that said, anyone with half a brain and a reality check could see this show was done, we all saw it coming months ahead of time. So to act so out of touch about it and to even send your poor unsuspecting fans out to Walmart parking lots trying to save it is embarrassing and sad.
Just so everyone knows, if they're talking smack about Jon it's journalism and must be true. If they're saying bad things about Kate though, it's tabloid rag mag trash and lies.
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True dat.
Oh, and Jon would be needing the rent money too.
Just Googled soy sauce and, yep, you're exactly right. 1/4 cup can have over 7000 mg of sodium.
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Kate's recipe calls for 1/2 cup. From Amazon:
Farm to Table Stir Fry
Serves 8-10
I came up with this recipe on my own out of pure necessity! I wanted to know how to make a delicious stir fry but never found a recipe I liked. One day, in the middle of the summer, when fresh beautiful produce was aplenty, I decided to experiment. I started by combining the oil and soy sauce together and was really just winging it. At some point, Cara came into the kitchen. She saw what I was making and said, 'That needs sesame seeds' and kept walking. I added Cara's magical ingredient and our stir fry was born! I made the dish three times that week. We just couldn't get enough of it. . . .
½ cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Kate-Gosselins-Love-Mix-Family-Friendly/dp/0757317642
It's like "OMG!! Sugar is so bad for you, so I'll only use 1 tsp!!"
Seriously, 1/2 cup soy sauce (never, ever seen this in a recipe, unless it's a marinade which you toss afterwards).
This reminds me of her 1 tsp. of feta in a wrap.
One tsp. is NOTHING in giving you the offset of sweet to the overwhelming salt in the soy. Which goes back to what I've asserted before, that Kate does not understand flavor profiles. She just throws crap together without really putting on her thinking cap.
To really understand other cuisines, you must understand their flavor profiles and base, starter ingredients, such as garlic and ginger, *the* foundation of Chinese stir fry dishes.
Just reviewing the recipe is prima facie evidence that this "stir fry" is truly not worth your time or money.
When I look at Kate's boloney explanation of this dish being made by "necessity" because there aren't any good ones out there, I just cringe.
There are many recipes, a veritable encyclopedia of authentic recipes out there, written by people who grew up eating this cuisine, and/or, cooking for a living.
But, I'm supposed to believe that this hausfrau from PA knows the "real deal" when it comes to good stir fry?
No. Stick to PB&J's cut diagonally dear.
Finally, let's see how an expert, Martin Yan, makes Beef Stir Fry, shall we?
http://www.yancancook.com/menus/31/week31_entree01.html
Hmmm.... Martin uses 1 tsp. of soy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, Kate's stir fry should come with a health warning and a PSA.
So I only have 1 child. My daughter went to pre-school just finished kindergarten and will be starting 1st grade in 4 weeks. Tfw makes me me feel inadequate, she makes me feel like I'm not doing enough! I work 40 hours a week and my gorgeous dd does gymnastics and is a Girl Scout and for the most part eats pretty healthy. Yet this woman somehow makes me question my mothering skills! I only have one child, she has Eight My one child does make her bed (after being reminded) somewhat picks up after herself. Yet when I read twitter feed or here I come away with a sense of failure? Am I not doing enough. I know she has 7 more children than me but why do I feel so inferior? I do what I do (what we all do) work a full time job, cook, clean, do laundry, grocery shop, organize
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This is EXACTLY why I don't like TFW!! She makes new/younger moms with less children feel bad about themselves because of the lies she perpetuates! Keeping up the illusion that she does everything on her own, with no help etc.
To Ellasmum: you are doing a GREAT job! Don't let a multi-millionaire who has a cleaning person, tutors for kids, part time nannies/babysitters, a spouse who takes the kids part-time and various other maintenance people make you feel bad by letting you think none of these people exist! Not to mention, her kids are at school 9 hours a day 8 months of the year and she has NO JOB!!
Keep up the good work with your kids!
When I look at Kate's boloney explanation of this dish being made by "necessity" because there aren't any good ones out there, I just cringe.
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That's another thing. How insulting and arrogant. There are dozens of top notch stir fry recipes out there. This whining about how nothing was good (what???) sounds as if none of them are good enough for Mrs. TFW but thank God the anointed one turned the burner on because she finally came up with something edible. Such a turn off. An Asian dish that doesn't even have ginger lol she's clueless.
That's another thing. How insulting and arrogant. There are dozens of top notch stir fry recipes out there.
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It seems like TFW's thinking is juvenile. She fabricates these yarns time and again and why? Why fill the void with lies?
It is insulting to the many experts out there, whose recipes are very easy to avail yourself. It's 2013 and this explanation might have flown a decade ago. Now? The interwebs and television are chock-a-block full of recipes.
Good recipes.
Tested recipes.
Recipes with tons of feedback.
Oh, that's right, recipes are for people who don't know how to cook. If this isn't a testament to why Kate's recipes are such a hot mess, I don't know what is.
What TFW meant was that Katherine wasn't there that day and she had a fridge full of vegetables
to use up before they went bad. Soy sauce can mask a lot, you know. ;-)
localyocul said... 59
I will know call KK aka TFW is now TFMJG.
Tucker's Mom said... 51
I think TFMJG just dumps things into a skillet and she put what.
she thought the ingredients measured into her lame cookbook.
I mean her sheep aren't to bright so they won't question her cooking measurements.
LOL like I said once be for she was cooking in K+8 and. She was poking/stabbing at the food like she didn't know what she was doing.
Yay!! Part 2 of Ask Kate is posted. Nothing new that hasn't been said before, except that she is planning some book signings.
In the 10 questions she answered, she plugs the cookbook in 3 of them. I guess that's just in case no one saw the big glaring ad on her home page that she directed them to.
This reminds me of her 1 tsp. of feta in a wrap.
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Why tease yourself. Don't bother.
I understand not knowing much about cooking if you don't really spend a lot of time reading up about it and/or watching cooking shows. Everyone is into different things and some people just aren't into cooking, who cares. But by her own admission cooking is what she DOES. This is the number one thing she talks about. She devotes hours upon hours of time to the kitchen. It's her hobby and passion apparently. For that reason this is just sad. She doesn't know basics. Basics! She has no understanding of what does what or what things are called. And her understanding of the most basic of nutrition concepts is elementary. This is like watching someone toil away at the clarinet year after year and never be able to play a note that doesn't squeak. After awhile, maybe it's just not for you. Either that or you're not really trying, studying, learning.
Please check further down Martin Yan's ingredient list...oyster sauce and dark soy sauce are also in there - all pretty salty. Still, it doesn't add up to 1/2 cup.
