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Default Sandra's Money Saving Meals: Chinese Take Out

On Nov 9, 5:12*pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:
> Once again, SLop looks like she fell asleep in a tanning machine while
> wearing a long ranger mask. Possibly in a vain attempt to distract
> attention from her orange face, she wore a black oriental-style shirt
> with a "foot o' cleavage" collar. Gah!
>
> SLop's claims that pineapple juice + brown sugar == honey is beyond


Are you sure that's not what she marinates in to get that honey golden
tan?

> ridiculous, and I'm not even going to go into her SLoppy math there, but
> the most glaring was her claim that 29 cents is 75% of 60 cents. OK,
> then there's her claim that Chinese take-out costs 30 to 40 dollars for
> a family of four; the cost of her meal, assuming it's honest, is only a
> little less than what I pay, plus, it would taste better.
>
> Apparently FN got a new intern to do the post production work. I noticed
> spots where the sound level (or background hum) changed audibly, but the
> post-production voice-overs seemed less obvious than usual.
>
> I am sure I asked this before, but I thought you weren't sppsd to use
> the marinade after soaking your meat in it.
>
> Uh-oh! Cocktail time is making a comeback! I loved how she dutifully
> told us how much more it cost with the booze, and yes, she practically
> overturned the bottle over that pitcher. Aren't you glad Aunt Sandie
> figured out that the drinks at a bar are more expensive than making them
> yourself?
>
> Those fortune cookies were bogus, but to be honest, I expected her to
> try and use those Wanton wrappers to make them.


haha Your recaps are priceless. :]

>
> --
> That's the great thing about Semi-Homemade Cooking: No matter how bad
> we think it's going to be, Sandy manages to make it even worse.
> * * * * -- orchidgal