Atlanta Eats

Hey, y'all

Today on Paula's Party, we're cooking up foods from my other favorite city in Georgia, Atlanta

I'm going to be pulling out all the stops with a homemade taffy

Oh, it feels so good. An Atlanta Brave pitches in on glazed ham

You think all you need is your fastball, boy? Y'all know there's nothing more Atlanta

than a red velvet cake. It's a home run every time. So y'all come on in for a big bite of Atlanta before it's gone with the wind

So let's party! Thank y'all, thank y'all, thank y'all

I got a question for you. Do you know what my all-time favorite movie is

Y'all think about this. I'm a southern girl. Born in... Smokey and Abandoned

How did you know? Who said Gone with the Wind? You know it's Gone with the Wind

We all know that Gone with the Wind took place in Atlanta. So today, we're paying tribute to Atlanta

Y'all, we've got Miss Atlanta right here. Isn't she beautiful? And sitting right here next to you, this is Tim Hudson

He is a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. So what do you say

Let's celebrate Atlanta today and let's party! Everybody knows that the women that have been born and raised in the state of Georgia

are referred to as Georgia peaches. So I think it's only befitting that our first recipe start out with a peach

Now, if you come to Savannah, there's a very, very good chance that you're going to run into my first guest

He's Stan the man, the candy man. Stan, come on out, honey

Thanks, Paula. Great to be here. Stan on Savannah Candy Kitchen. You've got one of your special candies that you're going to share the recipe with us today

We're going to make peach taffy. Peach taffy. Atlanta peach taffy. Atlanta peach taffy

Well, let's get started on making this peach taffy. All right. This is something, Paula, you really can do at home

Now, I've got a really big pot here, and we're making a 30, 40-pound piece

But at home... We all have this pot in our kitchen, don't we? At home, you could do this in a skillet

And it's only sugar and corn syrup, so it's not going to burn. You just got to get the temperature right

And the temperature is about 250. And we already have that ready. Oh, good

I want you to... Where is it? It's right over here. I want you to get ready. You're going to do a bigger workout than Jane Fonda's got you stretching here

I might need to call in some recruits. We hope this comes out

I see it coming out. Oh, okay. That is what is in that back

Whoa, whoa. I'm going to wash my hands, and we're going to work this by hand

and you're going to stretch, stretch, stretch it. Okay. Get this on your hands

You don't want to be too sticky. I'm hoping one of those rings will fall off

You're not going to put it in your pocket if it does, are you? You know what, Stan

I think I better take it. I don't trust you, Stan. I don't trust you a bit, baby

Why don't you have it right here, Paula? No, I am not

No, I am not. Where's the good spot? Look at that

I love this show. Now, you love this show. Now, you'll take care of it, won't you

I will. Okay. Man, you gave it to a pretty one. I'm telling you

All right, get some of this cornstarch on your hands. or you don't get so sticky. And I want you to stretch like you were working with Jane

I want you to pull it. This is what you do at home, okay? Okay. Pull it hard

Come on, get after it. You're not. That little old piece won't get it done

Come on. Come here. Come here. Come here. Now you're cooking. Let's take it up here

Take it up. Come here. Get on that side. Get on what side

This side. We need to hand pull it. This side. Oh, I don't know about this

Let's take this thing to something that will really pull it. Hold that, Paula. Paula, come on

Come on. We got to go. Let's go to the machine. Paula

What? Paula. Paula, at home, you would have to hand pull this for like 20 minutes, okay

But we don't have time for that. That thing will hurt you. We're going to put it on here and then let you go to work

And the reason you pull it, you want the air in it so you can chew it. It would be too hard otherwise

All right, see it getting white now? Getting some air in it now

Yeah, I see it. See, just pull it back here. Okay. Whoa. Wait

Our guys didn't lock the wheels. Here, I'm going to lock the wheel

All right, thank you. Oh, boy. This is going to be our peach taffy

We're going to, as soon as you get a little more air in it, we're going to flavor it and color it

You are going to flavor it and color it. Okay. Well, why don't we do that when we come back

That sounds great. You want to? Y'all don't go anywhere because Stan and I are pulling taffy

and there's going to be more sweet Georgia recipes coming up. Up next, y'all, I'm all wrapped in sugar

You want a bite of my necklace? And later, my Atlanta peach cobbler

I here y with Stan the Candyman He teaching me how to make Atlanta peach taffy And now we going to flavor it right

Yeah, and I'm not even going to try to tell you how much. It normally doesn't take very much, but I know you're going to use more than..