2 tsps. dry sherry or Chinese rice wine
1 tsp. soy sauce
2 tsps. cornstarch
1 tsp. minced fresh ginger
1 lb. flank steak, thinly sliced across the grain
1/4 cup chicken stock
2 Tbsps. oyster sauce
1 Tbsp. Chinese rice wineor dry sherry
1 Tbsp. dark soy sauce
2 crowns broccoli, separated into florets
1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
2 Tbsps. vegetable oil
2 tsps. chopped garlic
1 tsp. cornstarchdissolved in 2 teaspoons water
TFMJG said on her lame Q&A that love is in the mix is her first cookbook.
Um so what happend to the one she write in 09'?
I hope everyone is ready to conclude or virtual visit to Cape May by going to the Sunset Parade at the Coast Guard Training Center! Also hope you enjoyed the rhythms of the steel drum band on the veranda. Have fun in whatever you do until our next virtual adventure!
I bet TFW doesn't do a single signing except for that Baltimore thing that's planned. Naturally she's very vague on the details of when, where , why how these signings will be.
"18. Q: My children are allowed to stay up later during the summer months and with school starting do you have any tips to prepare children to get to bed and wake up earlier without tears?
-Crystal
A: I think I answered this recently, but I’ll answer it again. "
Yes you did you idiot. In PART ONE. hahahhahaha.
Chef maybe she means it's her first cookbook that didn't get dumped overseas.
26. Q: Mady’s pictures were amazing. I am wondering what kind of camera she uses?
-Cindy
A: believe it or not, she uses her iPhone and iPad!!!! I’ve thought about getting her a “real” camera but she prefers those “cameras” because she can edit them immediately with all of her photo shopping apps!
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So TFMJG can't buy her daughter a nice camera so she can't support her daughters passion?
But she can use her that daughter to plug her lame website.
I bet she'll be grifting a camera for the twins b-day or for Christmas.
There are people who watch someone else do a project or make a crepe and say "Well, that looks easy! I can do THAT!" They have no concept of the preparation, times of previous trial and errors, the subtle hand it can take.
What you see is far along the journey of learning, tweaking and critical eyes. What you don't see is what it took to get to that point.
I think "ooh, that looks great!" might be TFW's approach to most things. I can dance. I can write. I can cook. I can be a TV host. I don't have to take a class. I don't have to do any background work or build a resume. It looks so easy I can't fail at it. Here, gimme a spoon. Here, gimme some dance shoes. Here, gimme a microphone. I can do it all! (Milo said so.) Just watch me shine!
She should get her a real camera ANYWAY and encourage her to slow down a second. She could do so much more with it. I KNEW those were iphone photos. Kids these days want everything to be instant. A real camera takes a bit longer but not that much anymore now that it's all digital, and she will be amazed. If she wants to pursue photography in college someday or even high school, they're going to want you to know some basics about aperture/shutter speed/ISO that you simply can't control much with just an iphone.
Fido that's exactly it. Like a child who sees a professional football player and says oh I can do that! Very juvenile mindset. Also no self awareness at what you're hot at what you're not at.
I still can't make crepes!
Just Google, as TFW should have done, " how much soy sauce in a stir-fry" and you will easily see how salty her special recipe is.
It is appalling that she thinks she can cook. As for sesame seeds, they should be toasted and sprinkled as a garnish. And Kate, honey, Asian cooking is complex - adding soy sauce is just part of the flavor.
And Kate, honey, Asian cooking is complex - adding soy sauce is just part of the flavor.
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Let me say I know nothing about cooking. But, remember when Jon made the Korean dinner and TFMJG had put the green and white onions together to be efficient (I think)? He had to re-separate them because you added them at different times and it had something to do with something in the recipe and the flavor. In fact I think that's when TFMJG said real cooks don't need a recipe.
Yes you did you idiot. In PART ONE. hahahhahaha.
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LMAO well, that was a long time ago.
(my kids consider it fun to go “shopping” in our house for items needed, lol!)!
THIS. THIS says it all.
Tuckers Mom> I took a class in Chinese cooking, and soy sauce and brown sugar or regular sugar are usually used as a meat marinade. Which you do pryer to cooking the meat. And you only used enough(like tsp to a tlsp and about a bag or 2 of sugar(the little ones, that you put in coffee) then mix your meat, then cover and put in frig, for about an hour to overnight. I don't remember the teacher ever putting soy sauce directly into wok, especially not that much, a little goes a long way. As for oil you cook with sesame is very over powering, so a little goes a very long way.
As for putting the meat & veggies in, the teacher would take out the meat and then steam the veggies, then put the meat back in, and then put in a sauce, like oyster sauce, not too much. Also, most stir fry they use bok choy(chinese cabbage) not both bok choy and regular cabbage, both veggies have very different flavors, regular cabbage is very strong, and cooks down to a like spinach, where as bok choy if steamed right will remain cooked but crispy/crunchy). That's what I learned, and yes, the teacher was a chinese woman. She always said to us, you must watch your salt, everything from the chicken broth or veggies broth, to the soy sauce or other sauces, she recommended low sodium, everything.
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She's still asking! Talk about one-track minds! Sheeple are funny.
I took one for the team and made Kate's turkey chili. But some parts her recipe made my stomach churn, so I had to make changes. For example: I used the extra-lean ground turkey, but there's still fat in there once it's browned, and she doesn't say to drain it (or even suggest the extra lean kind). So, I browned the turkey, drained it, then added italian dressing afterward (I didn't have and balsamic vinaigrette on hand). I sautéed the onions and garlic in another pan, and actually added them to the meat. Kate never mentions what to do with them in her recipe. Perhaps she wants us to cook them and then throw them away? Oh, well, into the mix they went. Next, I'm sure you all have notice how slimy and disgusting canned white beans are. I rinsed mine before adding them, which she doesn't even suggest. They are just too gross-looking right out of the can. And I'm sure rinsing them helps lower the sodium content. As for the corn, well, no way am I going to put canned corn in a dish when there is fresh corn available at the farm stand right down the road from my house. I used the fresh stuff. Why does the recipe include fresh basil and not fresh corn? Weird. I pretty much followed the rest of the recipe the way she had it, except I left out the cilantro because we don't like it.
So, how was the finished product? It was.... okay. Pretty mediocre, that's for sure, and that's after getting rid of the disgusting stuff like the grease and the bean slime, and reducing the sodium by rinsing the beans and using the fresh corn. It's odd that, after all the sodium in canned corn and beans, she actually has even more salt listed as an ingredient. Would I make it again? No. My kids tried it, but there were no cheers from them. I asked them to rate it on a scale from 1-10, and it got about a 4.5. Not a glowing review. If the whole cookbook is like this, then she needs to just take the whole manuscript out in the backyard, bury it, and forget it ever existed.
