Does anyone remember Franco Palumbo

[Bill and Cat]

I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.

The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
heard of him ???

Bill
--
=============================================================================
Bill and Cat St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com

" It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring ! "
Calvin's Last Words 12/31/95
=============================================================================

[Sheryl Rosen]

I remember that show. If I'm not mistaken, he committed suicide, oh...around
1990 or so. (give or take a year).

Sheryl
Not a newbie. Just new to AOL.

[Bill and Cat]

Sheryl Rosen <catma...@aol.com> wrote:
:>
:>funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with

: I remember that show. If I'm not mistaken, he committed suicide, oh...around

: 1990 or so. (give or take a year).

*** Uffdah.... The shows were still running in 1988, but something like
that would explain why they did not get recycled. Do you recall any of the
details or his reason ?? --

Bill
=============================================================================
Bill Hilbrich St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com

If you enjoy the quiet moments as much as the music, then you will always
look forward to the next experience in life with joyful anticipation. WBH
=============================================================================

[Scrooge]

Bill and Cat <hilb...@antares.cloudnet.com> wrote in message
news:1uW_3.2782$X5.3...@ptah.visi.com...

> I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that
were popular
> about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now"
hosted by a

> funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had
been with

> the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall,
the shows
> were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
>
> The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his
books. Anyone
> heard of him ???
>
> Bill
> --

I was one of the faithful... can't remember much more than your
comments above, except that he had a restaurant on Cape Cod.

He certainly had a way of simplifying things... and I remember he
hated carob passionately. Said it came from his Weight Watcher
days, when he was "required" to substitute carob for chocolate.
Also recall his periodic comments about "Florida sugar" when it
clumped and refused to pour.

Have you asked at a bookstore about his books?

Scrooge

[weston...@gmail.com]

I packaged Franco & sold the pilot for Slim Cuisine to KOCE in Huntington Beach, CA in 1979. Franco died of AIDS.

[Dave Smith]

On 2015-02-22 19:00, weston...@gmail.com wrote:
> I packaged Franco & sold the pilot for Slim Cuisine to KOCE in
> Huntington Beach, CA in 1979. Franco died of AIDS.
>

Will this newbie be offended if any of us reply in a less than
welcoming manner?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I won't be offended. I see a lot of these dumbasses on other groups dredging up 10-15-20 year old posts and replying like someone had just posted a question a few hours before. And you never see these dummies again. (Thankfully)

[Jeßus]

Well, his post was pretty cryptic (at best) and...

[Ophelia]

<lucreti...@fl.it> wrote in message
news:qm4meapdctk6mjjpt...@4ax.com...

> Those are not necessarily posters actually reading the group. In one
> of my groups it was taken over - surreptitiously - by a setup that
> tranferred our posts to themselves, sold ads, and would plant
> questions from way back to keep their group looking as if everyone was
> active.
>
> We learned if the posters header showed 'gmail' or they dredged up an
> ancient post, don't do anything, ignore it. I did email the fake
> group concerned and threatened legal action if they continued to put
> what I posted up on their club (we didn't know what else to call it)
> The other thing that made them obvious was they asked a question but
> never displayed any interest in the answers.
>
> I think those places are now known as mirror groups, I dislike the
> fact that without a by your leave, they just take your post and
> publish it elsewhere. They stopped reflecting mine but still would
> use one from a poster who put a sig line with legalese about not
> republishing her posts. It would be there, sig line and all.

What we call 'taking the piss'!

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

[Janet]

In article <qm4meapdctk6mjjpt...@4ax.com>,
lucreti...@fl.it says...

>
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:47:57 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>

> Those are not necessarily posters actually reading the group. In one
> of my groups it was taken over - surreptitiously - by a setup that
> tranferred our posts to themselves, sold ads, and would plant
> questions from way back to keep their group looking as if everyone was
> active.

You've (roughly) described why the "banter" groups act as portals to
usenet. They use usenet groups as "rentacrowd" to attract paying
advertisers to the banter websites.


Janet UK

[Dave Smith]

If I am reading this right, you are suggesting that they are legitimate
posters being directed here. I find that hard to believe because almost
every one of them uses that same format, introducing themselves as new
to, interested in cooking and looking forward to participating in our forum.

