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The Best Worst Sandra Lee Recipe Reviews

Published on: December 17, 2009 – 4:51 pm by Jillian Madison Comment

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A few weeks ago, an FNH tipster suggested I start reading Sandra Lee recipe reviews just for their sheer entertainment value. And boy, was he right. Some of the comments from jilted, bitter home cooks were laugh out loud hysterical, and should be highlighted and shared with as many people as possible.

And so, without further ado, here is a brief compilation of the funniest negative Sandra Lee recipe reviews on the Food Network’s official website:

On Sandra’s Fried Cheese Ravioli
“My husband is Italian! I made this for our anniversary and am keeping my fingers crossed that he doesn’t divorce me. They were greasy and tasteless and what few of them he ate sat like lead in his tummy (or so he said). Please pray for our marriage.” -MrsDocChuck

On Sandra’s Fiesta Fondue
“It was like there was a party in my mouth and everyone was throwing up.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Pork Kebobs with Red Grape Sauce
“I tried it her way and then I made it with equal parts ranch dressing and catalina dressing. Both were nasty. My boyfriend Earl gave his to the dog and the dog ran away! Thanks for nothing Snadra” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s cabbage slaw
“Takes the enamel off your teeth! I am assuming there are some serious mistakes in this recipe because it can’t have been intended to taste like that.” -Mary Irene

On Sandra’s Black Jack Lamb Rack
“The sauce looked and tasted like burned black tar. It was horrendous. The only way you could actually eat the [lamb] was to scrap all the sauce off and rinse the lamb chops off under running water.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Frosty Coconut Cocktail
“the coconut added nothing to this drink except a huge mess. I vacuumed my carpet four or five times before it all came up. Honey residue is still sticking to my good rug.” -Henrietta

On Sandra’s Prosciutto Parmesan Biscuits
“Too salty!!! Dried my mouth.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s White Chocolate Cherry Martini
“It tasted allright at first, but then the white chocolate liqueur coagulated with the Grenadine and it was not pretty. Actually, it was disgusting and nobody could finish drinking it.” -Danae

On Sandra’s Grilled New York Strip with Chocolate Merlot Sauce
“I am at a loss for words to describe how incredibly bad the “chocolate merlot sauce” was. The steak was really funky tasting to begin with (by the way, a quarter cup of taco seasoning is twice as much as you need) but when you top it off with that nasty, nasty tasting sauce you have something truly horrifying.” -Anonymous; “The steak was ruined and the chocolate merlot sauce was hideous. It was better to pour on the driveway to fill in potholes, than to put on food.” -David

On Sandra’s Creepy Cookie Cake
“Cutting oreo cookies with kitchen scissors is impossible.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Oriental Pork Wrappers (?!?!)
“These are greasy, slimy and totally awful. They don’t taste remotely oriental.” -Myrrhanndah; “These look like entrails from a gutted and drained goat. Great for forecasting coming events – bad for dinner.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Life’s A Beach Cake
“my poor kids were excited then became disappionted on the first bite. Bless their hearts, even at ages 4 and 6 they have better excpectations of dessert than this.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Halibut Tacos with Fish Salsa
“I must admit I would never have thought of serving fish with allspice and taco seasoning and salsa and cole slaw and peaches. But there’s a good reason for that: this is disgusting.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Stained Glass Wreath Cookies
“Give me a break. This is not Sandra Lee’s anything. This has been done for years and years. It shouldn’t be one of Food Networks 12 featured holiday cookie recipes. It’s not a cookie recipe, it’s a chilcren’s craft project. Anyone who jams a piece of candy onto a pre-made cookie dough and puts it in the oven does not get to say they baked a new recipe. I can promise you that Sandra Lee isn’t decorating her tree with these or allowing her chefs, caterers or whoever actually prepares food in her house to serve them to any of her guests.” -Shel

