Deep Fried Thanksgiving

Hey, y'all, tonight on Paula's Party, it's a Thanksgiving to remember

We're going to be putting a deep fried twist on everything, y'all

The whole cake, from the stuffing to mashed potatoes to fried cranberry fritters

Isn't that yummy? And y'all, what's Thanksgiving without football? Show us the show

NFL legend Refrigerator Perry is going to cook up a pecan-crusted turkey

And straight from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kermit! Kermit is going to help me make a fried pumpkin layer cake

For sure, we say. So grab a drumstick or a thigh and let's party

How are y'all

Oh, great. Come on. Dang. Please, thank y'all

Thank y'all. Thank y'all. Thank y'all. I am so dadgum excited. It's Thanksgiving, y'all

My favorite holiday, because you know why? It's like the four F's

It's food, family, friends, football, oh, and fun. The five F's. So why don't we bring Jamie out

Let's get this celebration started. Jamie D! Hey, y'all. Hey, Mom

Wow. I wouldn't miss a Thanksgiving at Mama's house. Oh, no. Not for nothing

No. And what is one of the things that you like most about Thanksgiving

The same thing is everybody getting together with a family. When we were growing up, we would get in the car and drive to Statesboro

And all of our family, that's when we saw each other every year. Yes, the higher side of the family

And y'all have not seen a poker game until you see all the hireses locked up in a house together for five days

It would go all night long, and I just tried as hard as I can to grow so I could sit at the poker table

And about the time I was able to play poker, they got too damn old to play anymore

Well, what you say, let's get our Thanksgiving meal going, Jimmy. Come on

All right. All right, you take that side, son, and I'll take this side

So let me tell you what the first recipe up is. It's stuffing on a stick

Ooh, but... Deep fried. Deep fried. Everything we're doing today, y'all, is fried

Go figure. All right, Jamie has a pound of bulk sausage. Now, if you like your stuffing a little hot, then you can use a hot and spicy sausage

or you can just use a mild, and we're using a mild. And over here, I have one package of cornbread mix

You can buy it in the grocery store, you know, in that bag. And to that, I added one sleeve of saltine crackers

My grandma Paul taught me a long time ago. It helps bind, and it adds that little bit of saltiness that you need and nice texture

All right, Jamie has scrambled up his sausage, and while he's doing that, I'm going to finish chopping my onion

You're going to saute off about a half a cup of carrots. It'll add some color

Yeah, that's all it does, because by the time I cook this down, it doesn't add a lot of flavor

Y'all don't clean your pan, because the drippings, that's a lot of flavor in there. So I'm going to add a half stick of butter. Butter

Okay. Well, when we were younger and used to travel to Statesboro, we'd get in the car

And we would just have the best time for four days. We would play cards

Gamble. Gamble. Notorious gambling for money. We would eat. Overnight. People would be mad

We would fish. Like at the end of the year, somebody would leave with their lip poked out. So we used to gamble, drink, and fight

What a Thanksgiving. Carrots and celery is what I'm going to do in here

I'm going to add that onion. Onions. Onions. Onions. I'm telling you what, and they were so glad to see us come and so glad to see us go

I remember my Uncle Bernie would get up on Sunday morning, he said

Taillights. Want to see taillights? I said, we're going, Uncle Bernie, we're going

All right, now to my crumbs, I've added one quart of chicken stock

and that chicken stock is just going to wet up our crumbs and turn it to kind of mush

And now I'm going to add four beaten eggs. This smells so good

We're going to need that to bind it together. I'm going to add some sage, some poultry seasoning, and some dried parsley

And a little bit of salt. A little bit of pepper. All right

So, son, you can go ahead and put your sausage over here

All right. Put that sausage in there, son. I love sausage in it

Mom does some with oysters, you know, living here in Savannah. Do y'all like oyster dressing

Oyster dressing? Ugh. Eat fish, live longer. Eat oysters, love longer. That's right

All right, son, pour that over in here. Because I like my vegetables, y'all, not cooked to mush so that they'll have a little body and texture

so you have that celery and onions to bite into. And, y'all, what is Thanksgiving without football

