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Is there anything, Jamie Dean, that you love better than going to Athens, Georgia for a game with the Bulldogs
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Sometimes at night I dream I'm actually playing. I swear to you, I have dreams where I'm in full outfit with eye black and everything
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No. And then I wake up old and sore. You know what
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Yeah, I'm just about done. I'm just stripping out the red bell pepper for you
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You know, I thought it was so cute. Brooke just threw Jamie a birthday party
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My child's getting old. I got to quit telling his age. You're as bad as Bobby. This is going to make me look old
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But Brooke had gone on the Internet and found this artist that took a picture of Jamie
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put him in full Georgia Bulldog uniform. It was standing up. Life size
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Life size. Your birthday was great fun. All right, so this is one of your favorite things
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We love bratwurst, and it's super simple and full of flavor. It's Midwestern-style beer brats
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It's so simple, y'all. We got six bratwurst sausages, six cups of lager beer
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two large onions that are sliced. We're going to cook that down with a bratwurst and let it heat and plump up all the way through
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At the same time, in our cast iron skillet, we're going to cook down in a little bit of oil, red peppers, and onions
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We going to finish everything in this pan with a little bit of mustard Ooh good All right so what is the difference son between bratwurst Brats just call them brats
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Brats. What's the difference? Thank you, because that's easier for me to say. You've been saying that all your life, haven't you
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Or at least the last 40 years. You're a little brats, I'm just going to whip the butt. What's the difference between brats and like a regular hot dog or a sausage dog that you'd see at the games
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Well, traditionally, it was done with veal. That's the traditional. But now you see them done with pork and with beef and stuff
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Okay. Now, why are you pricking that? Just so it can heat up all the way through and kind of plump up and absorb a lot of the flavor
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Okay. Well, I've got our frying pan going. Okay. Well, how about a little bit of oil
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Okay. And just take half of those onions. Oh, okay. So take the little bit of onions
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Just take half of these. Right here? Okay. And then all the peppers
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So leave me half those onions because what I'm going to do, this is the most important part about this recipe
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Half those onions and, oops! Sorry, son. That's okay. I'll get it up
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Just knock some of your onion on the floor. You've got to have six beers
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Oh, come on. Well, that's not but four. We'll get to the other two in a little while
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The bratwurst has got so much flavor. and pulling them down in beer
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adds a lot to it. Really? Oh, yeah. Now we're going to cook those all the way through
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We want them to be real soft. Oh, okay. So we'll just let those go. Yep
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Do I need the salt and pepper them or anything? Yeah, real salt and pepper on them will be good. Okay
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I might better put a little bit more oil since we going to cook them down soft Now Mom if you will take the rest of those onions and put them down here in the beer Okay I gonna put some more in here
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Because I like lots of... I like lots of onions. So we're just gonna put these..
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So is this pretty easy to cook on the grill? I mean, is this a pretty easy recipe
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Well, you can grill, Bratz. It's real simple, but... Well, those are easy to tote
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Of course, I know your little heathen's got your beer with you. I don't know if we wasted on Bull and Bratwurst at the game
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but you can do these ahead of time, cook these down, and then we're going to finish them in the pan
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So if you wanted to do this and then carry them and then bring them back up to heat, you can do that
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So they travel pretty good. Yeah, that's the way to do it, find recipes that you can take almost home
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and then finish them at the game. That's a great way to do it
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Now look, Mom, I got about five more minutes on these vegetables
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And I'm going to take these brats that we've been cooking in this beer, and I'm going to transfer them over so I can brown the outsides
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and I'm just going to finish it all together. You smell the beer coming off the bratwurst
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Yes. With those vegetables cooking? It smells heavenly. Like I'm covering up the brats with these peppers so that sweet flavor will get on there
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Love it. Love it. Let's see. Let's pick a winner. Pick a wiener
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Gosh, that looks delicious, son. Looks so good. Well, personally, if I was making them
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I would put a little butter on the bread and kind of toast them off Well I know And I share that secret with people Mom You can make a hot dog really super good
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and extra special at the house if you take your bun and butter it and grill it off like you do like a grilled cheese
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Well my mama never fixed us a hot dog, son. Get it toasty
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That she didn't butter and toast that. That bun. Want a little sauce
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No, I'm just going to dip in there so I can do it like that
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Oh, wait, I almost forgot. What? I told you I'd share with you the other two beers
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Oh. I was wondering. You said we needed six beers. Yeah. And I didn't see but four
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Now we're tailgating. Cheers. You know, it's great when your children finally get old enough they're legal
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You can enjoy a beer with them. And you can buy their beer for them, or they can better yet buy your beer for you
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That sauce for those onion rings are great. Mm-hmm. You ready? Mm-hmm
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It's kind of hot now. Be careful. Okay. Mm. Mm. That's good, huh
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The mustard is fabulous. That is so delicious
