Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.

On 2007-05-30, The Space Boss > wrote:

> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Ray

"The Space Boss" > wrote in message
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> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
>

How did Kathy Lee get her old job?

And her perky replacement, what's-her-name?

Being cute and perky and knowing somebody, and a little about the topic at
hand, maybe?

"The Space Boss" > wrote in message
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> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
>


She used these, with the right person standing in front of her:

http://tinyurl.com/2385np

or:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100297187

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
> "The Space Boss" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> > forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
> >
>
> She used these, with the right person standing in front of her:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2385np
>

LMAO
We used to refer to them as "management facilitation devices".

> "The Space Boss" wondered:
> I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.


>> "JoeSpareBedroom" responded:
>> She used these, with the right person standing in front of her:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2385np (A link to Home Depot where a pair of kneepads
>> is offered for sale)


Reminds me of working in a Skipper's restaurant 24 - 25 years ago. A new
female food server was a real go-getter, hoping to eventually make her way
up the corporate ladder to the exalted position of shift manager. In
addition to truly working hard, she also flirted outrageously with the
married General Manager.

One day the restaurant was having one of those precious few minutes when
there were actually no customers in the building, so the GM used that time
to call us all together and make an announcement. Basically he complimented
Miss Flirt on her excellent work performance and asked her if she would
consider taking the newly created position of Head Waitress. Flirt was
extremely happy, clapping hands and jumping up and down. Then she turned
briefly to the rest of the servers and shot us a well-crafted "eat shit"
look before turning back to Mr. GM and trilling ecstatically that she'd love
the position and would be the best Head Waitress he'd ever seen.

GM looked gravely at her for a moment, then nodded and said, "OK, you're it.
You can pick up your kneepads in the office." I'll give her credit, as
disappointed as she was when she finally realized the joke, she *did* laugh.
Later on, she got back at him, but that's another story.

~~ Shelly ~~

On May 30, 8:49 pm, "~~ Shelly ~~" > wrote:
> > "The Space Boss" wondered:
> > I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
> >> "JoeSpareBedroom" responded:
> >> She used these, with the right person standing in front of her:
>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/2385np (A link to Home Depot where a pair of kneepads
> >> is offered for sale)
>
> Reminds me of working in a Skipper's restaurant 24 - 25 years ago. A new
> female food server was a real go-getter, hoping to eventually make her way
> up the corporate ladder to the exalted position of shift manager. In
> addition to truly working hard, she also flirted outrageously with the
> married General Manager.
>
> One day the restaurant was having one of those precious few minutes when
> there were actually no customers in the building, so the GM used that time
> to call us all together and make an announcement. Basically he complimented
> Miss Flirt on her excellent work performance and asked her if she would
> consider taking the newly created position of Head Waitress. Flirt was
> extremely happy, clapping hands and jumping up and down. Then she turned
> briefly to the rest of the servers and shot us a well-crafted "eat shit"
> look before turning back to Mr. GM and trilling ecstatically that she'd love
> the position and would be the best Head Waitress he'd ever seen.
>
> GM looked gravely at her for a moment, then nodded and said, "OK, you're it.
> You can pick up your kneepads in the office." I'll give her credit, as
> disappointed as she was when she finally realized the joke, she *did* laugh.
> Later on, she got back at him, but that's another story.
>
> ~~ Shelly ~~

I for one would like to hear "part 2" of this story!!!

"The Space Boss" wrote
> I for one would like to hear "part 2" of this story!!!
>

Fine, but it's not funny or pretty:

She and married Manager started an affair that lasted for a couple of
months, then fizzled. Miss Flirt then filed a complaint with the District
Manager stating that after the affair ended she was being treated unfairly
by the General Manager. In reality, he would no longer allow her to stay on
the clock while he and she snuck off to her place to Kanoodle, nor would he
fire any more employees due to personal conflicts with Flirt. That really
did happen, as I was the first to go - Flirt lived in the apartment above me
and she didn't want me telling other employees about the amount of time she
and he were spending up there together. He did feel guilty about that,
though, and asked a manager of another restaurant to take me on there, so I
didn't lose any work days and actually got a slightly higher pay there.
Finally, he refused to allow her to work shifts with him, so she had to work
the day shift under another manager whom Flirt didn't like (and the feeling
was returned with interest by most or all of the other employees).

At the same time Flirt filed the complaint with the Regional office, she
sent Mr. Manager's wife a few cards with notes and photos to let the Mrs.
know exactly what her husband had been up to. By the time it was over, both
of them got fired, and his wife left him and took his daughter with her.
Then the day shift manager approached me and asked if I'd like my old job
back. I politely declined.