On Sandra’s Grilled Trout Ciabatta
“It didn’t even taste right. the combination of the ingredients were a really bad idea. I’m sorry but that was like the worse thing i have ever eaten! I can never eat trout again!” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s No-Bake Fruit and Cheesecake Parfaits
“Me and my kids made this desert this afternoon and it was a mess. Nothing set and it smelled so bad my daughter got the dry heaves. I didn’t have no melk to make this desert, so I used powdered instead and that made it even worse. This is not a good recipe for poor people. ” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s No-Bake Daffodil Cake
“Are you kidding me??? If one of the contestants on “The Next Food Network Star” tried to come out with this recipe, the judging panel would kick them out of the contest so fast their head would spin! I honestly am embarrassed for Food Network and Sandra Lee that they aired this. ” -Allison

On Sandra’s Zesty Rice Salad
“OMG was this terrible. Had no taste whatsoever. Whoever named this recipe had a clever sense of humor. ” -Mary Irene

On Sandra’s SL Spaghetti
“This was disasterous. The worst sauce ever. The garlic was way too overpoering and unpleasant to bite into. The mushrooms didn’t cook through either. I followed the recipe exactly. What’s the point of creating a recipe like this if you have to tweak it on your own. I could just create my on gussied up jarred sauce if that was the case. This was bad. It should have a warning label.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Chinese Braised Short Ribs
“I won’t be making THIS again!! Took a week to get the incredible odor out of the house!” -Anonymous; “These ribs tasted terrible! I can’t get the taste of that 5 spice powder out of my mouth. My husband nearly divorced me over these.” -Anonymous

On Sandra’s Provence Style Chicken Breast Fillets (WITH LEMONADE CONCENTRATE)
“The only thing that got fed the night I made this was the garbage disposal.” -Jeanne

On Sandra’s Szechwan Crispy Beef
“If you love your family, leave this one alone.” -Anonymous

Yikes! We all know Aunt Sandy loves her cocktail hour, but come on. Maybe she should just stop writing recipes after that fourth Watermelon Spritzy, eh?

(Thanks for the post idea, Andy!)



Other posts on Food Network Humor:

---The Best Worst Sandra Lee Recipe Reviews (Part 2)
---Sandra Lee Is Everywhere, No One Is Safe
---The Most Disgusting Paula Deen Recipe Of All Time
---The Top 10 Worst Fortune Cookies Ever
---Did Ina Garten Steal A Cake Recipe From Hershey’s?







  1. Teague
    December 17th, 2009

    These were great! Absolutely hilarious! And yet sad that some one would actually consider these to be recipes suit able for human consumption.

  2. December 17th, 2009

    Surprise, Surprise! I wonder if the REAL nasty reviews (like the ones FNH readers would write) got the axe?

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    Drew replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    I’m actually FN doesn’t suppress more critical reviews on their site, it seems right in line for them…

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    cowpoke replied on: May 18th, 2010 at 10:03 am

    Yes they do. I have snapped on several occasions and they removed my review and I am banned from leaving reviews.And, when you do leave a negative review the Sandyheads come out of the woodwork defending this moron.The bad reviews are priceless but the good reviews are hilarious. My favorite is the idiot who actually tried to bake a cake in a colander and wondered how to keep the batter from falling out of the holes.It was from the Lakeside Inside show last week.

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    MsFoodie replied on: May 19th, 2010 at 11:59 am

    HAHAHAHAHAHA. That is absolutely hilarious.

  3. Sarah
    December 17th, 2009

    The beginnings of FN turning into the Kabuki Turd Circus really started with Sandra Lee.

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    Cherylf2112 replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    Oh crap, sorry Sarah I meant to do a “thumbs up” and hit “thumbs down” by mistake! Durnit, the first time I use the scoring system and I screw up. Loved the KTC reference, so sorry!

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    Sarah replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 9:39 am

    The term Kabuki Turd Circus can be attributed to Tom Mylan (Grocery Guy blog) . I think it sums things up nicely.

  4. byrdie
    December 17th, 2009

    Best posting in a while! I was trying to pick my favorite, but they’re all so funny, like “My boyfriend Earl gave his to the dog and the dog ran away!” to ” better to pour on the driveway to fill in potholes, than to put on food.”

    Ah, Aunt(hic)(berpff)Sandy…what can you say but she HAS to be doing Susie Creamcheese or Bob Doucheman (or both). How else could anybody so bush-league stay on tv so long? What a hack..

  5. December 17th, 2009

    After reading those reviews, there’s no reason why anyone should bother watching this semi-homemade sludge-fest.

