With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:You would think that a site like this one would choose to uplift not tear down another mom no matter how petty or judgemental you are.

I’ve always stayed clear of these H&M threads, now I know why.

I don't know why you think we should uplift someone who ridicules their friends and family on TV.

Never heard her ridicule her family. She called them out for bad behavior, like telling her to get on with it while she was suicidal and pregnant.

I really don’t care that she said curtsying is like going to Medieval Times. Do you?

It was a pretty rude thing to say about meeting your future 90 something year old grandmother-in-law. And Harry looked very uncomfortable bc it WAS uncomfortable. And the way sue addressed Mindy isn't how I would speak to my friend, in public or private. But that's fine if you act like that, just expect it to raise eyebrows.

It was not uncomfortable at all. She said the Queen was lovely but that curtsying was weird to her. If that makes you uncomfortable you need to toughen up and get a thicker skin.

I would absolutely be fine joking around with a friend. I’m sorry that you don’t seem to get along with other women so you don’t get female friendships as like an overarching concept. Maybe you should take a cue from Hillaria and go to a yoga class to make some friends there?

Did you even watch the show? Meghan said she met Mindy when she came on her podcast and that they were "email pen pals." She barely knows her. Mindy took the comment in stride but it was a very weird scene. It actually looked edited, there may have been more dialogue. I can't imagine why the whole thing wasn't just cut.

Because MM wanted the Sussex issue out there to make a point. She went on Drew Barrymore show now as Megan Sussex. She intentionally raised the issue with Mindy (making her uncomfortable) and then kept it in.

I agree with her. The family needs to share a last name.
They can’t really use Windsor or Sade-Coburg-Gotha. Even Mountbatten was Battenberg.
Is Harry expected to start using the last name of Markle?

But never mind, the British tabloids still write about her every week.

Ok so the family can share a name. If someone in my professional (or personal) network called me by my maiden name, I wouldn’t have a hissy fit and lecture them on my married name and how precious it is to share a name as a family unit. Spare me.

Also, if she was the royal one, she’d still be using the markle name. She tries so hard to make things seem like it’s not about the Royal status, but it is.

Her act about the “sacred” family time around dinnertime was also so sanctimonious. Most parents are exhausted at the end of the day balancing getting home from work, their kids homework, preparing and feeding them dinner, cleaning from dinner, cleaning up after their kids, then spending time together as a family before bedtime and preparing for the next day. If you aren’t, you are probably only doing a fraction of those things because you either outsource them or stay at home and can do them during the day - both luxuries and she’s trying to share her privilege through nuggets like this, if they’re even true. She just gives off such phony vibes.

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I like Meghan, but this show sucks. Where are her real friends? She comes across as mannered and fake. Come on we know you can be warm and friendly and charismatic!

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She is a mediocre cook at best. A knife skills 101 class would be a good start. If you are going to have close-ups of yourself preparing food, at least learn how to hold and use a knife correctly. I'm somewhat baffled that no one from production helped her. If you've had any kind of very basic culinary training, it's somewhat jarring to watch her in action.

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I really would love that Le Creuset Braiser!

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

I have always used a paring knife for cutting fruit and small things like garlic. Admittedly, I am not a cook. But I asked my boyfriend (who is a very good cook) what he uses and he was like, you can use whatever, I just use a chef's knife because I like to smash the garlic with it first.

People are also mad that she's a mediocre cook when she literally said a couple times that she is not a professional chef and does not claim to be, just that she's a mom who loves cooking for her family.

I don't think she is a mediocre cook, I think she is choosing recipes that work with yhr format of her show and are achievable for her viewers. She isn't Martha Stewart (few are) but she probably knows her way around the kitchen.

Isn't Martha Stewart not that great a cook?

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Anonymous wrote:She is a mediocre cook at best. A knife skills 101 class would be a good start. If you are going to have close-ups of yourself preparing food, at least learn how to hold and use a knife correctly. I'm somewhat baffled that no one from production helped her. If you've had any kind of very basic culinary training, it's somewhat jarring to watch her in action.

lmfao

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

I have always used a paring knife for cutting fruit and small things like garlic. Admittedly, I am not a cook. But I asked my boyfriend (who is a very good cook) what he uses and he was like, you can use whatever, I just use a chef's knife because I like to smash the garlic with it first.

People are also mad that she's a mediocre cook when she literally said a couple times that she is not a professional chef and does not claim to be, just that she's a mom who loves cooking for her family.

