Dad Food

Y'all, today's show is all about fathers and what they love to eat, what they love to cook

And I could not be with y'all today without premiering my favorite father in the whole entire world

My precious son, Jamie. Ta-da! You know, look at that. Nothing makes me happier than cooking for all my guys

And today we've got some dishes you fellas will flip for. Jamie combines yummy goodness cooking up pork chops and potatoes with a black pepper white gravy

I believe this is going to be delicious. I'm going to have tight pants

We're going to have tight pants. And this creamy roasted cauliflower is irresistible

I love cauliflower. Me too. And who could say no to a cake that came from an angel

My grandmother hires his butternut cake. One of the finest cakes you'll ever eat

I get to watch you, son, and how you father your children

You are a fabulous father, and they're lucky boys. And you know what else makes them lucky boys

Is their daddy knows how to cook, y'all. I'm a cooker. Today, y'all, I'm going to do something that has always been my favorite, and it's pork chops

We're going to make a white gravy. Brooke loves white gravy, and I do too. Yes, she does. That girl knows she likes her some white pepper gravy

We're going to take four tablespoons of butter. What do you want me to do with these potatoes, son

I know you've got something going on here. If you want to, Mom, you can measure me out 2 1⁄2 cups of milk

This is super easy to make your own gravy at the house. We're going to start with the roux. So I've got four tablespoons of butter, and I'm going to use a quarter of a cup of flour

And we're going to cook this down, and we're going to add 2 1⁄2 cups of milk to this. Okay

Okay, do you want these sliced thin like a hum-fry? You can cut them into a quarter, quarter inch, or you can chop your shallots, whatever you want to do. Okay

This, Mom, what is a potato casserole missing? White gravy and pork chops

So we're going to layer all of these and cook them in one container. This is a great recipe. You know what? This sounds like, son, it kind of sounds like my farmer's pork chops that y'all love so much

So I can't wait to see how you're going to put this together. Okay, my butter's done, y'all

So I've got this roux. This is going to thicken up our two and a half cups of milk

And I'm just going to keep stirring this slowly for the next few minutes until it thickens up

All right. The shallots are done. Now I'm going to start just slicing these potatoes

You say like a quarter of an inch, son? Yes, ma'am, please. About like this

That's good. And so I'm going to season this with a little bit of nutmeg. So how's this looking, son

It's good. Salt. A little salt. Some salt. I would put some pepper

All right. I like the flavor of the nutmeg. Yeah, I do too

Son, I can't seem to get it salty enough. You would salt, salt

Get out of my pot. We're going to season those potatoes. This is going to be fine

It's perfect now. It's perfect. All right, so what are we going to do

I've got your potatoes sliced. Okay. I've got your shallots. We're going to do a layer of potatoes

Okay. And then let's put a layer of shallots on there. And we're going to season this up layer by layer a little bit

Is this a Yukon gold? Yes, ma'am. And it's just like the white table potato, only it's gold

These just get real creamy and soft. Much better than those potatoes that you'd eat on the floor

These are table potatoes. The floor. Oh. I get it. Do you

Let's go one more thing of shallots. Okay. This is going to be really full. Okay

Okay, so we're going to... Okay. ...coat our potatoes in our casserole pot here

And we don't have any cheese in this, do we? No, ma'am. Doesn't this look awesome, Mom

Wow. My mouth is watering. Okay, now... You know, I never met a potato I didn't adore

I know, this is going to be so good. Let's cover it with four. Okay, and then we'll put it on this

I could clean out this pot a little bit more, I think. Well

Here, you want me to finish getting this out? If you think we need it, Mom. See, son, I knew there was another drop in there

Yay. Mmm. Oh, oh. That is so good. Throw some potatoes in that and some chunks of ham

You'd have the finest pot of ham and potato soup you've ever put in your mouth, y'all

Mm-hmm. All right, so how long are we going to bake that before, son? This is going in the oven at 350 for 25 minutes

When we come back y we going to sear off some pork chops Pork chops and taters Perfect combination And it all about you daddies today Coming up you better believe you want to try these pork chops and taters y

Look a bear, Jamie. That looks great. And this creamy, roasted cauliflower is no joke

I believe that this is going to be delicious. Fine as wine

I'm going to have tight pants. Then I introduce Jamie to butternut cake

Back home. Yummy. Jamie, what is your death row meal, son

It would probably be fried pork chops. I like some collard greens with cornbread dropped dumplings in them

Yes. And 17 beers. He loves his mama's pork chops. That's my favorite

So that's what we're going to do. Let's take a look at them. Mama, these are beautiful

Are they bone-in or boneless? They're bone-in because all the flavor's on the bone

Thank you. Where did I hear that before? I don't know. Half a cup of flour

And we're going to season this with a teaspoon of paprika. Okay

And a half a teaspoon of garlic salt. And I'm working on some fresh garlic right now, son, getting that chopped