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    byrdie replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    CR, you’ve been watching this twatty woman?

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    CherryRose replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    @Byrdie: Only enough to report honestly about the Semi-Ho’s lack of culinary skills ;)

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    Cherylf2112 replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    Oh god durn byrdie I watch the cunt just so I can bathe in the fact that I’m not the biggest lush or ho in the world!

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    byrdie replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    Stop, CR. You’ll burn a hole in your brain.

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    byrdie replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    You too, Cheryl! Stop Stop Stop!!

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    Shawn replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    I love watching Snads, but I think her programs should really be moved to Comedy Central already. She’s not fooling anyone these days. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s in on it at this point, lurking among us, snarking away while she cashes her checks.

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    Betty Crocker replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 1:38 am

    I agree with Shawn. I can’t imagine anyone watching Aunt Sandy for any purpose other than the snark value these days. Unfortunately I can’t stomach her anymore, even for the laughs.

  6. December 17th, 2009

    The review for the No-Bake Fruit and Cheesecake Parfaits is by far my favorite. I sputtered some tea onto my monitor when I got to the part about the poor daughter getting the dry heaves from the awful smell. But the “melk” reference makes me wonder if its a fake. Shrikes, unite!

    I’d love for this to become a regular — just like the closed caption thing, right? Right?

    Right?

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    brianguy replied on: December 21st, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    a lot of ‘poor’ people say melk.. I dunno, seems plausible.

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    brianguy replied on: December 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    they also tend to mess up sit vs. sat, so that’s another possible clue.

    I had a hard time believing all these comments on the recipes were real, but I will probably give this one the benefit of the doubt.

  7. Syd
    December 17th, 2009

    Oh, I’m so glad somebody called her out on saying “MY [fill in the blank]“. That drives me batshit and she says it for everything she makes. Like nobody has ever fried chicken before. Come on!

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    Hilbil replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    I totally agree.

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    Cherylf2112 replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    I agree also. She always emphasizes “my”. That strikes me as selfish and territorial. Wonder how long it’s gonna be before she says “my DUI”.

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    byrdie replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    So now we know where Mommy D’earest picked up the same freakin bad habit…I posted this back in September:

    “Statistics on Mommy D on today’s episode. She said: ‘here/there we’ go 8 times; ‘perfect’ 12 times; ‘alright’ 17 times, ‘yum’ only 5 times BUT once again, she said ‘my’ a whopping 36 times.

    Gee, what a trend, huh?! Ignorant twats with tv shows. ugh.

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    Sarah replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Anne Burrell is the queen of “my”. She uses it more often than any person on FN. Seems like absolutely nobody coaches these neophytes before they start taping. One reason why most of the newcomers are shit.

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    Dank Dillweed replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    “…Oh, I’m so glad somebody called her out on saying “MY [fill in the blank]“.”

    When will the media do this with our national leader, for he loves to tout his “achievements”. Perhaps they went to the same school of mind control.

  8. Hilbil
    December 17th, 2009

    Wow. I’ve got to start checking out that page on FN just for laughs! I had no idea her food actually sucked THAT bad.

  9. Mystie
    December 17th, 2009

    Oh, that was awesome. My favorite line was the one about the “party in my mouth but everyone was throwing up!” ROFL.

    I’d love to see some of the bad reviews for the other FN stars, esp. Paula and Rachael!

  10. December 17th, 2009

    Whether edible or not, Sandra makes waaaaay too many desserts. And the cakes! Jeez! They’re enormous and could feed 30 people. I saw a few minutes of an episode recently where she was cooking for her whole family (yes, Kim-friggin’-ber, Brycer and Miss Stephanie were there, of course) and she made some 12 tier monstrosity of a confection that gave me cavities just looking at it.

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    Deven replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    I assume it took exactly 56 tubs of store bought frosting.

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    Ashley replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 6:00 am

    Don’t forget the few dashes of vanilla extract to make it takes homemade.

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    Andy replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 8:39 am

    Don’t forget the food coloring, and if you are lucky she sprinkled acorns (corn nuts by a different name) on top!

  11. December 17th, 2009

    Lessons learned.