Loycalyocal> that is true about Asian cooking and a lot or most cooking. Like about garlic, usually you chop the garlic finely and put in wok with a tbsp of oil and cook first then put in say beef cubes, and cook, then once beef is cooked take out and steam veggies and then put meat back in toss and them put over rice or noodles. The garlic does not over power dish, cause it is in the meat and the little bit of oil left, that has the dripping, from the meat & garlic. Unless you want a garlic dish. I would have kicked Kate out of the kitchen, at the start, just like she had done many times to Jon. A lot of dishes, cakes, etc, you have to put things in at a certain order. I was watching a cooking show and they were doing barbeque, and why you cook meat first and then put sauce on, not put sauce on raw meat then cook(you can, meat might be tuff, raw in places, and does not taste as good as it could and it takes longer), .
Layla said... 87
LOL seems like you made TFMJG chill better.
Tonya Barron @tonyae475 13m
@Kateplusmy8 please respond ! :( ppl are harassing me for tweeting positively about you ! #pplaresad #staypositive #bestmom
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So what is Kate supposed to do about it? Call out the BV troops?
Tattle to Kate! Help me...waah...someone is picking on me.
Geez...
A couple of cooking shows come to mind> America Test kitchen, Martha Stewart(yes Martha Stewart, she does these instruction type cooking class shows), Let's Dish, Yan Can cook and a few others I can't remember there names. They do explain why you use this or put that in at a certain time. I love American Test Kitchen.
getofftwitter said... 90
Loycalyocal> that is true about Asian cooking and a lot or most cooking.
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Which is why I stick with Shake n Bake and Hamburger Helper.
Yeah, Layla, I don't get why anyone would want to waste their precious time and resources to 'prove' Kate's cookbook is a failure.
It just is. Everyone knows it. Kate doesn't deserve anyone taking it seriously.
She always said to us, you must watch your salt, everything from the chicken broth or veggies broth, to the soy sauce or other sauces, she recommended low sodium, everything.
getofftwitter, was your class especially for Chinese cooking or was it for health, like a diabetes class?
I love the new acronym!
Oh, this weekend while I have been posting about our virtual tour, I have in reality been: taking care of a dd who just got four, count 'em, four! Impacted wisdom teeth removed, making mass quantities of jello, going to church, doing six,.count'em, six! loads of laundry, reading one book cover to cover, shampooing carpets, completely cleaning the porch, walking the dogs, grading coursework, loading and unloading my one, count it, one dishwasher, catching up on Project Runway, grocery shopping, visiting with my neighbors... You all see why I want to be at the beach in my mind!
Somehow the maids and the personal chef forgot to show up this week. Whatever shall I do? Almost forgot, the dh and I were out in the yard yesterday cutting down limbs with the small chainsaw. And I went to the dump all by myself too. I'm TIRED!
so when I hear about TFMJG working so very hard I laugh. A lot.
Joy, thanks for planning such a delightful party for us...even while you conducted normal mom/wife chores. Well done.
I agree- it's not 'real' photography without a true camera and it's a very specialized skill.You can get a Fine Arts degree in it. Yes, iPhones etc take decent pictures but TFMJG should encourage Mady not to take shortcuts and learn a craft she is interested and not go for instant gratification.
Shelby> she was an older Chinese woman, so maybe her Doctor got on her case about the salt. Anyway the food comes out tasting good. If you never had Chinese food and someone cooked low sodium, you would think it was good. Then go to a restaurant , a person is like wow salty. Cutting the sodium is always a good idea.
Shelby> one more thing, if you ask, at the Chinese restaurants, they will do no msg, easy salt, easy sugar, easy garlic, etc .
My question was whether the class was specifically Chinese cooking or health-related.
I'm quite aware about the dangers of sodium.
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I agree with you about Kate and her fans attempting to make other mothers feel inadequate just because we don't have exactly 8 kids. We may work full-time, cook, clean, do laundry, iron, help the kids with homework...but because we don't have 8 kids (and a houseful of helpers) we basically don't know what hard work is.
I have mentioned before that I have a friend with 13 kids. Now, she makes me feel inadequate. Or, to be more accurate, I make myself feel inadequate when I see all that she does. 13 kids. A husband who works long hours. No outside help. She had my kids and me over for a fun tradition that she and her kids enjoy--afternoon tea. We used real china that had been her grandmother's (she uses eBay to add pieces to her original set, so there was enough for all of us). We had cute little sandwiches with the crusts cut off, cookies, fruit, veggies, and tea or hot chocolate. The kids loved it. And to her, it is all so easy. Bread from the bread machine--just measure out ingredients and push a button. How easy is that? Cookies--just mix up the dough, and then scoop and bake as needed. Simple as can be! Slice up some fruit, brew a couple pots of tea. Everyone pitches in to clean up. Can you imagine Kate preparing afternoon tea for 22 people? She'd have to spend a week in bed recuperating from the effort of masterminding the servants who do the actual work.
**Some of us here were talking recently about British TV shows we liked, and I was just tickled to see that M's tea set was the same as the one that Hyacinth has on the Britcom called Keeping Up Appearances. It's the one Hyacinth is always bragging about--her "Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles". But it's actually made by Colclough, and the pattern is called Braganza. That just tickled the heck out of me, because I love my British shows.
Iphonography has recently emerged as something pretty legitimate and becoming more accepted in the photography world. But, almost all great iphonographers have an SLR camera and understand why a photo came out the way it did. You then take that understanding and apply it to iphonography.
You can get lucky and take a great iphone photograph. Or you can really understand photography and get phenomenal shots with the iPhone the majority of the time.
This is sort of just a general "the good ole days" gripe but it is really hard to see artists with real talent skipping understanding an SLR and resorting to just an iphone because it's quick and simple. That talent could be completely unleashed with an SLR. Just get her an SLR. I promise she'll pick it up. She will be wowed by what you can do with the aperture you can't on iphone unless you fake it. She will understand her iphone on a whole new level. If you look at most photography majors, almost all legitimate programs REQUIRE that you first learn to shoot on a film SLR. Not because they are trying to cling to a dying technology. But because there is tremendous value in understanding those systems to the fullest extent and being able to shoot the photo perfectly in camera, no editing post camera, before you go on to use the "crutch" that advanced technology has provided us.
See, I have low blood pressure so I can get away with eating high sodium Hamburger Helper. Thank goodness.
