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Creamy Cheddar Soup
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/creamy-cheddar-soup/
Gumbo
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/gumbo/
Shrimp and Wild Rice Casserole
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/shrimp-and-wild-rice-casserole/
Caramel Apple Cheescake
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/caramel-apple-cheesecake/
Enjoy these amazing comfort foods and you will feel better in no time.
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Hey y'all, I'm Paula Dean. Y'all grab a
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blanket and get cozy because today is
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all about comfort food. And I'm going to
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start with a creamy cheddar soup. And
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then a hot gumbo. And then last but not
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least, a shrimp and wild rice casserole.
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I think these dishes are sure to make
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you smile. But make sure you save room
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because it's a caramel apple cheesecake
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for dessert.
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is all about comfort foods. Let me tell
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you what my definition of comfort food
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is. It has to taste good. Has to be rich
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in flavor. But, you know, I think more
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than anything, it's all about who
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prepared this food for you or who you
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ate it with or what was going on in your
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life. But I'm going to start today with
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a nice hearty cheese soup. And you know,
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this soup does bring back all those
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memories of my mother trying to comfort
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me and make me feel better. So, I've
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started with 3 tablespoon of butter. The
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dogs are snoring.
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I'm going to add a small diced onion and
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diced pimeas.
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So, this is going to have a real pretty
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color. Now, I'm going to add some flour
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to our onions and our pimeas. And this
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is going to make our tightening kind of
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like a rue.
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All right. Okay. Now, I'm going to add
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some chicken stock.
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And this can be canned or homemade.
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All right. And then I'm going to add
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some cream.
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All right. I'm going to put that on low
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and cover it and let it thicken up. And
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while that's getting tight, I'm going to
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move over here and make a casserole with
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a couple of tablespoons of butter.
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Before it's over, I'm going to have that
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whole stick gone. I promise y'all.
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All right. Two tablespoons of butter.
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And over here, we're going to sauté our
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onions and our bell peppers.
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All right. And in goes our onions. And
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I've got some shrimp that's been peeled
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and de vained. And I'm going to drop
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these in our boiling water.
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And we're going to cook these just for a
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couple of minutes.
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Rey's just snoring up a storm.
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All right, I'm going to let those cook
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for a few minutes.
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And
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I'm just going to bake mine in a glass
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dish because we're eating this here at
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the house today. The shrimp are ready.
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So, I'm just going to move them over
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here to this bowl.
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Oh, and those smell so good.
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All right. Now, we're going to take our
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shrimp and we're going to add our bell
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pepper and onions to it.
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And then we're going to take our
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long grain and wild rice that we've
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cooked and just toss this all together.
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Going to give it a mix. Now I'm going to
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add a can of cream of mushroom soup.
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That's going to be our binder.
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And then I'm going to add a sharp grated
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cheddar. And then all we have to do is
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pour this into our bowl. And we're going
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to bake this in a preheated 325 degree
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oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until it's
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hot and bubbly.
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So, you'll want to just keep an eye on
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it.
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Oh, I love that rice. And Prima mushroom
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soup makes any rice so good.
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So, that's ready to go in the oven.
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All right,
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this is ready. Now I'm going to put it
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in a preheated 325°ree oven. Going to
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bake it for 20 to 30 minutes or until
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it's hot and bubbly.
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In it goes. And we'll add this cheese at
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the last minute of cooking. Okay. So,
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let's move back to that wonderful
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soup. Oh, and look at the pretty color.
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All right. Now, I'm going to add some
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cheese
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cuz after all, it is cheese soup.
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And I'm using a nice sharp cheddar.
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Now I'm going to put just a little bit
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of cayenne in it. Not too much.
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That's going to give it a little bite.
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All right. Now, I'm going to add some
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green onions.
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And I'm going to save some of those to
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garnish my soup with.
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There's several soups that I make that
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you can do in almost 5 to 10 minutes.
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And then I've got soups that I love like
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my vegetable beef soup. It probably
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takes me three hours to make, but this
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is one of those wonderful hearty um
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comforting soups that
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is one of those five minute deals. Look
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how pretty.
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[Music]
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How pretty is that? And you saw how
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quickly
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I got that made. That and a piece of
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bread,
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a spoon, and a set of lips.
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That's about all you need.
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And I love the bread dunked in it. I
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think this is one of those dishes that
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your children are just going to love.
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I got to run, but when we come back, I'm
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going to be making the king of comfort
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food for Louisiana,
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gumbo.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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All right, as promised, y'all, I've got
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the shrimp and wild rice casserole
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ready,
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and I'm just going to
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get me a little taste. Look at the steam
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coming off of it.
