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Q&A with Paula Pt. 6 - Thanksgiving Edition - Paula's sharing her favorite parts of Thanksgiving and answering questions about her must-have Thanksgiving dishes, how to cook turkey, and more!
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- [Teresa] Okay Paula, so as long as I've been with you,
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you've always told me that Thanksgiving
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is your favorite holiday.
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- Yeah, it really is.
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- [Teresa] Why?
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- 'Cause it's about those three F's
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family, food and fun.
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- [Teresa] Oh!
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well today- - there isn't
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a lot of pressure
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Teresa, when it comes to buying gifts,
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because this day and age,
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oh, excuse me, I'm having my lunch.
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(laughing)
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- [Teresa] That's a healthy lunch
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you got going on- - Isn't it.
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(laughing)
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- You know we all have so much.
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We've got actually more than any of us need.
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So it's difficult to buy a gift for somebody, you know,
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because we're fortunate if we want or need something,
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we go out and get it,
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which is a blessing that I didn't know for
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45 years you know,
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- [Teresa] Mm hmm.
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but
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you wouldn't give something that's,
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something that fits
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- [Teresa] And it's meaningful.
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- Yeah, it's meaningful,
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that's exactly right.
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And it can be hard.
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It can be very hard.
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- [Teresa] Well and the older you get
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- Mm hmm.
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- [Teresa] What you want in life is totally different
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and you really can't buy it with money.
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- Totally different.
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I got, got a nut in there wrong.
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(laughing)
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Oh,
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no.
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- [Teresa] But Thanksgiving, you don't have to worry
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about that.
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- No but you got all your family that you love
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and hopefully some friends
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and
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just fellowship,
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all kind of F's everywhere.
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- [Teresa] Well you said it's kind of a,
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the holidays are a stressful time.
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Well for some people,
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Thanksgiving- - It can be.
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- [Teresa] Thanksgiving is a little stressful
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because it's kinda kicks off everything
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- Mm hmm.
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and there's a lot of meal planning.
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- Mm hmm- - So I'ma ask you
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a few questions about meal planning
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- Okay- - that maybe you can give
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some tips to our,
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to people watching.
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How far would you start planning your meal?
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- I don't know, maybe a couple of weeks.
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- [Teresa] Okay.
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Is there anything that you would, I mean,
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that you just absolutely have to have on the,
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- Yes- - [Teresa] On the menu?
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- Turkey is not one of my favorite foods,
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but it's not Thanksgiving without a turkey.
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And the dressing is what my family really loves.
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- [Teresa] I know Jamie has told us
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(laughing)
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and he made a dressing actually
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in one of the earlier videos.
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- Oh, he did?
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- [Teresa] He did- - Hope it was good.
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- [Teresa] It was, I ate it.
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- Ah-
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We'll talk about- - first you have to decide on
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whats you gonna have.
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Are you gonna have turkey?
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Or are you gonna have ham?
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Or are you gonna have beef?
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Or are you gonna have two of the three?
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Usually I have turkey and ham.
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I cook a whole semi-boneless ham,
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- [Teresa] Yum.
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- which is so good.
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But the carving of it can be very stressful
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because, I've given that job to people in the past.
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And you know, my back is turned
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because I'm doing something else
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and they just have hacked it to death.
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- [Teresa] And left more on it than you find appropriate.
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- Well, and you now have a piece this thick
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and just cutting it,
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willy-nelly.
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- [Teresa] Nowadays, you can go out on YouTube probably
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and watch a whole video on how to cut something
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- Or how to carve, yes.
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- [Teresa] It's amazing.
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- And I do not like
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pre-sliced.
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- [Teresa] Well I was gonna ask you,
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what's your favorite way cook a Turkey?
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- Well, they taste best fried.
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- [Teresa] What is fried Turkey
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cause some people won't know that cause I think,
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I think that's kind of Southern, isn't it?
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- Yeah, maybe,
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- [Teresa] It's not?