All right, where did I put it? You put it right here. I'm not even

Whatever you make is going to be good. Just in a little hole? Yeah, just pour. That's good

That's good. Smell it. Whoa, Paula. What? What? What? That's just $100 a bottle

Oh, I do tell it. Now we've got to be real careful

Do it a little twisted. Pull it back. Pull it back. You've got to stretch, Paula

Come from here. Get it from underneath. Pull it. Bring it back here

Come on. Back here, Paula. Back where? Way back. Give it some air

All right, now you're cooking. All right, now let's get some color in it

Great. Time of day. You could almost be skinny. Doing this. This is more stretch than you've done this week

Wait, give me that thing. All right, color. Color. Now, I wanted a peach color, so you kind of watch what you do

and you decide when you like it. Oh! The peachy color. That's a good save

They told me it didn't take much. I said, there's no sense in saying that. She's going to put in what she wants

All right, look at those pretty stripes. Now, this is just going to end up a peach color

Look at it, y'all. Look at that color bleeding through there. At the same time, it's still getting that area in it, so you'll be able to chew it

You chewed it when it was too hard. Mmm. Oh, that's a great color

Great color. Look how pretty. That's enough, Paula. I love that color

How much is that a bottle? Fifty. You can afford it. I heard how much candy you sell

All right. Oh, gosh. Did I get the color right? You got it. It's perfect

Look at it. It's time for us to take it off now. I want you to help get ready to get it in a ball. Okay

Here we go. I need to put some more corn. Yeah, get some more out. Ooh, I need some more, too. Okay, here we go

All right, I'm going to bring it to you, and you're going to make it like a loaf of bread. I am

Yeah. It's going to be like a loaf. How are you going to get that off

I'm not sure. Wait a minute. Here we go. Oh, you're not going to..

All right, you got it. Make me a loaf of bread. Knead that stuff

Knead it. That's it, girl. You got it. Knead it. Knead it

Knead it to be bigger. Oh. Oh

Oh. Oh. Am I doing it? Oh, you're doing it. All right

It matches my shirt. It does. That's why we picked that color. Look, girls

All right. We'll steep. Oh, it tastes like peaches. It should. Well, what we're going to do now, we're going to put it on a roller, but you don't need to do that

We can just make it a long piece, and you can cut it however you want it to at home, okay

Okay. But we're going to take this one and put it over here, and put this over here to roll

I don't know, maybe you want to use this as your piece. You want me to take this off? Yes

Oh, this one has a green stripe in it. Oh, it feels so good. Oh

How's that for a piece of jewelry

That ring in there look good. And when you get hungry, it is. That stuff will be fine

You want a bite of my necklace? You on a bike

You on a bike? You on a bike

We'll be right back, y'all! Coming up, it's peach cobbler, fit for a queen

Isn't that yummy? And later, this Atlanta brave hams it up in the kitchen

Oh, my gracious. In case y'all have just tuned in, we're paying tribute to the great city of Atlanta

And the recipe is peach cobbler. We make this cobbler every day at the Lady and Sons

So, I'm going to start with our peach cobbler. I've got one stick of melted butter here in a 13 by 9 by 2 pan

I'm going to make a batter of one cup of milk, three-fourths a cup of flour, three-fourths a cup of sugar

and then I'm going to use a large can of peaches. Juice and all

If it's peach season and you can get fresh ones, do that

Cover them with some sugar. Now we're going to add three-fourths of a cup of all-purpose flour

And then I'm going to add three-fourths a cup of sugar. Paula? Yeah, darling

You cook like this at the Lady and Sons. Do you still cook like this at home, too

Guilty. I'm impressed. How do you think I got my man, honey

I'm taking notes. I'm taking notes. Do what? You're making notes. I'm taking notes, yeah

Well, honey, the way to his heart is definitely through his stomach. That's what I hear

