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New Taglines For Ten Dollar Dinners
Published on: August 4, 2009 – 10:23 am by Jillian Madison 
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Unless you’ve been living on Mars, you know Melissa D’Arabian was just named the Next Food Network Star, and her new show (called Ten Dollar Dinners) premieres on the Food Network this Sunday at 12:30 EST. They’ve really been pushing the corny tagline they came up with: “four people, ten bucks, infinite possibilities.” Meh. We think that’s awfully boring. Perhaps they should have gone with one of these more realistic taglines instead:
four people, ten bucks, we hope you’re not that hungry!
four people, ten bucks, that’s a feast at Taco Bell.
four people, ten bucks, sorry – that doesn’t include a beverage.
four people, ten bucks, B.Y.O.C. (bring your own condiments).
four people, ten bucks, you like freezer burned pork chops, right?
four people, ten bucks, did I mention I had a nanny?
four people, ten bucks, but look at my $375 sauté pan!
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four people, ten bucks, just not in the face, okay?
four people, ten bucks, what stays in that Las Vegas hotel room, STAYS in that Las Vegas hotel room.
four people, ten bucks, Kimchee, THAT”S DEBBIE’s kind of meal BABY!
four people, ten bucks, a shark, you only have to swim faster then 1 other person!
Unfortunately, $10 will not get you much at taco bell anymore!!
four people, ten bucks, just like in college.
4x brick ramen $1
2 six-packs of Mickey’s $8
add gas to car $1
four people, ten bucks, 20 tacos at Jack In The Box and you won’t be able to hear Mommy Dearest’s yapping voice over all the crunching.
Four people, ten bucks, even the Neelys eat better than that.
four people, 10 bucks …. kinkyyyy!
Does four people mean four adults?
Are any teenage boys included in this fanciful equation?
“…four people, ten bucks, but look at my $375 sauté pan!”
How about the designer duds that she’ll be wearing, top-of-the-line hair stylist and makeup artist? She’s already got that mouthful of pearly whites…Melissa’s ready for her closeup!
Funny. In all seriousness though, I do wonder if this is $10 flat or $10 a serving/person, wish they’d clarify, as that is a BIG difference.
lol@Byrdie! Hi, Hi Byrdie, my new pal!
here’s my jaded cosmpolitan take on this mess:
” . . .four people, $10, a real success if two of you are the Olson twins . . .”
K
Four people, a ten dollar *bill*, and an 8 ball. Oh, sorry, I was having a flashback.
Klaus! Guten Morgen, mein Freund!
Syd, you are speaking my heart language! That takes me back . . . a few weeks. Just kidding!
Byrdie! ach du Liebe, wo hast du so gut deutsch gelernt? Ich bin in Los Angeles, wo wohnen Sie?
K
Melissa thinks she can hawk a $10 4-person meal because she only really has to feed herself and her husband. She has like 12 daughters under the age of 5. Preschoolers don’t eat much and she’s probably still breastfeeding the babies. Wait until they’re a little older. God help her if any of them turn out to be athletes and need bigger meals to compensate for the calorie loss.
Four people, ten bucks, and avoiding food-borne illness from marked-down meat.
Hi Britney, I like the way you fashion some of your posts so they are still “food ” oriented. Cheerful blessings to you!
So you’re in Los Angeles and want to know where Byrdie is, eh? I happen to be in the same state that Melissa’s from. That means her $10 a meal should work well for me considering prices of food here, ha.
I’m still gonna make that chicken she did on the finale. Maybe I’ll post a photo.
Klaus, Ich weiß genug Deutsch als gefährlich. Ok, I know what my brother taught me after he lived there for four years! And a few words from a cook named Deiter I worked with some eight hundred or so years ago! I’m in Houston, hot, dry, humid, Texas. UGH. NEED RAIN! Somebody do a rain dance !!!!!!
Princess, I hope you don’t mean the same state as Melissa in that it’s the state of ‘confusion’…..hahahaha
Four people, ten bucks, it’s called cereal.
Four people, ten bucks, the endless shame of porking Guy Fieri for a few pounds of ground chuck.
Four people, ten bucks = Dinner Impossible
Four People, Ten Bucks, Allez Cuisine!
Jon McKenzie! I may take you up on that! What a scream!
Hi Byrdie, O my, dry, arid Texas. I will have my black pug Shazzam! do a rain dance for you. Who else do we hate on the FN? Have we hashed that all out yet? Do we hate Debbie the same amount?
