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.

I've shot some cooking shows. One of them was a Mexican-cooking show,
with a very small crew (and budget, except for food <g>) and no audience.
It was also a nicely leisurely and laid-back gig. So after every show -
and we did five a day - we sat down and ate the meal. Yeah, I gained
some weight. But if you're gonna gain weight, that's the way to do it:
you get professionally cooked food, you have no cleanup ... and you're
getting *paid*.


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