It definitely is. All right, now I'm going to add one cup of milk

All right, anybody else got a question? When peaches are in season, do you prefer Georgia or South Carolina peaches

I prefer Georgia peaches That what I thought That what I thought Okay Peaches Okay now I going to pour the batter in over that melted stick of butter

And then I'm going to ladle these peaches on top and we're going to bake it off at 350

Hi. Hey. Congratulations on the birth of Jack. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you

Any advice? It was a long, hard labor, but I got it going. Well, you look good

Not bad for just having a baby five. Not at all. A grandbaby. Well, do you have any advice I'm going to be a first-time grandma

You must have started when you was like 12. Well, where are you guys from

Actually, I'm a Yankee from Michigan. You're a Yankee? I'm a Yankee

We love Yankees down here. But we love you. Do you know where Atlanta is

See the map? Come on in here, handsome. Look at this good-looking cameraman, would you

Aren't y'all see it? Savannah's over. Where is Savannah? It's kind of like somewhere right in there

You know, I was absent that day in geography. Y'all want to hear something so crazy

I was invited to be a guest on the Oprah show. I took my Aunt Peggy, I got my boys

We all loaded up the car and we headed to Beverly. Chicago, that is

By the time we got to Chicago, I was exhausted. So my Aunt Peggy and I got on one of those tour buses

I'm sprinkling on a little cinnamon, y'all. This is optional. I just happen to like the flavor of cinnamon on this

We're going to put this in the oven, 350, for about 25 or 30 minutes

The only way you can screw this cobbler up is by using the wrong flour

You must use a self-rising flour. And you do not stir it because that batter is going to rise up above those peaches, making a beautiful crust

So we got back to our hotel, met up with the boys, and I said

you are going to be so sorry that you didn't go on our tour

because you would not believe the Atlantic Ocean and how it looks up here versus the Atlantic Ocean at our house

Jamie Dean looked at me with the biggest disgusted look you can imagine

He said, Mama, you saw the Atlantic Ocean? I said, Yes, and it's not the color ours either

He said, Mama, Mama, you don't know where the hell you are, baby

Mama, that is the Great Lakes. It ain't no ocean. I can't believe I tell that story on myself

But geography apparently wasn't my strong suit. All right. Well, let's move on

Oh, my goodness. It's good

You know what? I think this cobbler needs to be crowned. Come on up here and let's crown this cobbler, honey, with some ice cream

You want to? Sorry, I didn't mean to spit on you. So, Miss Atlanta, come on up here, honey

So, Miss Atlanta. Yes. What is your name? My name is Chasity Hardman

Ms. Chasity, why don't you dip us some ice cream? Okay. Can you do it

Sometimes that ice cream is so hard. Scoop here. Yes. Y'all bring out the audience some cobbler

Get in there and get your big old bite. You don't have to take a princess bite

Mmm. That is good. Isn't that yummy? Would y'all like some ice cream, my sweet baby

Bring out the audience some ice cream, and we'll be right back

Up next, y'all, an Atlanta Brave pitches in on Coca-Cola glazed ham

And later, frankly, my dear, it's just sweet potato pie. So far today on Paula's Party, y'all

It's been a great tribute to Atlanta. The peach taffy pulled me in all directions

Miss Atlanta crowned my peach cobbler with ice cream. Up next, y'all, an Atlanta brave is gonna be making home run ham

I pronounce you the Ham King! Now, you're spoiling me, you're spoiling me, you're spoiling me

Listen, I've had a complaint from one of the wives in the audience

She told me that her husband is so lazy and so bad in the kitchen

She said, Paula, could you please help me just teach him how to cook something

So I'm going to try. Come on up here, Tim. Boy, I just got them falling at my feet, girl

Absolutely, absolutely. If you didn't catch it at the top of the show, this is Tim Hudson

He's a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He's got a tremendous, tremendous fastball

And you've got your precious wife sitting out there, Kim. Absolutely. She complained a little bit about you

So, Kim, are you telling me he's not as good at home as he is on the field

God blessed him with an arm to throw a baseball, but he can barely pour himself a glass of milk or anything

He needs some major, major help. Are you going to be able to help me out? You know what

