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- Well I've been waiting four years y'all.
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To do a show on my favorite food, potatoes.
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Now, the next dish is called potato shrimp soup
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and our waters boiling for our shrimp
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so I'm gonna run back over here,
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put our shrimp in, and I'm using a medium size shrimp
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in the jacket these are easy peel shrimp,
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I'm gonna just let these cook until they turn pink
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which will be about, for this size shrimp,
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maybe two to three minutes.
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Not long because you remember,
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they're gonna go through another cooking process
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in the soup so just a couple of minutes.
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All right, the half a stick of butter that we put in here
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has melted and I'm gonna add two diced fresh carrots.
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And we're just gonna let that saute.
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I don't think today's the day to cut fat.
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Think I'm gonna go ahead and put that other half
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a stick of butter in, that looked way too skimpy.
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All right, now I'm using just a regular Idaho potato
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and I've got some cut right there
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and I've got one more to go in the pan
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and we're just gonna dice 'em just like we would
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like for potato salad size.
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And these will cook in about gosh,
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these will probably be done in like 15 minutes.
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So this is gonna be a pretty fast, simple soup to do.
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All right, we'll just add those to the rest of our potatoes.
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We're just gonna saute that until
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the onions are just a little bit tender, all right.
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And our strimp should be about ready.
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Yeah, see how nice and pink those are?
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And you can see where I de veined them
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where they're already pulling apart.
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You know, the secret to cooking good shrimp
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is first of all, having a good product.
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You always wanna start with a good fresh shrimp.
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We're so lucky in Savannah that
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we have access to such wonderful, fresh shrimp.
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One thing that you'll always want to remember
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y'all are probably tired of hearing me say it,
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but you never want to over cook your shrimp
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because they'll almost become like the texture of an eraser
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if you overcook them, you want to just get them there
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which only takes just a couple of minutes.
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Especially if they're the smaller shrimp
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like I'm cooking today
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and you can see these have been cut down the back
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just all you have to do is take a knife,
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cut through the shell down the center,
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remove the vein, which is nothing but a sand vein.
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People can get a little squeamish about that,
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but it's nothing but the sand that's becoming
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trapped in the shrimp.
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So you can see how easy that peeled.
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It's gonna make a fabulous pot of soup.
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All right, our carrots and our onions are nice and tender.
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Now I'm gonna add a little flour
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to the pot so that it will make our soup nice and thick.
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And by adding it this way, we don't have to worry about it
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lumping or anything like that.
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guess what I'm making?
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I'm making a pot of soup!
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Now how am I gonna feed you soup?
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I guess with a spoon.
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All right, so I've got that mixed up.
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I've got four cups of milk
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that's just been heating on the stove over here.
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And I'm gonna add that to our pot.
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And over in this measuring cup,
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I've got two chicken bullion cubes
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that I've dissolved in a half a cup of milk.
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So this is really gonna give it a nice, nice kick.
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Now, if you've got some fresh chicken stock around,
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you can use that in the place of this,
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we're gonna go with the chicken bullion.
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All right, that looks so good.
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Now I'm just gonna add our potatoes
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and we're gonna let this cook for about 15 to 20 minutes
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or until the potatoes are nice and soft
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and almost mushing down some of them.
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You know, if you don't have any shrimp,
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it would be wonderful to replace the shrimp
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with a fresh kernel corn, it would be so good.
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A corn and potato chowder.
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Oh, that looks delicious.
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So we're just gonna let that cook.
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I'm gonna take a quick break.
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When we come back and we're gonna peel the shrimp,
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and then you won't believe what I'm doing next.
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The potato just keeps getting sweeter.
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How about sweet potato pie?
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- Hey, y'all in case you just joined me,
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in the last segment I started making us a pot of potato
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and shrimp soup and I'm so glad you showed up.
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- That's why I showed up, it's one of my favorites.
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- You smelled it, didn't ya?
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- You're no better than Gerdie.
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I'm fixing to add a cup of half and half now to our soup.
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And then as soon as Bobby finishes with the shrimp,
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we're gonna toss those in.
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I'm gonna season our pot with salt and pepper.
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Throw those shrimp in. - Sure.
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- Now y'all, if you want to, you can chop these shrimp up,
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but since they're smaller and I love to pop in a whole big
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shrimp in my mouth so I'm leaving ours in here whole.
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How old were you when we had your tonsils out?
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- I was 14. - 14 years old.
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- Mhm. - Yeah, I mean,
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you would just chronic.
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The trivia question is,
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what soup would I make you when you were sick
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so often with tonsillitis?
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- I remember you making me potato soup
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all the time as a kid. - All the time.
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All the time. - But I don't think
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we usually got shrimp in it.
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- No, we couldn't afford shrimp (laughs).
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Very astute of you, Son.
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- So my memory is pretty good.
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- Your memory is excellent!
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All right. - God, that looks good.
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- [Paula] Doesn't that look delicious?
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This is ready, do you want some soup?
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- I want some so bad.
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- Well, I'm gonna bowl you up some.
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- [Paula] Okay, and I'm going to make yours all the way now.
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- Please. - Doesn't that look delish?
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- [Bobby] It looks great.
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- All right, now look at this (laughs).
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You don't like cheese, do ya?
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Mmm. - Doesn't that look yummy?
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And we cannot forget our green vegetable.
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You know how I feel about vegetables.
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- Whoa, I'll work around it.
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- (laughs) You'll work around it.
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And while you're sampling that soup,
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look Gerdie knows you're fixin' to put a spoon in your mouth
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- [Bobby] Back up Gerdie!
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- Doesn't the bacon just make it?
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- It's so good, and Mama I havent' had it in so long,
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it reminds me of when I was a kid!
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All right, I'm gonna go sit down and eat my soup.
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- [Bobby] Jamie, look what you're not having!
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- (laughs) Some things never change, do they?
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Do they doesn't matter how old they get.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