Poor Kate. This week's People mag rag has a book to school recipe section BY kids for Michelle Obama's Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. 12 year old Brynna adapted a recipe from her mom, a vegetable stir fry. Her seasonings include minced garlic, grated fresh ginger, 3 (!) Tblsp of reduced sodium soy sauce and chili garlic sauce. And she says to rinse and drain the 1 can of chick peas. Looks delicious. 8 year old Jacob's pita sandwiches uses more than 1 Tblsp of cheese, haha. What more can I say?
Oh, I forgot to add on my last post (102)--M mixes up her cookie dough, keeps it in the fridge, and bakes fresh cookies whenever they want them. No freezer-burned cookies for her 13-count 'em-13 kids.
Oh, and I am now on the hook to make afternoon tea for my kids. I guess I owe them after making them try that nasty turkey chili, don't I?
Layla said... 102
"Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles".
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I can hear her voice now. LOL
You know, I watch so much British TV on Netflix that sometimes when I crawl into bed, I hear my mind talking with a British accent. Sorta sounds like how DI Frost would sound. Scary.
BTW anyone who has watched all the Midsomer Mysteries on NF, I just read that there are two more seasons going through 2012. Now we just have to wait for them to make it to NF.
2012 should be 2013.
@Kateplusmy8: @SandieBellz @irishfan47 it's funny, because myself said that to myself recently...nvr enuf X 2get2everyone here..I really try tho...:)
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Myself said that to myself recently...
Say what?!
Layla, I wouldn't waste my time with any more of Kate's 'recipes'. Just reading her ingredient list is enough to turn off the average cook.
Kudos for trying though!
Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB...I love Midsommer Murder. Monday night @ 8:00p.m. it's on. I've got my husband watching it and he goes crazy because he thinks the acting is awful but he can't tear his eyes away. Followed by Inspector Gently which is another one I like. Unfortunately, Inspector Gently is now on reruns and I don't think there are new seasons. There's a new British crime drama starting Wednesday night on BBCAmerica called Broadchurch that looks good. Law & Order UK starts up again soon. Can't wait.
Forgot to add, another British show I love is Top Gear. I think the hosts are hysterical but my husband hates that show and walks out of the room when I put it on. HeHe.
I hate to say it but I'm starting to agree with Shelby. There are such glaring problems with these recipes it's pretty obvious it's going to come out too salty or what have you. I was going to jump in on a few of them but now I'm second guessing that unless I see one I really think will come out edible enough.
If Silimom still wants to I will still post it however I was thinking in the alternative, maybe alongside her reviews we could share similar recipes that we DO like. For instance when Silimom reviews the turkey chili, I have a great veggie version recipe I adore that I could share from a blog called The Picky Eater.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 114
I was going to buy her lame cookbook so I could try somethings.
But I don't think I will.
I'm curious to know what's in the book but I don't want to spend my money on it.
Just for the hell of it I looked up different chili recipes (turkey, white chicken, venison, etc.) and every one that I looked at used canned beans and all said drained and rinsed. Maybe that's how TFW changed it up to make it her own.
Regarding the stir fry recipe, I'm game to try it, even though I suspect it's going to come out bad. I am, however, going to reduce the recipe, as I said before, by half. I'm not sure how big a wok she has, but mine won't accommodate that many snow peas or that much cabbage and broccoli.
getofftwitter said... 87
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This shows a lot of attention to the method of cooking stir fry. Asian condiments are generally, very salty and you usually don't see instructions to salt and pepper "to taste" because the salt is already in there.
Agree with someone else who mentioned the sesame seeds are a garnish at the end. You don't cook them!
Thank you for making the chili! I totally agree with your choices to drain the beans and use fresh corn. Frozen would be fine too.
Great point about using fresh basil, but frozen corn.
Makes no sense!
This is like watching someone toil away at the clarinet year after year and never be able to play a note that doesn't squeak.
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LOL, admin! My grandfather played the clarinet in a well-known band. I always thought I'd like to follow in his footsteps. While I did fairly well, I didn't have the passion for it like he did. He'd listen to me play, and would say, "You need to get the squirrels out of there!"
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@Kateplusmy8 what's the best way to contact you and invite you to a Philadelphia charity event?
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Tell her you're giving away Uggs and gift cards, and she can sell her books there. She'll be there.
More seasons of Midsomer Murders? Yes, please! I love that show!
Silimom (117), thank you for stepping up and trying out the stir fry recipe. I'm not game to try any more of her cooking, especially since I had to make changes to the chili recipe just so it wouldn't be nauseating. Be careful, though--if anyone in your house has high blood pressure, that stir fry might just send them to the emergency room.
OH you guys, I have a brilliant Idea. TFW can go on Big Brother. I would be perfect. She could think she could run the house. No mention of her 8 moneymakers unless she got HOH...bawbawbawhahah
and she can try to be more catty than the ones in there now. Guarenteed to make her cry and self evict the first week for sure. THAT I would watch to see her on TV
Pam
There are so many wonderful recipes at anyone's fingertips - if they have access to a computer and the internet. We know Kate has internet. Why she has to pretend she made up a stir fry recipe is beyond me. Unless it's a recipe I've made 100 times, I don't wing it in the kitchen. My favorite recipes are always near to hand, and I read them every time, to be sure I get measurements correct.
I am always puzzled that this woman has any fans at all. She's so clearly a phony.
My kids don't have Facebook Accts any longer. There was a case of bullying at their school, started on Facebook, very sad consequences. Our kids don't need to put themselves out there and expose their lives while under my roof, Activities outside the home where their hobbies can be displayed and shared are best. I know who they see and who the parents are.
Did look at Kate's web page, her daughter's photography is good. She is capable of keeping crack pots away from those kids by limiting exposure but giving them some freedoms with the social network.
Think she(Kate) has keep the kids away from the exposure pretty well over the last couple of years. I don'tknow what she has on her mind, but if her cookbook does not sell, she makes money, if not, she goes away and we don't have to go to her web site. I think she is all over and nothing that happens now will bring her the fame that the family had years ago. These reality shows are worse than ever and she has had her turn. If she were going to be TV, it would have happened. But if she can spin a cookbook into something else, more power to her, but I don't think anyone cares. I don't, so this isn't bothering me, what caught my eye was th Facebook acct for a teen o preteen and I don't approve of too much computerized or twittered anything. Like my kids knowing their is sunshine, air and books to read. Thanks for letting me give my opinion. But no need to worry, Kate Gosselin and her children are over.