[Janet]

In article <gVIGw.1088009$Lq6....@fx29.iad>, adavid...@sympatico.ca
says...

>
> On 2015-02-23 09:03, Janet wrote:
> > In article <qm4meapdctk6mjjpt...@4ax.com>,
> > lucreti...@fl.it says...
> >>
> >> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:47:57 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
> >> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 6:15:39 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2015-02-22 19:00, weston...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>> I packaged Franco & sold the pilot for Slim Cuisine to KOCE in
> >>>>> Huntington Beach, CA in 1979. Franco died of AIDS.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Will this newbie be offended if any of us reply in a less than
> >>>> welcoming manner?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I won't be offended. I see a lot of these dumbasses on other groups dredging up 10-15-20 year old posts and replying like someone had just posted a question a few hours before. And you never see these dummies again. (Thankfully)
> >>
> >> Those are not necessarily posters actually reading the group. In one
> >> of my groups it was taken over - surreptitiously - by a setup that
> >> tranferred our posts to themselves, sold ads, and would plant
> >> questions from way back to keep their group looking as if everyone was
> >> active.
> >
> > You've (roughly) described why the "banter" groups act as portals to
> > usenet. They use usenet groups as "rentacrowd" to attract paying
> > advertisers to the banter websites.
> >
> >
>
> If I am reading this right, you are suggesting that they are legitimate
> posters being directed here.

They are (other than the spammers who have found the banterwebsite,
just as they find usenet groups)

I find that hard to believe because almost
> every one of them uses that same format, introducing themselves as new
> to, interested in cooking and looking forward to participating in our forum.

That's how its members are told to introduce themselves. Unfortunately
they rarely find the thread again to pick up any replies. Membership is
free. The website earns income from advertising.Presumably usenet posts
count as websitepage hits so the advertisers think their advert is seen
by thousands.

Look for yourself. (quite safe)

http://www.foodbanter.com/general-cooking/

and if anyone doubts how profitable the (numerous) banter groups are,
take a look at their financial report (scroll down)

http://www.endole.co.uk/company/06271012/one-search-banter-limited


Janet UK

[dsi1]

My guess is that the answer to your question is a resounding "yes!" but
fuck him anyway. :-)

[Jeßus]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:52:47 -0400, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:47:57 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
><itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>

>Those are not necessarily posters actually reading the group. In one
>of my groups it was taken over - surreptitiously - by a setup that
>tranferred our posts to themselves, sold ads, and would plant
>questions from way back to keep their group looking as if everyone was
>active.
>

>We learned if the posters header showed 'gmail' or they dredged up an
>ancient post, don't do anything, ignore it. I did email the fake
>group concerned and threatened legal action if they continued to put
>what I posted up on their club (we didn't know what else to call it)
>The other thing that made them obvious was they asked a question but
>never displayed any interest in the answers.

That would be the 'banter' forums...

>I think those places are now known as mirror groups, I dislike the
>fact that without a by your leave, they just take your post and
>publish it elsewhere. They stopped reflecting mine but still would
>use one from a poster who put a sig line with legalese about not
>republishing her posts. It would be there, sig line and all.

Agreed. I don't much like any of the web page based stuff interfering
with Usenet.

[spamtr...@gmail.com]

I have no problem with people posting answers to a question like
"Whatever happened to?" If somebody is curious enough in the future
to google "Franco Palumbo," the answer will turn up next to the question.

[rosie]

On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> >
> >I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
> >about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
> >funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
> >the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
> >were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
> >
> >The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
> >heard of him ???
> >
> >Bill
> >--

> >=============================================================================
> > Bill and Cat St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com
> >
> > " It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring ! "
> > Calvin's Last Words 12/31/95
> >=============================================================================
> >

> I remember that show. If I'm not mistaken, he committed suicide, oh...around
> 1990 or so. (give or take a year).
>

> Sheryl
> Not a newbie. Just new to AOL.

Sheryl ! good to see you , Welcome back !!

[sf]

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:40:14 -0800 (PST), rosie <RMi10...@aol.com>
wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> > >
>
> Sheryl ! good to see you , Welcome back !!