Guess who I've got to come out and share the holidays with us

Tell me. One of the most fabulous players that ever came off the football field

Refrigerator Perry! Come on out! Hey

Hey, Grant! How are you doing? See you, brother. All right. See you. Good, good, good. Now, is this a man or what

We're going to have more of it when we come back. Don't go anywhere, or a fridge will beat your foot

Next, my stuffing gets a deep fried bat. And later, draped from the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kermit

Kermit the Frog makes fried pumpkin cake. Welcome back Welcome back We got the perfect Thanksgiving

show going on today. You know, I've got my family with me. I've got

the food. I've got friends. Fridge is here with us. Frigerator Perry

Now, Fridge, we've got our turkey over here, y'all. We are cooking

a whole turkey and we're going to stuff it today with our

leftover stuffing that I prepared for our stuffing on a stick. So if you would just

finish stuffing that turkey fridge. Now this is a 20 pound bird fridge

So we're going to bake this for about 17 minutes a pound

So that'll be about 6 hours. That's a long time. And we may

have to tent him at some part during the cooking in case he starts browning too much

All right. But, oh, I'm so glad you're, look at those hands. Put your hands

Oh. Stuff is brown everywhere. Look at those hands, y'all. Look at those hands

They don't call them the microwave. No. Ooh. Take those big old strong hands with your big old self and stuff our big old turkey in

our little bitty oven. All right. Another good tip, Mom, if you're doing stuffed turkeys at the house and you are so busy, you've got family coming, you want to do a lot of shortcuts

don't stuff your bird until the last minute because you don't want to cross-contaminate. All right

Now, when we left a few minutes ago, we put the stuffing in the oven

We baked it off. So it's cooled. So what we're going to do now, what you and I are going to do while Jamie's working on it

Let me get started on this. I'm making a fried pecan turkey glaze. Okay, go ahead

I've got about two cups of butter, and I'm basically going to deep fry these pecans in this butter

I'm just going to toast them off. And this is going to have to go for a few minutes, Mama, so go ahead

Okay. So, Fridge, what we're going to do now is we're going to massage our stuffing now

We're going to kind of just squeeze them and mash them together

Here, you do that. All right. William, I want to ask you. You won a national championship at Clemson University

and then you went on and won Championship of the World with the Chicago Bears

in 1985. Hey, how about that? You got there, you won. You had fun

Yeah. All on the way. Oh, you had fun. And we enjoyed ourselves. I mean, it was unbelievable

Yeah. That's like the big hide. Oh, yes. And you did the Super Bowl shuffle

I mean, you were everywhere. Yeah, you did the shuffle. I did a lot

I did a lot of it. Show us the shuffle. Show us the shuffle. I still can, uh-huh

Oh, yes, you can. Yes, you can. How long has it been, Fridge, since you played now

Well, now I gave it up in 96. After 96, I couldn't run, couldn't walk

I hear you, baby. So now I'm crawling. Well, it's only been 11 years

Yeah, it's been a while. All right, here, take your sausage on a stick

And we're going to drop these into our deep fryer. And we're going to brown these off

I'm going to add some honey to this and some molasses and brown sugar. Do you all know what Jamie's going to do with this

I'm going to pour it all over my meat, y'all. And it's going to burn

What did you think when Coach Dick said, William, I'm going to put you in the backfield and let you run the football

That was great. You're the first one to ever do it. Oh, yes. The biggest running back in history to ever score a touchdown in the Super Bowl, I guarantee you

You were! That had to be. Had to be. What was the weight you were playing at

325. 325. Because see, the thing is, can you imagine trying to stop this man if he's got a six-yard head start

And if you ain't going but two feet at 320-something pounds, it's going to take 12 men ain't enough

It wasn't enough. You know, I don't know a lot about football

But you can cook. You can cook. I can cook. I was a cheerleader

But I never could tell where that bowl was, you know? So, son, are you about finished with that

The last thing I'm going to put in here, y'all. You're adding your bourbon. Bourbon. Bourbon French