I'm going to give it my best shot. Now, is it because you don't want to learn or you're lazy

She's so good at it. You think all you need is your fastball, boy? Do you get nervous, Tim

No, I get anxious. Before a game, you get anxious. I get anxious. I don't get nervous. You ready to go out there and just kick butt on that field

Absolutely. I'm going to show you how to kick butt in the kitchen. All right, let's do it

This recipe is so easy that you'll blow Kim away with it

This is a fully cooked, smoked, cured ham. We don't have to worry about cooking it for hours and hours and hours when we put it in

All we have to do is make sure that we baked it long enough to get warm to the bone Now at the Lady and Sons when we serve ham we always pour a little Coca over them The Coca is going

to help make them tender and moist and just a little sweet. And you can use any kind of

cola you want, but Atlanta, Georgia is home of Coca-Cola. There's your pitcher. We're

going to put maybe... There we go. We're going to use what's equivalent to maybe two

cans of cola. Alright. There we go. A picture for the picture

A picture for the picture. This is cute. Okay. Now we're just going to pour

that cola all over your ham. Are you a lefty? I'm a righty, actually

Oh, okay. I wish I was a lefty. Lefty pitchers are bad to the bone, aren't they

I've heard that. I think I've heard that. They are bad to the bone. But what I know about sports, you could put through an eye of a needle, I'll tell you

All right. So, but I'm going to make sure I start watching you

Okay. You better. All right. I'm not going to do... Because I'm going to start watching you all the time. Absolutely

Oh, you didn't watch me before? My wife does every day. She does

Every day. She loves you. I tell you, I Tivo, the episode where you had the butter wranglers on, and he was so scared

I don't want to go on that show. Why did I make you nervous? He was licking stuff off of them

Oh, I was not. I did not do that. I was like, well, I better get a fresh..

Did I really? Yeah. Did I really kill them? It was great

I don't blame you. They were cute. I was licking them. He was licking them

Why do you think I have a fresh shave right now? All right

Let's do some studding. All right. You want to do some studding? I'm ready to do some studding

All right. I want you to take these clothes and just stud them around in your pineapples. Okay

How many in each pineapple? Four or five. It doesn't matter. Let's stick them all the way down, and that'll help

The pineapple hang on to your ham. Oh, okay. They're like pins

That's perfect. Yes. They're like pins. They're like... I'm not your average dog

I can't trick you, kind of. Yeah, this one's got brains, too

I got something. I got beauty and brains. I don't know if it's brain. Come here, let me blow in your ear and see

Did you feel anything? It didn't come out by the side. Perfect

Now, I was talking to you and your wife earlier, and I found out that y'all have three children

so you're doing something right at home. We're doing something. I'll tell you that

I don't know if it's right. We're doing it, you know. That's all that matters

All right. So you've got these three little children. What are their ages

Five, two and a half, and one and a half. That is a fabulous age for children

It's such a fun age. They still love their parents so much, and they want to be with y'all

trust me, one day you're going to come home and they're going to be mortified that they have to even ride in the same car with you

Much less want to be with you. So they're at a great age to get these children in the kitchen

and get them involved. Absolutely. And so I'm hoping that today will inspire you

to get in the kitchen and bring those little children. All right, I'm through preaching now

Hit the hole, baby. See if you can hit that hole. Got it

You have done a fine job up to this point, Tim. Perfect

Okay, so Tim, you're almost done with your ham. Now we've got a little light brown sugar here

and I want to make sure that I use light brown because if I use dark brown, it would really get this too dark. Okay

So just take your brown sugar and kind of just pat it around

on your pineapple slices, and that's going to melt and run all over your ham

We're going to cover this with tinfoil, y'all. Tim is going to stick our ham in the oven

a 325-degree preheated oven covered in tinfoil, and we're going to bake it for about two hours

maybe two and a half hours, depending on how big your ham is

You are now the ham king, baby. Awesome. I pronounce you the Ham King

Paula, can I interrupt for one second, please? Absolutely, you can. We brought a little something for you

and I'm afraid Tim might forget. It's from the Atlanta Braves and from Tim and I

No, you don't mean it. Yes, ma'am. Do you know I'll have to arm-wrestle the men in my family

Wait, now, we have to put this on. We have to put this on you, so I..