Look at the date.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

[dsi1]

On 2/25/2015 3:52 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:40:14 -0800 (PST), rosie <RMi10...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>>>>
>>
>> Sheryl ! good to see you , Welcome back !!
>
> Look at the date.
>

Welcome, time travelers! A lot has changed since you were here last. Oh
boy have they changed!

[rosie]

Thanks Barbara, I didn't notice it !!

[sf]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:35:17 -0800 (PST), rosie <RMi10...@aol.com>

wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 7:52:12 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:40:14 -0800 (PST), rosie <RMi10...@aol.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> > > > >
> > >
> > > Sheryl ! good to see you , Welcome back !!
> >
> > Look at the date.
> >
> > --
> > A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>
> Thanks Barbara, I didn't notice it !!

YW. It happens. :)

[gregat...@gmail.com]

I went to school with Chef Franco at the University of Massachusetts, we were both in the restaurant and hotel program and members of Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity.
Franco was a very talented chef, with an incredable sense of humor. He had come to Umass after graduating from the CIA which at that time was still based on the campus of Yale university.
While at Umass he worked holidays at Mount Snow in Vermont and Martha's Vinyard during summer break. After collage he enroled in Weight Wachers and lost a lot of weight.
He was offered a job with Weight Wachers as their Executive Chef. I am not sure how many years he worked for them, but I believe that during that time he was on the TV show "whats my line" as
" The Chef who lost his pot".
He at some time, I think afer Weight Wachers had his TV show "Were Cooking Now". And opened a renowned restaurant in Provincetown Mass.
I had lost contact with Franco while he was working at Weight Wachers as I moved west to follow my culinary career.
I am proud to say that Chef Franco was a friend.
Gregory Ashe

[wayne.mich...@gmail.com]

For the record, my friend Franco did NOT commit subside, he passed from complications due to AIDS. He did his cooking show for Orlando public TV , we're cooking now. Franco also owned a very successful restaurant in Provincetown, where he also resided. I miss
My friend and think about him often. Orlando public tv published and sold a cookbook that Franco compiled for them called "from soup to nuts ". If anyone has a copy and would scan it and send it to me I would be ever so grateful. Please send me a copy. I lost my copy over the year and with moves.

Wayne Poisson
wmjp...@mac.com
860-232-4343

[FRANCO FRIEND]

Hi, I worked with Franco for many years in Weight Watchers test kitchens and I composed the recipes for all his shows. The series at KOCE and all 300 episode filmed for We're Cooking Now. What an amazing talented, generous man he was. I have all the recipes and cookbooks and VCR tapes of his shows, menus, barware, lights and memorabilia from his home and restaurant. Maybe someday I can do something with them. I even have some of his colorful sweaters. He was a fierce loyal friend and I miss him everyday. ML

[adam.g...@gmail.com]

On Friday, December 23, 2016 at 3:07:25 PM UTC-5, FRANCO FRIEND wrote:
> Hi, I worked with Franco for many years in Weight Watchers test kitchens and I composed the recipes for all his shows. The series at KOCE and all 300 episode filmed for We're Cooking Now. What an amazing talented, generous man he was. I have all the recipes and cookbooks and VCR tapes of his shows, menus, barware, lights and memorabilia from his home and restaurant. Maybe someday I can do something with them. I even have some of his colorful sweaters. He was a fierce loyal friend and I miss him everyday. ML

I knew Franco since I was 8 years old and worked in his restaurant in P-town during the summers of 88 and 89. I also rented a room in the bottom portion of his home while I worked for him He was an awesome person. I was thinking about his cooking show and was seeing if I could order tapes so I googled him and came to your post. Love to hear from you.

Adam

[greatma...@gmail.com]

[greatma...@gmail.com]

Just came across this--you can see Franco at the 4:22 minute point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Rr3rfdnDY

[awt...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Bill and Cat wrote:
> I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
> about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
> funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
> the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
> were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
>
> The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
> heard of him ???
>
> Bill
> --
> =============================================================================
> Bill and Cat St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com
>
> " It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring ! "
> Calvin's Last Words 12/31/95
> =============================================================================

I worked with Franco at Weight Watchers. I was an Area Director. Franco was Weight Watchers Executive Chef!! He did Cooking Demonstrations on TV too!!