  12. Di
    December 17th, 2009

    !YAY! The people have spoken!

    But, is it really possible to have the “worst” when, in fact, it is ALL bad?
    Sandy is bad to the bone, I guess ;)

  13. December 17th, 2009

    Just for grins & giggles, I checked the link for the Szechuan Crispy Beef recipe reviews. 4 good reviews, 10 bad reviews, no middling reviews out of 14. Given that FN does have a way of deleting posts it doesn’t like, that ratio is probably much worse than it appears.

  14. dennylou
    December 17th, 2009

    The episode with the Chinese Braised Short Ribs was on today and when I saw her using 2 TABLESPOONS of Chinese Five Spice I laughed. Chinese Five Spice can easily overpower a dish.

    When I am searching for a recipe, be it on FN or other internet sources, if it doesn’t get the full vote, I always check the reviews to discern whether the review is cook’s error or the recipe is bad. I can tell that ALL of the bad reviews of Aunt Sandy’s recipes are spot on and even tweaking can’t help these disasters.

  15. December 17th, 2009

    What’s funny about this post isn’t so much the comical reviews, but that there are so many! I kept scrolling and scrolling and ….
    hi-freakin’-larious

  16. December 17th, 2009

    I almost died during this post! Related posts for other FN stars had better be in the works. What’s best if you go to any of those recipes 90% of the other comments are just as good! It’s the gift that keeps on giving!

  17. December 17th, 2009

    From Gail, for the Fish Tacos recipe:

    “Please dress appropriately, get a good bra for your sagging fake boobs. Stop showing your boobs to the world and quit dressing like a street walker. You and your recipes are disgusting. Get off the air.”

    Priceless.

  18. December 17th, 2009

    You couldn’t, by chance, print some of the good reviews by Aunt Sandy’s most deluded, er, I mean, ardent fans, could you? I bet those are good for a chuckle.

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    thespian replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 12:42 am

    Myfavoutie bit was that almost EVERY one of these recipes had, somewhere in the review collection, a 5 star rating that reads, ‘I HAVEN’T MADE THIS BUT IT LOOKS GOOD AND I BET IT WILL BE TASTEEE!!!!!!!’

    the song changes from recipe to recipe, but it’s almost always there.

  19. DerekLutz
    December 17th, 2009

    White Chocolate Cherry Martini? If you’re going to drink, then drink. If not, have a bowl of ice cream.

    That being said/written, most of these concoctions seem awful just by title only. Shame on anyone for making her crap.

    I’m realizing that I rarely watch FN anymore. Wonder how the ratings are holding up – Jillian, any idea?

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    Dank Dillweed replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    From Wikipedia:

    In December 2007, The New York Times business section published an article on the end of Emerill Lagasse’s show Emeril Live and quoted Brooke Johnson, the president as saying that Lagasse “remains a valued member of the Food Network family”. [9]

    Derek Baine, senior analyst at the media research firm SNL Kagan, is reported to have commented, “It’s not surprising that people move on”. “They pay almost nothing for the people as they are building their careers”. “That’s been their strategy all along”. [9]

    The article also commented on the declining popularity of the Food Network whose day ratings it reported had fallen “to an average of 544,000 people from 580,000 a year ago”. It noted, “More significant, its signature weekend block of instructional programs, known collectively as ‘In the Kitchen,’ has lost 15 percent of its audience in the last year, to 830,000 viewers on average. This had left the network owing refunds, known as ‘make goods,’ to advertisers.” [9]

    Erica Gruen, former president and CEO of the Food Network (1995 – 1998) who created Emeril Live during her tenure, was reported to have blamed the decline on increased competition, “There’s all sorts of instructional cooking video on the Web”. [9]

    But it reported that, “Bob Tuschman, Food Network’s senior vice president for programming and production, said the weekend ratings drop was ‘nothing we haven’t anticipated’. He said the network’s ratings in that time period grew by double digits in each of the last four years, growth that could not be sustained.” [9]

    It also wrote, “About a year ago, the Food Network began aggressively trying to change that with new deals that were ‘way more onerous’ from the stars’ point of view, said a person who has been affected by the changing strategy, by insisting on a stake in book deals and licensing ventures, and control over outside activities. [9]

    Similar to the departure of Emeril Lagasse was that of David Rosengarten. In the foreword to his book Taste, Erica Gruen noted that the show had been the very first in-house production at Food Network and had become its most popular show. Yet after her departure at the end of 1998, the show was relegated to a 1:00 am broadcast time resulting in its inevitable drop in ratings and final demise. This strange and, on the surface, contrary to interest conduct by the network has never been explained. [10]

    Does that help? Pretty clear to me.