You like bourbon French? Oh, yeah. Well, let me ask you this

Now, how many in your family? Eight brothers and four sisters. How did your mother

When the mom cooked, she cooked. We had two or three tables

Uh-uh. Oh, yes, we did. Oh, you had to. You see, the first question you want to ask is

how did you get to be so big when you had to fight 11 other folks to eat? I know it. We always big

His little brother went to Clemson and wound up breaking all his collegiate records at Clemson

after he came through. Breaking your record? Breaking my record. His little brother. Did you break his neck

No, no. Mother wouldn't lie to that. Oh, she wouldn't? That was the baby

What was a typical meal at your house? A typical meal for us, mothers cooked about four or five chickens

Can you imagine frying for us? She prepared a thing of cornbread like this, a lot of collard greens

Yes. We had it all. Honey, we eat just alike. You know, you couldn't get this way eating lettuce and tofu

No, no. All right. Taste it. Oh, this is so good. How about everybody want to taste one, y'all

Everybody gets one. We'll be right back. We're celebrating Thanksgiving here at Alabama

Yay! Up next, y'all, Fridge and Bobby and me are going to make fried bacon mashed potatoes

And later, you just can't have Thanksgiving without cranberry fritters, y'all. Welcome back, y'all

We're here today celebrating Thanksgiving, and I've got two fabulous men up here with me

I've got Refrigerator Perry on one side and my baby Bobby Dean on the other

I remember. Mama, I don't know if you remember, But the Super Bowl shuffle, I remember it just being real easy

It was just kind of like this. But now when I see if you're 6'4", 325 pounds, you're really just going to shuffle

Well, you see. Yeah, but I still can move now. I believe it

All right. Jamie made a fabulous sauce for our turkey. Okay. And so fridge is just mopping it up

It's got bourbon in it. And it tastes real good, fridge. What is it

What is it? It's a glaze? Yeah, it's a glaze. a fried pecan bourbon glaze

All right, I'm getting the bacon ready because we're fixing to make a fried bacon mashed potato

Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Oh, yeah. And in honor of football today, y'all

we going to stuff our mashed potatoes inside a loaf of bread that shaped like a football Look here Oh yeah A football you can eat Fridge

You should have had that when I was playing. Now, I've hollered this out, y'all, and I've toasted it

because otherwise, if we don't toast it, then the potatoes will turn it to mush, and we don't want that to happen

Now, Bobby is getting the things ready to put our mashed potatoes together fridge

He's got butter, chives, shallots. Let's saute off your shallots. That's one whole shallot with two tablespoons of butter, right

That's it. And then we're going to add about three-quarters of a cup of heavy cream

And I'm just going to give some rough chops to the bacon. I don't want to mince this up

There you go. All right, just like that. All right, Fridge, how you coming, baby

Oh, it's looking great. All right, well, I want you to tell Bobby and I

now you kind of told me a typical meal. Now tell me about Thanksgiving at your house

Two turkeys. Two turkeys. Two hams. Uh-uh. Big thing of cornbread. All right, son, just put the drained potatoes back in here

Excuse me, Fridge, I'm listening. I hear you. Was your daddy a big guy

Oh, yes, he's a big guy. My mom was big, too. She was. Her mom was 6'1", and she was 285

Oh, you shut up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 6'1", 285. Now, this is his mama

Yeah. Now, how big was your daddy? My dad was 6'1", also

He was 325. Golly. My gracious. And then all of us fell in line

Uh-uh. Put the butter in here, all right? Were you raised in a big house

We had three rooms. The girls sleep in one room. No. The guys sleep in the other room

Mother and dad slept in the seven-day room. So you slept with eight, eight brothers

Right next to my brother. And I didn't move too much. Y'all had no privacy, did you

We had privacy. We had each other. You ready for the sour cream

Yes. All right. Now, I'm going to slowly pour in the cream, son

And you just mash that up. Now, it's important that you not put cold cream in your mashed potatoes

because that will immediately chill it down. So we're going to slowly add our hot cream

until it's the consistency that we want it. And we don't want to overwork them, son

