She's still ARETHA. Do yo thing girl.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Straight up? I hoped they were thrown in stews or some shit. Y'know, smothered in something or ground up so you can't see/distinguish it, like other offal.

Here I am talking shit and I carry a flame for liverwurst. God damn you for starting this, Aretha.

INSATIABLE said:

straight up like Paula Abdul! I remember loving them but I don't know I'd eat one now. I'd win a contest in a hot second though cuz I wouldn't be afraid to gnaw on hoof for cash

INSATIABLE said:

Most of the women in my family(including my mother) used to cook them in water, vinegar and other spices. But that was a looooong time ago. I haven't touched pigs feet in over thirty years and I never will. But once a year(at holiday time) I do eat chit'lins.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Totally, I'd do it again too. We're shameless, aren't we? The first place prize was a huge Best Buy gift certificate, but I fucked up and got second place: a Chinese-language phone book.

uPtoWnNY said:

I'm sure that's better than right out of the jar with no prep.

And yeah, I've got no room to talk. I've been known to enjoy a pork rind once every few years.

INSATIABLE said:

I haven't eaten them in about 15 years- the other day in the supermarket, I was eyeing that bag... having some kind of weird childhood memory...
didn't buy them tho!

These high-fat diets are why I lost so many older relatives to heart attacks and diabetes. I remember those after-church dinners - fried-this, fried-that, red meat, white bread, everything cooked in Crisco. Jesus....
I'm glad I changed my eating habits.

Thought this was gonna be a joke funkpill.

Is Aretha right to feel insulted? Yes. She's a damned big lady and could probably stand to lose a pound or 6, but that is not the way to approach it.


As for Jenny Craig food? I'm no carnivore, nor am I big into fried anything. But that mess is designed to starve you! I am a tiny person, and I really doubt I'd feel satisfied after eating one of their "meals".

Starving yourself is not a healthy way to lose weight anyways, even if you are forking your money over for the privilege. Eat less fried shit, eat more veggies, and exercise. It works.
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Dayclear said:

that's where i'm at

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It is very likely that she is at her weight.

Changing habits is not easy. 'n for her.

It's like giving someone anti-perspirant for a gift. Regardless of whether they stink or not, it's making a statement that YOU think they DO - the perception is that you are passing judgement. Doesn't matter how practical you thought the gift was you just don't go there!!!

JerseyKRS said:

RUDE!!!

W.T.F!!! x 10000!

Anxiety said:

i hear when one of her teeth falls out a new one is rotated in its place, kind of like a dental conveyor belt. just like sharks!
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I don't know about pig's feat but I don't care how rich I became, I'd always come back to the Big Apple Inn in Jackson, MS to get me some pig ear sandwiches which are delicious. .....

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i don't care what she's the queen of, it's hard to feel sensitive about this woman when she's talking about eating such nasty food. "oh, i tried jenny craig, but i just can't give up my hookah full of frogs, hoo hoo hoo"

Anxiety said:

I hear, in Aretha's statement, a desire to eat healthy, to lose weight but to do it eating food that doesn't turn her off completely.

If you're watching your diet and exercising, you're entitled to some compromises or a "cheat day."

Aretha needs someone to get in her face and work with her for the long haul, not a promotional campaign.

INSATIABLE said:

Her quote was so funny.

SCNDLS said:

yes! people grew up eating pigs feet and they will continue eating it, because they love it....i had it a couple times...don't love it though.

uPtoWnNY said:

I don't get why she's insulted by being approached by a weightloss program.
She's overweight and a celebrity.

Say "no thanks" and move on to the next platter of ribs.

Insulted. Please, get over yourself 'retha.

I don't know if she should feel insulted, but if she's never expressed a desire to looe weight then it would be insulting to be approached. But she said she's been on their program before, so they have her registered as a past client, I guess, to approach her with a financial offer to try their services again isn't that big of a deal, especially since several celebrities have done it. But if she felt insulted I guess they approached her wrong, especially right now.

As far as her food choices, what's the big deal, Paula Dean's making serious money from touting the use of tons butter, cream and grandiose amounts of pork, including pig's feet, heck pig's feet, along with every other part of the pig, are eaten all around the world. Personally, I never liked them even as a child but it never grossed me out like it was something highly unusual. Granted, it's unhealthy to eat that way on the regular, but it keep generations alive. Whatever. I wish the woman well, though, yeah, I do think she needs to be little more conscious about her health.

ThreadBare said:

That's Aretha's problem - EVERY DAY is a "cheat day".

And who the hell is going to tell the Princess of Pork what she can and can't eat? She'll fuck you up like Della Reese did to Eddie Murphy in 'Harlem Nights'.

uPtoWnNY said:

love Della Reese.

As with any diet its not bout the food itself, its bout changing the way you see food. There is nothing wrong with going off menu once in a while and having something that's drowned in BBQ sauce and baked in butter. Aretha seems to need therapy to uncover her food issues, instead of starving herself or in this case gorging herself at every meal. The food is the result of the mental issues she has. No one needs THAT much comfort.
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johnart said:

oops
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uPtoWnNY said:

Who Lawd, feel free to keep both of those. I do remember my mother used to feed me that mess untilI was about 6, and once I put 2 and 2 together on what that stuff actually was, and told her straight up that I wasn't eating that anymore. She was cool with it, on days she made chitterlings or pigs feet I ate thos 40 cent Swanson's Chicken Pot Pies .

I remember in my mom's family they braised their pig feet. They would brown them lightly in a dutch oven pot for color, then cook slowly in water on low heat for several hours with salt, vingegar, onion, garlic cloves, bay leaf, and red pepper flakes, and a little barbeque sauce. I still use that method to braise other cut of pork, but the feet you can keep