Paula Dean's lasagna looks like it'll kill you in five minutes.

[Ilsa]

She uses cheddar, gruyere, mozzarella, parmesan, cream cheese, and I think another cheese in her lasagna. It looks totally disgusting. I guess she hasn't heard of cooking light.

[miss_american_pie]

1. Everything she makes is like that

but I go through a pound of butter a week, so who am I to talk? ;)

[Ilsa]

9. Yeah, but butter is a great ingredient for many foods.

And the only thing, other than olive oil, I'll spread on any bread.

[Richard Steele]

2. Cream cheese? I'm sorry, but....NO.

That sounds kinda NASTY.

[LeftyMom]

3. Cheddar in lasagne?

This is why white bread people should not try to cook italian food.

[Ilsa]

5. Totally freaked me out that she'd call that "lasagna". eom

[LeftyMom]

6. No kidding.

Cream cheese! I should call my mother and tell her that so she can have a good laugh, too.

[LostinVA]

8. Parlate la verita, pisana.

[Ilsa]

10. Sorry. I need a translation. eom

[LostinVA]

13. You speak the truth, friend

I'm half Sicilian... I am soooo picky about Italian food.

[Ilsa]

21. I knew "verita" had to be truth, but I couldn't build around that.

Half Sicilian. Cool! People around the Mediterranean know how to cook. Our southern cuisine is delicious, but it does a real job on the vascular system.

[Beaverhausen]

14. Well I have to say, my favorite pizza places back east mix cheddar...

...in with the mozzarella. It gives the cheese taste a stronger flavor, a bit more "bite."

But in lasagne...that's weird.

[jakefrep]

31. Cheddar is plenty wierd for lasagne...

...but gruyere? AND Cream Cheese? Umm, no.

[flamingyouth]

4. That sounds vile.

Seriously, that description made my stomach turn.

[Ilsa]

7. The south is where you get the question, "Would you like cheese

on that?" when you order apple pie or a fish sandwich. Gag. How can anyone eat dairy with fish?

[jakefrep]

25. What I don't get...

..is the cheese with apple pie thing. That just sounds odd.

[Burma Jones]

26. Nah, it's quite good

If you use a good sharp cheddar and don't have much sugar in the Apple Pie.....

[Shakespeare]

29. It may sound odd to you, but it's VERY good.

My California born-and-raised husband won't have his any other way.

[TheMightyFavog]

28. Not just the south..

It used to be illegal to sell apple pie ithout cheese in Wisconsin.

[Beaverhausen]

11. What? No Ricotta?

Blasphemy!

[Left Is Write]

18. I use ricotta...

Moazzarella, ricotta, and parmesan, usually.

[Ilsa]

23. Oh, I forgot. She didn't have any so she used Cottage Cheese and

mixed a couple of eggs into it.

[Burma Jones]

27. My Southern Mom did the same thing

Couldn't get Ricotta in the stores outside of Big Cities until Cable TV made food sophisticates of us all....

[Beaverhausen]

12. oops

[seemunkee]

15. light lasagna?

What would be the point?
I've heard of using cream cheese instead of ricotta but think it would suck, and who puts cheddar in lasagna?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

16. What? No butter? No lard?

This must be a light recipe for her. :sarcasm:

[Left Is Write]

19. I don't think I've ever seen her use lard.

[grace0418]

17. I love rich food but that sounds disgusting.

Can you imagine the grease pool dripping off that mess? Gack. How that woman got a cooking show is beyond me. Her recipes sound like the stuff in church cook books, which is fine but why does anyone need a cooking show to tell them how to use Velveeta?

What's wrong with traditional lasagna? It's delicious as is.

[Left Is Write]

20. It isn't Paula Deen's deal to cook light.

Paula is like the Southern version of Two Fat Ladies. She's fun.

[NewWaveChick1981]

22. Paula's a hoot, but her food...

...is definitely not heart-healthy. One breakfast dish she did on a previous show just looked like it would cause a stroke upon ingestion... :(

[Ilsa]

24. I really like her as a person and hostess, but I can't handle

most of her cooking. It's one thing to make something rich occasionally, but even that can bring on a stroke in some people. But I think she's a reall sweetie. I hope she gets a clue from Graham Kerr and changes her ways before someone she loves bites it because of that.

And I must confess: when I see really really big chefs and cooks, I get a little turned off from whatever they are trying to teach.

[pitohui]

43. never trust a thin chef EOM

.

[6000eliot]

30. What, no bacon?

I thought she put bacon or bacon grease in everything she made.

[Arugula Latte]

32. Ina Gartner adds cream cheese and butter and cream to everything too.

Oh sure, she's all ga-ga over her little elfin Sweetie Jeffrey, but I think she's plotting to clog his arteries and off the little schlub.

[GOPisEvil]

33. I make a four cheese baked ziti myself: parmaggiano, mozzarella,

fontina and ricotta. :9

But cheddar? Cream cheese?

[SoCalDem]

34. Who is Paula Dean?

cheddar in lasagne?? Heresy

[YellowRubberDuckie]

35. Paula does old fashioned southern cooking...

Chill...A lot of southern foods sound weird, then you taste them and you are in heaven. It's health nuts need not apply.
Duckie

[tishaLA]

37. :Like her cake mixes?

And her canned frostings? And the cans and cans of cream of crap soup in everything? "Mexican cheese soup" is old fashioned southern? That's not exactly what I'd call "old-fashioned." It sounds like mid-70s craptastic.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. When I've watched her she's made divinity...

fried chicken, homeade pineapple upside down cake...Etc, etc...I've never seen her make the crap you're speaking of. Are you WATCHING the same person we are? I called my office mom for this, who is the biggest paula dean fan. She calls bullshit.
Duckie

[tishaLA]

45. You haven't seen her Halloween episode then

which, among other shows, had a http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_24640,00.html">Boxed Cake Mix and canned frosting. Or her Mexican Taco Soup or her "Cuban " Sandwiches or her ""Mexican" Chicken. :puke:

So yes, I am watching the same person you are. And I call bullshit on your office mom's bullshit. Tell her to get her facts straight before she calls bullshit the next time.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

46. LOL

The most funny thing is, I followed that. :pals:
Duckie

[FredScuttle]

36. She's insane

Tvgasm.com has a "Paula Dean Coronary Watch" on her.

[KitchenWitch]

38. 7 cheeses

[Lavender Brown]

39. I usually like her show but ewww

That combo of cheeses is evil.

[bumblebee1]

40. Man, fettucine is considered heart attack on a plate.

That lasagne is also heart attack on a plate. I guess I'm a snob when it comes to lasagna. It's ricotta, mozzarella and parmesean cheeses for me.

[pitohui]

42. sounds good to me

any lasagne like that you're afraid of, call me over, i'll deal w. it, no worries

the true lasagne should have five=plus cheeses, some say 4, i say 5, i think the missing cheese you forget to name is ricotta, does that ring a bell?

[cmf]

44. I'm surprised there was no mayo in it.

I stay away from most of her food, but i've tried some really amazing recipes from one of her cookbooks. Two were for soups - spicy tomato soup and potato soup with shrimp. I also got a great corn salad recipe from her.

[magpie]

47. Provolone

on the top layer makes a nice stretchy, gooey, easy to cut square.