All In The Family

Boy, howdy, do I have a great show

Today, y'all, my nephew Jay and son Bobby are in the kitchen with me

and we're gonna keep this brunch all in the family with my niece, Kari's granola waffles

with butter, pecans, syrup, y'all. Yum, yum, yum. And then it's the quickest and freshest salad around

a Vidalia onion and lump blue crab salad. That is fantastic. And then I'm whipping up a southern staple done real sweet, y'all

It's my souffle grit pudding. That's really, really good. And then finally, we're going to wash it all down with a rich and creamy iced mocha frappe

I can live on these. Me too. So our first dish up, y'all, is a souffle grit pudding

It's going to be fabulous. You know in the South, my whole family will eat grits three times a day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner

This pudding is so good. So to start our grits off, we're going to cook them in two and a half cups of milk

Now y'all, I'm using a quick cook grits. Y'all have heard me say a thousand times, never an instant grit

So it's going to take us about 10 to 15 minutes to get these grits cooked to the state that we need them to go into the oven

All right, now one cup of half and half. You can tell these are going to be some real rich grits

Okay, I'm going to add one tablespoon of butter. it's a little bigger than a tablespoon but that's that's a good start let that come to a ball and

while i'm doing that i've got three eggs here that i'm going to separate

because we're gonna put our yolks into our grits while they're cooking but then we're gonna beat

our egg whites y'all and turn them into like a meringue and then we're gonna fold those

into our souffle. Sounds great, doesn't it? What, Lady Bird? She keeps hollering mama, y'all

Mama. Lady Bird. Oh, Lady Bird

All right, there we go. We got our eggs separated. Now, I told you this is gonna be like a meringue

so I'm gonna add a couple of tablespoons. Oops, that's my salt

I'm gonna add a couple of tablespoons of sugar to my whites

Our milk is getting hot. Here it's sizzling on the side of the pan

All right, I'm gonna add now one cup of quick cooking grits

grits. Alright, and when I put in my grits into their liquid, y'all, I like to use a

whisk because that makes sure that they all get separated and we won't have any

lumps in them. Now I'm gonna add a little bit of salt to my grits. Alright, our

grits are on. Now I'm gonna come right in here and I'm gonna whip our whites. I've

I've got three egg whites and two tablespoons of sugar, y'all. So there we go

We've got a beautiful meringue. All right, now I'm going to come over here and give our grits another stir

They cook very, very fast. All right, so I'm going to take our yolks, y'all

and I'm going to temper them with a little of our hot liquid

so they won't be scrambled eggs in there. Just going to mix that up

All right, so into our hot liquid goes our yolks. These grits are going to be like a dessert

not like the grits that we serve for breakfast with salt and butter and cheese

I'm gonna add a half a teaspoon of nutmeg, a half a teaspoon of cinnamon

So this is gonna be kinda like an egg custard souffle. Now while those are cooking

I'm going to put in about a teaspoon of lemon zest. And that probably going to take about this whole lemon This is smelling good

Mm-mm-mm. It's starting to bubble and pop all over me. So I'm gonna add a half a cup of sugar

Because remember, this is a dessert dish. So we want them nice and sweet

So there we go. This was real simple. Now I'm going to fold in about half of our meringue

You want to disturb those egg whites as little as possible. So just take your time and fold them in

And this is going to make our dish like puff up. All right, now I'm going to come in with the rest of that meringue

And my oven is preheating over there, y'all. It's gotten to 400 degrees

So fold, fold, fold. Okay, so there we go. We got our whites folded in

Now I'm gonna get my souffle dish. Okay, so I'm gonna spray my pan

and I'm gonna come back over here, and I'm gonna dust my dish with a little sugar

because this is a souffle, and we wanna give our souffle something to hold on to

something kind of gritty. And now we're going to pour in the grits and just get it on into the oven

All right, so there we go. Y'all don't go anywhere, because girls, the scenery

It's fixing to get real good. Coming up, y'all, my son Bobby's stomach is bigger than the waffle iron

when we make our next great family recipe. Look, look! Oh, Bobby, I knew you was putting too much

Sprouts. And then to sweeten it up, nephew Jay joins us to make a luscious waffle topping

This is going to be wonderful. And later, we make a mouth-watering seafood salad

This is just super simple. That looks so delicious. Well, girls, did I promise you that the scenery was going to get better

Here's my promise. Hey, y'all. Well, let's get these waffles. underway. We're making my cousin, your niece, Kari's favorite granola waffles. And don't forget

now the buttered pecan syrup. So I'm standing in here in front of your wet ingredients. So I'll

mix those up for you. Okay. And I'm going to need two cups of buttermilk. All right. And three eggs

Have at it. Okie do. And I'm going to mix together the dry ingredients. And they're pretty simple

We'll start with two cups of all-purpose flour. Okay. Three tablespoons of sugar

And then a little bit of bacon powder, a teaspoon. Then a half teaspoon of bacon soda

And then just a little pinch of salt. So I'm going to go ahead and whisk this together

Okay, Bobby, I think you're going to need like a half a stick of butter, aren't you

Mm-hmm. Okay, well, I'll get that melted for you. All right. You want to go ahead and add your wet

Sure, let's do it. Will you help me? Well, if you need the help, yes, I will

Are you feeling lazy today? No, I just love it when you're here

and I can take advantage of somebody else helping with the cooking

Well, I love to be here. Your butter's about melting, so let's go ahead and..

