I was shocked that it contained recipes culled from magazines sold in the check-out lanes of your local supermarket. Many of those recipes have been making the rounds for at least 10 years. What strikes me as odd is a reputable publising house fell hook, line and sinker for Drummond’s crap.

And now Hollywood? Yeah, Drummond has an assistant all right along with an agent promoting her scam to book publishers and movie producers. What’s next? A syndicated talk show? The Pioneer Woman Cruise? The Pioneer Woman Airline? Or maybe the University of The Pioneer Woman?

Excuse me while I hurl. Just keepin’ it real.

Rechelle’s performing a badly needed public service for the Internet. She’s keeping Ree real. Someone has to. Thanks Rechelle.

i just don’t understand your reasoning. “making fun of things” (and in this case, other people) is just a euphemism for breeding negativity, in my opinion.

So what that she is succesful. I think she is funny. I get her sense of humor and I like her personality. After buying 20 popular cookbooks over the years, I found that I was not using them. (I posted 11 cookbooks on paperback swap and 9 were requested the next day). I used Ree Drummond’s cookbook and blog immediately, which is great for this single gal.

Like many of my friend,s I didn’t cook much even though I really like cooking. About six months after I met my meat and potatoes boyfriend, I found Ree’s blog. I tried the pineapple quesadillas for my bookclub and the girls raved about them for weeks. That made me feel wonderful. I made some recipes for my man and he loved every single one. For the first time in a long time, I feel encouraged to get back in the kitchen again to cook several healthy meals during the week instead of eating out all the time like a lot of my friends still do. In the process, I have managed to lose weight and I’ve saved money.

As a side note, once a person becomes successful, other bonuses and perks just come out of the woodwork. Being on the sidelines of other successful people, I have seen it. Some would think “where were you when I was struggling?” That is just how it goes sometimes, especially in the entertainment society. Everyone loves a winner…except the haters.

So, if Ree earns a million or two, or ten, so be it. I am very proud of her and you all should be a lot less judgemental.

As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him, “Herman, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on 280. Please be careful!”
“Heck,” said Herman, “It’s not just one car. It’s hundreds of them!”

Happy April Fool’s Day!

Maybe that’s what is getting to a lot of people – that she has so much going on, both with home and “business” that it seems like she surely has assistants picking up the slack. She just never says anything about those who help her get it all done, if there are such people. Surely she has helpers……

And I’ll confess, I am also very curious about whether something happened at the ranch that made you see Ree in a different light. Not that I blame you, Rechelle, for your feelings about her; as I’m one of those who no longer enjoys her blog at all.

I’m a conservative Christian but I certainly don’t need her as my hero. If you don’t mind, I’ll stand with you on this one.