[dpev...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Bill and Cat wrote:
> I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
> about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
> funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
> the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
> were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
>
> The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
> heard of him ???
>
> Bill
> --
> =============================================================================

> =============================================================================

Just decided to look Franco up on google on a whim -------------I worked with franco at Weight Watchers from 1969 to 1983 -- I was the franchise operations manager and Franco was the executive che

[Dave Smith]

Well, it has been more than six months since your last Franco brain fart.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

*SNORT*

[jmcquown]

I guess it's just too much to ask that Google Groupers check the dates
on posts before they reply.

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

And I don't know why they don't. The date is right there, staring them
in the face when they read or reply to a post.

[williamj...@gmail.com]

No, he did not commit suicide. He died from AIDS. I know because I contracted with him to do culinary demonstrations across the country for a client.

Bill

On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> >
> >I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
> >about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
> >funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
> >the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
> >were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
> >
> >The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
> >heard of him ???
> >
> >Bill
> >--
> >=============================================================================

> > Bill and Cat St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com
> >
> > " It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring ! "
> > Calvin's Last Words 12/31/95
> >=============================================================================
> >

[Ed Pawlowski]

Thanks for clearing that up. For the past 20 years we've had wrong
information but now we know the truth. Had you not come along we would
have continued to perpetuate the myth.

Sheryl has also passed, sadly, not knowing the truth.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 8:33:38 AM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On 11/11/2019 5:36 AM, williamj...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > No, he did not commit suicide. He died from AIDS. I know because I contracted with him to do culinary demonstrations across the country for a client.
> >
> > Bill
> >

> Thanks for clearing that up. For the past 20 years we've had wrong
> information but now we know the truth. Had you not come along we would
> have continued to perpetuate the myth.
>
> Sheryl has also passed, sadly, not knowing the truth.
>

Ever notice it's a l w a y s some dope from Gmail who bursts in with these
pertinent replies???

[Bruce]

I see a lot worse here.

[Jeßus]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 02:36:19 -0800 (PST), williamj...@gmail.com
wrote:

>No, he did not commit suicide. He died from AIDS. I know because I contracted with him to do culinary demonstrations across the country for a client.
>
>Bill

Hey, thanks for that Bill. I've been waiting 20 years for
clarification on this post. Now I can move on with my life.

[Jeßus]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:51:16 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

I think it's been 20 years now since Google took up the Usenet archive
(from Deja?) and swore to maintain it? Instead they naturally mangled
it and renamed it 'google groups'. Hence all the stupid posts from
clueless morons.

[jmcquown]

True, but it's not as rampant as it once was. Years back it was so bad
I literally k/f'd the entire gmail domain for a while.

Jill

[jmcquown]

Yep, newsgroups was pretty much a Google afterthought. They set up a
way for people to access [some] newsgroups then pretty much walked away
from it. There's no money in it.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

Yep. I did that for a while too. There were one or to gmail users making
contributions to the group and a couple dozen idiots, or, more likely,
3 or 4 each using multiple usernames.

[Jeßus]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:46:21 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Yep. Google *promised* to take care of the archive and maintain it.
Well, it's never been the same since they took it over.

> There's no money in it.

Except for spammers and scammers who post to it now, because their
posts will show up in google searches without any danger of being
removed. Thanks again Google <thumbs up>.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Yeah. They go to Google Groups for the first time and can't be bothered
to look at the dates on the posts they've viewing.

