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- Hey, my friends!
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Come on in the house, come on in the kitchen with me.
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Because I'm trying to do,
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I get a lot of requests for certain foods, y'all.
0:10
And so, I got a lot of requests for fried okra
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done in the air fryer, or just fried okra, Theresa?
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Did we get a lot of requests?
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- [Theresa] We'd get a lot of things for air fryer
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and because okra's indigenous to the south.
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- It's in season, yes!
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- [Theresa] So that's why we're doing it.
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- Okay.
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- [Theresa] Because some people don't know how to cook okra.
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- Well, you know, I love my okra deep-fried,
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but that can be a challenge for people
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that don't like to make a mess in their house, you know?
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'Cause you have to put it in deep oil
0:52
if you're gonna fry it on top of the stove,
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but I'm gonna share with y'all my recipe for air fried okra.
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And I'm gonna start by adding.
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The recipe that we're putting up, y'all,
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I'm actually halving that recipe.
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So I got my cornmeal,
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I've got my flour.
1:13
(bowl clinking)
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So, my house seasoning
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and my Cajun seasoning.
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So, just know, that
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this is not gonna. - [Eddie] It's got a kick
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- Yeah, hopefully it's gonna have a kick.
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But this looks different from the recipe
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that you'll be getting, because like I said,
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we just halved this recipe.
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So I've got my okra right here and Theresa prepped it.
1:46
And look how nice and thin it is.
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So I'm just gonna toss it in a little buttermilk.
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Just a wee little buttermilk.
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And like I've said before, y'all,
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I've got some nice accessories for my air fryer,
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so we'll put it in this basket when it's ready.
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But I suggest to y'all
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line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
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And that little bit of buttermilk
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is gonna help our mixture stick to that okra.
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So we're just gonna toss that
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and then we just gonna layer it on.
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You know what, let me do a favor to me.
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I'm gonna do me a favor.
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(chuckling)
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- [Eddie] You know, a lot of people
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may not know what okra is.
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Myself, and I know they have it,
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because I've seen it in the grocery stores.
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- [Paula] I remember you telling me the first time
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you ever had it.
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You were at school.
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- [Eddie] And when I was in college,
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that was my very first meal.
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- [Paula] And where did you have it?
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- [Eddie] At Oglethorpe House at SCAD.
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- [Paula] Uh, huh, at SCAD.
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- [Eddie] I knew it was a fried vegetable.
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- [Paula] So you had to ask a buddy.
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- [Eddie] Well, no, I didn't even ask anyone.
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I mean.
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- [Paula] You just bravely took it.
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- [Eddie] I knew it was a fried vegetable
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and I didn't recognize it.
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So it kind of came out a little quicker than it went.
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(laughter)
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- [Paula] What do you mean it came out quicker
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than it went in?
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Oh, you.
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- [Eddie] I mean, oh, you, you took it out
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of my mouth real quick.
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- [Paula] Oh.
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(laughter)
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- [Eddie] 'Cause I couldn't quite figure out what it was.
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Yeah, but no, I mean, I love it.
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I love it stewed.
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I love it over rice.
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- [Paula] Oh gosh.
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Any way I can get okra.
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I love it just bald.
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- [Eddie] Yeah.
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- [Paula] You know the whole pods,
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but some people don't like it cause it's slimy,
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but that didn't bother me a bit.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, well it's not so slimy when it's fried,
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but boiled yeah.
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Definitely, definitely.
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- [Theresa] I like a tomatoes,
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I don't know if y'all already said that.
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- I love okra and tomatoes too, yeah.
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That's just what we were talkin' about Theresa, over rice
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It is so good.
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All right.
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So we had our seasoning, you know, in our flour mixture.
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So, and this is just an easy way to, to dust off
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your okra.
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Like I said, I'm going to try to put that
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in a single layer
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and this has got to go into the refrigerator for one hour.
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So while that's chilling
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I'm done to make a Thai sauce
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for our okra.
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And I'm starting with mayonnaise,
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I've got Thai chili.
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Thai garlic, let me see so I can make sure
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I say this right to you.
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I've got one and a half tablespoons
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of Thai sweet chili sauce.
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All right.
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Let's see.
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That would be this one.
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And ooh, I like that.
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I'm like that at the Asian restaurants that we'd go to.
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And then I've got a half a tablespoon
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of garlic chili sauce and you can see the garlic in that.
