Sometimes there IS justice in this world. TV chef Anthony Bourdain called Food Network cook Paula Deen, 64, “The most dangerous person in America” because she told an obese nation it’s OK to eat food that’s killing us. Paula is finally paying the piper for her southern fried overindulgence. According to RadarOnline, Paula developed type 2 diabetes (associated with fatty foods and obesity) and will no longer be able to indulge in her own unhealthy cooking. She intended to keep the disease a secret but when she started using Novartis for her condition, the drug company offered her a big bucks deal to endorse the drug. So now she gets paid for being sick. We think ANYBODY can make food taste good if they use gobs of salt, sugar and fat, but a really talented chef can make healthy fresh food taste delicious.
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She has the body of a pig, no offense and I NEVER take the advice of any obese chef! I have and will continue to boycott this women.
That said…fried chicken! LOL
Most people with diabetes get it from eating their own food.
I read she had diabetes quite awhile back, I find it rather disgusting that she wasn’t willing to admit it until she was going to get paid to do it
@Seriously?, your comment made me laugh.
I guess Paula is stuck between a rock and a hard place. She is going to have to find a way to turn her southern fried cooking into southern broiled cooking!
She was recently on Dr. Oz and confessed to be a longtime smoker, as well.This is probably, maybe even more so than the diet, a contributing factor. Either way, if she stops smoking, like she promised Oz and drops some lb’s she can turn this health crisis around. A little physical activity would also do wonders for her.
Surely Ms. Deen has enough money to retire, but what good is that if she doesn’t have her health intact?
As Nelson would say, Ha, Ha!!
Anybody who eats turduckins.
Is going to die!
She smokes also! Dang that is one seriously stupid woman.
All you righteous people out there, leave the smokers alone. Smoking comes from a deep psychological need. So shut up all of you.
However, the diabetes gives a person a funny looking body, and you can tell a diabetic just from looking at a person–big belly, no butt, and chicken legs. And that’s the truth.
Southern cooking is delicious, but you only need one bite of everything to get the taste, leave the rest of it alone. Fat, salt, grease, yum, but only one taste.
most americans are destined to fail?
Sure Bluejay we’ll just shut the hell up talking about smoking just because you said so. Hell, you’re hilarious really you are. Everybody knows that smoking is a Treatable Mental Illness so take your crazy ass to the doctor, pronto!
Good luck to her but please go away!
Southern food is gross. Biscuits and gravy? I mean really? That’s what people eat down south? It looks disgusting. Grits? And all those corn dogs and hush puppies? If southerners eat nothing but dough and red meat is it any wonder the south is so obese? Eat some grilled fish and vegetables.
Mel I’ve been watching this site for a long time and you are one whiney ass. complaining about people being racist, attacking anyone. you never have anything interesting to say. i bet you are some kind of phony thereapist without any clients becsuse once someone figures out how needy and whiny you are they run away.
Agree or no on the Zip, Joe, it doesnt matter because, it’s not about poster’s! Some here seem to live for the thrill of their 15 words of fame as a few minutes break from reality tv….Oh what did Kim do this week? What how about the BLACK basketball wives whose hubby’s are all out pounding white women? How boring.
Where is Tom when everyone needs him? Must be over helping Goldman count his Gold.
Novartis isn’t a drug, it’s a drug company that makes drugs to treat diabetes.
First she wants to sell you her cookbooks, her show, food in her restaurants….and now she wants to sell you the treatment to overcome the disease you got by the crap she sold you the first time around. Frankly, no matter how you spin it, that takes a lot of nerve.
Maybe Southern Cooking, with all that fat clogging blood vessels to the brain, can explain why the South is typically Republican.
Mmmmm, what’s really yummy is the donut bacon cheeseburger being served up in many restaurants. For the recipe, google *donut bacon cheeseburger*. It’s a hit too. Unbelievable. These fools must have a death wish. Gimme fresh fruit, salmon and grilled veggies.
