kilikini wrote:
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> Mom likes to watch Rachel Ray in the afternoons so I've caught her
>>> show from time to time. Is it just me or are the portions she makes
>>> absolutely *humongous*?
>>>
>>> Yesterday she did a show featuring chicken with roasted vegetables.
>>> She said allow 1/2 a chicken per person. WHAT?! She then proceeded
>>> to season and place 3 split chickens (and I do mean chickens, not
>>> cornish game hens) into a roasting pan with the vegetables. Who
>>> (aside from TFM! LOL) eats like this?
>>>
>>> Jill
>> Thank you, thank you, thank you. I thought it was just me. Have you
>> seen the size portions of beef she cooks up? I don't know her target
>> audience for sure, but if it is young people, they are making a heck
>> of a lot of money to spend on food. The steak portion sizes are
>> outrageous and would cost a LOT of money around here -- maybe steak
>> is cheaper back east? Even the slabs of fish she prepares are too
>> much. Then there's the starch and veggie portion of the meal and
>> then dessert. Janet
>
> I always assumed she cooked for the audience. I may be mistaken.
>
> kili
>
I don't know for sure but I don't think the audience (at least on this
particular show of hers) gets anything but the snack of the day, provided by
whatever company is being plugged that day. On this show she specifically
said 1/2 a chicken per person. And they weren't mini-chickens!

Jill