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And we're going to put just to wee wee little bit.
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The recipe calls,
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if we were doing a full recipe,
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it calls for a third of a teaspoon,
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but I'm just going to put a smidgen
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because I do want to be able to eat this.
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And ground red pepper can be hot.
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Okay, so I'm going to be, when an hour is up
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I'm going to be putting this in the air fryer on 400,
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Oh, gosh, whatever.
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I just stuck my tongue under my thumb.
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I think it, it, I'm trying not to let my
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let my fingers get licked
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'cause I'll be in for a shock.
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All right.
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So we'll put this in the refrigerator and let it
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marry those wonderful flavors together.
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And at the end of our hour.
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I'm going to set our air fryer on 400 degrees
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and I'm gonna cook it for five minutes, shake it,
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cook it for five more minutes, shake it.
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And then I'm going to cook it for about three more minutes
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and I'm going to shake it and I'm going to eat it.
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(laughter)
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So I'll see y'all in one hour.
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Our okra has been chilling in the refrigerator for, I know
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at least an hour y'all and this is one of the accessories
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that come with,
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no, there they're ex extra accessories that you can order
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to go with them.
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And I do love this little basket.
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So I'm going to cook these in the basket.
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So I don't have to chase little pieces of okra
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all around it.
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Now I'm going to spray this because I don't want our okra
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to sick to our basket.
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I'm just gonna put this in.
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And I'm going to try as much
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as I can to make a single layer.
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Because remember we just halved this recipe
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and we're actually serving it as an hors d'oeuvres
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because we gonna pull out some toothpicks
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and we got our little bowl of chili sauce.
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Now you want to make sure that you spray those good
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because spraying them is going to make them crispy.
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I've got it set on 400 degrees
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and I'm going to put it on five minutes.
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Okay, y'all, five minutes.
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(machine clanking)
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aND you just shake them up good.
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And we're gonna spray them again.
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Shake, shake, shake.
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We're going to let them cook for five more minutes
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and then we'll shake them again.
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Shake and spray.
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Okay, I'm spraying that okra one more time.
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Giving it a shake.
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So I can get all that okra coated.
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And for the last five minutes
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I'm gonna go ahead ahead and turn it up to 430 degrees.
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So here we go.
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Five more minutes.
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I actually wound up cooking these for five more minutes.
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Ooh, and those handles, ooh.
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Those handles are so hot.
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But I wound up cooking them for five more minutes
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instead of three.
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Okay, ouch.
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I can't get that second.
10:01
My depth perception y'all,
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is so bad since I had my left cornea.
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You know, died in my eye
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my depth perception has just it's just shot.
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So it's hard for me to judge.
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But anyway, that's the story morning glory.
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This looks so good.
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So I wound up, I told y'all I was going to cook it
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for five, five, and three
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but I wound up cooking it for five, five,
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and then the last five minutes I moved it up to 430
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which some of the air fryers don't go that high.
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But, mmm.
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But because I was using the basket to cook 'em in,
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they didn't cook quite as fast.
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So I probably should have.
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Oh, oh I'm double dipping my toothpick.
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Teresa, come taste some of the okra baby.
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- [Theresa] Look how pretty and little it is.
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- [Paula] Mmhmm, you cut it so nice.
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- [Theresa] The perfect size.
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- [Paula] Just perfect to sit around
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and have a drink.
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- [Theresa] Well, or drink and just.
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- [Paula] Uh, huh, and just nosh on the okra.
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Well, when I said drink, I mean like diet soda.
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(laughter)
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- [Theresa] A good old fashioned coke.
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- Annie, You're gonna have to come on around there
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on this side of the table, watching here Eddie,
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I'm dipping it for you.
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There you go.
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Cut a little on the small side
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So you need to spear up three or four.
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The Thai sauce is good, but so hot isn't it.
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- [Theresa] It's got a little kick
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- It's kicking me.
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Delicious.
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I'll tell you where you can get the best fried okra
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in the whole entire world.
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And that's it.
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Paula Deen's Family Kitchen Restaurant
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and the Lady and Sons.
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Did I have it Creek House?
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- [Eddie] I don't think Creek House.
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- It's out of this world.
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So if you're in one The Family Kitchens
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or the Lady and Sons,
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make sure you order the fried okra
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because it will knock you out of your seat.
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It's so good.
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So I'm going in that good with a bath,
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a good bye loving best dishes to all of you.
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