Cindy Hamilton

[rrick...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, 24 November 1999 03:00:00 UTC-5, Bill and Cat wrote:
> I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
> about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
> funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
> the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
> were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
>
> The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
> heard of him ???
>
> Bill
> --
> =============================================================================
> Bill and Cat St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com
>
> " It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring ! "
> Calvin's Last Words 12/31/95
> =============================================================================

Hello and yes I remember Chef Franco, I still have the sheet of his recipes and use them, they are great and now with WW being more flexible these are worth another look. Why is it the really talented seem to die young he was amazing. I was hoping to find more of his work but it seems that no one saved them or some other reason they are lost.

rrick...@gmail.com 5/8/2020

[aharl...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Bill and Cat wrote:
> I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
> about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
> funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
> the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
> were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
>
> The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
> heard of him ???
>
> Bill
> --
> =============================================================================
> Bill and Cat St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com
>
> " It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring ! "
> Calvin's Last Words 12/31/95
> =============================================================================

I remember Franco. I loved that show. I bought his cooking recipe cards and over the years and several moves, I've lost them. I would love to get a new/old set. I'm sad that he committed Suicide. Didn't realize he was struggling. We don't do justice in this country to help people with mental illness. Once he started a towel on fire (too close to the flame) and called it "towel flambe". He cut an "eggplant" in half and there was an egg inside of it. Great fun and good recipes.

[aharl...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Bill and Cat wrote:
> I was going through so old video tapes of cooking shows that were popular
> about 10 years ago, and found some called " We're Cooking Now" hosted by a
> funny little guy named Franco Palumbo. The show said that he had been with
> the CIA, Weight Watchers, and was also an author. As I recall, the shows
> were produced in Florida, but he was from New England.
>
> The shows are gone, and I can find any trace of him or his books. Anyone
> heard of him ???
>
> Bill
> --
> =============================================================================
> Bill and Cat St. Cloud, Minnesota hilb...@cloudnet.com
>
> " It's A Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy... ...Let's Go Exploring ! "
> Calvin's Last Words 12/31/95
> =============================================================================

I'd love to have a set of his recipe cards.

[Dave Smith]

I would love to have someone post about Franco every couple months.

[jeff collins]

As a kid in the 80's appreciating cooking because of my Italian Grandparents, when I first saw We're cooking now I was hooked. We're Cooking Now was probably the first cooking show that I really watched. My Mom would take down occasional recipes, and my brothers and I always enjoyed watching him. He was funny, personable and as a 10 year old kid I learned from him and really fell in love with cooking. We went to Disney World in February of 1986 and I was almost as excited that I was going to the place where the show was taped, unfortunately they weren't shooting then.

Its disappointing that there is so little about him on the internet. No clips of old shows on You Tube and I can't find any books or recipes. He deserves better, and his shows would be great to see again and introduce to a new generation.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I like and support people forging long term regulars such as Dave
Smith on RFC.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."

[bruce bowser]

I'd rather hear about Martha Stewart and Julia Child.

[Lucretia Borgia]

Someone says Franco to me and I think Generalissimo Franco, he ran
Spain when my parents first retired there and even on their small
island it was easy to know you were in a dictatorship :(

[GM]

Franco was a great leader, he saved Spain from descending into leftist/communist chaos...

--
GM

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-06-18 12:52 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 06:28:14 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser

would love to have someone post about Franco every couple months.
>>
>> I'd rather hear about Martha Stewart and Julia Child.
>
> Someone says Franco to me and I think Generalissimo Franco, he ran
> Spain when my parents first retired there and even on their small
> island it was easy to know you were in a dictatorship :(
>

When I hear about Generalissimo Frano I think about the old Saturday
Night Live news updates where they would say France is still sleeping.

[Hank Rogers]

Sort of like trump?

[GM]

Trump didn't stop the US from descending into leftist/communist chaos, Hank...

--
Best
Greg

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, June 18, 2021 at 12:19:36 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> When I hear about Generalissimo Frano I think about the old Saturday
> Night Live news updates where they would say France is still sleeping.
>

The one I remember from SNL is "Generalissimo Franco is still dead."

[Lucretia Borgia]

He was the epitome of Communist Leadership - think Putin, they're so
alike and treat their countrymen with the same disregard.

[Lucretia Borgia]

Much to the relief of everyday Spanish who were alive during his
regime.

[Dave Smith]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:06:13 -0700 (PDT), GM
<gregorymorr...@gmail.com> wrote:

GM loves a fascist leader. Typical.

--
Bruce

[Ed Pawlowski]

He actually facilitated it.

[Dave Smith]

Dictators tend to be popular in their own country. Look at Putin. Look
at Erdogan.