Just more thing since I'm reading the posts. Fresh Basil, if you smell it vs freeze dried makes such a wonderful difference with food, even if you use frozen corn or canned beens. Nothing like the odor of fresh herbs in everything.
capecodmama said... 112
Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB...I love Midsommer Murder. Monday night @ 8:00p.m. it's on. I've got my husband watching it and he goes crazy because he thinks the acting is awful but he can't tear his eyes away. Followed by Inspector Gently which is another one I like. Unfortunately, Inspector Gently is now on reruns and I don't think there are new seasons. There's a new British crime drama starting Wednesday night on BBCAmerica called Broadchurch that looks good. Law & Order UK starts up again soon. Can't wait.
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I'm so enthralled with the villages and surrounding scenery I guess I haven't paid too much attention to the acting in Midsomer Mysteries although it doesn't seem so bad to me.
Did you watch "Outnumbered?" It used to come on PBS here after "Doc Martin." I thought the kids were so funny, especially the little girl. I hope it will come to Netflix.
Why would anyone want to invite Khate to a charity event? Is this a joke?
I agree with Pam, to see TFMJG on any version of Big Brother is something I would watch. It would be hilarious. Let's see, if CBS did a celebrity version of Big Brother, who else would it be fun to watch?
TFMJG doesn't understand that when you speak at a charity you're supposed to make a sizable donation, not TAKE donations and BE the charity. #greedypig
Melissa NV said... 121
bill reichert @billsouthphil 19m
@Kateplusmy8 what's the best way to contact you and invite you to a Philadelphia charity event?
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Tell her you're giving away Uggs and gift cards, and she can sell her books there. She'll be there.
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And say that he'll pay for Steve to bodyguard TFMGJ.
And he'll pay fir pizza so they cab have lunch.
TFMJG my think she's specuak but bill Reichert is asking everyone to appear at his charity.
https://twitter.com/billsouthphil
Ellasmum:
It sounds as if you are doing a great job. Please do not let this so called "mother" influence you. Since day 1 she has had help. She forgets about all of the volunteers she had and then she begged the state to keep the nurse for another year.
Your child will be better off and appreciate you. Let me just add to that time does not stand still and your 4 year old will be 14 before you know it.
Nothing like the odor of fresh herbs in everything.
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The day I realized that fact was the day my cooking improved immensely and I actually began to enjoy what I fixed. Fresh herbs made a huge
difference.
In addition to all of the wonderful recipes that are available by searching the internet I am also seeing wonderful recipes that my friends on Facebook are sharing. All sorts of wonderful recipes with beautiful photos, all on my News Feed. Why would I ever need to buy another cookbook? How in heavens anyone would want to buy that poor excuse for a cookbook I will never understand.
kids first, same here.
I have have more friends that are foodies than I ever knew. My Facebook pages is loaded with delicious looking recipes that make me hungry and inspire me. I have tried several -- because they are right in front of me, taunting for a try.
All the suggestions come with comments. It is a real-time reaction that her cookbook cannot provide.
Sorry, Kate.
FYI> just saw this on Fox news local> They mentioned TFW crookbook, and the fact she complained about the paps, and that now she is pushing the one daughters photos stuff, and that others say she is pimping her kids again to stay relevant. Also, that kate is lauching a new website to show case her kids, and where you can order her book. And I might have heard this wrong> but I think he said the book is coming out next week? So TFW PR are tryin to step up selling of the book.
Shelby> it was a regular Chinese cooking class, adult ed type class. Not a cooking school class.
Tell her you're giving away Uggs and gift cards, and she can sell her books there. She'll be there.
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And say that he'll pay for Steve to bodyguard TFMGJ.
And he'll pay fir pizza so they cab have lunch.
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First, so funny about the freebie lure!
Second, I can't believe Kate showed up with a bodyguard to a local charity event.
Angie, Fidosmommy, you are so right about the fresh herbs. Basil is so easy to grow, anyone can have fresh at their fingertips. There is a Thai restaurant the dh and I go to once in a while, and they have containers filled with pepper plants and basil and other plants all around their patio and front entrance. Beautiful and smells great and tastes good too!
Here's a funny idea if I was only brave enough to withstand the embarrasment: post her two recipes on Facebook (without saying they were from her cookbook) and see what comments come in.
FYI> just saw this on Fox news local> They mentioned TFW crookbook, and the fact she complained about the paps, and that now she is pushing the one daughters photos stuff, and that others say she is pimping her kids again to stay relevant. Also, that kate is lauching a new website to show case her kids, and where you can order her book.
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This little stunt of hers really backfired on her, didn't it?
Chef - Ask Lovely to take a look at both the stir fry and turkey chili and see what she has to say about them.
Gayle
Here's a funny idea if I was only brave enough to withstand the embarrasment: post her two recipes on Facebook (without saying they were from her cookbook) and see what comments come in.
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She'd find out about it, call Laverne and Shirley and ask, "Can we sue?" -- that pesky copyright thing.
This little stunt of hers really backfired on her, didn't it?
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Her sales have skyrocketed to 9 books sold this month so far, almost two a day! It was worth the bad press! ;)
Why would anyone want to invite Khate to a charity event? Is this a joke?
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I think Kate was invited to the other local charity event because the organizer is a fan and wanted bragging rights...she misses her and Kate is her bff. The whole rubbing elbows -- that kind of thing.
Others who may invite her are looking for donations. Little do they know.
All sorts of wonderful recipes with beautiful photos, all on my News Feed. Why would I ever need to buy another cookbook? How in heavens anyone would want to buy that poor excuse for a cookbook I will never understand.
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I buy cookbooks from true experts or icons of their cuisine. For example, if you want to learn about baking bread and making pizza, you turn to Peter Reinhart's books, such as The Breadbaker's Apprentice, Artisan Breads Everyday and American Pie (this is THE pizza bible).
These books get down to the science and chemistry of baking and it's fascinating. It's not 'OMG, I'm such a great pizza maker because I dump ingredients into a machine!!".
If you really want to master bread and pizza, it takes lots of work and lots of dedication. It's not easy!
Another master is Julia Child for French cuisine for the American home and yet another is Marcella Hazan for Northern Italian cuisine. Seriously, you'll never make a better bolognese. It transformed how I made this "meat sauce" and really, it's pretty easy, but takes time and tlc to yield its almost indescribable goodness.
Oh, one more master's book that you should avail yourself of is anything Jacques Pepin, in particular, The Essential Pepin.
Anonymous said... 143
LOL we'd say the same thing to much salt her measurements for crazy>
She was also tweet TFMJG baking since my cousin does tons of baking and desserts.
Tucker's Mom
These books get down to the science and chemistry of baking and it's fascinating. It's not 'OMG, I'm such a great pizza maker because I dump ingredients into a machine!!
