Goomba38 wrote:
(snipped horror story!)
> I can see how this restaurant serves the tourist crowd well, in fact
> we saw bus tours dropping off here, but I was not impressed. These
> folks I was with are not terribly sophisticated nor adventurous
> eaters. They want their fish fried, their veggies soft, three
> starches per meal and the same "comfort food" they've always eaten in
> mom's kitchen and little more. They value quantity over quality. It
> was very discouraging.

I was watching television last night when an ad for the Mid-South Fair came
on. (It's being held in Memphis from Sept. 21-Oct. 1). I didn't pay
attention to the specific date but OOOOH! Paula Deen will be giving cooking
demonstrations at the Mid-South Coliseum in the Fairgrounds! I immedately
thought of your post. Then I thought of the $15 just to get into the fair,
which I have no interest in, and the extra $10 or so per ticket to watch her
cook a bunch of stuff I can probably already prepare for myself. By your
accounts, if her Savannah restaurant is any indication, I can prepare it
better, too!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> I was watching television last night when an ad for the Mid-South Fair came
> on. (It's being held in Memphis from Sept. 21-Oct. 1). I didn't pay
> attention to the specific date but OOOOH! Paula Deen will be giving cooking
> demonstrations at the Mid-South Coliseum in the Fairgrounds! I immedately
> thought of your post. Then I thought of the $15 just to get into the fair,
> which I have no interest in, and the extra $10 or so per ticket to watch her
> cook a bunch of stuff I can probably already prepare for myself. By your
> accounts, if her Savannah restaurant is any indication, I can prepare it
> better, too!

I agree. I think her restaurant is getting a lot of business solely on
the "celebrity" factor, not the food itself.
I am happy to have read that Natalie Dupree will be in my town in
November to do a free book signing. I've got it marked on the calendar!

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:23:32 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>I am happy to have read that Natalie Dupree will be in my town in
>November to do a free book signing. I've got it marked on the calendar!

I just unpacked her book, Southern Memories and I had to sit down and
reread it. I like her style of southern cooking too...

Christine

Goomba38 > wrote in message
. ..
> jmcquown wrote:
>
> > I was watching television last night when an ad for the Mid-South Fair
came
> > on. (It's being held in Memphis from Sept. 21-Oct. 1). I didn't pay
> > attention to the specific date but OOOOH! Paula Deen will be giving
cooking
> > demonstrations at the Mid-South Coliseum in the Fairgrounds! I
immedately
> > thought of your post. Then I thought of the $15 just to get into the
fair,
> > which I have no interest in, and the extra $10 or so per ticket to watch
her
> > cook a bunch of stuff I can probably already prepare for myself. By
your
> > accounts, if her Savannah restaurant is any indication, I can prepare it
> > better, too!
>
> I agree. I think her restaurant is getting a lot of business solely on
> the "celebrity" factor, not the food itself.
> I am happy to have read that Natalie Dupree will be in my town in
> November to do a free book signing. I've got it marked on the calendar!


In style, tact and diplomacy, Nathalie DuPree is old money Savannah. Paula
Deen is Bugtussle.
-ginny

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:

> In style, tact and diplomacy, Nathalie DuPree is old money Savannah. Paula
> Deen is Bugtussle.
> -ginny

Yeah, that's a good way to put it, lol.
The only thing that concerns me about Nathalie is how spacey she
sometimes acts? I have wondered before if she wasn't heavily
(self?)medicated while taping her show?

Oh pshaw, on Sun 24 Sep 2006 12:28:53p, Goomba38 meant to say...

> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>
>> In style, tact and diplomacy, Nathalie DuPree is old money Savannah.
>> Paula Deen is Bugtussle.
>> -ginny
>
> Yeah, that's a good way to put it, lol.
> The only thing that concerns me about Nathalie is how spacey she
> sometimes acts? I have wondered before if she wasn't heavily
> (self?)medicated while taping her show?
>

Nevertheless, I've always been partial to Nathalie. Some people are just
spacey. Julia was, on occasion, as well.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

Recent polls reveal that some people have never
been polled. Until recently. --George Carlin

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
> I agree. I think her restaurant is getting a lot of business solely on the
> "celebrity" factor, not the food itself.

That may be true today, but she got where she is because of the good (in
some people's opinion) food. It was a popular place long before TV. There
are lots of people that just want a plain, hearty meal like mom used to
make.

Oh pshaw, on Sun 24 Sep 2006 09:05:30a, jmcquown meant to say...

> Goomba38 wrote:
> (snipped horror story!)
>> I can see how this restaurant serves the tourist crowd well, in fact
>> we saw bus tours dropping off here, but I was not impressed. These
>> folks I was with are not terribly sophisticated nor adventurous
>> eaters. They want their fish fried, their veggies soft, three
>> starches per meal and the same "comfort food" they've always eaten in
>> mom's kitchen and little more. They value quantity over quality. It
>> was very discouraging.
>
> I was watching television last night when an ad for the Mid-South Fair
> came on. (It's being held in Memphis from Sept. 21-Oct. 1). I didn't
> pay attention to the specific date but OOOOH! Paula Deen will be giving
> cooking demonstrations at the Mid-South Coliseum in the Fairgrounds! I
> immedately thought of your post. Then I thought of the $15 just to get
> into the fair, which I have no interest in, and the extra $10 or so per
> ticket to watch her cook a bunch of stuff I can probably already prepare
> for myself. By your accounts, if her Savannah restaurant is any
> indication, I can prepare it better, too!
>
> Jill

Ah, the Mid-South Fair brings back a couple of memories. I saw a microwave
oven demonstrated there in 1957. It looked as big as a refrigerator. They
cooked bacon. I won two parakeets at one of the contest booths. A pig bit
me. Those things you don't forget! :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

Recent polls reveal that some people have never
been polled. Until recently. --George Carlin

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:05:30 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>I was watching television last night when an ad for the Mid-South Fair came
>on. (It's being held in Memphis from Sept. 21-Oct. 1). I didn't pay
>attention to the specific date but OOOOH! Paula Deen will be giving cooking
>demonstrations at the Mid-South Coliseum in the Fairgrounds! I immedately
>thought of your post. Then I thought of the $15 just to get into the fair,
>which I have no interest in, and the extra $10 or so per ticket to watch her
>cook a bunch of stuff I can probably already prepare for myself. By your
>accounts, if her Savannah restaurant is any indication, I can prepare it
>better, too!

Oh, I would love to go see her! I wonder how long it takes to drive
from Atlanta to Memphis ...

Tara

"Tara" > wrote in message
>
> Oh, I would love to go see her! I wonder how long it takes to drive
> from Atlanta to Memphis ...
>
> Tara

Close to 400 miles, about 7 hours plus stops.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Tara" > wrote in message
>>
>> Oh, I would love to go see her! I wonder how long it takes to drive
>> from Atlanta to Memphis ...
>>
>> Tara
>
> Close to 400 miles, about 7 hours plus stops.

Yep, that sounds about right

Jill