I keep seeing posts assigning her "cooking methods" to that of the Great American Mid-Western Snowhonkey, and I must say I'm appalled. Those lutefisk-huffing, casserole-toasting, unvegetable-salading, bland cookie-baking Scandinavian rejects don't use even half the amounts of sugar, grease or salt that she does. Even the tubby old farts up there don't give each other the beetus with non-dessert items. Just stay away from the Charlie Brown pie and you won't slip into a coma.
That being said, her "cooking" from what I've seen is 100% dead-on Mid-Western in attempt, just not in spirit or execution.
Take the macaroni salad as an example; greatly reduce the amounts of everything but the pasta and vegetables, axe the sugar altogether before adding a couple pounds of diced rotisserie chicken or drained canned tuna to get authentic Wisconsin/Minnesota church potluck food, don'cha know. Don't go easy on the onion powder, cracked black pepper or diced celery before you let it set in the fridge overnight for the flavors to properly meld. That stuff makes for better lettuce wrap filling than it has any right to.