We'll get my waffle maker hot. And your souffle is smelling really, really good

Oh, my gosh. I can't wait to get to that. It does, doesn't it? It does

I love grits. I can eat grits. I can eat grits at any meal

Well, I know it. I know it. That's... I know that you know. That's a southerner in you, son

Well, this is about the quickest meal we've made together. I know it. You want to go ahead and let's cook some

Yeah. All right. A little bit of pan-cutting. Okay. Okay, there you go, son

Get it on there quick. There you go. Now, we're going to shut this

Whoa, son! There you go. Your waffles gonna be... That's your waffles

No, look, look, look. Oh, Bobby, I knew you was putting too much

Rats. These are your waffles. No, it's not. This is your waffles

Oh, man, sorry about that. I smell something yummy. You smell something burning

Jaybird! What do we got? Guys, how you doing? How you doing? All right

Have you ever had the pleasure of having your sister's favorite granola waffles? Well, I have, but my specialty is her maple butter syrup

All right, so are you gonna finish this off then? I am. Jay Bird, I'm so glad you're here with us

Y'all, this is my nephew, Bobby's first cousin. This is Jay. This is Bubba's son

These two boys right here, they're thick as thieves. They even look a little bit alike, don't they

Oh, I'm thick. And what are you, Jay? I guess that makes me the thief

Thick as thieves, I get it. That's pretty good. You know I just have a ball when I get with all these young people They so much fun and they constantly making me laugh I just love you two guys

Okay, tell us what we're doing with you, sir. You better hurry, because my waffle's going to be ready. I hope I can do, Corey, service here

We're going to take one cup of pecans here. Pecans! Excuse me

Whatever you say, it's your world. I'm just living in it. That's the truth

We're just going to throw these in. We're going to do a quarter stick or two tablespoons of butter here

Okie doke. Well, I best turn on your eye, hadn't I? And then we're going to do one cup of this maple syrup here

And you're just using a regular maple syrup? I am. Just a regular maple syrup

And I'm going to throw this in. And then I'm just going to do a quarter teaspoon of salt

And let's stir. That's going to be nice. Isn't that? Scrump d'Eleosios

Yes. We just have to let that cook a bit. You know, I love my syrup heated with my waffles

Yeah, me too. You know, because you go to put cold syrup on a hot waffle

and it's just not the same, is it? Y'all, Jay was a waiter with me when I was out at the Best Western

But I didn't get the job because I'm related. Yes, you did. Okay. I'll take it

One night, we weren't expecting anybody. We didn't have customers at night

My first night on the floor. Yes. The troops had come in

All of a sudden, the restaurant was slap-cadab full. There was 42 hungry servicemen

And Jay came to me and he said, I can't do this

I'm walking out. I said, you walk out, you little so-and-so. I will not get through killing you

So, Aunt Peggy was there. That's right. Wasn't she? She was. Aunt Peggy was there, too

Waffles ready? Waffles ready, man. Well, let's do this. I'm waiting on you, bro. You got to bottle up this syrup

All right. Well, this is going to be a quick and simple meal right here. It's quick and simple. I'm just going to pour this up

And guys, I love, I love having breakfast items for dinner. I do, too

Absolutely. Are you going to be able to do that? Jaybird. Whoa! All right

Weezy there. Looking like Bobby down there. I wish. All right. Hey, your souffle is ready

I can smell it. Okay, we'll talk about it. Oh, my goodness

You boys won't do. Look-a-here. It's gonna be yummy. All right, look at that souffle

Now, to top your waffles, just sprinkle on your favorite granola, and then drizzle on that buttered pecan syrup

How do the waffles do? These are good groceries. Pretty good? Oh, yes. Oh, mama, the grits are awesome

Well, thank you, son. You're welcome. You know what? I'm going to do mine just like this

That's my mama. Ooh, Jaybird. That's good. Your sister's waffle dry in this world

Really simple and really good and really quick. Yum, yum, yum. Coming up, we've got an incredible salad that'll surely become one of your brunch favorites

Take it to the top, baby. and later a refreshing and decadent drink

This is wonderful. Hey, y'all, I'm back with these two boys. So what are we making

We're going to make a Vidalia onion and lump blue crab salad. Okay, that sounds great

And, Jay, I'm going to do you a favor. What's that? You're going to have some... Your eyes are going to be stinging here in just a sec

Thank you. So why don't you... I'm going to let you wear my glasses for this sake

Come on. Nobody ever gets to wear these. Put them on. See, you've never looked cooler