I don't think she is a mediocre cook, I think she is choosing recipes that work with yhr format of her show and are achievable for her viewers. She isn't Martha Stewart (few are) but she probably knows her way around the kitchen.

Isn't Martha Stewart not that great a cook?

Early recipes in one of the first books were heavily critiqued as not working. In general, it was her presentation that was always fabulous but overall, having watched and subscribed to a lot of Martha in the 90's and 2000's, she was a good to very good cook and always called herself a home cook. Her food was aporoachable but very good. There are episodes she did with her mother that had a lot of comfort food they cooked together ( meat
loaf, macaroni and cheese, pierogi, cabbage). She absolutely had cooking skills always and knew a great deal about food and vegetables and prep. Later on, in her show Martha Stewart Cooking School, she went higher, having experts on and the instruction and food was truly excellent. She was often in the role of student and that was a great show. I recently watched one with her and an expert making home made pasta with the silver little machine Italians will all recognize. And she was enjoying learning, and tge technique was authentic. I learned a lot and it had depth and real information. The show we are talking about here was like role playing a cooking show. Lots of style, little substance. Very very basic food

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Anonymous wrote:I really would love that Le Creuset Braiser!

They've been around forever!

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Anonymous wrote:She is a mediocre cook at best. A knife skills 101 class would be a good start. If you are going to have close-ups of yourself preparing food, at least learn how to hold and use a knife correctly. I'm somewhat baffled that no one from production helped her. If you've had any kind of very basic culinary training, it's somewhat jarring to watch her in action.

Yea, I mean most people, or at least people I know would only feel comfortable having an entire series where basically you are teaching people things, if you are on the level of expertise. You are being broadcast to millions of people, how embarrassing to ponder that you look like a novice. But that you do not realize it because you lack self awareness. It's a nightmare scenario for many of us. I too feel embarrassed for her. And that she either believes the sappy platitudes she drones out or she feels people are very dupe- able. I think it's the latter. She's an actor...lots of acting in this show.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

I have always used a paring knife for cutting fruit and small things like garlic. Admittedly, I am not a cook. But I asked my boyfriend (who is a very good cook) what he uses and he was like, you can use whatever, I just use a chef's knife because I like to smash the garlic with it first.

People are also mad that she's a mediocre cook when she literally said a couple times that she is not a professional chef and does not claim to be, just that she's a mom who loves cooking for her family.

I don't think she is a mediocre cook, I think she is choosing recipes that work with yhr format of her show and are achievable for her viewers. She isn't Martha Stewart (few are) but she probably knows her way around the kitchen.

Isn't Martha Stewart not that great a cook?

Early recipes in one of the first books were heavily critiqued as not working. In general, it was her presentation that was always fabulous but overall, having watched and subscribed to a lot of Martha in the 90's and 2000's, she was a good to very good cook and always called herself a home cook. Her food was aporoachable but very good. There are episodes she did with her mother that had a lot of comfort food they cooked together ( meat
loaf, macaroni and cheese, pierogi, cabbage). She absolutely had cooking skills always and knew a great deal about food and vegetables and prep. Later on, in her show Martha Stewart Cooking School, she went higher, having experts on and the instruction and food was truly excellent. She was often in the role of student and that was a great show. I recently watched one with her and an expert making home made pasta with the silver little machine Italians will all recognize. And she was enjoying learning, and tge technique was authentic. I learned a lot and it had depth and real information. The show we are talking about here was like role playing a cooking show. Lots of style, little substance. Very very basic food

Yeah, but there's a difference between a cooking show and a lifestyle show. A cooking show is going to be primarily centered on high quality food and rigorous prep, usually by a professional chef. The average person can recreate it but likely isn't going to cook like that every night. A lifestyle show has a little bit of cooking that the average person can recreate easily, and food isn't the main focus, so it's mixed in with crafts, decorating, etc.

Barefoot Contessa is a cooking show. Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee was a lifestyle show.

Martha Stewart's Cooking School was a cooking show. Martha Stewart Living was a lifestyle show.

With Love, Meghan is a lifestyle show.

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Anonymous wrote:She is a mediocre cook at best. A knife skills 101 class would be a good start. If you are going to have close-ups of yourself preparing food, at least learn how to hold and use a knife correctly. I'm somewhat baffled that no one from production helped her. If you've had any kind of very basic culinary training, it's somewhat jarring to watch her in action.