And a half a teaspoon of onion powder, Mom. And now the cayenne pepper

And now, Mom, I'm not going to put a whole bunch in here. I'm just going to go an eighth. But if y'all like it spicier, this is where you would get it from

Yeah, my pie hole is a little sensitive. Mom is sensitive. The heat

And I'm going to salt and pepper these chops. So, Jamie, Jack is finishing up kindergarten

Yes, ma'am. He is. Going to be first grade next year. I can't believe it

I'm so proud of him. He's really learning a lot at a young age. and that makes me happy

You know, I'm having to be careful now, Jamie, because I spell something

He turns around and says, That spells... Whatever. Whatever Guinea has said

We're just going to brown these pork chops, y'all. A few minutes on each side. Mom, if you want to

let's pull out our potatoes from the oven. Okay. You can put them right here, Mom

Let's take a look, y'all, and see what we got. I think we could stand a little bit more awe in this pan, son

Ouch. That just came out of the oven. Yes. Did I forget to tell you I just took that out of the oven

Well, I watched you do it. Okie doke. You want these really brown

Yeah, I mean, you need to get them cooked. Yeah, these are so thick. Those are so thick, yeah

What you going to make? I'm going to make some creamy roasted cauliflower

I've got my onions chopped. I've got my garlic diced. I've got heavy cream, and I've got some cream cheese

We are going to just cut those in flouettes, son. You want them big, or you want this cut in half

Not real big. Yeah, we maybe cut that in half. Here we go

Look a bear, Jamie. That looks great. Now, if you wanted me to, I could slice that

No, I think it would be perfect. I think so, too. It's going into the oven, y'all, at 350

We're going to cook this uncovered for 35 or 40 minutes. If you would just toss it in the olive oil and just a little salt and pepper

and I have put about a tablespoon of olive oil in this pan and a tablespoon of butter

Will you pass me that salt and pepper please mom? Yeah. Just hit mine with a little bit

Okie doke. So we're just going to saute these y'all until they're kind of transparent

and we're going to roast our cauliflower maybe for about 20 minutes in the 350 degree oven

until they're kind of tender and a little bit brown. All right, so we're going to let these saute

Then we're going to add four ounces of cream cheese and about three-fourths a cup of heavy cream

Mm-mm. I believe this is going to be delicious. Fine as wine

I'm going to have tight pants. You're going to have tight pants. Right here in about 45 minutes

All right, so we've just got to let that cream cheese get melt into that

heavy cream and those onions and the garlic. And then we're going to toss in our

cauliflower, our roasted cauliflower. It's going to be so good, we're going to

have creamy cauliflower, we're going to have creamy potatoes, and then guess what we're going to have

A butternut cake, y'all. You don't want to miss this old-timey delicious cake. I may

cry because I have not had it since my grandmother was alive

Wow. Coming up I can believe there a cake in the family I never eaten Well this is hard to find now But before dessert there dinner y Is it yummy

Oh my gosh. I could just make my whole meal off of the cauliflower. All right, Jamie, that looks good, y'all

We've got our cream cheese and our heavy cream, our onions and garlic

son, you want to get out the cauliflower. And we're going to toss this in

And this is nice and thick, Jamie. Ooh, yummy. Just throw it in

Look at that. I could eat. Mmm. I love cauliflower. Me too. Mmm

I'm going to add just a drop of milk, son. Not much. That's good. If you get out the

pork chops and the potatoes, Oh, my goodness. Whoa. Oh, my gracious

I'm going to... You can keep talking if you'd like. Be careful, Mama

I know that's hot. It is so hot. This is what my son wanted, y'all, so this is what he gets

Look at that. Whoa. Looks pretty daggum good. I'm telling you what

Let's try them. You want to? Yeah. Yum. Yum, yum, yum. Ooh, is it yummy

Oh, my gosh. Well, son, I tell you, I could just make my whole meal off of the cauliflower

I would make a plate three times bigger, but I would be satisfied. Oh, son

That pork top. Wow. Y'all, quit watching TV and go look right now

Wait, wait. In 15 minutes. Y'all stick around 15 more minutes because I got to share this cake with her

I want to see it. Show me. Your granddaddy, my daddy, used to refer to his mother as an angel, a talking, walking angel

And I have to say she was. And every time we'd come down to Florida to visit, she would have this cake on the counter waiting for us

So we're going to start with two sticks of butter. Do you want me to cream that? Yes

and we're going to add two cups of sugar and we're going to cream that well, son

And our actual cake part is like your standard one, two, three, four cake

It's a cup of milk, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour and four eggs

One, two, three, four. Now I'm going to take our cake pans

and I'm just going to spray these real good. Plus, I'm going to dust them with a little flour so that'll make sure they come out good