We want them to still be kind of lumpy. So I'm going to stop with that little bit

and now I'm going to add sour cream, which to me really makes a great mashed potato

All right, now, son, as soon as you get that sour cream mixed in with them

well, I'm going to put the bacon. You want to mix it in or on top? Wouldn't you

You don't want to? We can do it either way. You know what

I don't know who I'm kidding y'all with four pieces of bacon. That's just enough to make your mouth mad

All right. So I think you have brushed that turkey until he's in tears, Fridge

I'm trying to get it all in. All right, look-a here. Let me help you

You gonna help me? Oh, Jamie, Dean ought to be arrested. All right, let's get in here

and I'm gonna cut you off a bite, okay? Hey, Mom, y'all look at this

Tell me, doesn't that look like just a big old baked potato? Yes, it looks like a football

Looks like a baked potato. Look-a there. How cute is that? The men are going to love it, girls

You know what, Fridge? I've heard about your sauce. Right? I've been wanting to try it

Do you have a barbecue sauce? He does. Yes, ma'am. He has this one right here, and it's good

I can't wait to taste it. Check it out. The Fridge Down Home Barbecue Sauce

That's good stuff. Oh, yeah. I can't wait to taste it. Oh, a little bit right there

All right, here we go. Pass that football. We gonna watch Fridge go out for a pass

I'll set it right here. How about that? That was good. It was wonderful. Every time I can come through in there, I can eat

I'm happy. This is great. And, Mom, I got a surprise for you

You got a surprise for me. When we come back, I got one of the biggest stars of the Macy's Thanksgiving parade for you

I'm gonna introduce you to him. You've got to be kidding. Mm-mm. I'm telling you the truth. The biggest star of Macy's

Who would that be, y'all? Big star, big. Big. We'll be right back

Thank you, Fred. Good job. And next, Thanksgiving Day Parade star Kermit the Frog

is making deep-fried pumpkin cake. Oh. Do you like it? That is so good

So far tonight on Paula's Party, y'all, it's been nothing but deep-fried Thanksgiving fun

Jamie made a pecan and bourbon glaze for the turkey. And NFL legend, Refrigerator Perry, scored big, y'all, with his fried stuffing on a stick

To free. But still to come, Thanksgiving Day Parade star Kermit the Frog is making deep-fried pumpkin cake

Why mess up all that icing with something healthy like fruit? You know

Come on. Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to you. Somebody told me that you have a surprise for your mother

I have a huge surprise for you. Huge? Huge surprise. Well, you know I love surprises

Well, I got one for you. Are you ready to meet the single biggest star of the Macy's Day Parade

Yes, I am. Okay, well, then let's do it. Ha ha ha! Hola! Kermit! Yay

Thank you! Kermit the frog! Oh thank you, thank you very much

Thank you, thank you. All right, all right, all right. Now that's the good news. Yes

Bad news is I gotta go. No, why? Yeah, and the good news for you is

y'all ain't doing frog legs today. Oh good. Have fun, I love ya, I've always loved you

Thank you. Bye y'all. Bye Bobby! Kermit! Hi, Paula. How are you

You know, oh my gosh. Aw. Do you know I love you so much

I love you too. It's so nice to see you. It's so nice to see you

Yes, yes. You know, I love southern ladies. I always have. You do

Well, I'm from the south myself. What part of the south are you from? The swamp. Yeah, yeah, pretty much

Pretty much the swamp. What are you doing here with me? It's Thanksgiving

Yes, ma'am, it is. You're supposed to be in New York. Well, I'm heading straight there after the show

Are you? You know, there's nothing like being in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

especially when you suck in all that helium. Yes. How do you sound when you suck in the helium

I talk pretty funny for days. You do. I talk like this for days. Well, listen, I want to know, where are all your friends

Oh, well, they're in the swamp. We always get together at Thanksgiving in the swamp. Miss Piggy, aren't y'all friends

Oh no no no no no She in the swamp She never goes to the swamp No ma She doesn No no something about mud in the high heels Tell me something Mud in the high heels yes it a real bogger