--
Bruce

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-06-18 2:47 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:06:13 -0700 (PDT), GM
>
>>

>> Franco was a great leader, he saved Spain from descending into leftist/communist chaos...
>
> He was the epitome of Communist Leadership - think Putin, they're so
> alike and treat their countrymen with the same disregard.
>

Curiously, he fought against the communists. He was a Fascist. That's a
term that a lot of lefties like to hurl at people who disagree with
them, but he was one.

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-06-17 11:07 p.m., jeff collins wrote:
> As a kid in the 80's appreciating cooking because of my Italian Grandparents, when I first saw We're cooking now I was hooked. We're Cooking Now was probably the first cooking show that I really watched. My Mom would take down occasional recipes, and my brothers and I always enjoyed watching him. He was funny, personable and as a 10 year old kid I learned from him and really fell in love with cooking. We went to Disney World in February of 1986 and I was almost as excited that I was going to the place where the show was taped, unfortunately they weren't shooting then.
>
> Its disappointing that there is so little about him on the internet. No clips of old shows on You Tube and I can't find any books or recipes. He deserves better, and his shows would be great to see again and introduce to a new generation.
>

Perhaps you need to appeal to the RFC cabal to appoint someone to
remind us regularly about Various uses have been trolling RFC foe more
than 20 years with the same question. Apparently, no one here gives a shit.

[Lucretia Borgia]

I disagree, as I watch Putin - he always reminds me of what life was
like for the Spanish in that era. When my father died and I went
over to sell the house etc. I was chilled when the Guardia Civilia
suddenly arrived at the door and queried what right I felt I had to
sell the property etc etc. Later that evening, one of them returned
in mufti and consoled me and said not to worry, he was going to smooth
the path. It seemed my father was always giving him foreign stamps
which he appreciated and he had spent time with my parents just
sitting chatting and he knew we were no threat whatsoever. Just the
same, it was clear indication of how it could be if you had to live
with a dictator like Franco.

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-06-18 7:20 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:19:20 -0400, Dave Smith
> <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 2021-06-18 2:47 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:06:13 -0700 (PDT), GM
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Franco was a great leader, he saved Spain from descending into leftist/communist chaos...
>>>
>>> He was the epitome of Communist Leadership - think Putin, they're so
>>> alike and treat their countrymen with the same disregard.
>>>
>>
>> Curiously, he fought against the communists. He was a Fascist. That's a
>> term that a lot of lefties like to hurl at people who disagree with
>> them, but he was one.
>
> I disagree, as I watch Putin - he always reminds me of what life was
> like for the Spanish in that era.

So you are going to continue to argue that Franco was the epitome of a
Communist Leader despite the fact that he was very definitely opposed to
communism ?

[dsi1]

Hitler and the Americans fought against the commies. Putin is kind of a dick. That's the breaks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGdsAzUVUnA

[Lucretia Borgia]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:57:25 -0400, Dave Smith

That did not exclude him from behaving like a Communist leader!
However, I am sure you know better than me even though I was actually
there.

[Dave Smith]

Franco behaved like a communist leader... what's wrong with people
these days? You can't just call everything you don't like 'communist'.
It's a fairly specific term. Didn't all y'all go to school when you
was young?

--
Bruce

[Cindy Hamilton]

I think the term you are looking for is one of these: dictator, despot,
autocrat, tyrant.

Communism is an economic system. One that must be enforced at
gunpoint, since it runs counter to human nature. Oh, it works small-scale
and when you can get the participants to do so voluntarily. As in
the monastic life.

Cindy Hamilton

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-06-19 6:47 a.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:57:25 -0400, Dave Smith
>

>> So you are going to continue to argue that Franco was the epitome of a
>> Communist Leader despite the fact that he was very definitely opposed to
>> communism ?
>
> That did not exclude him from behaving like a Communist leader!
> However, I am sure you know better than me even though I was actually
> there.
>

Feel free to complain to your friends about the guy in RFC who dared to
tell you that Franco was not a communist.

[Lucretia Borgia]

However, when you look at countries like Russia, their leaders,
Stalin, Putin etc are definitely, along with Franco, dictators and
despots, autocrats etc. I am referring to the person and behaviour
more than political affinity.

