Anonymous wrote:I read her blog when it first started, but I don't follow her now. She definitely appeals to a certain demographic and is wildly popular.

I have family in Oklahoma and I actually met her at a Barnes and Noble in Oklahoma many years ago. Her story was that she was a city girl in LA who became an accidental country girl after she met her husband. She always talked about how out of place she felt living in the middle of "nowhere" but the reality is she grew up only about 30 minutes away from where she lives now.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm actually from the countryside and I can't stand her. The food she makes is loaded with calories but suspiciously absent of flavor. Her writing is really "oh gosh, lil' ol' me?!" twee.

I hate that she pretends to be "country" when she's just a shrewd marketer who is hustling her lifestyle hard core. It's really distasteful and hypocritical to me.

God forbid a non-urban woman be a shrewd, hardworking businesswoman. Blows out DCUM paradigms right out of the water.

SHE is urban. Her HUSBAND and his family and HIS money are not.

She grew up in an Oklahoma town, not a city. I'm amazed by the bitter nitpicking I see on here. I do remember when her blog became popular and read it for a while although the food didn't interest me. She has a tongue in cheek humor so her readers know she isn't being pretentious as she's never hid anything. She's always been frank about being the daughter of a surgeon with a house on the golf course and anyone with an ounce of sensibility knows the Drummonds are well off just from looking at the photos she posts all the time. Regardless of their wealth, they are an active ranching family and all family members are engaged in ranching activities. It's a hugely different lifestyle from the cul de sacs or the daily 9-5 grind of DC.

I did make one or two things and they were very rich, or in the case of the sheet cake, very sweet. But her demographic is middle America and that's just fine for them. Why does it bother you? These angry posts about Pioneer Woman reek of jealousy.

She did not grow up in Oklahoma.

Anonymous wrote:I don't dislike her, but the show gets old fast since many of the recipes are similar, as are the silly "plots" (oh, the menfolk and kids are out on the ranch putting up a fence, gotta rustle up a hearty casserole).

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Anonymous wrote:Her food is just so gross. Basic and unhealthy and literally everyone has those recipes at home. I agree with OP - cooking shows should teach something new in prep or presentation. Not how to make a freaking sheet cake.

Google Maps her famous Pioneer Woman Mercantile store in Pawhuska, OK. Looking at photos of the bakery case, the food appears to be just be Sysco slop, and the merch appears to be cheap Chinese knick-knacks. She's a grifter.

There, do you feel better now?

If you present yourself as a great hometown cook the least you could do is operate a real bakery making fresh items with real butter in your mercantile shop — instead of serving unthawed or heated crap that came in the back door frozen.

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Anonymous wrote:Her food is just so gross. Basic and unhealthy and literally everyone has those recipes at home. I agree with OP - cooking shows should teach something new in prep or presentation. Not how to make a freaking sheet cake.

Google Maps her famous Pioneer Woman Mercantile store in Pawhuska, OK. Looking at photos of the bakery case, the food appears to be just be Sysco slop, and the merch appears to be cheap Chinese knick-knacks. She's a grifter.

There, do you feel better now?

If you present yourself as a great hometown cook the least you could do is operate a real bakery making fresh items with real butter in your mercantile shop — instead of serving unthawed or heated crap that came in the back door frozen.

Are we concluding what the ingredients are in the food based on Google maps photos?

Yes. See for yourself. You can find that same garbage in every low end grocery store and tourist trap cafe. Comes in frozen, made with the cheapest ingredients, thawed or heated before put on display. Total grifter move.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm actually from the countryside and I can't stand her. The food she makes is loaded with calories but suspiciously absent of flavor. Her writing is really "oh gosh, lil' ol' me?!" twee.

I hate that she pretends to be "country" when she's just a shrewd marketer who is hustling her lifestyle hard core. It's really distasteful and hypocritical to me.

God forbid a non-urban woman be a shrewd, hardworking businesswoman. Blows out DCUM paradigms right out of the water.

SHE is urban. Her HUSBAND and his family and HIS money are not.

She grew up in an Oklahoma town, not a city. I'm amazed by the bitter nitpicking I see on here. I do remember when her blog became popular and read it for a while although the food didn't interest me. She has a tongue in cheek humor so her readers know she isn't being pretentious as she's never hid anything. She's always been frank about being the daughter of a surgeon with a house on the golf course and anyone with an ounce of sensibility knows the Drummonds are well off just from looking at the photos she posts all the time. Regardless of their wealth, they are an active ranching family and all family members are engaged in ranching activities. It's a hugely different lifestyle from the cul de sacs or the daily 9-5 grind of DC.

