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- Hey there, we're filling in for Paula today,
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and we are going to make--
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it's that time of year,
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(Paula laughs) - so we're going to make
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and we're gonna sit down in just a little bit,
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we've been working all day.
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- [Paula] Who are you with? (hand claps)
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- I am with-- (Paula laughs)
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Chris Johnson and Emily Peterson.
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You met them, (couple laughs)
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a little bit earlier in our Thanksgiving videos.
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- [Paula] Yes, yes, yes.
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- This is a real treat for us. - A real treat.
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- We've been working all day,
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so Eddie's gonna fix us up. (Paula laughs) - Yeah.
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- [Paula] Yes he is, and Eddie told me one day,
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you know, what I know about alcohol.
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You could put through the eye of a needle.
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- I know Gin. (Paula laughs)
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- [Paula] So Eddie, - Yeah.
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- [Paula] Eddie, I say
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"Would you do the alcohol drink?"
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"Paula, you are gone make these people think
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and my mama watches these."
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- [Paula] So he's not, - Okay, Eddie.
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- [Paula] but he just knows how to do it.
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- We do like afternoon drinks,
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(Paula laughs) - in the south.
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- [Paula] So, what are you making?
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- We're making a Christmas cocktail,
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- and it is, we're gonna,
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we decided to name it a Christmas martini.
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- [Paula] Ooo... now, I know,
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and Elaine and some of your other friends
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- [Paula] Wow. I've never heard of that.
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- No, no, gin. - Oh, gin. Okay.
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- Gin martinis. - Okay.
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- The tried and true! - Okay.
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- The real deal. - (together) The real deal.
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- Okay - So, what's in it?
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- But anyway, so if you're having people over
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and you just need a--
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I mean, you can make an individual, you know,
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martini and shake it up and everything.
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But if you're having, you know, some friends over,
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get your pitcher and--
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- That's such a great way to do it,
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because I feel like when I'm entertaining,
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I do like to do a specialty cocktail.
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But if you don't have it in a pitcher,
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then you're in the kitchen
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or at your bar making dinner--
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- Sure, the whole time. - Yes, and Chris,
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he can drink it quicker than I can make them
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- Well, I'm looking at my ingredients right now
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and I'm thinking that might be one cocktail for him.
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- Now Eddie, my grandmother is gonna hear you
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(Paula continues laughing)
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- She's just kidding, Mammy.
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- [Paula] No, she's not Mammy. (laughs)
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- Maybe the Cranberry juice...
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So anyways, we're gonna start with a pitcher
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with just a little bit of,
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I used some crushed ice,
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and we're gonna go in and add a
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- [Paula] Whoa! - That's the good stuff.
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I'm going to make some skewers for it too,
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while Eddie's mixing it up
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with some cranberry and rosemary.
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- Perfect. [Paula] Mmm.
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- Okay. - Give me a job, Eddie.
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- Okay, how about you finish squeezing this lemon?
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- Okay, I'll do that. - We need--
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a half a cup of freshly squeezed lemons.
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- [Paula] A half a cup, did you say Eddie?
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- [Paula] Of lemon juice, fresh squeezed?
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- [Paula] And Emily is taking
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the stiffer part of a rosemary bush.
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cranberries on the end-- - [Paula] Uh huh.
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- and look at how cute and festive that turns up.
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It's so beautiful. - [Paula] Oh listen,
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it just screams Christmas, - It does.
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- [Paula] doesn't it?
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(Chris and Eddie faintly talking)
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- And the smell of the Rosemary with the drink.
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It'll be so tasty. - Ready for it.
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- [Paula] Yes. Alright, so in goes?
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- A half a cup of freshly
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squeezed lemon juice. - [Paula] Uh huh,
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and there's already one cup of--
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- Vodka. - [Paula] vodka in there.
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- And we're gonna add
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one cup of cranberry juice.
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And if you can get like the unsweetened cranberry juice,
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or if you really like the sweet drink,
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go on and just use regular cranberry juice.
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But everything we're putting in here is so sweet.
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- [Paula] Mmm. Now, Emily, are you,
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you're using fresh cranberries - Fresh cranberries.
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- [Paula] on your skewers, right?
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- Yes, fresh cranberries and fresh rosemary.
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And you're right Paula.
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You have to use the stiffer end of the rosemary,
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- [Paula] Mmm hmm. Mmm hmm.
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- or it'll, it'll bend on you
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and you just won't be able thread your cranberry on.
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- Can you see this Paula? Look how beautiful that looks.
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- [Paula] That is beautiful, Chris.
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Tilt it one more time please, - [Chris] Okay.
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- [Paula] so I can-- Oh, that's so festive looking.
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- [Eddie] Alright, to finish it off, we've got--
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We have a half a cup of Cointreau,
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which is a orange liqueur.
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- [Paula] How did you pronounce it?
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Cointreau? - Cointreau.
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- I hope that's the way it's pronounced. (laughs)
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- No that is. No, no, that's perfect Eddie.
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- I'm like, Paula Deen's questioning me
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how I pronounced it, I got stuck.
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- [Paula] I've said that word before,
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but I couldn't remember how I'd said it.
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- No, I think you said it just right.
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- I'm usually the one behind the camera.
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- [Paula] Eddie, I think on bad hair and makeup days,
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I like this position,
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- Well, I've seen your, your ponytail back there and
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I might not be able to rock that for a little while.
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- [Paula] My what? (laughs)
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- [Paula] Oh, you might be wearing it 'fore the day's over.
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- Well, I've seen Eloise, Emily's little girl,
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wear it before, and that is a sight.
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- Sometimes, we take some of our hair home with us
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- [Paula] Yes, yes. (laughs)
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- We all have to add a few pieces every now and then.
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- [Paula] I remember Michael and I was flying from
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and you know I call them my twigs.
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You know, my pieces of hair that I fill in with.
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And I put it in Michael's--
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the front of his hair,
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where he ain't got none hardly.
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And I stuck it in there.
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We were in the airport and I said,
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"I bet you a hundred dollars
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you won't wear this the entire flight."
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He said, "You might as well go ahead
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and give me that hundred dollars."
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And he did it. He did it.
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- Yeah, I wouldn't bet Michael too much anything
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because he is pretty daring.
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- [Paula] Yeah, well, if it comes to money,
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he gone do it. (laughs)
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- Okay, well it's cheers time.
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- Let's give it a try.
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- [Paula] Yeah, so who's gone make the toast?
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- How about Chris? - Oh good.
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- [Paula] Okay. - Okay.
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Gosh, that looks delicious Eddie.
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- Thank you - [Paula] It is so pretty.
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- Gosh Eddie, that looks fantastic.
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- [Paula] Do you need more crushed ice, Eddie?
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- Oh no no, it's just enough to make it cool.
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- Look how beautiful.
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- [Paula] So beautiful.
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- [Eddie] And Emily I have seen--
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- [Paula] So beautiful.
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- [Eddie] you entertain with some similar drinks like this.
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And it always looked so-- - Thank you.
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- beautiful in your house.
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- I do have a signature cocktail.
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I think that's a good way to start the party.
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- So, this is to the Christmas Holidays, 2022.
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Love and best dishes, y'all.
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- Love and best dishes.
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- [Paula] Love and best dishes.
