Food Talk And Fabulous Finds - Wonder how many calories this has?

OMG! I couldn't resist posting this link to one of Paula Deen's recipes:

Fried Butter Balls (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_34925,00.html?rsrc=like) No, you read that right! Fried Butter

Can you believe it! Hmmm, I wonder what it tastes like?

Tammy, that is just plain insane!! I wouldn't have believed it if you didn't post a link. :dizzy: More than 2/3 of Americans are overweight or obese and she's coming up with recipes like that??? What about turning her talents to lower fat, healthier versions of her favorite recipes?

Have you ever glanced through one of her cookbooks . . . You can almost feel yur arteries hardening. :s:

OK, I put the recipe in Fitday. I estimated a cup of oil for frying since the quantity isn't specified. Just one one-inch ball is 157 calories and 14 grams of fat! And who would stop at just one?

Let's see, for 157 calories, I can eat:

Cottage cheese and fruit
Yogurt and fruit
Protein shake
Chicken breast
Apple and peanut butter
Oatmeal and egg whites
The world's biggest salad ...

:chin:

Actually . . . I recently read David Zinczenko's (he of the Ab's Diet books) Eat This; Not That . . . and he declared the Outback Steakhouse, Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing "The Worst Food in America" at 2,900calories / 182 grams of fat / 240 grams of carbohydrate . . . I dn't even think it's meant to be a full meal? :yikes:

It's not meant to be a full meal, but I do know some people who will eat half (or maybe even a whole) one of those and then proceed to eat a full meal... *sigh*. Haha

That's why I hate eating out unless I go some place with nutritional information, and even then I'm skeptical.

Ugh. My stomach is twisting into knots just reading the recipe. What on earth?

I know Paula Deen is somewhat notorious for these kinds of things, but sheesh...

As for the Outback cheese fries - yeah, numbers like this are what make me uncomfortable eating out, and mistrustful of alleged "light" restaurant meals...

ETA: Oh, also hilarious? Those diet ad banners surrounding this abomination of a recipe... :D

Too funny, Heffalump! :lol: I didn't even notice them. Wonder what Jillian would say about Fried Butter Balls? :chin:

God....and I thought the vitamin water (?) ad with "fried buttah" was being sarcastic....maybe that is where she got the idea.

All of Paula's recipes seem to start with a stick of butter and a cup of sugar, no matter what she's cooking. :lol: I guess these butter balls would just be a little hors d'oeuvres and people would eat several without thinking about it, along with other tasty little calorific treats.

Meg, I would love to see her create healthier versions of her recipes. When I've watched her show, I don't recall her ever seeming interested in creating healthy foods. Many of her recipes that I've seen are things that you should eat sparingly and with moderation. My family loves her style of cooking, and would (and some of them do) eat like that every day. I used to too, who am I to talk!

I know a co-worker says she has a great Paula Deen fudge recipe that has velveeta in it. Okay, fudge - any recipe isn't going to be healthy but the velveeta was unusual.

Anne, I guess I've missed the vitamin water ad. Is she on it?

I was watching her the other day and I think she was making Swiss Steak (not something I was interested in, but I thought I might be in the next dish - I wasn't). She's making the dish and she walks past the butter, decided to drop a blob on top of the steak just because it was there she said. I know it's a trademark thing, but really.

Having said all that I did print out and keep one recipe I saw her make - Pecan Squares. It didn't have a speck of butter in the recipe and looked quite nice. It would be a company dish and I suspect I'd try cutting the sugar back a bit. However, at 82 calories for a square I thought it wasn't too bad. Although 32% of the cals came from fat that came from eggs and pecans only. No added fat.

I guess I've missed the vitamin water ad. Is she on it?

The ads must rotate - I see one with Jillian asking "How big is your weight loss goal?"

Blech! Those butter balls sound disgusting. And this is coming from a girl who loves her junk food!

Oops - looked further on the site and it seems like it was maybe done as a dare.

Everything's Better With Butter
It's no secret that Paula's favorite ingredient is butter! Paula shares her recipes for Chicken Scaloppini with a Lemon Butter Sauce, Savory Cheddar Shortbread, and Double Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake and an audience request, Fried Butter.

Aw, you guys don't be so hard on poor ol' Paula. You didn't read to the end of the recipe:
Fry balls for 10 to 15 seconds until just light golden. Drain on paper towels before serving.
You see she's taking your health into consideration; you have to drain the balls before serving! ;)

BTW did you read the ratings on this recipe. Most people (but not all) didn't like it.

Oops - looked further on the site and it seems like it was maybe done as a dare.

Everything's Better With Butter
It's no secret that Paula's favorite ingredient is butter! Paula shares her recipes for Chicken Scaloppini with a Lemon Butter Sauce, Savory Cheddar Shortbread, and Double Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake and an audience request,
Fried Butter.

Okay, after reading the recipe reviews it sounds like it was an audience members recipe, not one of her own. I've got to get off that section of Food Network, now I've found a Deep-Fried Chocolate Pound Cake recipe as well. :faint:

Aw, you guys don't be so hard on poor ol' Paula. You didn't read to the end of the recipe:

You see she's taking your health into consideration; you have to drain the balls before serving! ;)



:D:D Wouldn't want too much fat in the butter balls, would we.:D:D

I wonder if you can pan fry these... with butter?

