21. C'mon 'Banzo Jones(#16),Giada could'nt look miserable on her worst days.Besides,her mitts are nicer than Sandra Lee's are.

Posted at 5:11PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Bruce Lake

22. First, you have a valid point that non-chefs probably cook more like Sandra Lee than they do Emeril;

Second, you have a valid point that there is nothing more annoying than Emeril's "Bam!" and his lame, overused catch phrases (I stopped watching when I couldn't stand to hear "I don't know about you, but my flour don't come seasoned" one more time) or Rachael Ray's "Yum-O" and "DEEEE lish"; but

Third, Sandra Lee has no quirks? Are you kidding me?! I sat through one of her shows the other night, which I sometimes too when I'm just too tired to even change the channel with a remote, and watched her prepare Thanksgiving leftovers. I am very quick to pick up on speech impediments, language quirks, linquistic mannerisms, etc (For instance, Bobby Flay has improved, but he used to take big swallows of saliva between long sentences, which made it sound as if he was choking on little rivers of his own spittle -- pity he wasn't).

Sandra Lee She's got them in spades. When I point this out, you'll notice it the next time you watch her program, Bob: She over-enunciates too many words, usually vowels. Does that sound petty? Maybe. But this is how it comes out:

Spread this aaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllll the way around

Fill it aaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll the way up to the top

And just gooooooooooooooooooooo like thissssssssssssss

This is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo delicious

And then you just smoooooooooooooooooooooosh this down

And then you just whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip this really fast

And now I want you to spreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeead this around like thisssssssssssssssssssss

And then come over here and see this
be-youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-tiful tablescape

And then it's okay if you shooooooooooot yourself to put yourself out your misery but I will miss you soooooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch

Make it stopppppppppppppppppppppp!

Posted at 5:11PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Kate

23. I like Lee's show, ever notice how her background and curtains always match her outfit? Two thumbs up for me!

Posted at 5:13PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Jolene

24. Trolling Bob?

I've only seen this show twice, both within the last month. The problem I have with her is not her personality. The problem I have is that some of her recipes are revolting.

On one show she made a bread pudding. It starts with cubed cinnamon bread and then adds milk and eggs. So far I'm following along. Next comes packets of flavored instant oatmeal and cans of apple pie filling!! WTF. The result looked as bad as the ingredients suggest.

Posted at 5:14PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Myron

25. Ah, and one other thing. Any "cook" or "chef" who thinks it's okay to use melted cheez whiz to make pasta sauce, is automatically a bad cook. How hard would it have been to grate some damn cheese? That's still store bought!

Posted at 5:17PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Kate

26. Jumper is so right. Check out the ratings for her newer recipes- many haters who obviously didn't try the recipe. I hate her disaster of a show, but that's why she's fun to watch.

Posted at 5:21PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Z

27. Aunt Sandy is good with the sound muted, that way you miss all the "INTO the bowl" & "INTO the oven".
The matchie-matchie curtains/outfit/dinnerware is hilarious; the tablescapes usually el-cheapo; but the drinks usually look yummy (and she really enjoys her cocktail hour, as she tells us EACH SHOW).
Rachel Ray, egads! I hope she drops her bowl of crap ingredients sometime soon -- are we supposed to find that balancing act some spectacular triumph!?! Now that's a show I turn off immediately when it comes on.

Posted at 5:31PM on Nov 16th 2006 by smart-ass

28. I understand not everyone can cook from scratch or want to, but I have never seen anything on her show that I would ever want to eat. Icing from a can? Velveeta?

Posted at 5:46PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Rachel

29. Semi-Ho was one of the first signs of Food Network's downward spiral, when they started shying away from knowledgeable people who seem to enjoy what they do, and started using hosts who seem to feel that cooking is a tremendous burden and pain. Yes, people cook with ready-made ingredients. However, Sandra Lee goes so far beyond this. She turns out some of the most unhealthy and unappetizing "meals" I have ever seen. I can't believe people would serve this swill to their friends and family. The kicker is that her Semi-Homemade versions of recipes end up being just as time-consuming and more expensive than their "from scratch" counterparts.

There's an episode of Semi-Ho on right now, featuring Sandra Lee's recipe for a frozen Red Bull and Vodka. This is a network allegedly dedicated to food; there's no excuse for this train wreck of a show.

