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Ina Garten’s Hamptons Haiku Journal – Part 2
Posted on March 9th 2012 by FNH Staff

    139 Responses

  1. Terrific. I bet she would.

  2. Alex says:

    I know what kids want
    Jordan almonds and Neccos
    How easy is that?

    Gotta love my gays
    They have crowned me as their queen
    Funny, they are queens

    Coconut muffins
    Good vanilla is the key
    Just wait ’til they see

    • Kare says:

      GEEZ! I was just about to say

      The kids are coming
      wafers and jordan almonds
      I know what kids like

      all I could think about were those nasty almonds. Those poor kids!

  3. Gayle King says:

    Funniest thing I’ve seen all week. Thank you FNH!

  4. Jenna says:

    This is worthy of a Pulitzer. Hilarious!

  5. byrdie says:

    My life is a wreck
    Someone hid my Cuisinart
    How good can that be?

    Two sticks of butter
    But it will make twelve cupcakes
    Now my ass is fat

    Frank is my best friend
    He’ll eat whatever I cook
    And pretend I’m smart

  6. Gypsy says:

    Hydrangeas to plant
    Too dirty and beneath me
    Call gard’ner instead
    * * * * * * * * * *
    Dinner party time
    Giggle nervously all night
    How bad can that be?

  7. Gypsy says:

    We are filthy rich
    Jeffrey’s hair is so curly
    And he loves chicken

  8. Scruffy says:

    Popped my collar up
    Invited the gays over
    Still feel pretentious

  9. leyankee says:

    Walking on the beach
    Saw perfect spot for party
    Jeffrey hates my gays

  10. Kenneth says:

    Look at my fat ass
    I’m the fuckin’ antichrist
    How easy is that?

  11. stoup says:

    Does anyone else think Ina and Jeffrey’s marriage is one of “convenience”? She’s got an awful lot of gay friends for a hetero gal. I think she’s munching on her Swedish gardener lady friend, anyway. Just sayin’…

    • Alex says:

      So, you’re saying that you think Edwina more than just an herb garden for ol’ IN-VAGIN?

    • Jules says:

      I always thought Jeffrey was a little feminine. Maybe he’s bi and he and Ina have her friends over and have special parties with the reamer.

      • Jules says:

        Actually, they are probably both bi and swing.

      • Alex says:

        I WAS comfortably eating my beef stew, until I read that. LOL

      • stoup says:

        “I always thought Jeffrey was a little feminine. Maybe he’s bi and he and Ina have her friends over and have special parties with the reamer.”

        OUCH! That reamer looks PAINFUL!
        And I agree on Jeffrey being feminine. Same with Michael Chiarello. Does Jeffrey ever have business in Napa Valley? Hmmmmm……..

    • CherryRose says:

      Sometimes the kissy-face and/or huggy-bear between Ina and Jeffrey looks forced. I haven’t quite figured out if it’s their discomfiture with the scripted FN antics or if their relationship has always been more platonic than physical.

      • Chris says:

        Jeffrey and Ina as SWINGERS! OH MY GAWD!!!

      • KatW says:

        I’d go with platonic. I can’t visualize the two of them being physical. *shudder*

      • Katie says:

        Maybe I just love her too much (last few seasons of BFC notwithstanding), but I think they must be uncomfortable. They just have too cute of a backstory for it to all be make believe. The pictures of them from waaaay back are so sweet. Or, maybe I’m just gullible.

    • Bill G. says:

      Yeah, I’ll bet she’s eating at the Y. Cat Cora and Anne Burrell are probably planning a “you need to come out” intervention.

  12. Jill (not Jillian) says:

    Hamptons are my home.
    Barn is bigger than your house.
    It’s so fabulous.

  13. boke1 says:

    I throw dog parties
    Always huff good vanilla
    My pants are too short

    I have no straight friends
    Michael is Stuart Smalley
    Making chicken stock

  14. Blancmange says:

    Stuck in the Hamptons,
    while Jeffrey lives his own life.
    Thank God for my gays.

  15. Diane says:

    Brilliant!! We have some real talent here. :D

  16. Gypsy says:

    “When tent is rockin’
    Please do not come a’knockin!’”
    (The viewers all cringe.)

  17. lostinplace says:

    The depth of flavor
    from stamens of crocuses
    way expensive shit

  18. lostinplace says:

    my bosom is big
    shirts hide all the evidence
    too many taste tests

  19. Sandra Lee's Liver says:

    Only my real friends
    Are featured on my program
    Jennifer Garner

  20. ADITL1979 says:

    My good vanilla
    Will cost you an arm and leg
    That’s back to basics

  21. leyankee says:

    Jeffrey is afraid
    I will dump him for my gays
    What a whiny troll

    Good vanilla rules
    I will destroy Sandra Lee
    Putrid tablescapes

    Baked brownies last night
    Ate them myself with some tea
    Need larger shirt size

