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Apple Crisp Recipe - Paula tries her best to create a homemade apple crisp recipe that rival's Michael's mother's version.
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- [Paula] So, I have wound up with an overabundance
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of apples, y'all.
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So I have delegated Michael, my husband,
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and Don, my cousin, to peel all these apples for me
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because you know what,
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I'm gonna try one more time to make an apple crisp
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that Michael will say, "Oh my goodness,
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"this is good as my mama's.
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- I will this time because I get in trouble
0:28
(Paula laughing)
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because last time I told the truth and it was not as good.
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So this time I must say hers is better.
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- Run. - [Paula] No, listen,
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one of the things you've always been, Michael, is truthful.
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Even if it hurts you, you tell the truth.
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So you keep on telling the truth, okay?
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Because if my apple crisp is not as good as your mother,
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it gives me something to reach for.
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- That's right.
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- [Paula] Okay?
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- I learned my lesson.
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(Paula laughing)
1:00
It's better already. I'm going to say it right now.
1:02
- [Eddie] You know what he told me,
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- [Paula] What?
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- [Eddie] He said it was his mother's pear crisp so-
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- [Paula] Oh, pear.
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- Pear crisp. - [Eddie] So pear and apple
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are two different things.
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- [Paula] Well, I didn't buy too many pears,
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I just bought apples.
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- Well I didn't like the apple part anyway.
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(Paula laughing)
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It was a crisp part I always really cared about.
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- [Paula] He's full of- - [Eddie] Are you saying
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this one is for the topping.
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He wants just the topping.
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- [Paula] Yeah, that's all he wants,
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it's the butter
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and the brown. - Yeah, that's what you
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need to work on, the topping part.
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- He likes it crispy.
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- I just got a couple of pears.
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The rest was ice cream and crisp.
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(all laughing heartily)
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- [Eddie] (indistinct) brown sugar and oatmeal.
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- Yeah.
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I just make that off.
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Might just take a butter and put two cups of brown sugar,
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a cup of oats.
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- See you need more brown sugar,
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I think that's where you screwed up.
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- There you go.
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- Okay, the guys did a good job, y'all.
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Peeling these apples and now Don and I...
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Oh, oh.
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- Oh, oh, that's Michael.
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And I have had to fuss at him.
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He left a lot of bow ties on these apples.
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- He did.
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- Uh, huh.
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- Well, we're slicing them up
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and I'm gonna cook them down.
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We'll stew them down, and they'll be ready for apple crisp,
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but I got to cook them though.
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I'm gonna stew them down, like I said.
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I said that, didn't I?
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- Yes, you did.
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You gonna do what?
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- I'm gonna cook them down.
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I'm gonna stew them. - Okay.
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Okay.
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- With sugar.
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So they will be ready for apple pie and apple crisp,
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apple cobbler.
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So I've put some water in my pot
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and now I'm sweetening my apples.
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I think I put two cups of sugar for all of those apples.
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And we're just gonna stew them down.
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And they're gonna be wonderful.
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Oh, I kinda like that spoon.
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So I used the pot filler, Eddie.
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So I don't know how much water I put in there.
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I didn't put much.
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- [Eddie] I mean this is just a general large recipe.
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- Yeah.
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(water trickling)
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No, I don't want them too juicy
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because a lot of juice is gonna come out of these apples.
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So is not let your apples turn brown or your pear,
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whatever fruit you're using.
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There is a product at the grocery store called Fruit Fresh.
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And all I do is put some Fruit Fresh in a bowl of water
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and drop my apples down in there
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until I get them sliced up and ready.
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And that will make them retain that pretty,
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what color is that?
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Maybe a pale yellow.
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Anyway, they won't be brown.
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So make sure, and some people just use lemon juice,
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but I really like the Fruit Fresh product.
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Y'all,
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I don't know how many years later,
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but I'm still trying to make an apple crisp or a pear crisp.
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Michael said his mother always made pear crisp.
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I don't know if y'all saw the show years ago,
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but it was a show about your favorite things
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that your mama made.
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And Michael said, his favorite thing was a pear crisp.
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So I said, I can make you one just as good.
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Well, I did make one,
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and when it came time to taste it, he said, "no, Paula,
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"my mama's was so much better.
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So all these years later,
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I'm still gonna try to make that man happy
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with an apple crisp.
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So
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while I was putting things together,
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Eddie was writing down what I was doing.
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So this recipe is nowhere to be found except in this book.
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So here we go.
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Start with four cups of peeled, cored, sliced, thin apples.
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And this is in a sauce pan.
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And when you're slicing them up,
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make sure you drop them in a little bowl of water
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that has Fruit Fresh in it,
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and that will keep your apples from turning brown.
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So you'll drain the Fruit Fresh water off your apples
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after you've peeled, cored and sliced them thin,
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into a sauce pan,
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you'll put those four cups of sliced apples
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along with a 1/4 of a cup of water
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and about a cup of sugar.
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So if you think that's too much,
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you can use like half a cup.
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Anyway, half a cup to one cup of sugar,
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depending on how sweet you like them.