Yes. That's a good one. I like that. You like that one? I'll steal that

Yes. Miss Piggy and I would get along great. You know, well, perhaps

Too bad she didn't come with you, too. She didn't. She didn't, but, you know

I would have wrapped her up and placed her somewhere very warm and cozy

Uh-huh. Perhaps with an apple in her mouth, I think. There is a very good chance it should have had an apple in her mouth

Yes, yes. Well, I have to tell you, I'm very comfortable with my place in the food chain

so all that frog leg stuff, no problem. I do love frog legs

Well, I do, too. I just prefer them to be attached. That's the big thing

So what are you doing here with me today, Kermit? Well, I'm so glad you asked

What are you doing here? Yeah, I would be really interested if you would show me how to make something wonderful for Thanksgiving

You know what I'm going to make you? What are you going to make me? Because today is our Thanksgiving show

Yes. And everything I'm doing is fried today. Oh, wow. So you know what I'm going to cook you up, sport

What's that? I'm going to cook you up a fried pumpkin cake

Whoa! That sounds fantastic. Yeah. Wow, how do you do that? Well, let's get started

Tell me what I do. Well, look at here. Yeah. Now, we're starting, Kermit, with a yellow cake mix

And I love the color of the bowl, by the way. Yeah, it looks like you kind of love it, doesn't it? Yes

All right, we've got four eggs. So we're going to put our eggs in there

And this is really just a dump cake. It's so easy. Just a dump cake

That sounds disgusting. Just a dump cake. But, okay. All right. All right, a third of a cup of milk

Third of a cup of milk. Third of a cup of all. All right, now I've got some pumpkin pie spice

Oh, yes, I love that, like cinnamon cloves, allspice. Smell, smell. Oh, sorry, it's a little strong

It might make you sneeze. All right. Yeah. Don't start that sneezing

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm all right. I snorted sneezing. You started sneezing

Yes, I started sneezing earlier when I was out here with black pepper

Oh, yes. All right, now see this? Pumpkin is a very traditional food for Thanksgiving, isn't it

It certainly is. It's a fall color. Absolutely. Yes. Like, see, do I match

You wore this just for the occasion. See, I look very folly, don't I? Oh, you do. Well, pumpkin is one of those important foods that has to be on the table in some shape, form, or fashion

Absolutely. So I'm using just a pumpkin puree. Okay, okay. And we've already added our spices

You could use, if you've got it in your cabinet, and you've got like a pumpkin pie filling

Right. Well, it's already got all your spices in it. Oh, right, right

Yeah, like your cinnamon and nutmeg. Sure. Now, what's that thing going to do

All right, look ahead. I don't want to get too close to that because I could get all wrapped up in it. Woo! Oh, that's frightening

Wow. What are you doing now? I'm beating up your cake. Oh, gee

I thought you liked it. Now, that's beautiful. Oh, you're so funny

That smells so good. Doesn't it smell good? It smells good already

Sniff, sniff. Yes. Don't you love Thanksgiving? You know, it's one of my favorite holidays

Mine too, honey. I love not having to buy presents. See, I'm the same way, Carmen

I think buying all those gifts, you know, puts so much work in the holiday and kind of takes out the fun

Yeah, I agree. I agree. Especially in this day and age. Yeah. Because we all have so much

Yeah, that's true. So look-a here, darling. Come on over here. Hop right on over here

That's something I can do. All right. Now, I've got two cake pans lined up here

I've got two cake pans that I've greased and I've floured. And we're just going to divide our batter into these two pans

And we're going to divide it as evenly as we can. Okay. All right

Sure, that makes sense. So get up here and put your eyeball on that. Okay, I'm checking it out

It looks like you're doing a great job. You think we're doing a great job? I think you've done this before

I don't know, Kermit. I think that I've got more in the first one

Yeah, just a little. Then I do the second one. But you know what? You just do like that

You just plop it over there. Now we're going to spread it out evenly into our pan

We're going to stick it in a 325-degree oven. And we're going to bake this for 25 minutes