    Gays are everywhere
    They all want me to cater
    Only for GOOD gays

    Stephen is away
    I will break into his house
    Trying not to puke

  22. Chris says:

    Having a bad day
    Caught Jeffrey blowing Miguel
    No chicken for him

  23. Sandra Lee's Liver says:

    Love my Mercedes
    Driving around the Hamptons
    Flaunting all my wealth

  24. Gypsy says:

    I am loving all of these! Too funny…

  25. ADITL1979 says:

    Got a new e-mail
    “May I worship your visage?”
    –Brian Boitano

  26. ADITL1979 says:

    Jeffrey’s bugging me
    I ain’t no Challah-back girl
    Go make your own bread

  27. Gypsy says:

    T.R. is so cute
    But prefers hot dog to bun
    I’m sorry, ladies.

    • Marianne says:

      LOL … reminds me of the scene in “Blades of Glory” with the two hot dogs in one bun … “Does this look natural to you?”

  28. KatW says:

    Kudos to all of you poets! I’m LMAO. Keep them coming!!!

  29. Kris says:

    Use good vanilla
    Gay men and hydrangeas
    How bad can that be?

  30. Anna says:

    Juicer for one lime
    Measure the salt and pepper
    How Ina is that?

  31. LaLa says:

    Vanilla and butter
    In every recipe
    Always use the best!

  32. Blueyes says:

    must wear makeup
    and dress in drag
    to turn jeffrey on

  33. Genericvox says:

    Down with “Good” denim!
    Let’s invite over some gays…
    Queer Eye for Ina.

    Must buy Mt. Gay Rum,
    I have to show all homos
    I’m the best fag hag.

    It’s back to basics,
    No one else has time to cook
    These damn recipes.

  34. R.U. Cereal says:

    Fat ass broke a tent
    Jeffrey’s anniversary gift
    No longer slender

  35. Jenifefa says:

    How I love my gays
    And hydrangeas on the beach
    I’m so rich it hurts

    I buy all “good” things
    This bottle of vanilla
    Worth more than your car

  36. R.U. Cereal says:

    Cobwebs in my vag
    Jeffery’s gone away so long and
    Hampton’s men are gay.

    Eating hides my shame
    Whole Foods has GOOD ingredients
    Sadly no GOOD schlong.

  37. CherryRose says:

    I have no new recipes
    Reruns work for me
    I’m the Barefoot Contessa!

  38. ADITL1979 says:

    Got a new e-mail
    “You I would totally do!”
    –Brian Boitano

  39. numb says:

    Minor nitpick, but these are senryus, not haikus.

  40. Katie says:

    Coffee in choc’late
    Seems to always turn it up.
    Yawn. I’m over it.

  41. numb says:

    Also, some of you are really bad at counting syllables. lol.

  42. Sandra Lee's Liver says:

    Dwyer and TR
    I cook for them all the time
    They are thin, I’m not

  43. Geography Police says:

    To the surprise of many, Weekend at Bernie’s was filed on Bald Head Island, NC.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098627/locations

  44. Geography Police says:

    *filmed

  45. Midgets are evil says:

    Girl Scout cookies are over priced and are nasty anyway. That one ya nailed on the head. Very funny. :]

    • oh_come_on says:

      MidgetsEvil, please tell me you’re kidding. Jillian’s GS haiku was humor, not taking a pot shot at Girl Scouts. WOW, I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t like GS Cookies. My troop will happily send you some boxes since you think $3.50 is too much.

      • Scruffy says:

        I think you’re overreacting a little bit.

      • Anonymous says:

        I don’t like GS cookies..

      • Genericvox says:

        I used to be a Girl Scout when I was a kid. They’re nothing special, and personally I do also think they’re overpriced.

        I don’t think midgetsareevil was insulting the girl scouts; the scouts don’t make the cookies (at least they didn’t when I was a member).

      • numb says:

        $3.50 *is* absolutely too much for a box of mediocre cookies, especially considering that I can get a vastly superior product for half the price at any grocery store in America.

    • Jenifefa says:

      Sacrilege!!!

  46. Sandra Lee's Liver says:

    Barefoot Contessa
    Wears Black Orthopedic Shoes
    Even on the beach

  47. Scruffy says:

    Ina claims contessa
    That implies some elegance
    Oh, the irony

  48. Andy says:

    Now add chicken stock
    I will always use homemade
    You better too, bitch!

  49. kross says:

    Jeffrey love my gays
    He tries to pretend he’s straight
    Gives T.J. the eye

  50. leyankee says:

    Outrageous brownies
    Start with a pound of butter
    Suck on that, Paula

  51. Jerry says:

    get salt now
    chop onions over
    hamptons condemned

  52. zyncooktop says:

    Having Frank over

    Making a berry crisp

    Don’t have fun without me!

  53. Ina's ego says:

    Jeffrey is away
    hanging out with Frank and Steve
    how bad can that be

  54. REKS says:

    gay men are very fun
    cut me some flowers bitches
    eat my barbeque

  55. cloverleaf says:

    “cut me some flowers bitches!” LOLOLOLOL!

