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Mrs. CORDELIA FAHART

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>Dave Smith wrote:
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>>Ubiquitous wrote:
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>>>The show begins with Sandra wearing an oversized doily holding those flowers
>>>she pilfered in the previous episode. She still has that nasty cold that
make
>>>her sound like Kirsty Allie (Oh, now THAT'S a pleasant thought...) and is
>>>dragging a four foot high wicker hamper full of the raw materials needed to
>>>make her concoctions. Who the hell does that? Wouldn't it be easier to make
it
>>>at home and THEN bring the finished goods to the picnic?
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>>Maybe I should do a cooking show.
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>>It would start off around noon with me sticking my head in the freezer to see
what
>>sort of meat there is to take out and thaw. Then it would shift to about an
hour
>>before dinner .... cocktail time,... when I stick my head in the fridge to
see what
>>sort of veggies there are that would be good to go with it. At that point I
can
>>make an informed decision about what I am going to make. And then I know
whether it
>>is something that I should get started on so that I can sit down and have a
drink,
>>or if I should sit down and have a drink before coming back to throw
something
>>together.
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>Sounds a bit like Nigella, but she gets away with it because of her
>looks! Are you darkly handsome and willing to stare in a sultry fashion
>at the viewers?

I saw this for the first time this evening. What a riot! Whatever cold medicine
they had her on at least slowed her down a little, so she wasn't as annoyingly
spastic as usual. The dress was awful -- loved the way they had to keep cutting
to a different camera angle because the screen was filled with sleeve and you
couldn't see the food. That tablescape was a riot. Yeah, I'm sure you thought
of Shakespeare as a theme for your picnic and that caused you to drag heavy
library-style furniture into a park and then set a poetry book on fire. And
isn't it illegal to cut flowers in a park? Not to mention unsanitary if you
use them as a garnish.

That trench-cake was absolutely hilarious. Of all the times that it would have
made sense to put the filling INto a plastic bag to pipe it INto the cake. But,
no, there's SL, smearing it in with two serving spoons. What an idiot.