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Oh my gracious.
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There's just something about rice
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in Savannah. We are tremendous rice
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eaters. I don't know if it's because
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they actually grew rice down there in
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Savannah.
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It's really hot
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and so good.
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This is one of those perfect dishes
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if you're going to a covered dish
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supper. I promise that everybody will
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want the recipe for that one. But right
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now, let's move on to a food that I
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could probably talk about all day long,
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and that's gumbo. Now, I'm going to
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start off with boneless, skinless
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chicken breast. And I'm just going to
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season them up. And I've added a couple
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of tablespoons of olive oil to my
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skillet.
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Now, we're just going to brown off these
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breasts.
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Y'all, excuse me. I've got to got to
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wash my hands. Oh, you want to be very,
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very careful when you're
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cooking poultry and chicken, you want to
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make sure you wash your hands real well
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or if you've had them on a surface that
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you clean that surface well. And you can
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do that by adding a tablespoon of bleach
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to about a gallon of water. And that'll
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clean up your surfaces and kill all the
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germs. But like I said, chicken is one
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of those things that you really want to
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be careful with that you don't
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cross-contaminate.
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Okay. Now, I've just turned our chicken.
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And you don't have to cook this
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completely done. In fact, while this
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side's browning, I'm going to go back to
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my shrimp and rice.
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goes good
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because we're going to be cutting this
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up and we're going to be cooking it some
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more. So, it doesn't have to be
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completely done.
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All right. And now I'm going to add a
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smoked sausage. And we're just going to
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sauté and cook that off just for a
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minute. You can make gumbo any way you
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please as far as the ingredients you put
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in it. And I think this is plenty good
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enough. Just gonna pile this over here
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on our chicken so we can get started on
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our rue.
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You don't have time to make rue. You can
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buy it in the jar, but I sure do like
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making my own, but it can take a few
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minutes. All right, I'm going to put
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couple of tablespoons of margarine
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and a little flour.
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I think I'm going to change to a wooden
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spoon. That metal spoon's making a lot
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of racket.
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Uh rue is one of those things that you
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don't want to walk off from while you're
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cooking it because if you burn it or
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scorch it, it's just no good. So, you
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want to give it your complete and
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undivided attention. All right, but we
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got our r the right color. All right,
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now I'm going to add some onions. In
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fact, that's about one nice size onion.
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And I'm going to add some fresh chopped
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garlic.
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And we're going to give this a stir in
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our R. All right. Now, I'm going to add
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the bell pepper. And the one thing that
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gumbo has in common is the trinity. You
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cannot make a gumbo without the onions,
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the bell pepper, and the celery, which
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is called trinity.
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All right. So, we're just going to sauté
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those off and just pull out the juices
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and the flavors from those vegetables.
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These are starting to soften up a little
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bit. So, I'm going to add a little
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worooster sauce
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and a little salt
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and a little pepper. All right. Now,
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last I'm going to add some parsley. I'm
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going to add stems and all and throw it
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over in there. So, we'll have nice big
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pieces of greenery in there.
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I've got to leave for a minute and when
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we come back and finish up the gumbo,
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we're going to be making a caramel apple
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cheesecake. So, y'all don't go anywhere.
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It's just getting to feeling better and
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better.
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[Music]
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All right. Hey, welcome back y'all.
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All right, our r looks beautiful. And
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now I'm going to add our liquid to our
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gumbo. And I'm going to use four cups of
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water
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and kind of blend it all together.
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All right. Now, I'm going to add to this
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five beef bullion cubes. And that's
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going to give it a nice salty uh beefy
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rich flavor.
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All right. And you know, I told you
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earlier wasn't necessary to cook the
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chicken all the way through. You just
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wanted to kind of sear it off and brown
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the outsides. And you can see it's still
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raw. But I'm going to put this in. And
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we're going to cook this for almost
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another hour and let the the flavor of
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that sausage and chicken uh marry into
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that
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real flavorful rue we've got going.
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All right. So, we're just going to let
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that cook away. While our gumbo is
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cooking, I'm going to show you how to
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put together this caramel apple
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cheesecake. Now, we're going to start
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with just an ordinary can of apple pie
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filling. And I'm going to put about 3/4
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of that can into the bottom of a
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readymade graham cracker crust. All
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right. Now, the rest of that pie filling
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I'm going to throw over here
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into a saucepan.
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And I'm using just a storebought caramel
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sauce that you would put on like top of
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ice cream.
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I'm going to just add that to the pie
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filling. And while that's
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melting and doing its magic, I'm going
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to come over here and I'm going to take
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two softened 8 oz packages of cream
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cheese.