  56. Equinoqs says:

    What is that, you say?
    Thirty-dollar cheese is high?
    Just be born wealthy!

    “Barefoot Contessa”
    Makes me think of fat-girl feet.
    Not appetizing.

  57. Betty Crocker says:

    Jillian, this is definitely a FNH “classic.” I’ve been laughing so hard reading these posts that my neighbors now think I’m insane. I’m too doubled over with the giggles right now to contribute anything of my own, but kudos to everyone above!

  58. Nancy T says:

    Oh say have you seen
    Ina soaking in a tub
    Bubbles barely covering

    Ina made a meal
    For friend from Loaves and Fishes
    Anna Pump ate well

  59. numb says:

    More than half of the ones in the comments have the wrong numbers of syllables – that is by far the most amusing part to me.

    • numb says:

      Ok, so maybe “more than half” was a bit hyperbolic…. I went back and counted 10 that were the wrong number of syllables.

  60. walty says:

    Picnic on the beach,
    so tasteful and elegant!
    We’re having hot dogs.

  61. Elspeth says:

    Love to watch ‘Barefoot Contessa’. Ina is a class act.
    I think she hangs out with the gay guys as they also have no children and so they have more in common.
    She does need to stop rubbing her husbands cheeks and treating him like a 2 year old everytime he appears!

  62. Akeem says:

    Coffee always brings out the flavour of chocolate
    You never taste it but you know it’s there
    Wasn’t that an oxymoron

    Crack eggs separately in case you get a bad egg
    Miguel takes too many damn pictures
    Why am I always cooking for people I don’t know

  63. Akeem says:

    God I love my gays
    Jeffrey’s never home
    He doesn’t deserve me

    Do I have to eat with these people?
    I’d rather savour this food alone
    We can be closer this way.

    I make the best meringues
    Roasting stuff brings out the flavour
    How easy is that

    Paula Deen is way too country
    Rachel Ray can’t cook
    Giada’s accent is fake.

  64. The pop-collared chef
    cracks two eggs on a counter;
    gays cringe at her mess.

  65. S.C123 says:

    Jeffrey is never home so he doesn’t know I hang out with all my gay friends. How easy is that?

  66. Jackie says:

    Hi there, Food Network
    My shents are at the cleaners
    Please show a rerun

  67. Your Namechristine says:

    Chris says:
    March 23, 2010 at 4:06 pm
    Having a bad day
    Caught Jeffrey blowing Miguel
    No chicken for him

    THIS LMFMAO!

  68. Your Namechristine says:

    More money than God
    wish you were me don’t you bitch?
    drive Mercedes to the store

  69. vinfan says:

    Girl Scout at the door
    Go away little bitch
    Mine use GOOD vanilla.

  70. Nunuv Yerbiznezz says:

    These aren’t real Haiku. In a real Haiku, the first two lines set up an image that is resolved by the third, somewhat like a riddle, so that the meaning isn’t clear until you finish the last line. This is an example of a real Haiku:

    Oh! I ate them all!
    And Oh! What a stomachache!
    Stolen green apples.

    • Sandyscirrhoticliver says:

      who cares? Why does every post have to have a grammar/correct English/sylabble counting/haiku imagery critic?

      Nunuv boring me
      Hath not anything to do
      Sits down corrects all

  71. So There says:

    I doubt very much that Jeffrey wants her bod.
    He’s gone all week in Connecticut. I’ll bet he’s
    got someone there “cooking” for him.

  72. DerekLutz says:

    Friday night chicken
    Always Jeffrey’s favorite
    Then giggle in tent.

  73. RR's pompoms says:

    I don’t give a rat’s ass that these don’t follow the rules of the haiku police! Classic FNH!! I could see Ina reciting them all. ROFL

  74. WesternLady says:

    Orange tulips in vase
    Gay flower shop pal’s table
    Looks like the last one.

    Casual table
    Don’t understand tablescapes
    Needs to be earthy.

  75. Patrick says:

    Cheese plate recipe:
    Buy GOOD cheese from GOOD cheese shop
    Oh wait, you’re not rich.

    Wants to be fancy.
    Throws parties like Jay Gatsby’s;
    Shirts like Jay Leno’s.

    Cook for cancer kid?
    Sorry, what do I look like,
    Mother Teresa?

  76. Bonzy22 says:

    lol this is a classic post

  77. Hot Tams says:

    H!!!! These were GREAT!!!

  78. James Melore says:

    best cheese shop in town
    poor people green with envy
    you can wash the dishes

  79. Bill G. says:

    Here’s her latest haiku:

    The kids want Funyuns
    Father loves ballpark hot dogs
    My life sucks big balls.

  80. Bill G. says:

    Envy my new home
    Only my gays have seen it
    Paycheck trumps the hate.

  81. nofriendofina says:

    No crippled children for ina….just queers

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