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    serutan replied on: December 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    Love Tuschie’s spin. If he was telling the truth, the ratings would have seen something between small growth/small fall. A 15% drop in ratings is not small. This actually gives me some dim hope for humanity.

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    Betty Crocker replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 1:45 am

    Great post, Dank. It seems that Wikipedia knows what all the rest of us know, but Food Network just can’t seem to figure out.

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    Shawn replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 10:39 am

    Agreed, great post. Very interesting read.

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    MidwestFoodie replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Is “In The Kitchen” even still on on weekends? That’s always been my favorite block of shows – even more so now that most of FN programming is crappy fake reality stuff. But every time I turn on FN on the weekends, it’s more reality crap or cake-offs or whatever. My 12 yo daughter and I used to love to watch the In The Kitchen shows and we actually learned stuff, but even our former faves like Paula Deen and Rachael Ray have become caricatures of themselves. Sad. And I was never much of a Sandra Lee fan. :)

  20. December 17th, 2009

    I’m upset half of these weren’t prefaced with “Can I just tell you?”

  21. cowpoke
    December 17th, 2009

    I watched her Grandma Lorraine Christmas show and I sort of snapped especially at the noel cupcakes (she bought) and left a review of my own. She does have followers because I was called mean and trashy. The best part of watching her show is to look at the reviews. I feel if you’re stupid enough to try this muck then you get what you deserve. Her upside down Christmas tree episode tops everything. I think it’s called Christmas munchies.I hate this idiot but have to watch her. Just when you think she can’t get any worse….she does. She is clueless,classless,brainless,tasteless and worthless. I may be trashy and mean with regards to her but I know a phony when I see it.And call me crazy but I think food should be edible.

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    oh_come_on replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    LMAO Cowpoke, why don’t you tell us what you really think? Loved it!

  22. December 18th, 2009

    Anyone who makes “SL’s Spaghetti” deserves whatever gastrointestinal punishment they get. Can’t you LOOK at the whole cloves of garlic on your plate and know that dish is not fit for human consumption?

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    MNLisaB replied on: December 19th, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    ITA- was going to add something similar re the NY Strip Steaks with Chocolate Merlot Sauce- WTF???? Anyone who thinks this is a good idea deserves the resultant digestive organs shutdown.

  23. Marty
    December 18th, 2009

    I wonder what Mr. Cuomo and the “weekend daughters” think of the SL Spaghetti recipe.

  24. Barb
    December 18th, 2009

    I’m going to shoot myself in the head with a nail gun, then go try one of Aunt Sandy’s recipes, and read Sarah Palin’s book. Yay!

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    lizzie replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    That’s a bit drastic, just hit yourself in the head with a hammer several times, should do the trick without too much lasting damage–a bullet on the other hand.

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    Barb replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    Good point. And it just dawned on me that I could also simply pound a few of Aunt Sandy’s cocktails, similar to the hammer-pounding.

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    Lizzie replied on: December 19th, 2009 at 3:35 am

    I don’t know, having seen enough of her vomitous cocktail recipes, you’d probably hurl way before you got drunk enough to be that stupid.

  25. Abby
    December 18th, 2009

    These are all great! It’s also super how all the review pages have a link to the most current “favorite” recipes, one of which is Aunt Sandy’s White Peppermint Snowballs.

    Funny how they look less like snowballs and more like snowman duce.

  26. December 18th, 2009

    Then again, people, we have to keep in mind her audience…the Pork Kebobs review set has a 2-star review that reads:

    “I made the sauce with cherry pie filling and cooking sherry and it was a bit too sweet for us. Sorry. Did not enjoy.”

    I mean….I’m pretty good at picking fake reviews, and I genuinely think this one is real. And people are just that … special.