Princess CP, isn’t Missy from Texas? I know she’s living in Costco, WA now, what with her baldy husband’s new job at Microsoft, so I am confused. Is it Tejas?
Four people, ten bucks, all you can pick out of the dumpster!
Four people, ten bucks, I guess your other two kids are starving.
Four people, ten bucks, and a Rachael Ray sized tip.
Damn. The “mommies in distress” crowd wins another show. If you cant already feed your kids after watching 30 Minute Meals, Semi-Homemade, Sandra’s Money Saving Meals, 5 Ingredient Fix, How to boil water, Nigella Express, and Quick Fix meals then you probably should have chose not to breed.
Four People, Ten Bucks – Anyone know when the #8 bus comes?
Four people, ten bucks ~ Chef Boyardee
Good one, Cat Chow!!! That’s the BEST!!
Four people, ten bucks – discover the five star cuisine hidden deep inside your Smart Mop!
Four people, 10 bucks, $5 footlong x 2. Easy.
It’s PANCAKES !
With one strip of fatty bacon each – for protein.
And one baby carrot each for vegetable.
Plus 1/4 of apple for dessert.
@pwkwsfi:
” Four People, Ten Bucks, Allez Cuisine! ”
;)
Four People, Ten Bucks, 50 Wendy’s chicken nuggets (it’s better than what she’s having).
4 people, 10 bucks and a quick stop at the McDonald’s drive thru on the way home.
Someone mentioned above that it could be $10 per person and not $10 for the entire meal, but that would be a whole ‘nother show: $40 Meals. Wait! Rachael Ray already did the $40 A Day schtick, so that won’t work. Guess we’ll just have to wait until Sunday to see what the Cheshire Cat pulls out of her magic hat.
Four people, ten bucks, here are your Mini Buffalo Ranch Chicken sandwiches! Curly fries extra.
4 People, 10 Bucks = yet another lame chicken recipie
I despise shows that are based on how much the host spent because prices are different from state to state. I’m wondering how many things she’s going to use that were “just hanging out in my fridge/pantry” and therefore not count them in her total cost . . . just like Sandra Lee does on the abomination that is Moneysaving Meals.
Four people, ten bucks, three hungry.
Four people, ten bucks, snacktastic.
Four people, ten bucks, I’m Korean.
Haiku:
Four people, ten bucks
Why must I shop from a bin?
Please let me spend more.
Klaus, please give Shazzam a Beggin’ Strip for his efforts. Alas, higher humidity but no rain….maybe he could give it another shot! And Debbie, the lying, conniving, underhanded, self-centered, backstabbing, cheating “Korean Seoul to Soul” hot dog stand owner? Isn’t she a sweetheart?!? (pardon while I gag..ack..rrr) May the gods bestow upon her hotdog cart a plague of fruit flies in her pickle relish!
As something of a Melissa fan, I seriously dislike this concept. TOO CHEAP. Unpleasant. Give the nice lady $20 to feed her family, for #@%!’s sake.
Think how much more interesting and pleasant stuff you could do with $20 to feed four. “Twenty Dollar Meals” … or if the Marketing suits nix that, something like “Five Dollars a Head.”
Hmm, though the wags in this thread would have a ball with that one.
“Five Dollar Meals”? When you feed four, you’re making four meals, not one.
Anyway, I’d watch and learn from that show. I’m not sure that’s true with the actual show. Maybe she’ll surprise us.
Who in their right mind will watch a show about making the same dinners we already make..Yes I know I can boil a lb of spaghetti, dump in a jar of prego, get a loaf of garlic bread, and a bottle of Walmart wine all for about $10.
The reason I watch Food Network is to get ideas on what to make for dinner parties or special occasions. Where are those shows? They used to be a good source for the home cook/culinary enthusiast..now, not so much.
Four people, ten bucks, the pizza delivery boy doesn’t get a tip.
Four people, ten bucks: Jenny’s weight loss plan ain’t got $*&! on Melissa’s.
I have a concept for a new show on FN. Three ingredients, 5 bucks, feed a family of eight.
How about a new show that’s focused on cooking something really new and interesting???
New and interesting? FN doesn’t do that.
New and interesting is Jeffrey.
JMSIV I agree! I can’t stand the shows these days, i only watch the competitions cuz the contestants are not prepared. they cook from the moment.
4 people, 10 bucks, 2 bites
4 people, 10 bucks, on a diet
4 people, 10 bucks, for my nanny and daughters… husband and i have a flight to catch
I’ve searched and searched and can’t find Melissa’s show on FN in Washington State. Help!!