About three years after that, I saw Flirt's name in our local newspaper.
She was suing a local manufacturing company because she'd had another affair
with another married man and after *that* affair ended, he transferred her
to a different department with the same hours, wages, and benefits; but she
was still fuming over being 'mistreated' and insisting that a large
financial settlement would help her feel better. I heard she got an
undisclosed amount of money, couldn't seem to find another job, and
eventually left the state. She's probably a little too old nowadays to be
sleeping her way to the top, or at least I hope so!

~~ Shelly ~~

In article .com>,
The Space Boss > wrote:

> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.

What do you mean, "her show"? She has at least five!

On May 30, 3:16 pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article .com>,
> The Space Boss > wrote:
>
> > Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> > forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
>
> What do you mean, "her show"? She has at least five!

My wife and I really enjoy her show, but the other day we were
watching it and she was sauteeing some vegetables in an obviously non-
stick pan, and she was SCRAPING this teflon pan with metal spatulas
and using a metal whisk to blend things in it.

Now I don't know about you, but I don't let any metal utensils get
anywhere NEAR my teflon pans............ heck, that stuff can scrape
right off into the food.

"The Space Boss" > wrote in message
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> On May 30, 3:16 pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
>> In article .com>,
>> The Space Boss > wrote:
>>
>> > Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
>> > forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
>>
>> What do you mean, "her show"? She has at least five!
>
> My wife and I really enjoy her show, but the other day we were
> watching it and she was sauteeing some vegetables in an obviously non-
> stick pan, and she was SCRAPING this teflon pan with metal spatulas
> and using a metal whisk to blend things in it.
>
> Now I don't know about you, but I don't let any metal utensils get
> anywhere NEAR my teflon pans............ heck, that stuff can scrape
> right off into the food.
>

Could she have been using a hard-anodized or an infused-anodized pan, like
Calphalon? Metal spatulas can be used in those.

On May 31, 12:43 am, "Paco's Tacos" > wrote:
> "The Space Boss" > wrote in oglegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 30, 3:16 pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> >> In article .com>,
> >> The Space Boss > wrote:
>
> >> > Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> >> > forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
>
> >> What do you mean, "her show"? She has at least five!
>
> > My wife and I really enjoy her show, but the other day we were
> > watching it and she was sauteeing some vegetables in an obviously non-
> > stick pan, and she was SCRAPING this teflon pan with metal spatulas
> > and using a metal whisk to blend things in it.
>
> > Now I don't know about you, but I don't let any metal utensils get
> > anywhere NEAR my teflon pans............ heck, that stuff can scrape
> > right off into the food.
>
> Could she have been using a hard-anodized or an infused-anodized pan, like
> Calphalon? Metal spatulas can be used in those.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I imagine. The chick can certainly afford it.

In article <%7u7i.9651$eO5.5033@trndny08>,
"Paco's Tacos" > wrote:

> > My wife and I really enjoy her show, but the other day we were
> > watching it and she was sauteeing some vegetables in an obviously non-
> > stick pan, and she was SCRAPING this teflon pan with metal spatulas
> > and using a metal whisk to blend things in it.
> >
> > Now I don't know about you, but I don't let any metal utensils get
> > anywhere NEAR my teflon pans............ heck, that stuff can scrape
> > right off into the food.
> >
>
> Could she have been using a hard-anodized or an infused-anodized pan, like
> Calphalon? Metal spatulas can be used in those.

RR has her own line of cookwa
<http://www.cookwareessentials.com/Fr...-by-Rachael-Ra
y-C31216.html> (commercial site). The collection includes an
anodized frying pan.

sd

"The Space Boss" > wrote in message
> Now I don't know about you, but I don't let any metal utensils get
> anywhere NEAR my teflon pans............ heck, that stuff can scrape
> right off into the food.
>

So what? It is inert and will pass right through you.

> Now I don't know about you, but I don't let any metal utensils get
> anywhere NEAR my teflon pans............ heck, that stuff can scrape
> right off into the food.

There are new (well, relatively new) non-stick pans that it's o.k. to
use metal utensils on/in.

N.

On 2007-05-31, Nancy2 > wrote:

> There are new (well, relatively new) non-stick pans that it's o.k. to
> use metal utensils on/in.

Not really. The superior non-stick coatings like Excalibur are pretty
much bullet proof and don't flake off like the cheaper brands, but
they are still prone to scratching by metal utensils. The fact is,
those scratches may not flake, but they do become an impediment to the
teflon slick cooking surface you are paying good money for, so why mar
that surface unnecessarily. Bottom line, use wood or plastic utensils
regardless of what they claim. They just say that because they want
you to wear out that non-stick surface sooner so you'll have to buy a
new one.

nb

notbob wrote:
>
>
> > There are new (well, relatively new) non-stick pans that it's o.k. to
> > use metal utensils on/in.
>
> Not really. The superior non-stick coatings like Excalibur are pretty
> much bullet proof and don't flake off like the cheaper brands, but
> they are still prone to scratching by metal utensils. The fact is,
> those scratches may not flake, but they do become an impediment to the
> teflon slick cooking surface you are paying good money for, so why mar
> that surface unnecessarily. Bottom line, use wood or plastic utensils
> regardless of what they claim. They just say that because they want
> you to wear out that non-stick surface sooner so you'll have to buy a
> new one.