Posted at 6:01PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Jen

30. Ok, seriously, Sandra Lee? Are you on crack? She, Rachael Ray, and that god-awful Barefoot Contessa need to be removed from the Food Network immediately! As for Alton-bashers, come on! Alton is a big chunk of the reason why I'm so knowledgable in the kitchen! He makes things so much more understandable than the blithering, mile-a-minute chatting moron that is Rachael Ray. And Sandra Lee is a mere cooking charlatan! No one expects you to be an Emeril or Wolfgang Puck in the kitchen, but you should be laughed out of the kitchen if you bring a Sandra Lee, Rachael Ray, or Barefoot Contessa dish to the party! Sure, AB may not be the comedian some think he tries to be, but he's a far-sight wittier than anything most of the other cooks on the network can ever hope to be!

Posted at 6:07PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Jordan

31. Its not the fact that she uses convenience foods, its the asinine what that she uses them. This recipe is a perfect example: Buy a cheesecake, buy a pumpkin pie, scoop out the fillings and mix them together. Fill homemade crusts with new filling and cover with canned choc. icing. Now you have "Pumpkin-Cheesecake Petits Fours" http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_32123,00.html?rsrc=search

Posted at 6:29PM on Nov 16th 2006 by sara

32. Sandra Brown is what's wrong with the American diet and media: processed food and eye candy with absolutely no substance. Isn't there a beauty contest she can judge somewhere instead? Why air a woman opening processed food packages and try to pass her off as some authoritative, caring housewife/mother? The Food Channel looses my respect and viewership when the ilks like SB infestate their programming.

Posted at 6:40PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Schuylar

33. Give me Julia or Mario Batali any day over some of the smut on FoodTV these days -- and I'm not just talking about SL's incredible ability to forget her bra. My personal "issue" with TV cooking shows like Aunt Sandy's and Rae Ray's is that I like to watch cooking shows that will teach me something, give me something to aspire to. Their knife skills make me cringe. They constantly use metal utensils in non-stick pans. And let's not talk about both of their annoying phrases and habits.

I miss cooking shows that were about cooking. Not snappy catch phrases or tiny t-shirts. Viva la PBS!

Posted at 8:05PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Eva

34. Wow, to be honest, i thought i was one of the only ones who let Sandra Lee get to me.
Where the HELL do i start? Miss Stephanie? Aunt Sandy?Her rediculously disgusting sounding coctails that she's way too fond of? All of those processed foods? Mostly all animal products, that she insists are so healthy?
Seriously, she needs to piss off the network.

Posted at 9:26PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Mia

35. Hey, her cocktails are good, that has to count for something

Posted at 9:32PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Lynds

36. Sandra Lee oozes FAKENESS. She makes me cringe worse than watching $40 a day with whatsherface.

Anyone can throw a bunch of crappy ingredients together and give it a new name. Anyone remember her Kwanzaa Cake?

A store angelfood cake, shove apple pie filling in the hole in the middle, frost it with chocolate frosting, and throw nuts over, and then stick red and green candles in it.

Yep, sounds like Kwanzaa to me. She's the nut.

Posted at 9:35PM on Nov 16th 2006 by PB

37. My mistake, it wasn't just nuts on the cake. It was corn nuts, pumpkin seeds and popcorn!!!

What the hell?

Posted at 9:38PM on Nov 16th 2006 by PB

38. Wow, lots of haters here.

I'll admit to Sandra being a guilty pleasure of mine. I don't think I would make any of her food, and I think she's nice to look at, though not gorgeous...but if she's on, I find myself watching.

Posted at 10:15PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Bruce Allen

39. Whether you like her or not.....leave her niece out of it.

Posted at 11:55PM on Nov 16th 2006 by Andrea

40. I really love the way she says two words and pauses - "And then...pause...we put....pause...in the...pause...". It's really grating on the nerves.

And if you want to know how her recipes are rated just go to the foodtv.com home page and type sandra in the search bar. All her recipes come up and recipes with 4 or 5 stars are very few and far between. I wouldn't even think about trying one.

Why waste the time and ingredients? Unless you want to clean out your fridge or pantry and don't care if you end up throwing it all away!

I prefer to use recipes from people who I know can really cook like Ina, Emeril, Paula, and Alton. They rock!

Posted at 12:06AM on Nov 17th 2006 by Suzzzz