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-06-19 12:28 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>> KMS551W9 On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 05:37:51 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton

>> Communism is an economic system. One that must be enforced at
>> gunpoint, since it runs counter to human nature. Oh, it works small-scale
>> and when you can get the participants to do so voluntarily. As in
>> the monastic life.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> However, when you look at countries like Russia, their leaders,
> Stalin, Putin etc are definitely, along with Franco, dictators and
> despots, autocrats etc. I am referring to the person and behaviour
> more than political affinity.
>

Despots are depots and history as shown us time and again that when the
population rises up and overthrows a regime the new regime is usually
every bit as oppressive as the one it overthrew. The Russians can hardly
be faulted for revolting against the tsar. The comunists were not the
only faction that fought against them. They were more organized and
were able to take control. The same happened in Cuba where Batista's
corrupt and oppressive regime was fighting a number of enemies, but it
was the communists who ended up with the most support. The Chinese
rebelled against corrupt and oppressive government. In all three cases,
the new regime was as repressive as the old. It even happened in the
US. The victorious Patriots harassed the Tories so much that 10% of
the population left the newly formed country to settle in other British
territories.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Didn't all those guys have brown or black hair? Might as well say
"brunette" as "communist".

Cindy Hamilton

[Bryan Simmons]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:00:42 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton

I like and support 'Bruce' forging long term regulars such as Dave

[Gary]

[Sheldon Martin]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 05:37:51 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Bryan Simmons]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 07:47:55 -0300, Lucretia Borgia

[dsi1]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 05:37:51 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Dave Smith]

Yet you said Franco behaved like a Communist leader. If that's not a
reference to political affinity, I'll eat my hat.

--
Bruce

[Gary]

[Sheldon Martin]

[Hank Rogers]

Thank god trump is blonde :)

[Sheldon Martin]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 14:27:27 -0500, Hank Rogers <Nos...@invalid.com>
wrote:

[dsi1]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 14:27:27 -0500, Hank Rogers <Nos...@invalid.com>
wrote:

[Jenn Albom]

On Friday, December 23, 2016 at 2:07:25 PM UTC-6, FRANCO FRIEND wrote:
> Hi, I worked with Franco for many years in Weight Watchers test kitchens and I composed the recipes for all his shows. The series at KOCE and all 300 episode filmed for We're Cooking Now. What an amazing talented, generous man he was. I have all the recipes and cookbooks and VCR tapes of his shows, menus, barware, lights and memorabilia from his home and restaurant. Maybe someday I can do something with them. I even have some of his colorful sweaters. He was a fierce loyal friend and I miss him everyday. ML
Did you ever do anything with his recipes? I had a batch of recipe cards once, and they were great! Lost them over the years and would love to see the apple coffee cake again someday...

[Sheldon Martin]

I remember someone with the name Palumbo posting here but it was many
years ago, however I don't remember the name Franco... except on
canned pasta Franco American. Had to be more than twenty years ago.
Maybe?
https://www.amazon.com/Were-Cooking-Chef-Franco-Palumbo/dp/B000A178HC

[Cindy Hamilton]

Franco Palumbo (1943-1995) was an American chef, Provincetown, Massachusetts restaurateur, and teacher. He was formally the executive chef of Weight Watchers International and hosted a cooking show in the 1980's called "We're Cooking Now"
<https://en.everybodywiki.com/Franco_Palumbo>

You're welcome.

Cindy Hamilton

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-01-26 11:26 a.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
Lost them over the years and would love to see the apple coffee cake
again someday...
>
> I remember someone with the name Palumbo posting here but it was many
> years ago, however I don't remember the name Franco... except on
> canned pasta Franco American. Had to be more than twenty years ago.
> Maybe?
> https://www.amazon.com/Were-Cooking-Chef-Franco-Palumbo/dp/B000A178HC

I don't remember a poster by that name but it's hard not to recognize
the name because once or twice a year someone drags it out.

[Ed Pawlowski]

There are some unrelated Palumbo's restaurants around the country. I
recall it from Philadelphia, a popular spot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palumbo%27s

Not to be confused with the one in Temecula, CA or Canton OH, Tinton
Falls, NJ or Naples, FL