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And I'm just going to whip it until it's
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light. And then I'm going to be adding a
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half a cup of sugar, a teaspoon of
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vanilla flavoring, and two eggs.
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What?
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The dogs are back here just talking to
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me. Uh, they're hungry.
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And we're just going to keep beating
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this until it's nice and smooth.
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Okay,
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you can see that didn't take but a
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second. Now, we're going to pour our
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filling on top of our
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our pie filling.
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Okay, we're going to put this in a
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preheated 325 degree oven and we're
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going to bake this off for about 30
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minutes or until it's set.
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And listen to our gumbo. It's just going
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to town over there. All right, so it's
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ready to go in the oven and we're going
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to cook it for about 30 minutes or until
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it's set. And then we're going to finish
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it by topping it off with those
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wonderful caramel and apple mixture I've
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got over here.
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Okay. So, in we go.
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All right. Let's move on over here now
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and and start on finishing our gumbo up.
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Now, to our pot, we're going to add a
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can of uh peeled and diced tomatoes.
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All right, we're going to add some cut
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okra. Now, if you've got fresh,
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certainly use it, but the frozen just
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works nicely.
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And then I've got a few green onions.
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I'm going to save some for the top.
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All right, our gumbo's ready. It's
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looking so good. Just all cooked
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together. Now, I'm going to add the
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shrimp. Let them cook for just a minute
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because these are tiny and they won't
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take but just a minute.
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While those shrimp are cooking, I want
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to show you how to finish off this
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delicious pie. Isn't that beautiful?
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Now, I'm going to take our apple pie
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filling that I mixed with the caramel
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sauce, and we're just going to top it on
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our pie. We're just going to kind of
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push it around.
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All right.
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And then I'm just going to come around
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here with some pecan halves and just
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kind of line our pie with those.
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And then I'm going to take some crushed
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pecans
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and just kind of put them in the center
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just like that.
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The way that looks, you would almost
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think it was one of those difficult pies
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to make, and it's not.
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Oh, and the shrimp are done. Doesn't
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that look comfortable?
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Oh, it looks so comfortable, doesn't it?
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And let's cut us a piece of pie.
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Then we're just going to fold back that
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tinfoil.
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How does it look?
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Any of these dishes
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will offer so much taste
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and so much comfort.
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[Music]
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So delicious. I love the sausage and the
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shrimp flavor together. And oh, the
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cheesecake. You can see the the apples
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underneath the cheesecake.
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[Laughter]
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I feel so bad. I need comforting.
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I'll see y'all in a few minutes because
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I got some tips for you that's going to
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make this even more comfortable.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Do y'all hear Gertie talking to me?
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What? Gertie, what? She wants me to
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hurry up and show y'all how to make
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French bread croutons. Now, I've got
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some peanut oil here. Uh, you'll want
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the temperature of your oil about 350°.
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Are you getting all this gerty? And the
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secret to making your croutons is you
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kind of constantly want to keep them
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moving about in that grease. And this
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will take just a couple of minutes from
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turning a a nice golden brown.
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This is pitiful. Gertie needs
19:06
comforting, don't you?
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And I'm going to turn that off. And I'm
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going to use my spider to pull them out
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with. And you don't want to overfill
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your pan
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while you're cooking these. You want to
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have plenty of room for them to move
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around in. All right. Now, I'm going to
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put these on a paper towel and let them
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drain just for a minute. And then I'm
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going to transfer them over to here.
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And we're going to put our seasonings on
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them. Now, I personally love mine with
19:37
just dried parsley for a little color
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and parmesan cheese. And you want to do
19:44
this is while they're warm because it'll
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stick to them. And this is my house
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seasoning. This contains salt, pepper,
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onion powder, and garlic powder.
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All right, Gertie, tell me what you
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think. So good.
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It'll be the perfect topper for any of
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your soups.
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You know, at one time or another, we all
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need comforting, don't we? There's
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nothing like good old comfort food to
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help fill some of those holes. And I
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think these dishes that I've done up
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today will be perfect to fill the need
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for a good old comforting dish. Whether
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it's a shrimp and the wild rice
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casserole
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or the caramel apple cheesecake,
20:29
the gumbo, or that smooth, delicious
20:33
cheese soup.
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It's going to make anybody feel better
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no matter what the situation is. And
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don't forget those delicious homemade
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croutons cuz they're just going to kick
20:46
up an already fabulous dish. So until
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next time, America, I hope the dishes
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bring you comfort when you need it. And
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I send you love and best dishes from my
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kitchen to yours.
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