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TFMJG does not a cook. She is an assembler. I have a cookbook that uses Trader Joe's products as a base. It is basically just assembling the ingredients--there is very little actual preparing. I happen to love Trader Joe's, but this was no Joy of Cooking.
I used to buy cookbooks more frequently but it's quite true that the internet has modified that habit. I will now buy them only if there is a story, or perhaps from a chef/restaurant that intrigues me, that interests me. Or maybe an ingredient, like the David Leibowitz book, Scoop, about ice cream.
DH does most of the grilling and I guess he has decided to take it up a notch because he bought a Weber grill cookbook published by Sunset. Last night he gave it a whirl; we had grilled scallops and shrimp, basted with a pesto of tarragon, parsley, lemon and pistachio. The extra pesto was tossed with angel hair pasta. Pretty damn good.
Otherwise, my recipes are either torn from the cooking mags I still like to read or printed off the 'net. TFW cannot compare to any of us here, from what I read. She is, once again, waay out of her league. And here's a tip - even a home cook needs to edit, and test recipes, plus feeding them to people other than your kids would be a good idea too. Her work is like a stream of conscious term paper; no research, no resources, no editing.
If the cookbook does go to print it will be one more piece of evidence in her box of Things She Should Not Have Done. That box keeps getting fuller! And the fuller it gets the less likely is her dream of being on TV again.
Oh, bonté divine, Orange Crusher, I would eat at your place anytime! It's almost noon, here, in my neck of the wood, and the idea of those grilled scallops with tarragon pesto sounds so deliciously delicious.
And this is how you can tell if a person knows her way in the kitchen. When you start salivating just hearing about the menu. In my case, it never ever happened while reading TFW's bragging about her 10/10 meals.
Tucker's Mom... Your story about your dad driving you kids to get ice cream cones brought back such good memories of my own childhood. We pretty much did the same thing except our destination was a clam shed. Like you wrote: hunger was really not the point. Eating buttered steamers outside, chatting lazily with your parents while watching the sunset on the bay, was.
oh NO celebrity Big Brother. She is NOT a celebrity... just a reality persona. Other reality people have been on BB and NOT celebrity . She deserves no more than anyone else. NO body guard, no special services nothing. She is no better/worse than anyone else. ( I would argue because we have seen her worse that she is horrible)
Pam
I await the day her recipes start getting comments on Amazon. That will be an interesting read.
Over and over - actually, copyrighting recipes is a very interesting subject. We talked about it here before. You can list her ingredients verbatim online with no infringement issues. You could even post her directions as long as you describe the process in a generic way.
What you can't do is copy or post anything from her book directly like her wording of the recipe method.
Here's one link but for more info simply google "copyrighting recipes".
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/CookbookAdvice.htm
How interesting that the news is saying her website is a "new" launch. There's nothing new about it. It's a poorly maintained site. Media Motion International, her publicist, should be ashamed. It makes me wonder if they're still representing her. They certainly aren't getting her any new jobs. I guess Julie just isn't helping Kate enough. Her fans should inundate May's business with letters demanding she devote more resources and energy to their beloved Kate. It's all Julie's fault Kate isn't back on tv, after all.
(FYI, for any fan reading here, that was sarcasm.)
like the David Leibowitz book, Scoop, about ice cream.
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*Excellent* ice cream book. Now David is a truly curious and intellectual cook. Love his books and website.
His ice cream is sometimes a bit involved to make, but the flavors and textures are spectacular.
Turned me on to socca, too ;-)
Shelby & Admin> nothing wrong with food from a box. One can always add(dress up), with fresh veggies, or both meat & veggies. Like , mac & cheese, add some frozen mix veggies or canned ones(drain & rinse) some ground beef or turkey, and you have an instant meal. Nothing wrong with that. There use to be a guy who did the local news called: Mr food. He would whip things up, from stuff you already had in your kitchen. I heard on the Living Well station that there is a web-site, that if you go there and put in, what you have in your pantry & frig, it will give you recipes to make from stuff you have. I'm going to look into it. I really hate recipes that call for some weird food item, that I don't have. And usually that odd item comes in a bulk like amount, and if I don't like it, I'm stuck with the rest, Just for a tbsp. Yes, I know one can substitute, items, but sometimes, that one odd item is what gives the flavor. I'm not a spicy food person, so I do avoid spicy foods and recipes.
Interesting news about Twitter changing their policies for reporting abuse:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/05/tech/social-media/twitter-abuse-button/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Eating buttered steamers outside, chatting lazily with your parents while watching the sunset on the bay, was.
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Wonderful memory!
Kate's kids will look back on their ice cream experiences with vivid memories (preserved on dvd, dontcha know?) of "SHE'S RUINED!!" and "don't roll on the grass!"
Momma's got to sell your free clothes after all...
So what you are saying is I can list 1/2 bag of baby carrots, 1 can of navy beans, one jar of salsa, etc. verbatim, but my directions have to add up to "dump into a potpan, stab, chop at until heated thoroughly and then slop 4 tablespoons onto divided plates" and I'm good? It would sure take up less room. ;-)
Okay I did it. I actually did it. I made the chili exactly according to her directions, no rinsing slime, no cutting the recipe in half, no fresh corn, no tweaking...just as it appears.
It is now warming in the crockpot, waiting for an early 4 p.m. supper (activities later...they want to eat before they go). I tasted it. Not bad enough to make me want to head for the bathroom, but bad enough that I will never make it again. I'll see how the rest of the crew rates it and report this evening.
Maybe I should have the Chinese take-out place on speed dial as a backup.
Speaking of cooking, top chefs like PA Dutch/Amish food! Nice article!
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/878197_Top-chefs-from-around-the-world-dine-in-Amish-barn-in-Lancaster-County.html
Ordering the book before it comes out prevents the buyer from knowing what they are really getting. And if you base the rest of the book's contents on those two samples I would not want to charge my credit card for such a risky purchase. What is Amazon's return policy?
I have a better alternative to buying cookbooks and trying to figure out what's what. I'll go to the Cheesecake Factory and order from their "Skinny" menu the chicken white bean chili have yummy bread and a cold passion ice tea!
Who the heck wants to be in a hot kitchen cooking on a summer day! Okay for moms who have children at home and need to cook ( I use to cook everyday for my family) but once your kids are grown and gone, I don't want to cook anymore! Only holidays!
Life is to short and as my mom use to say " when you die you are not taking the money with you" which makes sense!
BTW, I saw Diana Ross last night at a concert! Wow, she looks good at 69. She sang some great songs!
One can always add(dress up), with fresh veggies, or both meat & veggies.
