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Paula heads over to Bob McCormicks's candy factory in Albany GA where they make over 1 billion candy canes per year. Once she finished her visit at Bob's , she heads back to the kitchen to make dinner of old fashioned meat loaf, okra and tomatoes. Paula's Home Cooking Season 02, Episode 12.
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The recipes for this episode are available on https://www.pauladeen.com
Old Fashioned Meatloaf
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/old-fashioned-meatloaf-a-k-a-basic-meatloaf/
Okra and Tomatoes
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/the-lady-and-sons-okra-and-tomatoes/
Peppermint Pie
https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/peppermint-pie/
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hey y'all I'm Paula Deen and today we're
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going back to the time when poodle
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skirts hula hoops and TV dinners were
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all the rage I'm gonna give you a taste
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of those good old times again
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first we're headed to my hometown of
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Albany Georgia to get the twist on some
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peppermint sticks and then it's back to
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my kitchen where we're making aunt
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Peggy's meatloaf and then it's okra and
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tomatoes and cottage potatoes that are
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just the perfect side part for this meal
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and finally it's peppermint cream pie
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and peppermint bark a dessert that's so
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refreshing in life you'll feel like
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dancin all night to open up the snack
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tables and invite a few friends over
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we're gonna be taking a trip down
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comfort food Lane
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[Music]
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[Music]
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hey y'all today I'm gonna take y'all
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back to my past I'm gonna take you to
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visit Bob's candy company where the
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McCormick family is king a pepper man
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y'all come along with me and we're gonna
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do the peppermint twist
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[Music]
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Gregg I don't think I've ever seen too
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many candy canes and all my life and
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once five well you know Paulo we make a
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billion candy canes that's with a bee
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per year Paula I want you to meet my two
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sisters that work in the business be
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some style and safety now Paula that is
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the candy the sugar in the corn syrup
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that we've taken off the cooling table
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and we've put it onto the pulling
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machine and just the air going inside
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the candy turns it that satiny white
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color and that's where we put the
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peppermint flavor in okay Paula now he's
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taken the white ball the pin slab and if
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you look it's got little lines on there
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that it's gonna show him where to put
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the pinstripes on there
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I might just stretch it and put it that
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ways about a hundred pounds this is
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called the batch roller Paulin that
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takes that big batch of candy and it's
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going to narrow it down to a lot smaller
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size where it goes through those rollers
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to give you the exact size candy cane
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that's when they y'all will show me
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everything Judy that's the secret that
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all Bob's candies is gonna have to keep
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let's just suffice it to say it's not
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done by al
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Paulo we thank you for coming and we
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want you to take this back to your
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kitchen great things thank you thank you
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thank you thank you McCormick spoke
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wonderful time in your candy shop y'all
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mean so much style beanie and I won't
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put these to good use
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[Music]
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I hope y'all had fun in my birthplace in
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Albany Georgia it Bob's candy company it
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was so much fun really took me back to
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the 60s I got some peppermint and I'm
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gonna put it to the side because we're
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gonna move right on to our entree which
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is a wonderful 50s and 60s dish an
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old-fashioned meatloaf just like my
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mother and my aunt Peggy and my
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grandmother used to make oh you're
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starting to think I'm gonna get rid of
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these fun glasses we're gonna start for
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the ground beef a good ground beef maybe
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an 80/20 something like that all right
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we're gonna kind of break it down just a
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little bit and we're gonna add a
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teaspoon and about a quarter of salt and
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I'm even fourth of a teaspoon of the
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pepper all right and I've got like a
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half of a large onion and a diced bell
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pepper and we're just gonna mix that in
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there with that oops forgot to take my
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jewelry off can I show you on my
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engagement ring that Michael gave me I
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don't want that meatloaf all in those
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rings all right so we're just gonna mash
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that bell pepper and onions up into the
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hamburger meat kind of get that
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incorporated along with that salt and
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pepper we're gonna take one egg and give
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it just a few beats just a little bit
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and you we're gonna add 1/4 of a cup of
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oatmeal and this just gives your
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meatloaf a real light and fluffiness to
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it and then we're gonna take a can of
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just diced tomatoes and they're juice
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squeezed so you can see I'm starting to
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try to work that into kind of a loaf
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shape right now I'm just gonna take that
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out and put it into our dish and the
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thing I like about my Peggy's meatloaf
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is she doesn't top it with just ketchup
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she takes a fourth of a cup of ketchup
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and about tablespoon of mustard a couple
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of tablespoons of brown sugar and just
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mixes those together and the brown sugar
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is so good in there you know just kind
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of give us that meatloaf just a little
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sweetness on the outside and we're just
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gonna brush that on our meat doesn't
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that look yummy
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so this one's ready to go in the oven
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and we're gonna put it in a 350
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preheated oven and we're gonna let it
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cook for about 45 minutes to an hour
