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Default The Contessa hits a new low

On 17/12/2011 2:16 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> On Dec 17, 11:07 am, Dave > wrote:
>> I caught part of her Christmas trip to London show today. It was
>> interesting enough to see some of the specialty foods available in the
>> city and to hear her rave about it. One of the things she went bananas
>> over was a bacon sandwich. She was so impressed with it that she had to
>> try making one at home, and she was nice enough to show her audience how
>> to make it. Cook bacon in the oven, butter some toast, put the bacon on
>> the bottom, put the top on and cut the sandwich in two.
>>
>> WTF?? It is supposed to be a cooking show, and she squanders her
>> supposed expertise to a toasted bacon sandwich as if there was some
>> culinary skill involved??

>
> Sounds like a lot of work. (snort)


You have to wonder if Ina and her producers have such a low opinion of
their viewers are so incompetent that they need a demonstration to make
a bacon sandwich. Ina was impressed with this type of bacon sandwich
because it was so simple.... toast, butter, bacon. Gee thanks Ina.
Never would have been able to figure that one out on my own.