Only 25 minutes? Only 25 minutes. Wow, that's great. Would you like a lick? I'd love

Oh, raw egg, my favorite. I think it'll be better once it's cooked

It will be better after it's cooked. Y'all don't go anywhere. It's Thanksgiving

Okay. Oh, look. Oh, put it in the oven. There you go. Yeah. Yeah

One minute. Next, Kermit the Frog makes fried pumpkin cake. And later, y'all, my very own personal Thanksgiving Day Parade

Yes, indeed

Welcome back. I'm all dressed. I'm here in the kitchen. We're getting ready for Thanksgiving, y'all

Yes, we are. And I am in the kitchen with, like, the biggest star ever

Where? Where? Kermit the... Oh, me. You, honey. Kermit the Frog. Oh, thank you, Paula

I can't believe it. Now, we've taken it out of the oven, Kermit

Yes, yes. And I'm going to quickly make us a batter. Okay. Because I promised you deep-fried pumpkin cake

You did. And when you make a promise, I know you keep it. I'm going to come over there with you. Absolutely. I will never lie to you, honey

So what's going on here? All right. I'm going to use a cup of all-purpose flour

Okay. I'm going to put in a couple of tablespoons of baking powder to kind of make it puff

Baking powder. Yes. Gotcha, gotcha. I'm going to put in a teaspoon of salt

Uh-huh. And, all right, I'm going to quickly say this because I've got some questions I want to ask you

Okay, okay, okay. I'm going to put in a beaten egg, vanilla, a tablespoon of vegetable oil, and one cup of milk

Milk's very important. Yes, milk is very important. Okay. So it really doesn't matter what order I put these in

No, we don't care. Peshaw, we say. Who cares? Peshaw. That's right

All right, but what I do want to know, there's a couple of things I want to know

Yeah. You have a DVD? Oh, you know, that's true. A new DVD

Tell me about it. Well, the second season of The Muppets. Remember The Muppets, y'all

I do remember The Muppets. We did that some time ago, but it's just coming out. Thank you. Thank you

Yes, yes. It's a two-DVD box set. You can't miss it. Miss Piggy's on the cover, and now I'm scared every time I go in a video store

Now, why are you scared every time? No, I'm only kidding. I'm only teasing. Supposed to be a group photo, but she stuck her snout in there at the last second

All right, let me ask you this, Kermit. Yes. Is it like songs

Oh, it's every, you know. Like, what age group would like this? You know, I got a grandson that's just a little over a year old

Well, he'd love it because I'm on there. And then there's all these great guest stars like Elton John and Julie Andrews and John Cleese

No, you don't mean it. I do. I would not tell you a lie, Paula. I would never tell you a lie

You are. It's the truth. You just stole my line, Kermit. I promise

Everyone. Everybody loves you. Big people, little people. And do you know, I'm writing my first children's cookbook right now

No kidding. I can't hardly wait. Oh, that's going to be wonderful

You know, kids are good cooks. They like to help with stuff like that. Children, it's so important that we get our children in this kitchen, in this room

I agree. Because it helps them build self-confidence. Yeah. It raises their self-esteem when they realize that they can get in there

And they can do these things. Well, you know, and it's something great they can do with mom and dad, too

Especially when there's 300 degree hot oil. Speaking of 300 degree hot oil, you might want to stand back, Kermit

Yeah, let me get over here. Okay. Okay, I'm watching out. I'm way back here, Paula

Whoa. Yes, indeed. The whole cake, Kermit, into our pot. Look at it

It's popping and cracking and I'm coming back now. It's popping and cracking. Wow

Look, now the batter is going back down and sticking to our cake

It's like fried dough. Yum. I love fried dough. It's kind of like

It's a southern staple. Watch it now. Get back. Get back, Carmen. Get back, Loretta

Get back. Okay. Look at that. It fries so quickly, too. It does

It fries very, very quickly. Yes. And remember, our cake is done, right

Our cake is done. So now I want you to stand back one more time. Okay, where are you going with that

Where are you going with that? I'm going right over here. Okay, all right. Right over here