Here, hold it, hold it

Put it on me, baby, put it on me. We'll be right back in a minute

We're going to get this ham cooked before the day's over, I promise. See you back in a minute

Up next, it's sweet potato pie. And later, Atlanta red velvet cake that's Fit Fug Groom

Welcome back, y'all. You just caught me over there. The girls and I was just talking about jewelry

And the men in our lives. Jewelry and the men who give it. And in case y'all didn't know, we like the ones that give it

All right. Coca-Cola ham from Atlanta, Georgia. See how pretty that is

Mmm. Mmm, y'all, that's good. All right. I've got a question to ask y'all

In the movie Gone with the Wind, there was a very significant food that really stood out

Do y'all know what that food was? Sweet potato pie. Sweet potato pie. Exactly

That's a very, very southern dish. So I'm going to make y'all my Gone with the Wind inspired sweet potato pie

So here we go. And if y'all want to talk, talk to me

Because this is so easy to make, I can actually make this and talk to you. at the same time. I've got two cups of sweet potatoes. Now, if you've had baked sweet potatoes

the night before, got some left over, throw them in the fridge. You can pull them out, peel them

and this will make a fabulous sweet potato pie. And you can use canned, but don't. Don't

All right, so I'm going to add some sugar, and I'm just going to cream this up real good

Now we're going to toss in two eggs and keep creaming. See how easy this is

Now I put a flavor in this pie that you usually don't expect in a sweet potato pie

And that's some ginger. So in goes a little ginger, a little cinnamon, a little salt

And at this point, to flavor it, you can either use a vanilla flavoring

or you can use a little bourbon, just a tablespoon or two of bourbon

All right, now we've got that smooth. Now I'm going to add a little milk

There we go. And this is about the color of my top, but I still don't want to get it on my top

All right, now a little melted butter. Now we're just going to pour this into a pie shell, just a frozen pie shell

If you want to, you can make it from scratch. You can use the frozen kind or you can get a nice pie crust in your dairy section at the grocery store

So you can use any of those that you want to do. We're going to pour this in. And we're going to bake this pie for about 50 minutes, 55 minutes, until it's set

And you can shake it, and if it's set, then you know it's ready. And this is what the pie will look like after it's cooked

Lots of times, our sweet potato pies don't have a meringue. They're usually just a plain old sweet potato pie

We may sprinkle it with a little powdered sugar or maybe eat along with some ice cream

But I wanted a beautiful meringue on this pie. So I've got some egg whites that have been stiffly beaten, and I'm just going to pile this up

Now, we'll want to make sure when you're meringuing your pies that you seal the top of that pie with that meringue

you'll want to bring it out and seal up those edges real good

because you know how meringue will weep on you. You know what I'm talking about

And it get that syrupy light running out of Oh that mighty tasty Alright so here we go

Paula, I have a question. Yes, baby. All my single girlfriends back in Atlanta want to know if Bobby has lady friends

If he has a lady friend. Well, they think he's so cute. We all think he's so cute

Of course, I'm married. No, he is not married. Well, I'm married, so I'm just asking for my single girlfriend

So you're just asking why? For my single girlfriends in Atlanta, right

That's what we'll say. That'll be our story, and we'll stick to that

Bobby does not have a steady. I don't know how many unsteady

That's probably something Mama wouldn't even want to know. All right. So we're just going to curl up our meringue

Now, I'm going to stick this in a hot oven, y'all, and let those tips just kind of get nice and brown in maybe eight minutes, not long

Doesn't that look yummy? before I cut this pie, I've got a couple

of questions to ask y'all. A little trivia. There was two lines in Gone with the Wind

y'all, that everybody remembered and stuck in their mind. One of them was when Scarlett was

out digging up the sweet potatoes. Do y'all remember? Alright. I want y'all to all

read this along with me. You girls stand up. Now, what are you going to say

As God is my witness, I will never go hungry again. Y'all got it

All right, guys, what's your line? Bring me my dear. I don't give a damn

We'll be back in a minute. We're playing tribute to Atlanta, Georgia

Coming up, the Atlanta Red Velvet Cake. We have had a ball today, y'all

We're paying tribute to a great city here in the state of Georgia, Atlanta

And I want to end the show today with a very sweet wonderful traditional southern recipe And I can think of anybody any better to prepare this cake for us than my cousin Johnny Gabriel