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- [Eddie] It's everywhere- - [Teresa] Oh okay,
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Eddie says it's everywhere- - I think it goes out West,
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you know- - [Teresa] Oh good.
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- I think it's one of those things
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that's maybe growing
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because
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- [Teresa] It's a lot of oil.
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- It is
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but
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they offer now
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in the kitchen turkey fryers.
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And I tell you what they work good
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and they're safe,
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unlike- - Why do you like
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a fried turkey?
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- Because, don't you like fried chicken?
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- [Teresa] Mm hmm.
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- It's just like eating a piece of fried chicken.
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- [Teresa] So it retains the juices.
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- Mm hmm it's so good.
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But
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frying turkeys outside
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with a big old flame
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and a pot can be so very dangerous.
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- [Teresa] Exactly- - It can be very
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very dangerous.
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And the first thing you want to do,
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to prevent anything bad happening
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is take your turkey
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and put it in a pot that you're going to cook it in
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and cover it with water.
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And then take it out,
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mark, mark the line,
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you know, where, how much water it took.
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Take your turkey out, pour the water off.
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Now you've got your line as to where your oil goes.
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- [Teresa] That's a good tip.
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- Yes, because one of the hazards
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is putting too much oil
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and putting that turkey down
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and oil
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boiling (laughing)
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all over,
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starting a huge fire.
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So you really need to know whats you're doing.
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- [Teresa] Yeah, you do.
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- If you gonna fried Turkey that way.
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But I have used the fryers
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that sit on your counter in the kitchen
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and they work well.
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- [Teresa] Nice.
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A lot of people like to do some cooking ahead of time.
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- Mm hmm.
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- [Teresa] What dishes freeze well?
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I know we're not big on freezing.
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We usually are doing all the cooking the day up
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and you can say that.
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- But you know, if you're having cakes,
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you can certainly go ahead and bake your cake layers
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and wrap them up real, real good.
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And put those in the freezer.
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And then the day before Thanksgiving,
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pull them out and put your frosting together.
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That really helps there on saving oven space.
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- [Teresa] Mm hmm- - You know,
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to get that out of the way.
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I think dressing freezes good.
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- [Teresa] Mm hmm.
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I just probably wouldn't put the eggs in it
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- [Teresa] Until after-
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- the raw eggs yes.
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- [Teresa] Okay- - Until after I take it out,
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a lot of things freeze now,
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you know, you can freeze a lot of things.
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- [Teresa] How long can things sit in the refrigerator?
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'Cause I know at The Lady and Sons, we've always done
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Christmas sides
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- Yeah.
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- [Teresa] and you know, some days we,
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you are generous enough to close,
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always close on Christmas Eve.
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- Yes- - So the 23rd
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was always the day.
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So it can last- - Right.
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- two or three days- - Mm hmm.
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- in the refrigerator- - Mm hmm.
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If you want to- - It's just,
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- [Teresa] Make it ahead.
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- you know, the safe,
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the safe temperature is 42
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- [Teresa] Okay- - in your refrigerator.
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I keep mine about 35
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- [Teresa] Okay- - cause 32 is freezing so.
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It's important that you keep it very cold
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and like I said, if it comes from raw eggs,
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I usually don't put that in there until,
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- [Teresa] Towards the end.
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- Yeah and I don't know why.
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I don't know why- - 'Cause you don't like
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raw eggs.
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You've, (laughing)
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told us that on many occasions.
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- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- [Teresa] What are like, must have side dishes
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and you've already said dressing was your favorite
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- Well it depends on where you live Teresa
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and it depends really on your heritage.
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Because if I was hundred percent Italian,
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I'd probably be making lasagna,
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- Mm hmm.
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- for Thanksgiving,
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If I lived in the deep, deep South
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and
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my grandmother was alive
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and we,
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she could have her wishes,
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she'd be cooking chitterlings
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(laughing)
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- And her chitterlings were very good,
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but you don't eat just anybody's chitterlings.
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You make sure they can see good
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and clean them real good- - Mm hmm.
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But,
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and if you're in Louisiana or Texas,
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they may have a
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Tex-Mex flare,
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you know, to theirs.
