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0:00
- Hey, y'all.
0:01
Come on in the kitchen today
0:02
and spend a little time with me,
0:03
because I am doing a throwback
0:08
from the bag lady days.
0:10
And this was one of our (coughs) customer's favorite
0:15
chicken salad dishes.
0:17
And it's avocado chicken salad.
0:21
So if you like avocados, you're gonna love this one.
0:24
And of course,
0:26
when I found out that avocados were full of fat,
0:29
I fell in love with them.
0:31
But I didn't like them until I found that out, and I said,
0:33
"Anything that fattening, I've got to go back and revisit."
0:37
And they are so delicious.
0:40
And this is probably one of the first foods
0:43
that all of my grand-babies are given
0:50
as one of their first foods, and they all love avocados.
0:54
They're so good for you, it's a good fat, y'all.
0:57
So you wanna make sure you have that good fat.
1:04
And you want to make sure your avocado is ripe.
1:10
Look at that, just beautiful.
1:16
Just beautiful.
1:19
All right, now I'm gonna get that little tidbit off,
1:26
and then I'm gonna dice him right here in his shell.
1:36
Bobby?
1:37
Hey, son.
1:41
I'm meeting with our friends on YouTube.
1:47
- [Bobby] What's that?
1:50
- I'm doing a recipe with our friends on YouTube.
1:59
What are you doing, laundry?
2:00
- [Bobby] Laundry.
2:01
- It's so funny, y'all.
2:02
Bobby does his laundry over here at his guest house,
2:08
and he saves the washer over there in his house
2:15
just for the children and their mother.
2:20
So, he didn't wanna get in the way.
2:24
So good.
2:26
All right, I can do this a little bit faster
2:29
if I take my time to do it right.
2:37
There you go.
2:40
There you go.
2:41
Now we got that pulled away from his skin,
2:47
and we're basically just dicing this.
2:54
Bobby, I've got a question for you.
2:57
- [Bobby] What is it?
2:58
- I'm doing throwback to the bag lady days.
3:03
There's Bobby, Eddie.
3:04
Look at Bobby.
3:06
Look at Bobby.
3:08
- Hey, Ed. - Look at sweet Bobby.
3:11
- Hey, everybody.
3:13
- Bobby, I'm doing a throwback to the bag lady days.
3:18
Do you remember the avocado chicken salad
3:21
that I used to make? - It was the best.
3:22
- With the avocado sauce, remember?
3:28
Oh, so good. - It's great.
3:29
- Now, I've just done one right so far.
3:33
Oh, and I wanna show everybody this.
3:37
These are both lemons.
3:39
This is a grocery store lemon,
3:42
this is a lemon off a Bobby and Claud's tree.
3:46
Isn't that crazy?
3:47
- [Bobby] It's amazing, yeah.
3:49
Meyer lemon, good old Meyer lemon.
3:51
- You look so good this morning.
3:53
- [Bobby] Thanks,
3:54
- Good, good, good. - Got chalk all over me,
3:56
one of my daughters was drawing all over me.
3:59
(laughs)
4:00
I guess this yellow shirt makes for a good.
4:04
- That's hard to believe that this is a lemon.
4:07
I'd have thought it was an orange.
4:08
You know what?
4:09
I've sat down over at your house in your playroom,
4:12
and I'd get up with a chalked butt.
4:14
- [Bobby] Yeah, luckily that chalk comes out easy.
4:17
Yeah, his was one of my favorite dishes, I loved it.
4:20
And so did the customers.
4:22
- Yes-- - They were wild about it.
4:24
- I hadn't made it in forever. - Yeah.
4:26
- But the first thing you wanna do
4:27
after you get that avocado sliced y'all.
4:30
- [Bobby] Squeeze some lemon juice on it.
4:32
- [Chef] We're gonna put it in there,
4:34
so it's got ring.
4:35
- [Bobby] Lemon juice is a very good natural preservative.
4:38
- [Chef] It is, isn't it?
4:40
- [Bobby] And it is for all sorts of things.
4:42
- This avocado had a little spot in it
4:44
that I'm trying to dig out.
4:48
Lemon juice is also great for cleaning, y'all.
4:52
- [Bobby] Oh yeah.
4:54
- It'll clean copper, it'll clean brass.
4:59
And I also like to run lemon the peeling,
5:06
in my garbage disposal.
5:10
- [Bobby] Yeah, because it smells good.
5:11
- Yeah, it'll freshen it up, yeah.
5:14
- [Bobby] Yeah, lemons are one of God's gifts.
5:18
- All right, so there we go.
5:19
Our two avocados and I'm going to squeeze it a little bit--
5:22
- [Bobby] Your avocados look nice too,
5:24
I wish I had an avocado tree.
5:26
I wish I could grow those.
