Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms

So come on down here, and if you would, I need about a fourth of a cup of onion

I'm going to make us a stuffed mushroom. And while you're doing that, I'm going to just pop the caps out of these mushrooms so we can stuff them

So now I want to hear more about you, Mimi. Well, she is just a hoot and a half

Now how old is she? Mimi will be 80 in February. Oh my gosh. All right, Ms. Paula, you ready for this

My great-grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother, all three generations have the same birthday

Can you believe it? Come on. February 24th. No. Yep. You want about a fourth cup, you said

Yes. All right, perfect. All right, now I've got us a little bacon down here

Yum. You want to put the bacon in and let them cook with onions? Yes, let's do that. Let's do that

Love it, love it. Just about five or six strips. All right, Lulu is marking it something

Honey, the bacon's not ready. When it's ready, I'll give you a little piece. Will you behave? What I think is hilarious is it wasn't until the bacon hit this pan that she could walk in here

Just lift that off because that nice and crisp All right Love it All right Now to this we going to add a couple of tablespoons of the bourbon

And if you would do that for me. One. Whoa! You measure like a whoa

Honey, you know, I grew up... You measure like a college student. I grew up bad just now

I've got to make up for lost time. All right. So we're going to let that just cook off

All right. And then I got another surprise to add to that, James

A little cream cheese. Ooh, honey, bring it on. Bring it on. Oh, this is going to be so good

Uh-oh. I'm going to take one for the home team. I see bacon. Uh-oh

Send me your dry clean bill. Yum. I like your apron, Miss Paula

Thank you, darling. Okay, James, just add our bacon. James, this actually looks a little thin to me

so why don't we add some breadcrumbs? We'll add some breadcrumbs. About a fourth of a cup

A little bit of salt. Yes. There's a little bit of pepper. I think that'll be perfect

All right, I think I'm safe now to take off my apron. All right. All right, so let's start stuffing these shrooms

Yes ma All right so James we going to put this in a 400 oven for about 25 35 minutes

We'll keep an eye on them. All right. And then don't you think the last few minutes put the Parmesan cheese so it won't get, like, hard

I'll put these in. James, if you would grab our mushrooms out of there, I don't want them to overcook

So sit them up here, and we're going to sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese on each of them

Yes, ma'am. And then we'll run them back in the oven for a second. While we're waiting on those, I want to show you something

Y'all, a couple of years ago, my friend Donna Foltz said, Paula, I want to teach you how to watercolor

So I said, okay, Donna, but I cannot draw a stick, man

I promise you I can't do it. You never know what is inside of you

So I am encouraging y'all all to get out there. I love it

And try to express yourself Find out you know what living inside of you I love it So you want to check those I get those and you get the paint So anyway yeah I want to show you my latest yum

Perfect. So Kari, you know, is... Your niece, right. My niece is pregnant with her first child, which is a little boy, and she said

Aunt Paula, I want to have something special in his room from you

So... That's Jemima. Yeah, that's Puddle Duck, baby. Puddle Duck, got it

Jemima Puddleduck. She was one of my favorites. That is absolutely gorgeous

Thank you. So who else do you have? Kitty Cat. Yes. Can't think of his name

I can't remember his name. Not Felix, is it? Well, you have done a fantastic job

Look at you from one palate to another. Yes. So I just wanted to share that with you because I'm so tickled

That is so special. I'm honored. I'm honored. Oh, well, listen. I'm honored for you to be here, and you are so talented

Thank you. So take a bite. Here's to you and Mimi and the rest of the family

I'm going to smell it's delicious. Mmm! You know, the breadcrumb and the parmesan

that little crunch. Mm-hmm