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    Betty Crocker replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 2:00 am

    Sorry, Thespian, but I’m gonna say that review was a fake, based on the fact that the reviewer’s name is “Kimber” (Sandy’s sister’s name) from Kent, WA, where Sandy is from. And the cherry pie filling is a standard slam against Sandy, since she used it in a lot of her “russipies.” The fake negative reviews don’t bother me, though, since I believe there are far more fake positive reviews. Plus, they are hilarious! Here’s another one (a 1-star review from “Anonymous” titled “BAD and “MORE BAD”) for the Pork Kebobs, which I found funny and think might actually be real:

    “Pork had no flavor but SALT. ‘Sauce’ never ended up sauce consistency. It was just a bunch of grapes in a little liquid. Plus how do you serve a bunch of cooked grapes with a pork skewer anyway?”

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    Sean replied on: December 18th, 2009 at 4:01 am

    Kent, WA is trashy. That explains it all!

  27. oh_come_on
    December 18th, 2009

    Seriously, why would anyone actually try her recipes after seeing her ridiculous tablescapes? She’s nonsense! It’s not ‘cooking’ with all that canned, frozen, fake crap she uses.

  28. December 18th, 2009

    What I love about her site is you can’t even see the recipes unless you create an account. Don’t worry, Sandra. No one wants to see them anyway.

  29. December 18th, 2009

    Thanks for the post Jillian! I have to include the review from the email I sent, as it was by far my favorite!

    Gail from Altamonte Springs FL apparently didn’t like Aunt Sandy’s choice of outfit from this episode. She wrote in to FN with the following.

    “Please dress appropriately, get a good bra for your sagging fake boobs. Stop showing your boobs to the world and quit dressing like a street walker. You and your recipes are disgusting. Get off the air.”

    Ms. Lee’s saggy fake boobs better watch out for Anne Burrell.

  30. December 18th, 2009

    “My Boyfriend nearly vomited when he tried to force down one bite of this grotesque excuse for food. As a curiosity, I’ve watched S.L. for a while now, and I thought, well why not, when I came upon this recipe. I have since begun a thorough investigation of Sandra Lee’s other super-simple recipies, and have come to the realization that they are generally SUPER- SICKENING. Why is she on the air? I think it’s like when you see a car accident…you are compelled to watch, if nothing else, just to see the corpse come out of the smoking car. Well Sandra, Mission accomplished!”

    – Also a classic!

  31. Fat_Italian_Broad
    December 18th, 2009

    I saw her make a “healthy” meatloaf with the crockpot…she added TWO creamy condensed soups! One was cheese and the other was mushroom…just dumped it right on top of a mass of lumpy meat. The salt alone would kill an entire family.

    I wish I could have my own show where I could dump stuff into a bowl and call it dinner.

  32. Lizzie
    December 19th, 2009

    I love this part of one of the five-star reviews for the pork won tons: “I used a Turkey sweet italian sausage because of my vegetarian brother-in-law.”

    She actually served turkey sausage to her vegetarian brother-in-law. Next year instead of planting tomatoes, I’m considering planting some turkeys, apparently they’re a vegetable.

  33. J
    December 19th, 2009

    Yuck, the coconut drink looked nasty and messy when she made it on the show.

  34. Lisar
    December 19th, 2009

    You don’t see comments like this on Alton Brown’s food. Love that man!

  35. Jeanie K
    December 20th, 2009

    OMG. I tried the simple- looking “Shortcut peppermint snowballs” from Sandra’s contribution to FN’s 12 days of Christmas. So simple it looked! How could it fail! Well, it did and miserably. The snowballs melted into flat pieces of dough/crud I had to scrape off the foil. Geez. I used to enjoy watching her make things a novice cook could try, but when the recipes don’t turn out, it’s a waste of time and ingredients.

  36. Jake
    December 20th, 2009

    # recipe Grilled Trout Ciabatta
    Warden Baxter County Jail, AR 07-30-2007

    Flag
    Fish sticks
    Rated: 2 stars out of 5

    We do not serve trout but we did make this recipe using fish sticks. It got mixed reviews.

  37. December 20th, 2009

    you mean no one commented on how bad that Kwaanza cake was that they tried to make???