5:27
- You know, I think we can, Bobby.
5:29
How about you, Eddie?
5:31
You know anything about that?
5:32
- [Eddie] I think that's more--
5:34
- [Bobby] I don't know if this climate, yeah.
5:36
California, they grow amazing--
5:38
- Yes.
5:43
- Senior moment.
5:46
- Avocado? - Guacamole.
5:48
(laughs)
5:49
They grow great guacamole in California.
5:51
(laughs)
5:54
- Yes, and I love it with the tree that grow the guacamole--
5:57
- [Bobby] And the salsa, oh, those salsa trees--
6:00
- No, no, no, and the...
6:04
- [Bobby] Oh, you're having a moment too, ain't you?
6:06
Come on, get it on tape. (laughs)
6:09
Put this home tape together.
6:10
- What is that stuff? (laughs)
6:13
I know it, look at granny over there.
6:16
(laughs)
6:18
She is so deep in her emails.
6:23
What is. It's not parsley.
6:26
- [Eddie] Cilantro.
6:27
- No, shut up-- - Cilantro.
6:29
- [Bobby] Don't give her the answers, Ed,
6:30
don't give her the answers.
6:32
It's funny to watch her struggle.
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- Cilantro.
6:34
- [Eddie] I didn't know where she was going with all this.
6:37
- Well listen, those trees that grow the avocado
6:40
and the cilantro...
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- [Bobby] Together? Yeah.
6:45
(laughs)
6:46
Yeah. No wonder there's so many great Mexican restaurants
6:47
in California.
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- So look at those two avocados y'all.
6:52
- [Bobby] No, where'd you get that from
6:53
you got it from the grocery here?
6:55
- From the grocery store yeah.
6:57
- [Bobby] That's perfect.
6:58
- Aha they are perfect.
7:00
- So often whenever I go in there
7:02
I have to buy them hard
7:03
as a rock and wait four or five days
7:05
- Bobby me too.
7:06
If I'm going to do Mexican I have to plan,
7:08
I have to plan ahead.
7:10
But when did you pick these up Teresa.
7:13
- [Teresa] Today?
7:14
- Yeah. Just got them today.
7:16
Yeah. All right.
7:17
- [Bobby] I bet I could have avocado
7:19
every day when I've got it, doesn't have to be Mexican food.
7:23
I like them just on my salads.
7:25
And you know, what I'll do sometimes do is just peel one
7:29
up and then boil myself a couple of eggs
7:32
like medium boiled eggs
7:33
and then open up an avocado to slice
7:36
up some avocado with a little olive oil.
7:38
- I love it.
7:39
I love it.
7:40
Just lemon juice and salt.
7:42
Yeah, it is so good.
7:44
And then a red wine vinegar on it.
7:47
It's not bad either.
7:49
All right.
7:50
So you remember Bobby?
7:52
I would put the avocado chicken salad on a bed of lettuce
7:57
and then I would put those in those little to go things.
8:01
I put the avocado dressing
8:03
so that you could make it fresh yourself.
8:07
All right.
8:08
So I'm going to add the rice.
8:10
- [Bobby] Didn't you have English peas involved in this?
8:13
- You know why that was another salad I made there.
8:17
- [Bobby] Oh, that was, it was a chicken avocado salad or
8:20
- No, this is chicken avocado on my hand.
8:24
The other one was a lot of black pepper.
8:28
Do you remember how much black pepper I put in it?
8:30
[Bobby] What else was in it apart from
8:31
English, peas and black pepper?
8:33
(laughs)
8:33
- I think it was pretty much this.
8:34
[Bobby] Just English peas and black pepper?
8:37
(laughs)
8:38
- No and when I bag down you got my brain to think.
8:41
[Bobby] Well you just said, you think it was this now so...
8:44
- No. Like chicken and rice.
8:47
[Bobby] That's what I just said.
8:48
And you shut me down and said, no.
8:50
- Bobby Are your clothes ready?
8:52
(laughs)
8:53
- [Bobby] I'm done doing what I need
8:55
to do now I'm just here watching TV.
8:58
- [Eddie] You are confusing her.
9:02
- Now I'm putting my onion in
9:04
and I'm putting my parsley and...
9:07
- Big oh top of green cabinet.
9:09
- Oh no. That's mayonnaise.
9:11
I ain't using no Greek yogurt on my stuff.
9:14
I like mayonnaise.
9:15
- You about to need a little bit bigger bowl too.
9:16
Don't do think?
9:18
- I do. But I just grabbed the first one.
9:19
- Yeah.
9:20
- So you know what?
9:22
It's kind of a thorn up my side?