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before we know it we're gonna have a
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wonderful aroma coming from the oven but
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while we're waiting on that to cook I
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want to show you another favorite from
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the 50s and 60s and that's okra and
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tomatoes now I've started with some
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chopped up bacon and I'm gonna add to
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the bacon 1 chopped onion and you see
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how much garlic a good bit so I'm gonna
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dump all that in so we're gonna saute
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until it's kind of transparent and I'm
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gonna put in a large can of diced
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tomatoes now if it's tomato season by
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all means use fresh all right now we're
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gonna add a tablespoon of chicken base
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and we're gonna use add a tablespoon of
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sugar just give it a little can of
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sweetness now we're gonna let this cook
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for about 20 minutes
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in fact now already have some tomatoes
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right here that have been cooking so
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we're just gonna throw our okra over in
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here and I'm probably using 2 cups of
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okra look at the colors aren't they
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pretty
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so we're just gonna put the lid on that
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and let that cook until the okra is done
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probably about 10 or 15 minutes and
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let's see what we've got right here
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and see how they've lightened out in
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color so that lets us know that they're
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done
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so that really completes that dish
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that's how simple it is let's check that
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oven and see how the other meatloaf that
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I've gotten the other ovens doing oh it
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looks so good look at that meat and that
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look good well I can smell those bell
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peppers I'm gonna just try one of those
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little in pieces come on we can get me
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some of that okra tomatoes don't it look
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just yummy so hot
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so good takes me back to my piggies
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table when we come back we're going to
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be doing the peppermint twist in a
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peppermint pie
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[Music]
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hi y'all caught me just gathering
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everything up to to make our peppermint
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pine this is going to be a perfect
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ending to our meal we're gonna start
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with heavy cream and a cup of crushed
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peppermint and I'm gonna do this the
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old-fashioned way
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okay that looks to be about a cup I'm
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gonna mix my gelatin with a little bit
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of water and let that dissolve for a
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second we're gonna pour our peppermint
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into our cream and we're gonna stir this
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until our milk gets totally incorporated
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we're gonna add our gelatin and this is
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gonna act as a thickening agent for our
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pie and you don't want to walk away from
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your pan on this one it shouldn't take
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too long for that candy to melt I
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actually have some ready right here
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we'll just switch eyes and let it melt
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and you'll find that when you melt your
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peppermint that it turns up real pretty
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caramel color
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now our candy and our cream has cooled
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off nicely we're gonna fold it into
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whipped cream that's been whipped to a
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nice peak just gonna make sure I get all
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the good out of this sauce pot now you
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want to be careful when folding in your
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melted candy because you don't want to
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break down your whipping cream we've got
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that mixed in so all we're gonna do is
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pile this into a store-bought chocolate
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cracker crumb crust and if you want to
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you can make your own out of Oreo
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cookies they're so good we're just gonna
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pile this in and stick this in the
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refrigerator until it's set and you see
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how when it's mixed with the whipping
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cream it almost has a little light
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pinkish cast to it okay so we're just
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gonna stick this in the fridge and let
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it sit which it won't take long because
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it's got that gelatin in it
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and while that's setting up I'm gonna
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show you how to make the easiest
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peppermint pine bark so simple for this
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one now I've chosen some of their just
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hard candy canes and you can use any
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kind of peppermint you want for this but
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we're gonna take know about that meaning
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and we're gonna just take this and break
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them up and I'm not gonna break these up
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very fine because I like to really
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crunch into the peppermint now I've got
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a couple of pounds of good white
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chocolate melting over the heat and that
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looked delicious
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see how that's just smoothing right on
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out with that a little bit of flame
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going to it and I'm gonna put about
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maybe a half a teaspoon of peppermint
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flavoring but we're gonna have the
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peppermint from the candy and the
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peppermint from the flavorings that
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white chocolate listen yummy though
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alright and all we're gonna do we don't
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want to melt our peppermint so we're not
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gonna stir it in until we're totally
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done with the heat and I've got just an
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ordinary cookie sheet lined with a
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parchment paper and I'm just gonna fold
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that candy into that chocolate and then
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we're just gonna spread it onto our pan
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now you can make it it's thick with the
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candy as you like it's gonna spread that
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out and you can just hold onto your
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piece of paper so it won't slide away
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with you in that pretty the way you can
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see the pieces of candy all we're gonna
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do is chill that we're gonna stick it in
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the refrigerator and I happen to have
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some already cooling in here that's