Come on out here, girl. Hey, darling. Come on out, okay? I love this girl. I love this girl

Well, Johnny owns a bakery in Atlanta. Actually, Marietta, isn't it? Marietta

Gabriel's Desserts. Right. And she's here to show us how to make an Atlanta red velvet cake

Oftentimes, you'll find at weddings that there are two cakes here in the South

I mean, I definitely had my wedding cake, and then I definitely wanted Michael to have a groom's cake

And I think we got some grooms here with us today, don't we? Well, let me ask you this, guys

Are you going to have a groom's cake? Yeah, I didn't even know what a groom's cake was until Kelly told me we had to have one

It's just your favorite cake. It can be anything. What about you

The red velvet cake. All right, baby. You're our man. That's what we're making today

Let's get started, Johnny. Let me tell you all this funny story. You start making this cake

All right. And I'll talk. Okay. You do that. Let me tell you all

One summer, I went up to Johnny's house. Johnny was born and raised in Macon, Georgia

It was the summer that I turned 11 years old. Johnny was a couple of years older than me

We got on our pajamas. We're ready to go to bed. And she looks at me and looks down at my legs and said

those are the ugliest, hairiest legs. You had some hairy legs. I did

I had some hairy legs. And Johnny says, I think it's time for you to shave them, Paula

So she goes to the bathroom. She gets a single-edge blade. Well, that's what I could sneak

And she said, okay, just put your leg up. Take that razor and just pull it up those legs

The next day, my legs, they were so burned from shaving them with no water, no soap, no anything

But they didn't have any hair on them. No, they didn't have any hair on them. So Johnny taught me how to shave my legs for the very first time

I've been shaving them that way ever since. All right, Johnny, what you got in here

I've got a cup and a half of sugar, two eggs. So this is oil and vinegar and vanilla and an ounce of this red food coloring

So stand back. I will. I'll stand back. But it's better if you mix your liquids together

Uh-huh. And that way you don't have, it's fast. This is a fast mix cake

All right. There we go. All right. We're going to mix this up pretty good. See how pretty and red that is y Can you see Ooh look This is also one of my favorite cakes to serve at Valentine With it being red you kind of just

associate it with being romantic. Okay. Yes. Okay, what is this? Now this is the flour. It's two and a half cups

of flour, and I'm going to mix all the dry. Okay, now you're adding to that

one teaspoon of cocoa and one teaspoon of baking soda. And then

you're going to mix that the old way with Okay. Do your flour, then your liquid

Okay, and we're going to start with flour and end with flour. I tell you what. Okay. You beat, Johnny, and I will add your dry ingredients for you

How about that? That'll be good. Let me get this. And then we're going to just alternate it with the milk just like this

This is kind of the standard way to put together a homemade cake

You always want to start with your flour and end with your flour

because it just makes for a creamier batter. And I don't know why that is, Johnny

I did it because my grandmother told me to do it. She was the best baker

All right. We got some red cake batter here. We're going to put this into three cake pans

We're going to bake it for probably about 25 minutes at 350. This is what our layers are going to look like

And a red velvet cake, you must, must use a cream cheese icing

With pecans. All right. Toasted pecans. Toasted pecans. Toasted. Toasted will bring out the flavor in these

So we're going to frost this with a cream cheese icing, which is so good, so simple

It's cream cheese. It's butter. It's the best. It's powdered sugar. It's the toasted pecans and vanilla

You can whip it up like that. There's no cooking to it. In fact, it's delicious

Look at this beautiful cake. Oh. Wow, cabal, Johnny

Wow, cabal. Pass me a plate, honey. All right. Come on out

Come on, girls. Johnny and I could not possibly stand up here and eat this cake in front of y'all

Not at all. So the girls have just brought y'all out a red velvet cupcake

So y'all chow down and enjoy. I want to thank y'all all so much for coming today

Y'all have made this party so much fun. and I swear if you'll come to every Paula's party

y'all shall never, ever be hungry again