Oh, look at that. And I'm going to take our cake out. And I really let my grease get a little hot, y'all

So mine went pretty dark on me pretty quick. Now, you may want to watch your grease and not let it get quite as hot as I did

and take it a little bit lighter. Well, listen, Kermit, our cake is real, real hot

Okay, real hot. And we're going to coat it with a cream cheese icing

So we can't put that on a hot cake. But I have a swap out here

Yeah, yeah. And this one's a little lighter. Oh, look at that

Very light. Than mine. Because I had my grease so hot. Uh-huh. Now, let's slide on over here

Okay. Slide on over here. Now, I've made us a cream cheese icing

The icing that I've made, y'all, is very basic. It's cream cheese, powdered sugar, thinned with a little orange juice and a little orange zest

and a little food coloring, yellow and red, make the pumpkin color

Very simple. And look out here. I'm going to pile this on, honey

You should do that. You should pile it on here. I am so going to pile it on. What are you going to do if you have it left over

It needs to all go on the cake, right? Yes, and you know what? Oh, look at that

I'm going to go over here, and I'm going to put some more right there. Look at what you're doing. Woo

Pile it right there in the center. Everybody, everybody go, ooh. Ooh

Yeah. All right, now look at here. Oh that is amazing We going to stick that other layer Wow Right up there And we got some orange slices Uh Oh that going to stick that other layer right up there And we got some orange slices Oh that going to make it really pretty

Isn't this going to make it beautiful? Sure, sure. Orange rings. I should have known

Now, you can kind of decorate this any way you like. I think I'm going to come around here and put a few

Oh, look how you did that. And I'm just making a slice. Yeah, you sort of did a swirly thing

I just sliced it. Yeah. Yeah. Orange swirly. And you know what? I think I'm going to do like three

Yeah. Why mess up all that icing with something healthy like fruit? You know? I mean, come on

That's exactly right, Kermit. It's the South, for crying out loud. All right. Now, I've got some beautiful, fresh mint

Ooh, mint. Yes. Which grows everywhere around here. You know, I have this smell

I grow this in my yard. Yeah. And once you plant mint, it like never

goes away. It's impossible to get it to go away. And isn't that

beautiful, y'all? Oh, that is just amazing. That is really amazing. And it's gorgeous

Oh. Do you like it? That is so good. Oh, this is wonderful, Paula

Thank you so much for showing me how to make this. I can go back to the swamp and... You can go back

to the swamp and impress the girls. Yeah, if only I had an oven

But we'll see what we can do. Well, maybe tonight, when everybody's sleeping, you can hop into that house that's located right by the swamp

Oh, I know that one, yeah. Yes, and you can go in and you can borrow that oven. Oh, I like that

And then slip right out, and they'll never be the wine. Yeah, I just will burglarize a home and make a cake

Yes. Sounds perfect. Just don't burn it down. No, no, no, no, I would never do that

I would never do that. All right, now I'm going to cut us just one piece, Kermit. Uh-huh

And we can shower it, okay? Yes, but of course that piece is huge. Yes, it's pretty big

Uh-huh. All right. Time to eat. Yeah, well, hey, thank you for showing me how to make this

It's wonderful. Oh, honey, thank you for coming to be with me. Oh, I had such a great time. You know, we love you

Our family loves you so much. Aw, thank you, Paula. I love you, too. Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Kermit. Thank you. Up next, y'all, my boys are going to round out our Thanksgiving meal

with fried cranberry fritters. Welcome back

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. I'm in the kitchen today with, I'm just surrounded by men

Family, friends, fridge. He was amazing like me Big guy too Still big You don argue with that man do you So that what we doing today We preparing a Thanksgiving meal and everything is fried today

y'all, in our meal. Oh, good. It has something to do with being fried

And the next thing we're gonna make is a fried cranberry sauce

y'all. You say get out, right? Unbelievable. Alright, Bobby, let's mix up the batter, son

I'm gonna need a cup of flour, a cup of water, a pinch of salt

a couple of tablespoons of sugar, and about a teaspoon of baking powder

Let's mix up the dry first. I'll tell you what I'm thankful for. Yeah, that's what I want to know

