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Sandra Lee’s “Driver-Friendly” Cocktail Has Vodka In It
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While scouring the Food Network’s website for the funniest Sandra Lee recipe reviews (stay tuned, post coming later this week), I stumbled upon Sandra’s Cruisin’ Cooler cocktail. The show description says the beverage is “driver-friendly” but the recipe calls for vodka:
On what planet is VODKA a driver-friendly beverage? This woman is out of her mind. The fact that the recipe only calls for a “splash” of vodka is no justification, either.
“But officer! It was just a SPLASH of vodka. You can’t arrest me! Sandra Lee said it was driver friendly!”
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Yeah, I think we know what measure her “splash” would be. Definitely not driver friendly.
I really think that in Sandra’s strange little world, vodka = water. Seriously, she uses so much of it, that I really don’t think it even occurs to her anymore that it is, indeed, a potent, alcoholic beverage. After reading this, I feel like using my own money to pay for a cop to sit at both ends of Sandra’s street and wait for her vodka-laced self to pull out of her driveway. “But officer, it was just a ‘splash’ of vodka, and I mixed it with Cool Whip first!”
Dumb, but you gotta admire her dedication though. They need to interview her for Modern Drunkard Magazine.
The best part are the reviews. I went to the FN site and read the reviews of this travesy. They range mostly from “digusting” to “offensive”. One person loved it but stated that he or she was actually used to drinking Gatorade with “just” vodka so Aunt Sandy’s drink was really creative (sigh).
If she wanted to make a driver friendly why did she even add the splash of vodka? It’t not like the drink will taste any different if the vodka wasnt in there, it is supposed to flavorless booze, right? Maybe she drinks the cheap-o stuff like Fleischmanns and that adds a certain undertone of gut-rot that really make her Cruisin’ Cooler Shine.
Lets not forget to mention the fact that this cocktail mixes tropical fruit Gatorade, ginger ale, apple juice and melon vodka. That’s almost as disgusting as her beer buffet, where she mixed coffee liqueur and beer. What a nut job.
Sounds like it’d taste like coffee and beer, which is something people have been doing for ages.
What is that called…an irish car bomb? I’ve seen people drink that at irish bars.
A car bomb is Irish Whisky and Irish Cream dropped into a glass of Guiness and then chugged. I too find car bombs to be disgusting, as they will curdle in your mouth if you don’t drink them fast enough. That being said, there is a big difference between a car bomb and stirring some Van Gough espresso vodka into your lager. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. I was floored by the number of people that gave her Beer Bloody Mary a positive review. Another vomit comet if you ask me, but perhaps I’m wrong?
The only point of an Irish Car Bomb is to get as drunk as you can as fast as you can. Sounds like a frat boy thing to me. I drink certain alcohols because I like the way they taste, not just a bid to get drunk. I have no problem with getting a good buzz on, but I can’t see the appeal of getting absolutely blotto. That being said, Irish Car Bombs taste like ass mixed with ass and are an absolute waste of good beer and good whisky.
Of course maybe I’m just a bore because I don’t see the point of drinking games either.
And a Beer Bloody Mary sounds like an un-holy mess to me. Of course isn’t Un-Holy Mess Snad’s nickname?
Is the Gatorade supposed to refuel the guests at her racetrack tailgate? The lights might be on, but no one’s home. Seriously what does Andy Cuomo see in her? She’s thin and semi-pretty but has major boob saggage. Money attracts money?
*facepalm* Only Sandra would think of doing something like that…
It’s the last ingredient in the russipie, so it’s like adding a celery stalk to a bloody mary…
Rmember that Aunt(hic)(berpf)Sandy lives in ‘Sandy World” where vodka is a food group.
I don’t think it’s physically possible for her to make a totally virgin drink; unless it’s for Brycer of course.
I’m pretty sure there was some Bacardi in Brycer’s Birthday Smoothie.
Hell, why do you think “Brycer” wants to come to Aunt Shhhandys (hic) house? Everytime I hear her call him “Brycer” or “Brycie” I just want to punch an old lady or a baby. I swear that kid will grow up to be a contestant on Rupaul’s Drag Race.
Hey Emily, don’t be trashing Rupaul! We know she’s not serving up ‘benadryl’!!!
It’s aunt sAAndy’s form of “benadryl.” I wasn’t trashing Rupaul by any means. I love me some Ru, but I can see “Brycie” becoming a drag queen that has to color coordinate his dresses, hair and makeup to his surroundings.
Gatorade and vodka??? Sounds absolutely disgusting
Totally vile. I had better taste than that when I was a freshman in college.
That’s our white trash gal Can’t Sandy! Gatorade in a cocktail! WTF people.
She’s trying to keep your electrolytes in balance while you get drunk.
How can she have gone to culinary school, and be a worst cook than a McDonald’s line cook!