9:25
(laughs)
9:27
Is my daughter-in-law doesn't eat mayonnaise
9:29
it makes her sick to her stomach to
9:31
even say the word and that makes it hard
9:34
for me because you know how much mayonnaise
9:36
I use in everything .
9:38
Claudia don't like it.
9:41
[Bobby] Well, it just means we're not eating dinner
9:43
together very often.
9:44
(laughs)
9:45
When we do it's BYO.
9:47
- I brought Something over there to y'all
9:49
the other day and I got there and said
9:53
you know what?
9:54
This doesn't look like it
9:56
but it's got some mayonnaise in it.
9:57
- [Bobby] Was it the thing in the skillet?
10:01
- Yeah the pasta. The pasta salad.
10:04
- [Eddie] It disappeared before I got home.
10:06
- Your mother-in-law ate the pasta salad.
10:10
- She's not as picky as Claudia is.
10:12
- No, she's not.
10:13
- [Eddie] And she will eat mayonnaise.
10:16
- Oh yes.
10:16
Yes. So I don't know.
10:18
It's just, it's a texture thing.
10:22
- [Bobby] I don't know.
10:23
Something happens to people, you know, like I got
10:26
I got ahold of some sauerkraut when I was a young kid.
10:29
And I remember when and where it was when we lived
10:32
on Dawson road yea Dawson road across from the
10:36
from crown Hill.
10:42
We lived everywhere so I don't really remember.
10:44
(laughs)
10:45
- One of the 23 vices.
10:47
- [Bobby] Yeah, I do. I do remember that.
10:49
I used some sauerkraut
10:50
in that house and it made me just ill.
10:53
The next day I had it. It was just terrible.
10:56
So I've never eaten a sauerkraut since 1981.
10:59
- Well you know Bobby...
11:00
- [Bobby] Sometimes that just happens to people.
11:01
You get something when you're young
11:02
and you just don't want to ever have it again.
11:06
- So I'm fixing to add our avocado
11:10
to our chicken and our rice.
11:13
- [Bobby] With the juice of one Meyer lemon squeezed in.
11:15
It looks so delicious.
11:17
Try not to tear the avocado
11:18
- I don't want to tear this thing.
11:19
I like guacamole.
11:21
- [Bobby] It will be if you're not careful.
11:23
- Aha if you're not careful.
11:24
But you know, this avocado was just perfect.
11:27
It was firm.
11:28
- [Bobby] I see it.
11:31
- Not too firm. So you just kind of want to fold those in.
11:36
And it's such a nice bite.
11:39
- [Bobby] That is a great salad.
11:41
And you don't see I've never seen that on a restaurant menu
11:43
anywhere that I ever go.
11:45
- Just, just the bag lady that that's the only place son.
11:48
- [Bobby] We might see it on a restaurant menu now
11:51
after this but..
11:52
- So we will talk about the
11:54
the sauce Bobbie, which I love this sauce.
11:58
- [Bobby] More Greek on it?
12:00
- Yeah. No really it is not it's mayonnaise.
12:02
(laughs)
12:03
Don't make mummy screw this up.
12:05
- Never. Mama would never use Greek.
12:06
If mama made a fruit and granola salad
12:09
she would probably put mayonnaise on it.
12:11
(laughs)
12:13
- This is sour cream.
12:15
(laughs)
12:18
Don't you have laundry to do Bobby?
12:20
(laughs)
12:21
- [Bobby] Done it already. I'm done.
12:22
(laughs)
12:23
Great. I'm enjoying watching television.
12:26
- He loves seeing his mama sweat.
12:28
- I love it. I just love seeing
12:30
I love seeing my guest house and this bathed in this studio.
12:35
- You don't miss me when I don't get here anymore.
12:38
- [Bobby] I am not even with a lady for four years.
12:41
(laughs)
12:42
I might sell it out from under you.
12:45
- Well my point I've been thinking about selling this place.
12:47
- I might buy it. You can buy it for me
12:49
and then resell it.
12:50
- No we'd sell it. we wouldn't buy we'd sell it.
12:53
(laughs)
12:55
I'm putting in some garlic.
12:58
like a teaspoon of garlic
13:00
and onions.
13:04
I can't remember just a teeny tiny dash of cayenne.
13:10
That's probably enough isn't it?
13:13
And let's see.
13:14
I can't remember how much
13:15
Wooster shower I put in this pine half a teaspoon.
13:18
So not much.
13:19
Yeah. Not much.
13:24
Wooster shower is not one of my favorite condiments.
13:29
All right, Bobby, this, this blender works good.
13:33
- [Bobby] Yeah. That's a good old Vitamix.
13:35
That's a quite few years old too.
13:37
I bet that's Claudia had that when we got married.
13:39
I bet it's close to 10 years old.
13:42
They make a good product.
13:44
Turn that thing up!