I feel for her; I believe she’s battled other demons in her life, as well. If she smokes and is diabetic, and is trying to change her diet and quit smoking, she will have a hard road ahead. It is very difficult to change those behaviors. As far as her food goes, while I’m sure it’s very tasty, it is obviously also very fatty, so I’ve never tried any of her recipes. I believe that one of her sons has a show in which he show healthy versions of her recipes. I wish her the best, and hopefully her healthier lifstyle will be reflected on her show.
oh do shut up Strom, no one cares at all what you think, and it should be obvious by now. Racist, envious, cowardly, hypocritical, creepy and sub-literate a poster you are, you’re just so bloody silly. btw. it’s posters, not poster’s, putz.
one of Paulas sons has a new show where he takes his moms recipes and makes them healthy but still taste good
Depends on how the word is used. It’s obvious why Junior’s name is…..Junior.
It’s not about an individual poster…it’s about the thread.
Monday will be a big day for the enablers.
Why Monday?
It’s Martin Luther King day in the US Patrick, a federal holiday. And Dr. King did much for all people Strom.
As for Paula’s cooking, too much of anything can be bad for you. One piece of fried chicken could be just a little bit of heaven. All things in moderation.
On all the foodie shows, she never stops screeching, laughing, and trying to be funny.
Which proves:
Paula
Deen
is
batshit
crazy.
Bourdain has a great show, ‘No Reservations.’
Thank you, Denise. Lucky. We don’t get another holiday in Canada till Wayne Gretzky day in March. Poutine day is in April.
And if that chicken will kill you.
Give me death!
Joe I’ll address you once and only once since you admitted to stalking my comments. Who I am and what I do irl is none of your concern and you don’t like my comments? Who gives a damn. Not me. Just saying so you know. Unlike these chicks my feather’s aren’t ruffled by impotent comments from a troll or a stalker so stick that in your crack pipe, between smoking your ciggy and eating your bacon-burger. Remember, peon-I’ll be ignoring you from this point on.
Gotcha!
Joe gets a star!
People smoke because of a deep need? are you serious? Is that an addict talking or what. Smoking is harder to quit than heroin they say…and that comment above proves it…wow…sad
Selene is right about the smoking and heroin comment altho back when I was a teen (19) I quit cold turkey, threw them all in the toilet and never took another puff. That was at a pack to a pack and a half a day (35 cents per pack back then!). It CAN be done and I did it.
As for that chicken pictured above, it looks overcooked to me. IF I have to eat something like that (the only thing offered or availible) I peel off the skin and all the gross greasy bits. I also only eat the breast/white meat/lean. The dark meat is the most fattening.
I agree with whoever said she is screechy. The few times I have had the displeasure to see her before quickly turning the channel, she was like that, and seemed to think she was some sort of comedian. I did see her once on Leno, of course, preparing fried chicken! She was really hard (for me) to watch as I was repelled by her personality and why someone FAT was famous for pushing food. Now we know!
I agree with Bourdain. She has no place in the “famous for food” rhelm. I sometimes watch Bravo’s “Top Chef” and find it interesting how many ways they come up with to make healthy unusual but interesting dishes. I only wish I could taste some of them.
PS: YEAH JOE!!!!
Lippp: Interesting! Vedddddy interesting!
Junior J: I’ve been trying to mentally kill strom and Gerard Vandenburg/Captain American/Wim/ and I forget what his current moniker is, but rest assured he’ll change it soon enough, he just won’t go away.
Not sure yet if Mel needs to join this cast of unsavories, so far I find him to just be stupid, but maybe I haven’t been paying enough attention? MY intolerance is for “people” who are racist (#1) and so that would be strom (THE BIGGEST RACIST ON THE INTERNET), and gaybashers (#2) Gerard, and just for being one dumb shit!
Have I forgotten anything Patrick? Oh yeah, prosthelytizing “thumpers” aka Indy, altho I don’t hate her, just wish she’d keep her Jesus-Pushing where it belong…IN CHURCH!
Amazing rant from a looney poster….get a life!
What about Pippa, REta? She’s our best snobby girl! But not much of a threat to anyones sensibilities.
And I got a little turned on when you were talking about eating the “gross greasy bits!”
But that’s just me, my little piece of chubby chicken, REta.
I usually go for the tender, inner, juicy thigh meat first.
I didn’t suspect Indy was on the list too.
Interesting.
Maybe Paula Deen has indulged a bit too much. No surprises there. Yes, we all know over eating and smoking is bad. So does she.