It's early morning and I just went into Fitday to plan my meals for the day ... only to be faced with 4703 calories of Fried Butter Balls ingredients from where I entered them in yesterday. And I'm sitting here with a dumb look on my face, staring blearily at the screen and trying to figure out what on earth is all that butter and fat doing in my Fitday?? I haven't had my coffee yet and it took me a minute to remember that I put them in there to figure out the calories in them. :lol:

I think I gained weight just from having them in Fitday! :devil:

You see she's taking your health into consideration; you have to drain the balls before serving! ;)


And if you sprinkle some parsley on them there’s your vegetable! LOL :D

I’m a Food Network fan, and I do watch her shows from time to time. To me, they’re entertaining and I have to laugh at the things she makes sometimes. I used to watch the Two Fat Ladies and that was another show notorious for their crazy/fattening recipes. I guess there’s no harm done by watching, as long as you don’t run to the kitchen after and try to fry some butter. :D

I have to admit, it shocks me to see people still eating like that. We’re constantly being reminded about obesity in America, about the negative effect this type of food has in our bodies, stressing the importance of a healthful diet, etc. I understand that unfortunately some people don’t really care, but come on, fried butter?! Sheesh!

Like Meg said, I could think of a lot of other things to eat for those calories. I made this last night:

Small tortilla, spread 1 laughing cow lite cheese wedge, top with thin slices of tomato, cucumber, red peppers, few leaves of baby spinach, top with 1 oz deli ham (low fat, low sodium), roll and eat. That was 140 calories. :T

Oh and BTW, did you guys see the fried chocolate poundcake recipe at the bottom of the page?! ;)

Oh and BTW, did you guys see the fried chocolate poundcake recipe at the bottom of the page?! ;)

There was also a fried pumpkin cake where you dip the baked layers in batter and fry them before layering them with icing and a deep fried lasagna where the lasagna is baked, cooled, cut in squares, dipped in egg and breaded and deep fried. What's up with that? It makes KFC pale in comparison! I don't know if they were all Paula's recipes as I was clicking on different links for deep fried foods.

I think someone should send Paula an invitation to 3FC. :D

I am cracking up over Meg's surprise calories before coffee!!!

My co-worker subscribes to Paula's magazine. I happened to have been looking through it right before I got on here. Yikes! The fat and calories that woman cooks with. I thought of 3FCs as I was reading.

My DH has a big box of Sunkist fruit gel type candy. I ate three of them yesterday for 110 calories. Later DH was eating a frozen banana and wanted to know the calories. Turns out a medium banana has 109 calories, so I could have had a whole banana instead of three little sugar blobs. Live and learn.

Yeah, I saw Paula Deene LOL I knew it was trouble.

The butter balls sound yucky, but am I the only one who reads: dang, deep fried lasagna and deep fried chocolate poundcake or pumpkin cake and thinks "Yum, I wonder how that tastes!"? :lol: I tell you, I'm afraid I will always have these taste buds no matter how healthy I eat!

Friendlykat4u: that wrap sounds soooo good!

It doesn't even really sound like that good a recipe....butter mixed with creamcheese and deepfried, sounds kind of bland. I mean if i was gonna go all the way and have something deepfried like that i'd at least want a snickers bar (i've never tried this but it sounds good lol) or something that would be worth having all those calories. But i guess calorie counting isn't something you think about when you're eating Paula's food. I like her show, but her recipes are just too calorific for me to eat.

...am I the only one who reads: dang, deep fried lasagna and deep fried chocolate poundcake or pumpkin cake and thinks "Yum, I wonder how that tastes!"? :lol: I tell you, I'm afraid I will always have these taste buds no matter how healthy I eat!


I also wonder. I love the fry smell and taste. But I don't think my stomach could take that much fat in one sitting. You know how batter absorbs fat. Those deep fried foods should be served with a health warning! :D

Heh. I caught a few minutes of Diners, Drive-throughs and Dives the other night and Guy battered and deep fried a cheeseburger.

Oh goodness! I missed that episode. DH loves that show. That's definitely another show where NOBODY's counting calories!

Oh, I totally had my own Paula Deen moment week before last. I was invited to dinner party to a friend's house and I volunteered to bring dessert. The guy hosting is an EXCELLENT cook and he always outdoes himself, so I wanted to bring something great. It was my "treat" night, so I didn't have to limit myself to angelfood cake and strawberries (which I *DO* love, but hopefully you know what I mean, I could have DESSERT).

I found a recipe online for a Milky Way cake (which I made in the prettiest rose-shaped bundt pan). The entire recipe took SIX MILKY WAY bars (3 for the cake, 3 for the icing) and over 2 sticks of butter. I laughed to my boyfriend as I made the icing - you know what's the only thing better than a Milky Way bar? 3 Milky Way bars + a stick of butter + 2 cups of powdered sugar! The cake really did turn out moist and fabulous and the icing was INCREDIBLE. I had a small piece and didn't take home ANY leftovers (I did have a small piece leftover from where I had to cut the bottom top? of the bundt cake to make it flat) but I ate a bite the next day and threw it away!