I believe she attended, but then dropped out of Le Cordon Bleu. Apparently they didn’t spend enough time on table scaping, and they made her make her own whipped cream.
You’re such a silly party-pooper, Jill. Don’t you know that the more splashes of vodka you drink, the better you drive !
Anyhow, Sandy’s never worried about DUI’s – she knows how to talk(blow) her way out of a ticket ;)
Now she just tells the officer “do you know who my boyfriend is?”
YUMM-O!
whoopsie wrong bimbo…
PERFECTION! now where did I put my car keys?
I’ve mixed gatorade w/ vodka before. it’s not bad. not great, but not bad.
anyways w/ a dui buried ten years in my past, drinking and driving not only ain’t cool, it just cannot be done. plain and simple.
Sandra Lee and the Food Network are fucking idiots for saying vodka is “driver friendly.” As someone who lost my best friend to a drunk driver 10 years ago, this makes me want to throw up. They should be ashamed.
Well put Alexis. Lost a cousin to a drunk dad letting his 14-year-old drive. Not acceptable FN.
Is anybody else thinking we should e-mail Food Network illustrating this hypocrisy and ask them to change or remove the “driver-friendly” reference?
Just did ADITL1979. Good suggestion. I suspect it will have absolutely NO effect whatsoever.
I think somebody definitely needs and earful about this!
I did mine earlier too…I mean, come on, a “splash” of vodka…that could be anywhere from a teaspoon to two jiggers, depending on how tipsy I am at the time. How is that anywhere NEAR responsible?
exactly, and besides they should know better that people are going to justify the meaning of “splash”. It’s ridiculous to allow Sandy to say “driver friendly”.
Did anyone watch this episode? I honestly don’t think she would say that (her lawyers would have stopped it)…it is probably some overeager intern web designer.
I would also like to know if anyone watched or recorded this episode, and if so, whether Aunt Sandy actually said “driver-friendly” in the show.
Hmm…Gatorade and vodka? Sounds like a drink we made back in the day before high school dances. Is this woman serious? Whenever she puts a “splash” or any kind of alcohol in a drink on her show it looks more like 1-2 shots…if pulled over, that could be a serious issue. Aunt Sandy and Food Network should re-think this one…
P.S…what exactly is the point of a “splash” or vodka? Why not just make it a virgin drink? Does a splash really add any kind of positive flavor value to this drink? She’s running out of ideas!
Driver friendly? Yeah. Maybe if you’re a regular drinker. If not, then that “splash” of vodka may affect you more than you expect.
In Sandra’s world, instead of 90% water, she is 90% vodka
I have to point out the fact that the only person that left a positive comment on the recipe is named Betty Ford. Coincidence? I think not.
I noticed that too! lol!
Betty Ford comment has been removed. I guess THAT was considered tasteless by FN.
The name of the reviewer was not Betty Ford, the reviewer was FROM Betty ford, California!
Average Human is 60% to 70% water
Aunt Sandy is 60% to 70% ethanol
I meant 60% on my comment ;)
On another note, that whole show got horrible reviews. Each and every recipe!
I wouldn’t go by the star listing…a lot of people post 1 or 5 stars even before actually trying the recipe, just to express hate or love towards the person.
That said, I’m sure the star rating on this one is probably accurate…knock it down a half a star for lack of Cool Whip, though.
She should be ashamed of herself, publishing a horrid drink like that. Gatorade???? That’s flat out disgusting. She couldn’t make a proper cocktail if her life depended on it.
However, a glass of wine technically is “driver friendly” for most adults. Until you’re over the legal limit, you can drive with alcohol in your system…
Though a “splash” from Sandra could end up more like a full glass of straight vodka. You never know with her.
Just one point. I didn’t see this episode, but it appears to have been geared for a day at the track. In harness-racing, the person in the sulkie (cart) is called a “driver,” as opposed to a “jockey,” who rides the horse in thoroughbred racing.
It could have been a simple play on horse racing terminology.
Just a thought.
No, Definition. Sandra Lee’s talking about a CAR RACE TRACK. Not a horse race track. This episode was filmed at the Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut.
http://www.speedbowl.com/
Yeah, okay. Then it’s just ridiculous.
Im so tired of all this bashing!
If you read the Food Network’s Terms of Use Policy, Section 3 (Website Access and Use), Subsection B, Article 9 it clearly states…”Furthermore, except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use or applicable Additional Terms, you may not: (ix) encourage conduct that violates any local, state or federal law, either civil or criminal, etc…”
(that includes drinking and driving people!)
Its a fun drink for people at a tailgate party at the track, in her instructions she doesnt say “hand to driver”…so lighten up!
Then why visit here?
because Jillian is a funny lesbian
Stand up for her all you want. She was wrong to insinuate it’s ok for drivers to be drinking vodka. She clearly said “driver friendly” – not “passenge friendly” or “tailgate goer friendly.”