Smoking is a nasty habit and I am thankful that I could finally quit. Keep in mind that tobacco is still a big cash crop (right up there with soybeans and marijuana) to those in the South (although not like it use to be). I can remember as a kid and decades after that immediately after supper, the men would all light up a cigarette on the front porch and the grandmothers would “dip snuff”.
I have eaten at her restaurant many times over the years and the food is out of the world delicious. (Her staff is pretty cool and do an amazing job.) They also have healthy dishes theres. When they bring you your order, it looks even than the picture!
I am proud to say that I have lived in the south most of my life. Yup, the South does love to bread and fry things. Fried breaded (a dusting of salt, pepper and corn meal) squash and fried breaded green tomatoes are two of my many favorites. Breaded and baked is good too.
We fix meat in a variety of ways (fried, baked, boiled, grilled….etc.) depending on the meat and depending on the cut.
We’re the South so grilling is must. Like most families in my area, we grill all year . All the meat(Fish, pork, beef, deer, rabbit, gator..etc) and veggies are grilled
too.
When I was a kid, my mommy made homemade biscuits and for breakfast and for our school lunch, she would stuff a fried slice of sweet potato (yum) in between the biscuit…or sometimes it was a fried white potato or if we had just killed a hog, it was a little slice of country ham or bacon or sausage. Hell, we were just tickled to have something to eat. We didn’t care what the calories or fat grams were because we were just surviving.
On most days, I jog no less than 3 miles. However, on weekends, it is more like 5-6 miles because I do like the occasional homemade biscuit (yum), slice of red velvet cake, gravy on my pork chop, or fresh fruit drizzled in chocolate.
One can enjoy those wonderful greasy summer dishes in moderation and if you don’t eat in moderation, then walk or jog an extra mile or so.
Oh, Walt, how I have missed your food posts. “Fresh fruit drizzled in chocolate”. Sigh.
paula suffered from that condtion where you are afraid to leave the house and she didn’t for a long time.
amazing when you watch repeats of her show from about 5 years ago. She rarely said “ya’all” and was so much more likeable.
now she is such a caricature
How come this isn’t anywhere else on the internet? Is it really true?
Walt, I had never heard of “red velvet cake”?
Thank google, now I know. My wife has been sneaking beetroot into chocolate cake for years now. My wife just calls it cake.
Bourdain’s books, Kitchen Confidential etc. are great reading. In my estimation he would be the George Clooney of the foodie world. Very lucky, indeed.
libby, Your right. I once her son (? not sure but think it was one of her sons) say something about her management making her say that particular “catch phrase” during all public appearances.
I’ve met her before on different occasions and she has always been sweet and loves to laugh and eat.
Denise, In my “neck of the woods” we always have emergency chocolate of some kind. If we have drop in guests, we serve fruit and sometimes a small side bowl for each person so they can drown their fruit slices (pineapple, apples, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi,..etc.) in warm chocolate.
Patrick, beetroot is good tasting stuff to me and great for your health. Sounds like your lovely wife is taking good care of you and the family. Smart lady.
Anthony Bourdain is interesting fellow to watch and seems to have no fear of food.
Walt, if Paula Deen went jogging with you every day, i’d bet she wouldn’t have diabetes anymore because she’s drop all that extra poundage she’s lugging around. As they say “everything in moderation”. I’d sure love to live near you so I could crop in and nibble goodies with you. I’ve been a California girl all my life, so have a completely different craving for food. And actually, am not much of a meat eater at all. pretty much chicken breast, turkey, tuna, and special dinners out I love to order halibut grilled and just drown it in lemon only. I’m not much for sauces or gravies, except on mashed potatos, and turkey on Thanksgiving. I guess I’m a pretty boring eater, but it works for me. LOVE veggies, most of them, and fruit, but don’t get what all the fuss is over red velvet cake. The times I’ve tasted it it just tasted like nothing, and the icing was the only thing worth having. maybe there are different ways of making it and the ways I’ve had it suck, but so far, uh-uh, not digging it!
Worst dish I’ve seen Bourdain eat was the unwashed rectum of wart hog charred over an African camp fire.
Sheesh! That would be like chewin on REta’s ass!!