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And certainly
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Louisiana
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- [Teresa] Cajun.
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- Cajun, yes it had the Cajun flare.
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But for the most of us, we do and up North,
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I think they do these free fruity bread stuffings.
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- [Teresa] Ooh.
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- You like those?
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- [Teresa] Eddie, I uh uh.
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- Where you cut up bread,
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you know, like-
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- [Teresa] No, I'm a corn bread girl,
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- Me too.
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- [Teresa] Corn bread all the way.
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- So down South, you'll find mostly the corn bread.
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But up North, I have seen a lota dishes come out of there,
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that's cut up like Italian
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bread- - [Teresa] True.
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- Mm hmm.
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- And got fruits in it.
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Is that, am I correct, Davy?
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- [Davy] Yeah, well, I don't know I mean we.
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- Does your mama make a dressing?
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- [Davy] We make a,
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a meat dressing.
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More of a, like a pork.
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- [Teresa] Like a sausage- - Yeah.
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- Dressing- - Yeah
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- and with some macaroni in it
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and- - Wow.
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- [Teresa] But, we have every casserole too don't we Paula,
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- Yeah- - gotta have every casserole.
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- Yes (laughing).
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- [Teresa] I mean you name it,
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broccoli, squash.
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- Well Corrie always makes the brown rice casserole.
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- Well I was gonna tell you,
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that's what my next question is,
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do you cook all your meals or do other people bring things?
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- You know, Teresa,
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I've always done the cooking
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and you know, if somebody wants to bring a dish,
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but you know what,
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I'm 74 years old now
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and I'm having to learn my limits.
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So I am having everybody bring a dish this Thanksgiving
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and let them take a bow.
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You know- - [Teresa] Nice.
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- I'll do the meats.
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I'll do the bread
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and I will do the dressing.
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(laughing)
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- Corrie always brings rice
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'cause, we've done her
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dish before- - Brown rice.
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And it's so delicious- - With mushrooms right?
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- Yes, yes, yes- - and we have that video,
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out there.
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And Jodey makes a wonderful squash casserole.
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- [Teresa] Yum.
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- Which she'll sometimes bring back,
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but
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yes, we have to have,
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I have to cook green beans and new potatoes.
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Now I have to have that
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and
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we'll have the broccoli casserole,
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the squash casserole,
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the sweet potato casserole.
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(Paula laughing)
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But those are all great
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'cause you can do 'em ahead.
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- [Teresa] And they're so good
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and there's no calories on Thanksgiving day.
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- So good, no, they don't count.
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They don't count.
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- [Teresa] They don't count. (Paula laughing)
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Well kinda the last question
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that I wanted to ask you is- - Yeah.
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- knowing that it's Thanksgiving
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and it's been some crazy years,
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the last two years- - Mm, Mm.
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- [Teresa] What are you most thankful for?
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- You know, Teresa,
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I lost my brother.
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It'll be two years this coming August, right Eddie?
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Or will it be in 2019- - It will be three years.
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- It will be three years?
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- [Teresa] Yip.
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- And I learned at a very young age,
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how important family is,
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when we were orphaned,
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when Bubba and I was orphaned,
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you learn quickly,
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just how much that family means.
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And I've heard of people that
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has broken their family
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because of a pot.
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You know, our planter,
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I have heard people willing to dissolve their relationship
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with their family over something,
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- [Teresa] Mm hmm- - something,
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and I don't get it.
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I just don't get that at all.
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So when it comes to family, you just love 'em to pieces,
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but you also have to have some forgiveness in you.
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- [Teresa] Mm hmm- - And
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because I'm most thankful for family
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and there's nothing like friends that
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you choose to pick
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as a family.
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So that's it sister.
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(Paula laughing)
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- [Teresa] Well thank you for your time.
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- Love the ones you got.
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- [Teresa] And tell everyone out there,
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happy Thanksgiving,
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- Happy Thanksgiving y'all, I send you all kind 'o love
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and wishes for best dishes.
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