You have your panties in a crunch like Fergie grabbing here peeno…relax
food network is for entertainment, not literal translation, their terms of use policy states that if you support illegal behavior then you should not use the site…that was my point, yea sandy is a lush, but its for tv..
Sandra Lee is a character to sell commercials, to people who are actually home at noon, are you?
if it was “sleigh driver approved” egg nog would it be any different? its marketing, wording, and fair play
cheers!
It’s a fun drink for drivers? Drinking and driving IS AGAINST THE LAW. FN doesn’t even follow it’s own policies. So buy posting this russipie they “encourage conduct that violates any local, state or federal law, either civil or criminal, etc…”
There is a fine line there
they are entertainment, you agree to view their site without violating their policies, even if they violate your moral standards (and mine) you choose to view it
you are correct, they do
but if you CHOOSE to log on and view it then you violate their policy.
thats my point
See, funny thing, fottocini, but I only watch Ina on FN. I can’t stand the untalented ‘personalities’ that Bob Doucheman and his cronies pawn off as professional cooks/chefs. The only ‘fine line’ is that you choose to give them a pass. Most of the posters here may poke fun but promoting drinking and driving IS NOT FUNNY. NEVER HAS BEEN. NEVER WILL BE. So perhaps you should move along.
Fottocini ? Is that you ? Aunt Sandy’s manicurist ? Why are you sucking up to this bimbo ? She gives you $5.00 tips /
It’s very sad that FN thought that this would be a good thing to post. They just seem to keep finding way to lower the bar.
Then there are these pathetic idiots who have bothered to try this abomination and offer constructive criticism.
Keep in mind that Snads is from Wisconsin. I moved here 5 years ago, and drinking is considered a sport around here. I even had a former co-worker complain that she couldn’t drink on her 30th birthday because she was pregnant. I pointed out that my cousin died in a car accident on my 30th birthday–that shut her right up.
The person above who said it’s not like she said hand it to the driver, what do you suppose “driver-friendly” meant exactly?
I noticed that when I lived there as well. I figured people drank so much because it was so damb cold and and they would keep themselves half cocked with antifreeze just to stave off the cold.
Sandra Lee was born in Los Angeles and spent much of her youth in Washington state. She supposedly “attended” the University of Wisconsin at La Cross, but there is no indication that she graduated. Aunt Sandy probably spent more time hitting than the bottles than the books ;)
Really? I get accosted constantly by people around here for not liking her. They’re biggest defense is that she’s a Wisconsin girl. Like I’m somehow insulting the state because I don’t like Sandy. Well I don’t like the Bodeans or Cheap Trick either.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate here. It does say a “splash,” and if you’re making a pitcher of cocktails and add a splash, not even the casual drinker would get drunk off of it.
Define splash.
I think it’ll be just that, a splash. Now, if it had said “one part,” and we know what Sandy means when she says “one part” (ie. half the bottle), then I would be worried.
In Sandy’s world, a “splash” probably refers to the amount of water that is needed to fill a child’s wading pool :)
In Sandy’s world, a “splash” probably refers to the amount of water that is needed to fill a child’s wading pool :)
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Not only would this taste disgusting, I remember being told long ago that it’s not wise to mix alcohol and electrolytes.
@bon appetit – the person in the FN comment section who said that they’re used to drinking gatorade and vodka also claimed to be from Betty Ford, California. I think that comment was intended to point out that only a major lush (or Auntie Shandy) would combine the two.
Just noticed that from a comment up thread. I think the Betty Ford comment has now been removed.
The comment is still there, you have to view all. Apparently everyone at Betty Ford enjoys Gatorade as a mixer for their vodka. I hear it goes well with a Xanex chaser.
I love how in the synopsis of the episode it says that Aunt Sandy is going to “grill a perfect meal? fast!” Like, even the writers don’t think her stuff is food, but she’ll cook whatever it is fast!
To be honest, you can’t knock this drink she came up with – How many times have you or anyone else had a glass or two of wine when out to dinner or a few beers after work and have driven home?
This drink guaranteed has less alcohol then a beer or glass of wine.
I agree with Nick. To pretend that no one drinks socially and then gets behind the wheel of a car is absurd, and often such people’s BAC remains below the legal limit.
Furthermore, I actually saw an episode where a drink Sandra made called for a “splash” of something. (No, I wasn’t watching on purpose.) She literally poured some into the bottlecap and put that much in the drink. Calm down, guys.
Anyway, the biggest problem with this drink is clearly the Gatorade, not the vodka.
If you consider the amount of liquor that Sandy the Drunk drinks in one day, I am quite sure that a “splash” is not even enough to register in her system.
GATORADE. Wtf. Gatorade belongs in frat boy concoctions…not real cocktails (not that anything she makes is remotely real).