Ever. You think? Ever in life. Is this going to... Chop them onions, boy

Is this going to give me a date? That's going to get you all kinds of things. All right, I'm going to make the marinade, y'all, for those cucumber and onions

I've got a fourth of a cup of sugar, and I'm going to toss in a half a cup of white wine vinegar

a pinch of salt, pinch of pepper. It's kind of like... And whisk, whisk, whisk

When you used to do the cucumber salad. Oh, yeah, I still do all the time

When Aunt Peggy's here, we have cucumber salad every time we eat

I love it. I do, too. So my end's ready. This cucumber is beautiful

Bobby is slicing up one medium seedless cucumber. I love them, y'all

All right, Jay Bird. You ready? Get those onions, bro. All right, now we're just going to let this marinate for a couple of hours, guys

Cover that with some plastic so that it won't pick up refrigerator smells

and that onion won't get all into our other food. Take it to the top, son

There you go. I'm always taking it to the top. Take it to the top, baby

All right, where do you want it? Now, it's headed for the refrigerator to marinate for just a few hours

Isn't that pretty, pretty, pretty? Need some red. Oh. Jay and I are just going to dice up one red and one gold tomato Okay Let go ahead and start

Let's do this, Jay. This is fabulously healthy and light. I would say so

Yeah, I would say so. But just a powerful lot of taste. Can you start to mix that up once a little bit

And I'll get your green onion ready. I'm going to chop up four green onions, and Jay is going to get us cut up about four basil leaves

Look how beautiful, guys. Look in that bowl. Isn't that pretty? And I got some spring onion for you

Okay. Well, throw it in, sonny boy. This is, I love these ingredients because this is a beautiful dish

Yes. Here, son, look. I think that's going to be a perfect serve

You guys ready for the basil? Yeah, let's put it in there. Yeah, toss it in. I'm going to put in a quarter cup of virgin olive oil

Okay. Smells so good. It really does. Ready? Yes, please. Thank you

Here's the magic. Quarter cup of olive oil. Lookie-dose. And then, to finish it all off, the reason that we live in Savannah, one pound of fresh blue crab lumped

Ooh, I smell the crabs. It's going to be good. Ooh, and y'all have lined our dishes with Boston lettuce

I love it. This is another one of those things that's just super simple

Super simple. That looks so delicious. I think it's going to be

Ooh. Look how beautiful. And if you're entertaining, your guests would love this

Oh, it's just perfect for brunch. I love it. I gotta try it

Is it good, son? It's better than good. That is fantastic. Nothing like fresh blue crab, too

Mmm. That's a good combo. That's a very good combination. I don't think I've ever felt this way before

That is so great. And how do you feel, Jay? Truly, truly, truly satisfied

That's good stuff. It's so good. It's so light. Mmm. Love it

Mmm. Coming up, we raise our glasses filled with chocolate goodness. Nice being in the kitchen with my family

Why don't we go ahead and finish up our mocha frappe that's going to top off this delicious brunch

If you guys would grab the ice cubes. Got them. I made the ice cubes earlier using four cups of coffee, y'all, four packets of an instant hot cocoa mix and a quarter cup of sugar

I gave it a mix, just poured it into the ice trays, then let them freeze for a minimum of three hours

All right, well, we're going to stick a cup of heavy cream in our blender

Jay Bird, measure me out two teaspoons of vanilla extract, please. Oh, those look like chocolate fudge sickles, don't they

Did you grease this before you? There it comes. No, you wouldn't want to grease this

I was kidding. I was kidding. All right, you may have to take a knife, son, and kind of help those out

All right, Jay Bird, you put those on in the blender. Now we're gonna put every one of those cubes into our blender

Okay, there's your knife, J. Burry. I'm hot enough to melt them

Oh, you are. Got it. Okie doke, perfect. Wash my hands, please

All right, okay, you go wash up. It's not gonna take me but a second

Okie doke, look at there. All right, guys, we've got some heavy cream right there that I've sweetened and whipped

And, Bobby, that's a wonderful mocha candy that we're just going to put on there to just kind of make it pretty

I'm just a little short on mine, but that's all right. A little chocolate syrup

I think Lady Bird wants one, too. Lady Bird wants everything that I put in my mouth

And for a final touch, a little fresh sprig of mint. There you go, Bird

That looks so pretty with your shirt. It's all about accessibility. Thank you, son

All right, there you go, Bob. Thanks, Mom. Cheers to you. Cheers to you

And to you. Nice to be in the kitchen with my family. And to y'all out there

Oh, man. It's all in the family, isn't it? Oh, man, that's very good. I like that

This is wonderful. I could live on these. I could, too. Wow

I could, too. We may have to start rolling instead of walking. As always, we wish y'all love and best dishes

We send you. From my mama's kitchen to yours. Bye, y'all. Bye, y'all

Join the cousin. That was fun, too. Good job. I love being in the kitchen with you guys

I love it. I love it. Love you, too. Thank you