I don't think that companies which make expensive high quality non stick
surface pans really want people to wreck them in order to sell more. Given
the cost of the those pans, not too many people are interested in putting
out the big bucks to replace something that have failed them in the past.

In article .com>,
The Space Boss > wrote:

> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.

I wasn't aware that any of the posters on rec.food.cooking appeared on a
TV show.

"Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
...
> In article .com>,
> The Space Boss > wrote:
>
>> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
>> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
>
> I wasn't aware that any of the posters on rec.food.cooking appeared on a
> TV show.

Actually, a couple of rfcers have. Kay Hartman and Dimitri both appeared in
episodes of Calling All Cooks.

I can't recall if anyone else in here has.

Mary

On May 30, 3:03 pm, The Space Boss > wrote:
> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.

They promised her the show if she would stop talking to them.

*********

And also: Don't forget, Top Chef starts a new round, week after next,
I think.

Next week on Bravo, they're having a "cook-off" among the Top Chef
contenders from the first two seasons of the show. That should be ...
fun ;-)

And who is it again, that Padma is married to? Gosh, I don't like her
at all.

N.

"Nancy2" > wrote

> And who is it again, that Padma is married to? Gosh, I don't like her
> at all.

Is she the one separated from Salman Rushdie?

nancy

On May 31, 12:04 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote
>
> > And who is it again, that Padma is married to? Gosh, I don't like her
> > at all.
>
> Is she the one separated from Salman Rushdie?
>
> nancy

Ah, that would be it. I didn't know they were separated. Bully for
him. I keep wondering what bouncing her half-naked boobs around in
the commercials for Top Chef has to do with a cooking competition....I
must be missing something. ;-)

N.

On 31 May 2007 12:48:25 -0700, Nancy2 > wrote:

>On May 31, 12:04 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote
>>
>> > And who is it again, that Padma is married to? Gosh, I don't like her
>> > at all.
>>
>> Is she the one separated from Salman Rushdie?
>>
>> nancy
>
>Ah, that would be it. I didn't know they were separated. Bully for
>him. I keep wondering what bouncing her half-naked boobs around in
>the commercials for Top Chef has to do with a cooking competition....I
>must be missing something. ;-)

It is not that off base, her credentials are as good a Rachael Ray's.
If that really counts for anything.

She has authored an award winning cookbook (Easy Exotic, 1999) and
hosted several cooking series Melting Pot (Food Network, 2001) and
Planet Food (BBC, Food Network & Discovery).

On May 30, 4:03 pm, The Space Boss > wrote:
> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.

Demographics. Networks (in the US, anyway) now know that "mediocre"
is the way to go to get a big fanbase. Look at American Idol. No one
talented or good looking ever wins. People are put-off by talented,
good-looking people. Look at the disdain people have for a Lindsay
Lohan or an Angelina Jolie (all of it is based on envy and jealousy-
nevertheless, it is there).

Rachel Ray has a lot of personality, but she's sloppy-looking and not
really a good chef. This makes her a demographic home run.

You will always have a lot more Americans identifying with (and
liking) her than a hot, thin chick who actually studied haute cuisine.

wrote:
> On May 30, 4:03 pm, The Space Boss > wrote:
>> Seems to me she is no more talented than the wonderful cooks on this
>> forum. Hey I enjoy her show, I'm just wondering how she landed the gig.
>
> Demographics. Networks (in the US, anyway) now know that "mediocre"
> is the way to go to get a big fanbase. Look at American Idol. No one
> talented or good looking ever wins. People are put-off by talented,
> good-looking people. Look at the disdain people have for a Lindsay
> Lohan or an Angelina Jolie (all of it is based on envy and jealousy-
> nevertheless, it is there).

That may be the case for Jolie, but in Lohan's case the resentment is
about how we put pampered addled *children* on pedestals, call them
movie stars, then fight to keep them from jumping or falling off their
perches. Many would like to see Lohan face plant just because she's such
a phenomenal flake.

I do advise, however, that you don't try to apply the Jolie logic to
****s like Paris Hilton who have no talent and no beauty, just money and
a supremely over-developed sense of entitlement.


> Rachel Ray has a lot of personality, but she's sloppy-looking and not
> really a good chef. This makes her a demographic home run.
>
> You will always have a lot more Americans identifying with (and
> liking) her than a hot, thin chick who actually studied haute cuisine.

Personally, I'm put off by cooks with a sloppy appearance no matter how
fetching the personality.

That explains why I can't stand that ignoramus cake-baker, Duff. Then
again, he doesn't have much personality, either.