Have you ever made biscuits? If not then what is your problem with what she does? I would say she has way more practical experience than you do and has earned the right to call herself what she wants.

 

Jerry, it’s a name for her business. It is NONE of your business. Get off your arrogant high horse.

Pioneers were survivors, not necessarily teachers. You are so out of line, I am boggled.

Have you read any of Jerry's other posts on HT? He has a slightly different "view" on things and his questions sometimes reflect that.

 

Jerry, it’s a name for her business. It is NONE of your business. Get off your arrogant high horse.

 

Pioneers were survivors, not necessarily teachers. You are so out of line, I am boggled.

 

Have you read any of Jerry's other posts on HT? He has a slightly different "view" on things and sometimes his questions reflect that.

 

I think if she's using the word pioneer to describe her lifestyle and ambitions she's using the wrong word. She needs to find a substitute word for who and what she is and does.

She may be somewhat innovative in her reliance on and use of modern technology and her dependence on the media that supports her but she isn't original in what she does, and she most definitely isn't a pioneer in the true sense of the word.

I think she's stuck for a word. What do you think would be a more appropriate word for her to use for herself?

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Maybe INFLUENCER would be a better word, but that is old hat now since everyone and their dog is a wannabe influencer today.

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"The Influencer Woman"?
Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

 

Jerryberry is female and we have interacted with her plenty on both the forum and PM's.

 

I spoke firmly to Jerry because I have known her long enough to be able to be honest.

I forgot my own rule of never making assumptions. Three strikes for me on this one... I assumed Jerry was a guy and I assumed both of you were just being harsh. My apologies on all accounts.

 

How Did Ree Get Her Pioneer Woman Nickname?

It all started as a joke!

www.thepioneerwoman.com

It was a nickname that seems to fit her experience.

 

I thought being a Pioneer is practicing the same skills they did in the 1800s.

 

There is nothing real about reality TV

 

Lol I thought she used the term pioneer because she lived what she considered way out in the sticks. I considered her living in downright populated country, but that is just me. I use her tortilla recipe more than I use the one an old Mexican taught us.

 

"Pioneer woman"? Never heard of her.

 

I spoke firmly to Jerry because I have known her long enough to be able to be honest.

 

I think people make assumptions. She started out as a blogger, and the name was tongue in cheek. Her success grew from the blog.

“Drummond began blogging in May 2006, initially using the subdomainpioneerwoman.typepad.com within the Typepad blogging service. She registered her own domain thepioneerwoman.com on October 18, 2006. Drummond's blog, The Pioneer Woman, was originally titled Confessions of a Pioneer Woman.

 

Thank you.

 

I don't mean to be angry about it. I just find the name misleading because the audience might assume she's going to teach them the ins and outside of homesteading.

 

But Hey, That's just me! What do you think HT? Is "The Pioneer Woman" carrying on the spirits of the Oregon trail or is she just a Pioneer by name just because she's hitched to a rancher?

Or...is it much ado about nothing?

 

People will market whatever's profitable.

 

I'm sorry that I'm angry about a food network celebrity but I find the name misleading because people might assume she's a Pioneer teaching them about homesteading. I just don't understand why is she burns my bacon. I get she's practical and making food from scratch but it'll be nice if she can teach the audience how to grow, raise, forage, harvest and process their own food rather than heavily rely on some big box store for items you can DIY.

 

If I’m not mistaken, she’s a city girl that married a rancher and knew nothing about ranching or rural living.

It may not be literal but early on, she did see herself as exploring a totally new world. Was pioneer the correct term? Likely not but she has marketed her journey and her lifestyle very well and she has a very lucrative business.

 

I don’t know if I read her blog or her 1st?? book long ago, but she wrote of her romance and how she ended up on a ranch, cute story, I liked her style of writing all about it.
Everyone seems to write a Cookbook these days, and she took that a step further with a product line of colorful kitchenware.
Good for her.

 

Marketing and authenticity rarely coexist. However, you don't need dirt floors and a 4' drop in your outhouse to be considered "pioneerish".

 

Don't you need to practice homesteading to be a pioneer?

 

City girl that found herself married and living on a huge ranch where she had to learn to cook in a different setting than she was accustomed to. Going to the country was probably becoming a pioneer in her city girl eyes. Just watch the show and use the recipes she provides. The Mexican macaroni salad is pretty good stuff but needs more cumin and some chili powder. I make it for large groups because it makes a lot.

 

the thing about it is - can't really believe the tel-lie-vision

 

I've seen her branded products in Walmart. Most are pretty enough with the pastel colors and flowers but they aren't anything I would buy. Other than that I don't know anything about her or the merchandise that bears her trademark.

 

She makes no secret of what she is and what she does. If she wanted to call herself the queen of the plains, what difference does it make?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ree_Drummond

I don't know why but everytime I see and hear about "The Pioneer Woman", it burns my biscuits because I don't think she's a real Pioneer. She calls herself a Pioneer just because she's married to a rancher.

Her marriage may be fact but her practice is straight false! A true Pioneer is supposed to teach the general audience how to grow, raise, forage, harvest and process their own food rather than heavily rely on some big box store for items a person can make from scratch at home. She should rely on her sponsor for canning and food dehydrator supplies.

But Hey, That's just me! What do you think HT? Is "The Pioneer Woman" carrying on the spirits of the Oregon trail or is she just a Pioneer by name just because she's hitched to a rancher?

Questioning someone's Pioneer credentials, by someone who can't cook, milk a cow, has never grown a garden, chopped wood, or done anything that homesteaders and pioneers did every day. Maybe the rancher got "hitched" to her because she could do something other than just talk about homesteading. Like, I don't know cook, raise children, or start her own You Tube channel, and actually have something useful to say.

 

I have heard people visiting friends in the suburbs on the edge of town who raised rabbits say to them "Oh you country people."
I have heard others who lived in a nice house on a tiny lot on a blacktop road referred to as "living in the sticks".
I have also met people growing gardens on their apartment balconies who knew more about plants and growing techniques than I did.
Probably shouldn't judge the book by it's cover.

 

I have heard others who lived in a nice house on a tiny lot on a blacktop road referred to as "living in the sticks".

That's me!

I'm not really living "in the sticks". I've seen places that were really out in nowheresville. There was a very lovely place we saw in Alaska, after driving more than 12 hours on gravel then dirt roads. I was truly jealous.

 

I have read her book. Twice I think. I like the way she writes.
I have watched her on TV. Her family has bassets. We have one.

Is she a true pioneer ?
I don't know, I don't care.
They own a big ranch. Raising their family. Working hard.
She just found a way to make money doing what she likes.
That's not a bad thing.

 

I have read her book. Twice I think. I like the way she writes.
I have watched her on TV. Her family has bassets. We have one.

Is she a true pioneer ?
I don't know, I don't care.
They own a big ranch. Raising their family. Working hard.
She just found a way to make money doing what she likes.
That's not a bad thing.

It would be nice if I she can teach the audience the ins and outs of homesteading.