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Over here we call it "doctoring" up the food!
fidosmommy said... 159
When you cook and serve TFMJG food make sure you get a 10/10 review.
And make sure your dinner guest praise you over and over.
Thanks TFW and the other poster who made the Chili. I wasn't looking forward to that one.
I did a first draft of the hummus review with a few pictures, cost of organic vs non organic, etc. but am waiting for feedback from Admin. We've been busy with family visiting so it was written rather piecemeal.
As I start this project, it makes me wonder how she gets her kids to eat all of this food. My kids were/are picky eaters and for many casserole/mixed together dishes were not favorites. They eat a wide variety, but they prefer fruits and veggies raw, meat as a stand alone item and same for carbs. So a plate might be chicken, a scoop of noodles with a little butter and salad or baby carrots or steamed broccoli plain followed by sliced strawberries or an apple etc.
Is this just my kids or are a lot of kids like that? I suppose I cater to mine too much, I just frankly don't feel like pulling the old "You eat what I serve or you go hungry" game. I just always make sure that there is one or two things my younger kids will eat if I make a main dish I know they won't like. My kids will always try a bite and that's fine for me. My older kids are much more adventurous now in their food choices.
I guess I'm just saying that her recipes aren't ones I would normally try as they aren't very "family friendly" for my bunch. It will be interesting to cook some from her cookbook, but I'm leaning towards Admin's suggestion and just trying those that seem worth trying or ones people here are curious about.
What do you all think?
Who the heck wants to be in a hot kitchen cooking on a summer day! Okay for moms who have children at home and need to cook ( I use to cook everyday for my family) but once your kids are grown and gone, I don't want to cook anymore! Only holidays!
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But some folks, especially those on a limited income, such as retired couples, can't afford to eat out at every meal. Even if their children are grown and out of the house, they still need to eat, and therefore cooking is required. It's not always an option to head over to the local restaurant for three meals per day.
That's the thing Over In TFW's County, her food is not bad enough to make you throw up but it's not good enough to make you want to cook it again without a lot of tweaking. I made her hummus and followed the recipe exactly, however after tasting I had to tweak it a bit so it wouldn't go to waste.
No, I am also surprised that her young children will eat all the glopped foods she puts together. It is rather the norm for kids to like their foods plainer: a chicken leg, plain noodles, raw fruits and vegetables, etc. one of the grandsons, who looves ketchup, wants it only on the plate for dipping, do NOT squeeze it on the hot dog in the bun. Of course the same kid likes chow mein. With 8 kids, pretty sure a lot more of that goes on than In Control TFW will admit.
I guess I'm just saying that her recipes aren't ones I would normally try as they aren't very "family friendly" for my bunch. It will be interesting to cook some from her cookbook, but I'm leaning towards Admin's suggestion and just trying those that seem worth trying or ones people here are curious about.
What do you all think?
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I have so many cookbooks and scrumptious recipes I've collected from the internet that I doubt I'll be trying any of Kate's.
Oh, I take that back. The oatmeal with brown sugar sounds pretty tricky. I might have to try that one.
Silimom, my experience with children is similar to yours. Kids mostly like food that is separate in personality. My son (Oh, so long ago...) was not a picky eater, but he would not have really liked glopped together food.
When I have young guests, I still fix a meat, a veggie and a starch -- all individual.
We never had a "clean your plate" rule. I still wouldn't force a child to eat something they didn't like. "Try a tiny bite" is the fair way to approach a new food.
Silimom, you should like a caring mother who wants meal time to be a pleasant experience.
Silimom -- Most of the kids I know are like yours. And Orange -- We KNOW what happens to her kids who object to the food she serves. They get more of it, and it gets served to them until it gets eaten. Remember when Mady complained about having to eat eggplant parmigiana three days in a row? I imagine her kids just choke down anything that gets slopped in front of them because they know the alternative will be worse.
I won't be making any of TFMJGs recipes, but I'm interested in hearing how they turn out for Silimom and any other brave soul who tries them out. Just based on the descriptions of the things TFMJG labels "yum", I don't think the woman has any taste buds.
Joy, thanks for the virtual shore vacay. I was quiet, but I loved it. Just sitting quietly, watching the waves come in to shore, is soul-restoring for me. I loved the ghost tour but didn't participate in some of the more strenuous activities. Just gazing at all the male pulchritude present was enough to set my heart racing and raise my blood pressure a few points, LOL. The steel band was a nice touch. When are you planning to have the West Coast event?
For me, texture is as important as flavor. If a dish is full of canned items, the texture will probably be mushy. Unless mushy is to be expected (mashed potatoes, for example) I would rather have some crunch or at least a mix of textures. I guess that's why I don't care for most casseroles. Lasagna is great, but things like chicken pot pie, vegetable soups, etc. do not appeal to me. Give me the chicken, the
starch and the vegetables separate on a plate, please. And make those veggies raw! CrrrrUNCH!
I would starve at TFW's house. Not an edible meal in sight.
I think we know what we need to about TFJGW's cookbook. I hate to have all of these innocent family members be guinea pigs! I guess if you prepare tasteless food, it requires massive amounts of salt.
The few times I have used ground turkey, there is a lot of water that needs to be drained--especially extra-lean. I wonder if any of the meals have any fat? I worry that the kids are not getting a healthy amount of fat in their diets. Fat-free does not equal more healthy.
readerlady said... 174
Exactly the poor 8 have no choice at TFW home on what they won't for dinner.
Remember TFW is in charge and that's never going to change.
Remeber TFW said if the kids didn't eat their homemade school lunch.
She would make them eat it the next day. I bet she does the same with her tiny portions she serves at dinner.
So the kids are really better off with her famous lunch boxes, full of separate foods in the little containers. Nothing glopped together there.
And in my household, with just 2, and DH having one of those narrow palates ( no glop for him), IF I were to make one of the tragic recipes, it would be just me taking one bite, and tossing the rest. Not curious enough to spend the $$ on ingredients and then waste the food. Her recipes would be excruciating to follow because I actually know how to cook.
K. @HellooSar 17m
@Kateplusmy8 ive been re watching the show and i cried seeing how big they got ;( wish we could see how they changed better
As opposed to have changed worse? Cried seeing that they are growing up? Do these fans expect them to remain toddlers?
You gotta love these fans!
Remember when Mady complained about having to eat eggplant parmigiana three days in a row?
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Oh yes I do. I was appalled about it when she said it, but in light of her "I'll serve it as many times as you don't eat it" philosophy, I am horrified. What a cruel thing to do to a child, and a stunningly poor way to have a child learn an appreciation for food or for the
work of cooking it. TFW really needs to rethink
this policy for the sake of her children.