I did feel so incredibly Paula Deen as I creamed sugar and butter together and then added 3 melted Milky Way bars!

Here is the recipe:

http://busycooks.about.com/od/cakerecipes/r/milkywaycake.htm

(6.75 oz. Milky Way candy bars, chopped and 4.5 oz. MIlky Way candy bars, cut into pieces = about 6 bars!)

Anne, I guess I've missed the vitamin water ad. Is she on it?

I cant remember which bottled beverage it was for , but it was a TV ad with a girl going through a cafeteria line being offered "fried this, fried that, fried onions, fried buttah" She leaves her tray and jumps in to a bottle of water. dh and I always crack up at fried buttah

Heh, I sent a friend a link to the fried butter balls and he sent this one back! Bread pudding with Krispy Kreme donuts - oh man!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27413,00.html

Heh, I sent a friend a link to the fried butter balls and he sent this one back! Bread pudding with Krispy Kreme donuts - oh man!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27413,00.html

Just reading that recipe makes my teeth hurt....:o

I used to :love: butter tarts -- I know, they're a Canadian thing, think of shoo-fly pie in a tart form; or a really rich and runny pecan tart -- but now, even the thought of all that butter and sugar dripping down my chin from the flaky, but lard-based, pastry . . . actually turns my stomach. :lol:

I think my MIL taught Paula Deene how to cook. IDK if anyone remembers my post about her "Cardiac Attack Spuds" (that's what I call them any way) There were many a Sunday dinner at MIL's house when she used 2 pounds of butter preparing the meal. I think that was a prerequisit for her to choose a recipe it needed a minimum of 1 stick of butter....if it had cream cheese, or whipping cream, or sour cream or lots of sugar then of course she had to try it. She wonders why she has high blood pressure, high cholesteral, and can't lose weight.:shrug:

Both of these recipes are good aversion therapy for me. Next time I want to go on a fat bender, I'm going to read the recipe for fried butter and Krispy Kreme bread pudding, and nauseate myself.

That does sound gross. I did read the ratings, and a viewer who was on the show came up with the recipe, not Paula or any of the Food Network people. But one rating even said that the recipe was part of a dare. Most people said it was down right disgusting. I can still remember when I was a kid I was at my neighbors house when I was little, and my friend and a couple of her siblings were just dipping their fingers in a tub of butter and licking it off their fingers. It still makes me cringe to this day.

Here is a picture of my fabulous Milky Way Cake! (http://gloriana.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album09&id=milkywaycake)

Glory ~~ YUM! Wow, that looks grand!

I wish I could say Paula's recipes are a form of aversion therapy for me, but that ain't happenin'. Krispy Kreme bread pudding, oh my gawd!!! :drool: :drool: :drool:

I'm sure I would feel a bit sick to my stomach if I had more than a tiny piece, but it still sounds wonderful!

Oh. MY. GODDDDDDDDD!!! :lol: I had to check twice to make sure that was really you who posted that, Glory! :D It looks so decadent.

That Glory -- she always seems like such an :angel: ... but it turns out that she's really a :devil: !!

I guess that's what I find funny. I'm not really a sweet/rich kind of cake person. Even in my heyday I suspect I wouldn't have wanted a piece. There are generally two kinds of cakes I make. One is a pistachio pudding cake (pudding mix in a non-pudding white/yellow cake) made in a bundt pan, with a sprinkle of icing sugar on top. And sometimes in the summer I've made chocolate zucchini cake (not overly sweet / I'm not sure what the calories are like) which is a sheet cake where you melt semi sweet chocolate chips on top for the icing. If you were over for dinner it's more likely I'd serve some time of fruit compote with a crumble topping (fruit crisp, but cooked separately), with ice cream for those who wanted it.

Not that I don't have my vices, I do. But sweet gooey desserts never were my thing. :)

I saw Paula Dean on Oprah and of course Oprah asked about calories, fats, etc. Paula Dean said while laughing "I am a cook - not a doctor'! She needs to have a showdown between Paula and Dr. Oz.

Deep Fried Butter Balls~ EEEWWWWW!

Same reaction to the krispy kremes! I've never liked them. They just taste like sugary fat.

Glory~The cake looks yummy. Glad I wasn't there!

That Glory -- she always seems like such an :angel: ... but it turns out that she's really a :devil: !!

Ha Meg and Soulbliss! I eat carefully all week so I can "afford" my treat meals! I really did have a very small piece of the cake and it was definitely worth it. I figured I did a lot more caloric damage with the cheese plate/cracker appetizer (mmm lemon zest stilton).

:lol: Glory, I meant you were a :devil: for tempting us with that cake, not for you eating it. I know how disciplined you are about your once-a-week treats and have no doubt that you planned for every fabulous bite! That photo is to die for. :faint:

OMG, BARF!!!!! I love buttery things, but MAN ALIVE!!! BLAH!