We're going to add one egg at a time. Break them into another bowl and make sure each egg is fine

And turn it up as high as it'll go, son, to do your cream

There you go. Egg number two. All righty

So we're going to measure out one cup of milk, and we're going to alternately add our flour and our milk to our cake batter

You always want to start with flour and end with flour. It makes the creamier batter

I can't believe there's a cake in the family I've never eaten. I know

Look what it's going to look like when we add the flour. There we go

All right, the last of the flour. So now I want to talk to you about butternut flavoring

Grandmama would always have this in her cabinet, and there was a certain brand that she would buy

but this is the closest that I've been able to find. This one is called a vanilla butter and nut flavor

Grandma's butternut flavoring always made her cakes orange. I bet you this will make it orange

Yes, that will. So that's three tablespoons

All right. Back home. yummy. Isn't that delicious, son

I think I'm going to add just a wee little bit more. More? All right, now, son, our cake pans are ready

Here comes the worst part of making cakes for Mom. I just like to make sure, son, my cakes are nice

Let's try to eyeball it. You want to? Let's go outside your comfort zone. No. One time. No

Oops, you know what? Grandma put nuts in her cake Here the pecans right here You want to chop them Yes So let me just chop them real quick like Jackie I can believe we used to pick up pecans and sell them

Yes, to take y'all to the fair. And I would go out there and pick up pecans and take

them to the nut house and sell them. Not our house. Nut house. The other nut house

The pecan nut house. What would we get a pound? I don't remember

son. Maybe 39 cents a pound, something like that, 29 cents a pound

Back after back. But it was enough money to get us to the fair

I did not like doing it. I knew that. Yes, but you loved going to that fair

I did. And there was no fair money. This cake is beautiful

Isn't it beautiful? It brings back the fondest memories. I'm a stickler about my cakes being the same size

so I tried to... That's an understatement. I tried to measure out the same amount, and as the cake batter goes down, then my amount goes down

Okay, now we've knocked them about to just get the air bubbles out, y'all, and level them out

We're going to put these in the oven, 350-degree preheated oven, and we're going to bake them for about 30 or 35 minutes

I'll be keeping a close eye on them, and when I see them pulling away from their pan

or if I touch the top and it springs back, we'll know that they're ready

So don't go anywhere. I really, really, really, really want y'all to see how this cake turns out

So far, so good. Nellie Lou's butternut cake. Let's clean up. Okay

I'll start by cleaning up the pork chop. Mine's already clean. Mm-hmm

Coming up, there's no sweeter memory, y'all, than my grandmother Hires' butternut cake

Mm. Mm. Let's do it, Mom. This is incredible. Our cakes turned out beautiful

We've got our icing made, y'all. Y'all, it's four cups of confectionate sugar, an eight ounce block of cream cheese

Oh, and a stick of butter. And I'm going to flavor it with our vanilla butter and nut flavor

And I'm not going to measure it. I'm just going to pour until I get it the color that I like it

You put more of that orange stuff in there? Yes, that's what gives it the flavor, Jamie

You want to fold it or beat it? Well, I would love to beat it

Okay, and then I'll just fold in the nuts. Yum. Do you like that color, son

It's beautiful. I'm not even going to chop those nuts up anymore

That smells awesome. Mm-hmm. I'm going to put down just a little bit of that, Jamie

That's just so my cake won't move. Okay

Yum. Yeah, I love the pecans in it. It looks awesome. Yes

You want some more sticks? Yes. Sticks that fit, though. Jamie Dean

Look, it fits. Oh, okay. One more right there, please. Okay, here we go

All right, now this is when you start making me nervous. No, I'm not going to make you nervous. Wait, wait, wait now

Not in the middle. You want me to help you? No. You want me to do the sides

Look at this, Grandma. Jamie, you are going to send me straight to hell

while I'm trying to talk to an angel. Mama! See how I do it, son

Look, give me some on this side. I put it right there on the edge. No, Jamie

Yeah, we're starting a new tradition, Mom. No, we are not. Yes, we are. Jamie, I will knock the..

I will knock the breath out of you. Celebration of fathers and your favorite father, remember

That's me. You know I'm a baker by trade. You have never baked

Give me a chance. You make me so nervous, son. Well, what do you think I'm going to do

Calm down, Paula. We almost there. Yum. Wow, that was good. I know

Mm-hmm. The big reveal. Wow. That's a cake right there

Isn't that a beautiful cake? Cheers, Mama. Cheers, son. Mmm. This is incredible

One of the finest cakes you'll ever eat. And simple, too. So easy

A one, two, three, four cake. Love and best dishes to all you dads out there

Remember, it takes a great mom to make a great dad. Thank you, son

Bye, y'all. That is like the sweetest thing you've ever said to me

Thank you