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    Bourdainiac replied on: December 26th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Anyone who has served that Kwanzaa cake to their friends most likely hasn’t survived the beatdown they would deservedly get for serving it in the first fucking place.

  38. JoJo
    December 21st, 2009

    OMG – reading this made my day.

    I’m sure after a few cocktails, putting peaches and fish and taco seasoning together sounded scrumptious to SL. I am just surprised that anyone sober thought it wise to try it.

    I agree with the poster who said it would be fun to read negative reviews about some of the other personalities recipes! :)

  39. RL
    December 27th, 2009

    Oh my God, I cannot get over the horror described in the reviews for her Lime Souffle ( http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/lime-souffle-recipe/index.html ):

    “This tasted like a omelette made with lime powerade. I’ve never had anything like this and never want to ever again.”

    I’m starting to think that she doesn’t even test her recipes before she puts them on TV.

  40. Katie
    December 30th, 2009

    My favorite part about checking out the comments on the website was to see how the reviewers subtly insulted each other… “I don’t know what you did wrong, but when I made this dish it was DALICIOUS.” etc.

  41. MEH!
    December 31st, 2009

    That “there is a party in my mouth and everyone is throwing up” joke was from futurama, a long long time ago.

  42. January 14th, 2010

    sounds like the only thing Sandra’s recipes are good for is helping troubled marriages fail.

  43. January 15th, 2010

    “Mealy and Unappetizing

    - Rated: 1 stars out of 5 -

    Horrible potato salad. Texture of wet cardboard.”

    LMFAO

  44. January 21st, 2010

    TO ALL THE TWEETERS,DIGGS,AND BLOGGERS ON LINE WHO CONTINUE TO BASH AND TRASH S L FOR HER RECIPES I SAY ENJOY, YOU OBVIOUSLY DON’T GET IT. THIS GAL IS THINKING SO FAR AHEAD OF YOU YOU WILL NEVER CATCH UP. I’D ENJOY WATCHING ALL OF YOUON A NETWORK,AS TIGHT FISTED AS FN, EARNING A LIVING DAILY IN AN ARACHNID SOCIETY SUCH AS YOU ARE.TOO BAD YOU HAVE TO EAT HER COOKING,THEN SLAM HER BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO SIMPLE MINDED,(DOES LAZY RING A BELL) TO CREATE ANYTHING YOURSELF.I ENJOY HER RECIPES FOR THE MOST PART.AND FINALLY, AS A PARTING SHOT,ANTHONY BOURDAIN,SHOUD STOP BAD MOUTHING HER ALSO. KEEP ON TRUCKIN, SANDRA, ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.

  45. LOL
    March 18th, 2010

    Sorry Jack, but “SL” is a hack. The only thing she’s ahead of us in, is on a recipient list for a Liver Transplant. Aside from your bad grammar and odd allegories (arachnid society?) I can fully understand just how wrong you are, and I certainly “do get it”. We are not “forced” to eat any of her cooking, thankfully. But I’m glad that a belligerent person such as yourself can enjoy her repulsive runny dog feces that she calls “cooking.” You do realise, that this is a site that critiques and mocks the Food Network for its asinine rubbish? We are clearly no experts in cooking, but by the same token, we know that when a recipe calls for chocolate and steak, or pre-bought cakes, we already can see that they’re not adequate for consumption. Please, go off into your little world of delusion and never come back here. And yes, Sandra will be trucking all the way to the bank, preferably in an ambulance to receive a transfusion for her liquored blood.

    Thanks, and have a nice day. Oh, and please, don’t write in ALL CAPS. It’s very bad internet etiquette.

  46. Marcella
    May 21st, 2010

    The reviews are also terrible because they give 5 stars but make a ton of changes to the recipe. For example, many people stated in the Provence Style Chicken recipe that using frozen lemonade concentrate sounded weird so they substituted fresh lemon juice instead. How they hell can you give the recipe 5 stars then? SO ANNOYING!

    That would be a funny post on here too… all the recipes that were 5 stars but with a ton of changes to make them palatable. I see that on RR recipes all the time. Check out allrecipes (.com) for the worst offenders of that mentality. GAH! It literally drives me bonkers and/or crazy.

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