I'm thankful I didn't grow up in Fridger Perry's house. Honey, I think you'd have been

the skinny child. I know I'd have been. That's your baking powder

That's your sugar. Mom, I'm going to cut this cranberry. Slowly. Yes, for our cranberries, y'all, we're using the jellied-style canned cranberries

Yeah, you can't use, I love to eat the ones with berries in it. I love the whole, okay

You can't do this with berries, it'll fall apart when you're frying it, so make sure to just use the jelly. And I've got to freeze them, or I won't be able to fry them

So I'm going to cut them about, I don't know, however big that is. Yeah

What is that, a half an inch, maybe? Sorry, did I get it on you

I'm sorry. No, I think I dumped flour on myself. I like that just as well, though

I like when you make those little cranberry sandwiches. Oh, I do, too. I'll stuff them with cream cheese and nuts, y'all

Oh, it's so good with a little mayonnaise. All right, now we're going to let our batter..

Is that it? Yes. Wow. That's our mama. I can't wait to see it

All right, now we're going to let this batter sit on the counter for about 15 minutes

and I've got some that's... Here, I'll swap it out. Okay, yes, son

If you'll just pass me that, I want everybody. The cranberries go into the freezer for a couple hours until they're frozen solid

Yeah, now it's important that we freeze our cranberries. Otherwise, they won't hold up

No, son, the batter. Okay, here it is. No, son. No. I'm getting to it, Mama

You ever heard that before? All right, see, the batter has thawed out

All right, Bobby, you got the deep fire on about 350. All right

Now we've got some plain flour. When I say plain, it's self-rising

We're going to put these in the flour, give them a little dust, into the batter

I'm thankful we're all healthy. Yeah. You know what I'm thankful. Eating all this fried stuff, we're still healthy

All right, so in goes that cranberry. How long do these have to cook

Not long, son, because, you know, cranberry sauce is done. And if you decide that you do want to do the cranberry fritters as a part of your meal

you want to make sure you cook these up at the last minute Otherwise they going to get soggy Look at that fritter would you There won be any of those left It kind of turned it into almost like jelly It

almost melted the cranberry into the jelly. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Look, I got you covered

Do we have any forks, Mama? Let's get a fork and taste one. I got one more hidden down here

Spoon will work. Spoon will work nicely. These are beautiful. They look like almost fried beets, don't they

Can I cut one? Yes. See what it looks like on the inside. Oh, my goodness

It's like grape jelly. Yes. Yes. I'm going to put mine on a plate

I'm at the wrong end of the table. I'm caught on the prep end

I'm stuck in production. All right, well, here we go. Here we go, Jamie. Grab one

How about a plate? Because I think it's going to be... Oh, it's so hot, y'all

Be careful now. Fried cranberry. So you know what I'm thankful for

What you thankful for? I think this year... Ooh! It's hot, isn't it

I think this year I'm most thankful for Jack. Yeah, it's... Aw

Having a new member of the family is... I'm scared. I'm going to burn my mouth

Are you kidding? It's fried. It's got to be good. I had six or eight this morning for breakfast before I came here, so I'm stuck to you

That would be so good on a turkey sandwich. The thing about cranberry is it's not Thanksgiving unless you've got cranberry

Love cranberries. Mama, what you doing? It's too hot to pass out, honey. I'm sharing

Jesus said to share. What you saying? You're sitting over there moaning

It's so hot, isn't it hot? It'll burn your lips. Isn't that yummy

It is. It really is. There, darling. You can have the rest of it

Can I start with him? Yes, but look, you're fixing to drip it on your shirt now

That's all right. He's from Albany. Didn't you say he was from Albany? Y'all, those are wonderful

Just wonderful. I'm so thankful that I'm here with you and with Jamie

and I'm thankful for Jack too. I'm so thankful. Thankful for all our lives. All our family has a lot to be thankful for

Can't have Thanksgiving without cranberry. You know what? You can't have Thanksgiving without a parade. Y'all come on out

Woo