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ready to break out and I've got a pie
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ready and I've even got some more
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whipping cream so see how simple that
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was and you have a great candy and it
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just lifted right off and all you have
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to do is just break this into any shape
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you want in the
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bigger pieces you won't this is a fun
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little thing to have the children do so
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peppermint bark is ready now I like my
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pies like I do my hairdo real high so
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I'm gonna bring this one up a little bit
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by adding whipped cream to it now I'm
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using heavy cream that's been sweetened
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with a little sugar I'm just gonna pile
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that nice and hone it almost looks like
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meringue doesn't it now to finish our
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power I have some crushed peppermint
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candies and I'm just gonna give it a
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little sprinkle doesn't that look
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delicious so simple and easy you'll want
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to work your crust away from your
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container I'm gonna put me just a few
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sprinkles on my plate good and I think
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out to chase that piece of pie with some
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peppermint bark
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don't y'all oh gosh it looks delicious
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see where I put those crumbs on that
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plate so if you take my fork and glory
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in and get me a few extra for the crunch
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so delicious this is hard to beat but
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coming up next we're gonna do some
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old-timey Cottage potatoes so I'll see
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y'all in a few minutes
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[Music]
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no retro mill would be complete without
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a potato so we're fixing to make an
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old-timey dish cottage potatoes but I'm
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gonna show you a new twist to them now
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we're gonna use three large baking
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potatoes these are more like a medium so
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I'm probably gonna use about five of
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these so all we're gonna do is slice
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them and you don't have to be perfect
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because we're actually gonna wind up
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mashing these up but you want them close
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in size so they'll all be done about the
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same time all right now all we're gonna
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do is cover those with water and I'm
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gonna throw a little salt in the pot
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with them and just boil those until
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they're tender those look just delicious
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we're gonna add a little salt to them
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and I'm using a nice kosher on these and
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a little black pepper all right now the
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recipe calls for two tablespoons of
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butter that looks like two tablespoons
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to me doesn't it do you you know I never
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was real good at measuring all right so
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we're gonna take our masher and you can
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see I'm using an old timey masher
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instead of an electric mixer because I
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don't want these real creamy I still
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kind of want them in chunks I just love
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a potato I know y'all have heard me say
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it before if you were gonna send me off
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to an island and say Paul you can only
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have one food I would choose the tater
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and that's how I like them now we're
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gonna take just ordinary cottage cheese
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and stir into those those look good just
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like that don't they
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let's see I've got some onions sitting
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around here to throw in that let me find
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my onion here it is we're gonna just
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toss in some onion
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and those will still be kind of crunchy
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and good I'm just gonna pile them into
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the casserole dish and when I spray it
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so they won't stick to too badly on us
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now if you wanted to you could actually
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even jazz this up with some sour cream
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with a little mayonnaise or milk it'd be
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delicious on it but I'm gonna do this
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just like the recipe calls for in my
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cookbook I mash those down in there and
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if you liked it hot you can even add
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some jalapeno we're just gonna sprinkle
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this with paprika and the paprika will
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give it a nice Brown look and why don't
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we just for take the rest of our butter
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that 2 tablespoons doesn't need to be
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sitting there by itself so we'll just
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dot the top of this but a little bit
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more butter and we're gonna stick this
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in a 350 degree preheated oven and we're
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gonna bake it for about 30 or 35 minutes
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and I have one over here that should be
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ready and it is look how good it looks
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it's sizzling here it says
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oh it's so good y'all coming up next
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some old timey tips for today's great
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foods
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[Music]
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you know some folks just don't like a
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greasy meatloaf
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well let me tell you how to solve that
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problem you just line your baking dish
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with whatever kind of loaf fridge you've
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got in the house and it soaks up all
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your grease and you just take your
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spatula and lift your meatloaf out onto
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your platter
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just that simple and on the okra if you
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can't find fresh okra it's not a problem
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because the fresh frozen okra is so very
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good you can buy it in whole pods or you
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can buy it already cut up whatever your
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dish calls for hope these tips will help
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you I hope y'all have had fun with me
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today going back into the past with some
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fun old meals from the 50s and 60s I
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hope you'll love my Peggy's meatloaf in
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the cottage potatoes and Bob's
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peppermint candy pie and the peppermint
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bark and of course my okra and tomatoes
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hope you have a great time at your own
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party in the mean time America I wish
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you best dishes from my kitchen to yours
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