Yea, I mean most people, or at least people I know would only feel comfortable having an entire series where basically you are teaching people things, if you are on the level of expertise. You are being broadcast to millions of people, how embarrassing to ponder that you look like a novice. But that you do not realize it because you lack self awareness. It's a nightmare scenario for many of us. I too feel embarrassed for her. And that she either believes the sappy platitudes she drones out or she feels people are very dupe- able. I think it's the latter. She's an actor...lots of acting in this show.

Lol. Such a dramatic response. Yes, signing a $100M deal to do an easy show is a "nightmare scenario" that people should be "embarrassed" about. Good god girl get a grip.

She says from the outset she's not a professional. Like the beekeeping - she's learning. She never claimed to be a professional beekeeper.

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Anonymous wrote:She is a mediocre cook at best. A knife skills 101 class would be a good start. If you are going to have close-ups of yourself preparing food, at least learn how to hold and use a knife correctly. I'm somewhat baffled that no one from production helped her. If you've had any kind of very basic culinary training, it's somewhat jarring to watch her in action.

Yea, I mean most people, or at least people I know would only feel comfortable having an entire series where basically you are teaching people things, if you are on the level of expertise. You are being broadcast to millions of people, how embarrassing to ponder that you look like a novice. But that you do not realize it because you lack self awareness. It's a nightmare scenario for many of us. I too feel embarrassed for her. And that she either believes the sappy platitudes she drones out or she feels people are very dupe- able. I think it's the latter. She's an actor...lots of acting in this show.

Lol. Such a dramatic response. Yes, signing a $100M deal to do an easy show is a "nightmare scenario" that people should be "embarrassed" about. Good god girl get a grip.

She says from the outset she's not a professional. Like the beekeeping - she's learning. She never claimed to be a professional beekeeper.

There's nothing dramatic about my main points. My point was in reference to expertise ( which the audience can evaluate quite accurately). The public is smart that way. And I was speaking to a lack of self awareness.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

I have always used a paring knife for cutting fruit and small things like garlic. Admittedly, I am not a cook. But I asked my boyfriend (who is a very good cook) what he uses and he was like, you can use whatever, I just use a chef's knife because I like to smash the garlic with it first.

People are also mad that she's a mediocre cook when she literally said a couple times that she is not a professional chef and does not claim to be, just that she's a mom who loves cooking for her family.

I don't think she is a mediocre cook, I think she is choosing recipes that work with yhr format of her show and are achievable for her viewers. She isn't Martha Stewart (few are) but she probably knows her way around the kitchen.

Isn't Martha Stewart not that great a cook?

Early recipes in one of the first books were heavily critiqued as not working. In general, it was her presentation that was always fabulous but overall, having watched and subscribed to a lot of Martha in the 90's and 2000's, she was a good to very good cook and always called herself a home cook. Her food was aporoachable but very good. There are episodes she did with her mother that had a lot of comfort food they cooked together ( meat
loaf, macaroni and cheese, pierogi, cabbage). She absolutely had cooking skills always and knew a great deal about food and vegetables and prep. Later on, in her show Martha Stewart Cooking School, she went higher, having experts on and the instruction and food was truly excellent. She was often in the role of student and that was a great show. I recently watched one with her and an expert making home made pasta with the silver little machine Italians will all recognize. And she was enjoying learning, and tge technique was authentic. I learned a lot and it had depth and real information. The show we are talking about here was like role playing a cooking show. Lots of style, little substance. Very very basic food

Yeah, but there's a difference between a cooking show and a lifestyle show. A cooking show is going to be primarily centered on high quality food and rigorous prep, usually by a professional chef. The average person can recreate it but likely isn't going to cook like that every night. A lifestyle show has a little bit of cooking that the average person can recreate easily, and food isn't the main focus, so it's mixed in with crafts, decorating, etc.

Barefoot Contessa is a cooking show. Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee was a lifestyle show.

Martha Stewart's Cooking School was a cooking show. Martha Stewart Living was a lifestyle show.

With Love, Meghan is a lifestyle show.

Right, so living and With Love are both lifestyle shows. OK. I was just responding to the person who asked if martha could cook. My point was yes, and my opinion was that the cooking was better, more authentic and more useful to people cooking for families. And the focus was on the steps in preparation, not on things looking pretty or excessively polished, though martha of course, could be those things.

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The show was really more about the star of the show than about the viewer. That was a common critique, in a nutshell, in several reviews.

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Anonymous wrote:The show was really more about the star of the show than about the viewer. That was a common critique, in a nutshell, in several reviews.

Exactly.