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So this is what I have from my four cups of raw apples.
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And I'm just gonna pour them into my,
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it looks like an eight by eight dish,
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and I'm just gonna spread those out.
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Michael likes more crust
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than the apples or pears.
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All right, so I made the topping
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and this topping is very similar
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to the topping that you would use
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on Aunt Peggy sweet potato casserole.
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So in this, I have a half a teaspoon of vanilla,
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a half a cup of packed, light brown sugar,
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3/4 a cup of all purpose flour,
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a teaspoon of cinnamon,
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a 1/4 of a teaspoon of nutmeg,
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one cup of old fashioned oats
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and one stick of softened butter.
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And you'll just want to put all that in your bowl.
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And I did mine between a fork and my hands.
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So we're just gonna crumble this,
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spread our crumbles up on top of our apples
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and hope it will measure up.
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I can't wait to see what it tastes like.
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We may have to just throw this recipe out
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and start all over again, y'all.
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Who knows.
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But nothing ventured, nothing gained is what I always say.
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This is gonna have lots of good old topping on it.
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Looks good, doesn't it Eddie?
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- [Eddie] Yeah.
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I mean, hey, sugar, apple, butter.
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How can you go wrong?
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- How can you go wrong?
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You know what? Probably the only thing I would do,
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I would add to this is a might would add some nuts,
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but it's too late now.
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'Cause I just thought about it.
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All right, so I'm gonna put this in the oven at 350
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and I'm gonna bake it.
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I may lower the temperature
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and bake it for 30 to 40 minutes
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until it's kind of nice toasty brown and crispy.
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So we will see what we have when it's through.
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Okay, y'all.
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I just brought it out of the oven now.
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I cooked this one for 30 minutes on 350.
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So I'm gonna whistle for the big dog,
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see if he'll come in and taste it
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and tell me what he really thinks.
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I think all our measurements were perfect,
9:31
but now I haven't dug into it yet.
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Oh, Eddie that couldn't get anymore perfect, could it?
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Nice and crisp,
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and it's not sitting in a whole lot of juice.
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The topping is sitting right on top of those apples.
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- [Eddie] Cinnamon is kicking up the-
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- Yes.
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So I can't wait to see what Michael says.
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Can you see?
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See in there, Eddie.
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I think it tastes very good,
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but we're going to have to listen to what the big dog says.
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Here he comes.
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- I was working on my grill.
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- I know you were working on your grill.
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All right, so I want you to taste this.
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- [Michael] Oh good.
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- Michael, I formulated just a whole new-
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- Hey y'all.
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- All right, so I want you to taste it
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before I put the ice cream on it.
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And I want you to give me your honest, honest opinion.
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Am I getting close?
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- You are.
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- Yay.
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- Or that was getting so long, I can't remember.
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(both laughing)
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- [Paula] That's my bad.
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How long has it been?
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- Oh my God.
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- 17 years, 16 years?
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15.
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- Since I've tasted my mother's.
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- I know that,
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but it's been like probably 15 years
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since I've tried to make one that you liked.
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- That is good.
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It was like more brown sugar or something on them.
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- Your mama's?
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- Yeah, but it's still great.
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I mean,
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the best I've had. - [Eddie] I bet your mama-
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I bet your mama probably didn't measure.
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She probably just scooped things into-
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- I don't know,
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probably did.
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- I hate that I didn't get your mother's cookbook.
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Got a little recipe box.
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- I think Michelle's got it.
11:57
- Oh yeah, I think Michelle came in and snatched that,
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which I certainly don't blame her.
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- Yeah, but she'll share with you.
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- I don't think I've changed a thing, Eddie,
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about the actual formula.
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- It's good.
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- I think so too.
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- See how that's right there?
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It was more like that,
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and then it was the crispy things were different.
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- [Paula] The crispy things were different?
12:34
- [Michael] Yeah.
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- [Paula] How?
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- [Michael] I don't know, they were just baked different.
12:39
- [Paula] Baker?
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- [Michael] Mm hmm.
12:42
- Okay, maybe I juiced it up too much.
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- It's good though.
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- You want some more?
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- Yeah, a little bit,
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I'm on a diet. - I hear that crunchy.
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When did you start a diet?
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- I just made it up.
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(Paula laughing)
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- You hear that crunching?
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Ouch. - It is good.
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- And you know what, it really is so easy.
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Once you get your apples
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peeled and cored and sliced.
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- I was gonna say that's 'cause I peeled the apples.
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- Yes, and I tell you what,
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if you hadn't done that,
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if you and Don hadn't had done it,
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I'd still be walking all around those apples.
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- Eddie, you want to try some?
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Oh, that's good.
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Would you like to try some, Eddie?
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- [Eddie] No, thanks.
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- Well, I think the verdict is
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delicious.
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- [Michael] You did good.
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- [Paula] Thank you.
13:46
- [Michael] Perfect.
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- It's just because you haven't tasted your mama's
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in so long.
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Oh my goodness.
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Well, love and best dishes, y'all.
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Let's just keep on trying to up our image
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to our husbands' mothers.
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