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Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 7:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL! I dunno if I'd have a point of view. I'm a vegetarian who generally eats healthy, but I'm not a dietitian so I'm not all obnoxious about it. I live in an area where seafood is plentiful though, and can cook up a mess of seafood without blinking!

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
My POV would be how to get hold of a good personal chef on the cheap.

Actually a friend of my daughters is in culinary school and over the winter I gave her a budget of $100 and had her cook me 4 dinners (for 2 people) and paid her $100. I did this maybe 4 times. It worked out well. She'd have everything ready when the husband and I got home from work. But she got a "real" job after classes and couldn't do it anymore. I had a little cocktail party for a couple bands I manage at Christmas time. Total of 21 people. I gave her a budget of $200 (excluding drinks)and paid her $100. It was great she did the clean up too and served. So my POV would be helping people find a good personal chef to prepare meals and help with parties.

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
Roxip, cobbler is the whole meal to me! I wish I could find a recipe for it, not a crisp, a cobbler.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
There are dozens of cobbler recipes all over the web. Basically, what you want is to create a fruit pie without a pie crust (similar to the fruit for a crisp), and then create a sweet biscuit dough. You drop the dough by spoonfuls over the fruit in the pan (usually a pie pan) and bake. So look for any recipe that follows that pattern and you've got it.

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
Thank you! See, you make it sound simple. When I have found some before, they just make it complicated. lol I will go look now. I am not a pie person, but love cobblers. Weird, eh?

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Not weird at all! I love cobblers but HATE the soggy bottom crust of fruit pies! Actually I hate the bottom crust of ALL pies - crispy is my middle name!

Vegaschris
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10-13-2008

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 5:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vegaschris a private message Print Post    
Carlpsmom, I love cobblers. I usually use a large Corningware casserole (11x7) to make mine.

Try this recipe:

2 tbsp. melted margarine or butter (I've also used corn oil in a pinch.)
1 c. baking mix (like Jiffy or Bisquick)
1/3 c. sugar (I use Splenda.)
1/2 c. milk

3 c. fruit cut up (fresh, frozen or canned)
1/2 c. sugar (I use Splenda. See note below)
2 T cornstarch

Preheat oven to 375. Spray baking dish with Pam or grease with margarine.

Mix the fruit, sugar and cornstarch and heat in pan over low heat.

Mix the ingredients for the cobbler. Put hot fruit mixture in baking dish. Drop spoonfuls of cobbler mix over the top.

Bake for 30-40 minutes or until cobbler is browned on top.

NOTE: I use Splenda, so if I use fresh fruit for the cobbler, I add about 1/3-1/2 cup of fruit juice to the fruit mix to get it juicy.

ALSO, you can use canned pie filling for the fruit mix. Of course, if you do, don't add the sugar or cornstarch.

Hope this helps!!

Chris

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Pay attention, folks! Chris also makes her own pasta from scratch! Good eats!

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
In my book cobbler is definitely dessert...peach, cherry, apple...them's good eating! Especially with a scoop of Blue Bells home-made vanilla.

LOL Roxip, when I read that I just had to check your profile cause I was sure you were from around here, sure enough your are just right up the freeway...the Blue Bell home-made vanilla gave it away.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Except I wouldn't use a baking mix. I'd use just flour. Isn't there already sugar in the mix? It's a lot of extra that you don't need. Flour, sugar, water, and a bit of butter is plenty.

And if you are gonna make a cobbler using canned pie filling, just go buy a pie from your grocery store and eat it all except the bottom crust! :-)

Vegaschris
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10-13-2008

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vegaschris a private message Print Post    
No, there is no sugar in Bisquick or Jiffy. I just checked my box to make sure. I cut the amt. of sugar from the original recipe, actually.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 7:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Us Texas girls know how to eat!

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
Thank you! I am going to try that this weekend. I am going to the farmer's market to get some really fresh fruit!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Not sure WHO I want to win. Not sure I'd watch any of them. Maybe Michael, if it was a live show. To see him mess up. *L*

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Well, that was an elimination too long in the making. And sorry, Michael, I think Food Network won't remember you for very long at all. Yes, you had a fun personality, but a little went a long way.

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 10:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
I don't think his comments about the cameras did Michael any favors. When they asked him last week what he thought about when he saw the cameras and he said "the depths of hell", I had a feeling that might stick in the judges' minds. Honest albeit, but not exactly the thing you'd probably want to say when being considered for a weekly television show.

I'm just sure hoping that they don't pick Debbie. I know that they keep complimenting her food, but there've been several episodes where I have questioned her actions..beginning with the first episode and her "fudging" of the facts about the shopping trip and getting everyone's ingredients to tonight's food prep. I didn't see the entire episode tonight so I'll have to catch it again. However, I would not watch a show of hers.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 11:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
I'd like to see Debbie go next. I really question her integrity. She sure sees herself differently than a lot of other people do. And, enough already with the Korean stuff. Can she do anything else?

Lakecat
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10-01-2006

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 5:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lakecat a private message Print Post    
I want Debbie to go.She reminds me of that girl in the office who will do anything to get ahead-even if it means lying or pretending to be part of a team but only really looking out for number one.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 6:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I think Michael way overstayed his welcome. His personality was NOT fun or engaging, and I thought he was loud and rude. You will NOT be fondly remembered, Michael. Good riddance, personally!

Debbie needs to go next. The b-s story she pulled this week is the third time she's done something "without integrity." She pulled the same "integrity" crap on the first show, and she didn't learn her lesson. Even worse, I'm not even sure she realizes just how wrong her actions are. She has conscience. At this point, even if she manages to somehow pull a win out, I wouldn't watch her show based on her actions on this show. It would be like rewarding someone for bad behavior, and sorry, I won't do it.

At this point, I like Melissa the best. She's really calmed down from the first week or so, and while I think she was overly ambitious this week, as a vegetarian, I very much appreciate her taking on a vegetable dish. If she hadn't, and I'd gone to that party, I would have been able to eat anything. (And wasn't there an awful lot of salmon and chicken? These people need to show a bit more imagination!)

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 6:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Debbie described herself as "selfless" after spending the whole evening ONLY on her foods. I so don't like her - she is out for number one, and the devil take everyone else!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 6:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I think she misspoke. I think she meant to say selfISH!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 7:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
First of all, I hope that Costacat meant that Debbie has NO conscience...LOL! And I agree...she looks out for #1 all the time...I mean, this is a competition but when you are in a team environment and expected to perform as a teach if you only look out for yourself you bring down the entire group.

Remember how Debbie whined about another player's honesty? Sounds like she can dish it out but can't take it.

I didn't watch the whole show so I need to watch it before evaluating the other ones...I just saw the judging and the eliminations last night.

But I still like Jeffrey.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Oh crumb. I was so caught up in ensuring I spelled "conscience" right, I forgot the rest of the sentence. Yes, she has NONE!

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Glad to hear some more of you agree about Debbie. Yep, the shopping trip, her interaction with Teddy that week..calling out his integrity when her own is so apparently questionable, the pan incident, then only prepping her own food last night. I don't think these repeated incidents show good character or conscience. That's why I certainly hope the judges boot her sooner than later.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I think the fact that we are seeing these incidents clearly shows that she doesn't win in the end...or if she makes it to the final 2 that we are being led not to vote for her. The execs at FN know how fickle their audiences can be, and despite the cooking skills if people aren't thrilled with a host then there aren't going to be any viewers.