I bet she does the same with her tiny portions she serves at dinner.
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Remember she tweeted once that she starts them out with small portions and then they could get another one? I took that to mean they ate their tiny portions and if they wanted more they could have more. You know, a happy mealtime event. I guess I was wrong.
fidosmommy said... 181
I bet she does the same with her tiny portions she serves at dinner.
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Remember she tweeted once that she starts them out with small portions and then they could get another one? I took that to mean they ate their tiny portions and if they wanted more they could have more. You know, a happy mealtime event. I guess I was wrong.
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I do remember and from her tweeted photos you can see the small portions as well.
When I was a kid me and my brothers all ways got a nice sized portion of food. And if we wanted more we could get it.
I just don't see the point of controlling food. They're growing kids which means they need to be fulfilled.
LOL be careful what you wish for.... I bet TFW is wishing a pap, any pap, would snap her picture about now, but it seems they don't care anymore. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
The results are in. Let me preface it by saying that I didn't announce where the recipe came from because I didn't want to influence the ratings in any way. I just said I found it online, which is true because I got it on the Amazon site. I used fresh basil and dried cilantro. There were seven people at the table, and none is a picky eater. Kids like slopped foods, love casseroles and Hamburger Helper (cheesy shells). I served it with a nice salad and crusty rolls. Maybe if you had a few glasses of wine before the meal it would go down a lot smoother.
Number One rated it a 1.5
Number Two rated it a 4
Number Three rated it a 2.5
Number Four rated it a 0
Number Five rated it a 3
Number Six rated it a 1.5
Number Seven rated it a 7
Number Seven happens to be my nephew, a college student who will eat anything because he says that everything is preferable to what they serve in the dining hall, and he's a starving kid. I put what wasn't eaten (basically most of it) into containers for him to take home and freeze.
Bottom line...I wouldn't waste my time or money on this one. I'm sure there must be some good recipes in the book, but this wasn't one of them.
We had pizza delivered in lieu of the chili!
Sorry -- I forgot to mention that the rating was on a scale from 1 to 10.
Over in TFW's County (162)
I can't wait to hear how your chili turned out. I had to tweak mine--I just couldn't help myself. I knew I'd have a picture of those slimy beans in my mind and I wouldn't be able to take a single bite. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't anything I would ever make again. And nobody wanted to finish theirs, let along refill their bowls over and over as TFMJG claimed.
Want to try a really, really yummy soup? The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook has an amazing chicken corn chowder that might be available online. I think she (Ina Garten) posts some of her recipes on the Food Network site. That one is a staple in our house, and so is her parmesan chicken, which is so good that my kids just call it "awesome chicken". Nothing fancy, just really good, yummy food. TFMJG will never compare.
You are a good sport, a good mom and a great aunt. Hope your nephew likes his choup leftovers :-).
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Here's one of TFW's stir fry meals.
AppliancePartsPros @ApplPartsPros 2h
@kateplusmy8 For us to know for sure, pls. provide your make and model #. Hope that helps! :)
AppliancePartsPros @ApplPartsPros 2h
@kateplusmy8 cleaning it & defrosting for 24 hrs unplugged. Then plug it back in.
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Well it looks like TFMJS got help with here freezer issues.
Number One rated it a 1.5
Number Two rated it a 4
Number Three rated it a 2.5
Number Four rated it a 0
Number Five rated it a 3
Number Six rated it a 1.5
Number Seven rated it a 7
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WHAT??? You didn't force them to eat MORE of it? You gave it away to someone instead? This is NOT in the Household Manual! You flunk being in control.
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That is not enough dinner for 8/9 people.
Over In TFW's County said... 184
Thanks for posting your results.
"I put what wasn't eaten (basically most of it) into containers for him to take home and freeze."
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Too funny! If anyone else tries this and gets negative results maybe you could box it up and FedX it to Kate since her kids rave about every.single.thing she cooks.
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domilight @domilight 1h
@Kateplusmy8 What's your Bucket List?��������✈
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She's still asking! Talk about one-track minds! Sheeple are funny.
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domilight
@Kateplusmy8 What's your Bucket List?🌅✈📝⛄🌁🌴💃😊😃
Who IS this person?
Well it looks like TFMJS got help with here freezer issues.
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They suggested cleaning it? :)
Want to try a really, really yummy soup? The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook has an amazing chicken corn chowder that might be available online.
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Thanks for the suggestion! We all really like chicken corn chowder and I've been looking for a good recipe. I'll have to see if I can track it down.
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@Kateplusmy8 Cool, I read ur post w/the answers I liked it. I also have a ?, Does Cara still have Slumber?
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Who is Slumber?
This picture is very representative of what TFWOJG meals look like:
http://img.ly/mxdQ
Marie
Over In TFW's County said... 162
Okay I did it. I actually did it. I made the chili exactly according to her directions, no rinsing slime, no cutting the recipe in half, no fresh corn, no tweaking...just as it appears.
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Thank you for taking one for the team! I'm glad you had delivery on speed dial!
I think the G kids have the same mindset as your college student-- this is as good as it gets.
Hey, no wonder they might want to travel and even film again. The food is better!
Kobe beef anyone?
I made the Barefoot Contessa's Cheddar Corn Chowder every summer, and triple the recipe so that I have several quarts saved for the winter.
As soon as I find really, really good corn at the farmers market, I'm going to pull the trigger on this recipe. So far this year, the corn hasn't been all that great :-(
You are a good sport, a good mom and a great aunt. Hope your nephew likes his choup leftovers :-).
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Thanks, Orange! I thought I'd give it a try and give Kate the benefit of the doubt...no criticizing her recipes until they've actually been made. This wasn't horrible to the point where you couldn't eat it, and everyone has a different preference in food, but this chili just needed something, and I don't know what. My nephew will most likely eat every drop!
I was thinking about doing the Stir Fry tomorrow, but I don't know if I want to pay for another take-out dinner if it doesn't turn out. Plus, the amount of soy sauce scares me, I don't know what size bag of carrots to use, and I'm not sure how to saute and steam veggies at the same time!
My nephew won't be around, but I could put the leftovers into containers for him again. He won't refuse anything, and he stays so slim!
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@kateplusmy8 cleaning it & defrosting for 24 hrs unplugged. Then plug it back in.
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Well it looks like TFMJS got help with here freezer issues.
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This is the most basic and generic help you can get. It's like when you called for help with your computer and they say, "check all the connections, unplug then replug".
Hey, it might do the trick. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
And your freezer has to be ancient to not be frost free, so that's really not helpful.
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