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Now, Jill Harris gave me this peeler,
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and it's for things with thin skins.
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And it peels so easy,
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so I needed the skin leaving as much pith
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on the lemon as I could,
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because we don't want any part of that
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'cause it's very bitter.
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So this peeler works out real well.
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You can see on my rind that there's no pith.
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I feel like I'm trying to say a word that I can't pronounce.
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Pith, pith, pith. (chuckling)
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We are going to make a syrup,
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because like I said we've moved on to New Year's Eve, y'all,
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a celebratory drink, right?
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Which I don't know a whole lot about,
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that's why I got Eddie here as my backup man.
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I can do this, but when we involve the alcohol,
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then Eddie's gonna come in and help me.
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All right, so I've got my lemon rind here,
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I've got fresh frozen strawberries.
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(bowl clinking) So they'll cook up
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(bowl clinking) and I've got my water.
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- [Camerawoman] And Paula, let them know
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we're only doing a half.
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- Yes, we're just doing a half a recipe,
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because the three of us (bowl clinking)
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certainly don't need to be drunk
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in the middle of the afternoon.
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(camerawoman chuckling)
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Does everybody agree?
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(camerawoman chuckling)
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'Cause I can take a sip and feel it.
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(camerawoman chuckling)
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Such a lightweight. (spatula tapping)
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All right, so it's gonna take about 20 minutes,
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and we just wanna do this on a nice slow boil.
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And you can do this way early in the day
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and have this part done,
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so right before guests arrive,
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you can have this bubbly, cold
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beverage ready for people that come in
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from zero degree (chuckling) weather-
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- Uh-huh. - A nice, cold drink.
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People are gonna love this New Year's Eve drink-
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- Hmm, hmm. - This champagne.
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All right, so I've let this cook...
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What, we'd let it cook about 20 minutes?
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- [Camerawoman] Mm-hmm.
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- And you see how the strawberries are all mushed,
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but now I'm gonna running it through
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- [Camerawoman] And Paula let them know, we did actually...
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I did use a potato masher-
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- [Camerawoman] To smash up-
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- That's right. - The strawberries.
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- And so we're cooking.
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I just don't want the...
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You know what, one day we need to make some more
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candied orange peels.
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- Mm-hmm. - Remember how
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delicious they are? - Hmm.
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- Mm-hmm. - Oh, I could eat
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- Y'all know me, I wanna get every drop.
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So now once I get these all drained,
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we gonna put it in the refrigerator and chill it.
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- [Eddie] Mm-hmm, hmm.
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And then Eddie's favorite part comes to (mumbling)
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- Yes, and then Eddie's joining me for the good part, y'all.
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Eddie, I think we ought to save this,
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and my own approval is (indistinct)
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(Paula chuckling) - Mm-hmm.
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- Now it is time for the experts to come in.
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I know to stay in my lane, y'all.
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Now, Eddie, he can work two or three lanes at the same time,
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but not me, I kind of have one lane.
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So he's gonna finish up this champagne punch for me.
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- All right, well, you've already done the hard part.
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- All we have to do is blend it all together.
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This is our syrup that we made,
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and it's nice and syrupy.
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We've got our lemon juice.
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I do like the taste of champagne,
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it'll bite you. (chuckling)
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Is that the whole bottle?
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- That's the whole bottle.
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It doesn't look like it.
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- Well, it sure doesn't. (spoon clinking)
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- [Camerawoman] Although we made a half batch.
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In goes the lemon juice,
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And in goes the syrup.
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These aren't the champagne glasses,
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but very they're kind of...
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- They look like it to me.
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- Vintage martini glasses.
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- (chuckling) Oh, okay.
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- We don't have any of those old-fashioned champagne.
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- I don't know what if I know what it looks like.
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- It's kind of like a little bowl-
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- Oh, a bowl. - Bowl on top.
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- I thought they were tall and skinny.
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Happy New Year to one of my most
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wonderful friends that I have.
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One of the most wonderful person
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that I know. (glasses clinking)
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Thank you, Eddie. - And all the new ones
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- Yes. (Eddie chuckling)
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- Now this is your style.
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(Paula chuckling) I mean, you like the...
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- I can sip on a SiSi drink.
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- This ain't your style though, is it?
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You're not crazy about champagnes, are you?
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Yeah, I like champagne.
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I'm not really that big into sweet, sweet drinks though.
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- Yes. (Eddie chuckling)
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Happy New Year, y'all.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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