13:45
(blender noise)
13:52
- I've got to put another avocado in there.
13:57
Right? Let me see.
14:01
How long has it been since we've had the bag lady?
14:04
- [Bobby] 65 years?
14:05
- No, it's not been 65 years, but I've got to okay.
14:10
With two avocados place an avocado mayonnaise...
14:12
Okay. Yeah.
14:14
I remember.
14:15
I remember.
14:17
- [Bobby] you going to blend an avocado into there?
14:19
- Yes. Because remember the sauce was green.
14:22
- [Bobby] I do remember.
14:23
- Okay. All right y'all.
14:29
Toss in our other avocado and do some lemon juice of
14:37
you know, the little bit that we go out to eat.
14:41
I don't know if you've ever noticed any
14:43
but whatever I order, I look at y'all I look at you
14:48
and Michael.
14:49
- [Bobby] I don't know if you've ever noticed me
14:51
eating off of your plate.
14:56
When I reach over and cut off, sit down.
14:59
This is a year, eight hours for myself because I'm not happy
15:04
with what I ordered, but sometimes I do that.
15:06
- It never fails though.
15:08
Everybody's always looked so much better than what I chose.
15:11
- [Bobby] Been doing it my whole life.
15:12
- Yes (laughs)
15:14
(blender noise)
15:16
Oh I guess he took his dog and he's going home.
15:19
(laughs)
15:21
You going home Bobby?
15:24
Wow. That's slung up.
15:30
This is powerful.
15:33
Claud makes a lot of, a lot
15:41
of like the power drinks, you know, with all the veggies.
15:48
And she had her a nice vibe to me.
15:52
I wonder if they still make these.
15:54
Vitamix still have a brand?
15:56
- [Eddie] I don't know.
15:58
- Okay. This looks good. Good, good.
16:06
Oh my gosh what memories that brings back.
16:10
(laughs)
16:12
What memories? Oh my gosh I get so tired
16:17
and aunt Peggy would call and check on me a ride
16:20
or when I have a break I call her.
16:23
And I said, I can't do it aunt Peggy.
16:25
I can't, I'm not, I just can't do it.
16:27
I've tried.
16:28
I can't do it.
16:29
I'm exhausted.
16:30
She'd get in her car and drive
16:34
to Savannah and spend at least two weeks with me.
16:38
She worked right along beside me.
16:42
And you know
16:44
just having somebody next to you, cheering you on.
16:48
If it hadn't been for her cheering for me, I don't know
16:52
if I'd ever made it because it was very, very hard.
16:55
But I would do it all over again.
16:58
Just like I did it.
17:00
It feels so much better when you earn your own way when
17:05
it's not given to you,
17:10
makes you very proud that
17:11
you were able to accomplish whatever.
17:17
And I thought folks would look,
17:19
were so lucky that had parents that just kind
17:22
of gave them everything.
17:25
Well, I didn't have parents to give me anything
17:27
and neither did Bubba,
17:31
but I appreciate it.
17:32
I appreciate it so much.
17:37
Get it the way I got it.
17:39
And I know y'all know what I'm talking about.
17:42
All right.
17:43
So let's get this served up.
17:45
I'm telling you, I'm going to use this bowl that we had
17:52
that we had the onion in.
17:54
And I'm going to get me some lettuce.
18:05
I always had to do some green on my plate.
18:11
Just made everything look so much prettier
18:20
and I won't end up eating that lettuce along with it.
18:27
Did I tell you all about my ice cream scoop?
18:30
That I love so much.
18:32
(kiss)
18:33
So anyway, a friend, a TV friend sent this
18:37
to me and it's got a liquid in it
18:38
and you put it under real hot water
18:41
and it'll scoop out even the hardest of ice creams.
18:48
So I always used an ice cream scoop,
18:54
but the S and then...
18:58
- [Eddie] so is this kind
18:59
of like a little bit like a green goddess dressing?
19:02
- Yeah.
19:03
- [Eddie] Minus the tons of parsley.
19:05
- Yeah.
19:06
(laughs)
19:08
There's no parsley in there.
19:10
Easy and green guys, but a bucket full
19:15
of parsley in there to get it green.
19:18
But I remember the sauce being greener.
19:22
I don't know.
19:23
Maybe that avocado wasn't quite as ripe as I thought it was
19:27
but you know, if you want a little greener
19:29
you can always add a little green food going, just a drop
19:33
one drop and...
19:48
So very good.
19:52
And I know that there's folks out there that hopefully
19:55
watching this, that will remember
19:59
this avocado chicken salad.
20:04
I'm sure y'all remember the boys bringing this in
20:06
in their basket
20:08
and serving Y'all.
20:12
So good.
20:17
Thank y'all for walking down memory lane
20:21
with me and I send y'all love and best dishes.
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