Butter My Toast

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good...Isaiah 7:15.


Poor Paula....I feel so bad for her.  The Food Police are all over her case now that she's told us that she has diabetes.  She can't catch much of a break this week.  Some are trying to make her sound like just the most horrible person who ever existed just because she waited to tell anyone in the media about her diabetes until she (according to some) had a deal with a company that makes diabetes medicine to be a spokesperson for their product, ie. to make money off of her disease.

It's sad. Paula is such a lovely southern lady. True, she does seem to over-do it sometimes with the butter in her recipes. But anyone with an ounce of sense knows they will need to either alter the recipe to some extent or not have it very often,  *smile*,  or eat a lot less of it. But I don't think she warrants all of the attacks. 

I hope that in the future Paula will perhaps edit her recipes to use less butter however so all of the hoopla over it can end, not to mention that it would really be much healthier. Surely not all of the butter she shows being used is truly necessary for the taste of the food.

Personally, I don't like the taste of butter that much.  And I don't use much of it. I am amazed at times at the amount of butter Paula throws into a recipe and I think, wow, no way could I use that much even if I did like the taste of butter.

I believe that her son, Bobby Deen, may be about to alter some of the recipes to show how to make them healthier. I have seen ads for it on The Food Network. I think his program will be called "Not My Mother's Cooking" or something similar to that.  That will be very interesting to see.

I love Paula's wit and fun-filled recipe programs.  Her smile is just so lovely.  And her southern accent is delightful!  I enjoy her programs even if she does use too much pork and butter sometimes.  It's fun when Bobby joins her to cook up some fun.

I do hope that in the future Paula will indeed make some healthier recipes on her show. Just hold on a little while, Paula dear, and soon the Food Police will find something or someone else to pick on and you can be at peace again.

Paula, may I have your autograph....