I did make one or two things and they were very rich, or in the case of the sheet cake, very sweet. But her demographic is middle America and that's just fine for them. Why does it bother you? These angry posts about Pioneer Woman reek of jealousy.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, you all are mean. Agree her show is terrible and she doesn’t belong on TV. While I haven’t read it in forever, her blog was relatable and funny. She is a clever and witty writer and obv a smart business woman, and took all her own pictures for her cookbook. That is impressive to me. Not everyone does TV well and that’s ok. She should stick to writing

You think she wrote her blog herself? Aw, honey.

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Anonymous wrote:Her food is just so gross. Basic and unhealthy and literally everyone has those recipes at home. I agree with OP - cooking shows should teach something new in prep or presentation. Not how to make a freaking sheet cake.

Google Maps her famous Pioneer Woman Mercantile store in Pawhuska, OK. Looking at photos of the bakery case, the food appears to be just be Sysco slop, and the merch appears to be cheap Chinese knick-knacks. She's a grifter.

There, do you feel better now?

If you present yourself as a great hometown cook the least you could do is operate a real bakery making fresh items with real butter in your mercantile shop — instead of serving unthawed or heated crap that came in the back door frozen.

Are we concluding what the ingredients are in the food based on Google maps photos?

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Anonymous wrote:Her food is just so gross. Basic and unhealthy and literally everyone has those recipes at home. I agree with OP - cooking shows should teach something new in prep or presentation. Not how to make a freaking sheet cake.

Google Maps her famous Pioneer Woman Mercantile store in Pawhuska, OK. Looking at photos of the bakery case, the food appears to be just be Sysco slop, and the merch appears to be cheap Chinese knick-knacks. She's a grifter.

There, do you feel better now?

If you present yourself as a great hometown cook the least you could do is operate a real bakery making fresh items with real butter in your mercantile shop — instead of serving unthawed or heated crap that came in the back door frozen.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm actually from the countryside and I can't stand her. The food she makes is loaded with calories but suspiciously absent of flavor. Her writing is really "oh gosh, lil' ol' me?!" twee.

I hate that she pretends to be "country" when she's just a shrewd marketer who is hustling her lifestyle hard core. It's really distasteful and hypocritical to me.

God forbid a non-urban woman be a shrewd, hardworking businesswoman. Blows out DCUM paradigms right out of the water.

SHE is urban. Her HUSBAND and his family and HIS money are not.

She grew up in an Oklahoma town, not a city. I'm amazed by the bitter nitpicking I see on here. I do remember when her blog became popular and read it for a while although the food didn't interest me. She has a tongue in cheek humor so her readers know she isn't being pretentious as she's never hid anything. She's always been frank about being the daughter of a surgeon with a house on the golf course and anyone with an ounce of sensibility knows the Drummonds are well off just from looking at the photos she posts all the time. Regardless of their wealth, they are an active ranching family and all family members are engaged in ranching activities. It's a hugely different lifestyle from the cul de sacs or the daily 9-5 grind of DC.

I did make one or two things and they were very rich, or in the case of the sheet cake, very sweet. But her demographic is middle America and that's just fine for them. Why does it bother you? These angry posts about Pioneer Woman reek of jealousy.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm actually from the countryside and I can't stand her. The food she makes is loaded with calories but suspiciously absent of flavor. Her writing is really "oh gosh, lil' ol' me?!" twee.

I hate that she pretends to be "country" when she's just a shrewd marketer who is hustling her lifestyle hard core. It's really distasteful and hypocritical to me.

God forbid a non-urban woman be a shrewd, hardworking businesswoman. Blows out DCUM paradigms right out of the water.

SHE is urban. Her HUSBAND and his family and HIS money are not.

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Anonymous wrote:Her food is just so gross. Basic and unhealthy and literally everyone has those recipes at home. I agree with OP - cooking shows should teach something new in prep or presentation. Not how to make a freaking sheet cake.

Google Maps her famous Pioneer Woman Mercantile store in Pawhuska, OK. Looking at photos of the bakery case, the food appears to be just be Sysco slop, and the merch appears to be cheap Chinese knick-knacks. She's a grifter.

There, do you feel better now?