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- Y'all, I can't hardly believe this,
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but school is fixing to start
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in what, a week and a half, y'all, two weeks?
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- [Theresa] By the time they see this,
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it'll probably have been started.
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- [Theresa] In Savannah.
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- It's unbelievable how fast the summer went,
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which makes me real happy, 'cause you know,
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I'm so glad to see that heat go.
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I don't know about y'all,
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but we've had some of the hottest temperatures
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around, hadn't we, y'all?
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Just lately, seems like I heard something about,
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it feels like it's 110 to 15.
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- [Eddy] The heat index.
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- Yeah, the heat index.
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And it really does feel like it.
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But anyway, I was talking about back-to-school.
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This recipe is called back-to-school PB&J bars.
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So for you mothers that pack your children,
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or you fathers that pack your children a lunch,
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this'd make a great little dessert in that lunch box.
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So, again, and it's real simple,
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you want to, you young mothers are gonna be so busy
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trying to get all the clothes,
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or the uniforms, and all the supplies,
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y'all are gonna be running around like crazy.
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So when you step in yo kitchen,
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you sure don't want that to be difficult.
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So this is gonna be real easy to make.
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We're starting with a box cake mix,
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and we're gonna add two eggs.
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So you don't go by your directions on the cake box, y'all,
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you just follow these simple, easy directions.
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And I have a half a cup of vegetable oil.
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And I'm gonna pour that in.
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I'm gonna drop in two eggs.
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And a cup of peanut butter.
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I just want to clean off that spatula.
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And we're just gonna beat this for
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maybe a couple of minutes.
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Just long enough to incorporate all of our ingredients.
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So y'all would probably say, well, where's the J?
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I see the P, and the B, uh-oh.
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You can use any kind of jelly that you like,
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whatever your children's favorite jelly is,
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whether it be pear, grape, cherry,
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orange marmalade, any of those jams.
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- [Theresa] Paula, I'm asking a stupid question,
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but what is the difference between a jam and a preserve?
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- Well, to me, there's no difference in a jam,
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or, Theresa just wanted to know
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what the difference is between a jam and a preserve.
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To me, it's no different.
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A jam or preserve is gonna contain part of the fruit,
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where a jelly is just smooth.
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If you melted your jelly, it would just be like a liquid,
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but I'm using jam, which tells me,
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that there's gonna be little specks of fruit in it.
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We're just gon' spread this in the bottom
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of a greased 13x9x2 pan.
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And I'm probably gon' want to spray my fingers
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too so it won't stick to my hands.
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I could eat this just like this.
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Oops, I didn't mean to, what, Pumpkin?
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So we're gonna take half of our cake mix,
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and we're gonna pat it in the bottom of our pan.
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Pumpkin, what's the matter?
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I wanna make sure I don't get too much.
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I don't know what Pumpkin, my cat's crying about something.
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- [Eddy] She's underneath me.
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Have you ever seen a cat that begs for food?
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When Michael and I sit down to eat supper,
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she's right there at my feet,
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waiting for me to share whatever I'm eating with her.
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Okay, so our next step, y'all,
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is to add our strawberry jam,
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and this is not gonna spread too, too good.
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So all you want to do is just kind of drop it around,
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and when it starts to cook,
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it'll melt, and it'll spread around in there on its own.
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Oh, give me a quart of milk, and I'd be happy as a clam.
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She just tried to jump up on the shelf.
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What do you want, Pumpkin?
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- [Theresa] Come here, baby.
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- I mean on the counter,
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she tried to jump up on the counter, and missed.
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It was a little too high for her.
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Pumpkin, what's the matter?
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What's the matter, Pumpkin?
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You're not smelling fish, are you, or something?
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Oh, speaking of fish,
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Michael went this past weekend
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to the Hemingway Look-Alike contest,
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and he won a couple of years ago,
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so once you win, you have to attend everything.
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And while he was there, he went out deep sea fishing.
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He brought back some of the most beautiful Mahi.
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In fact, they took it to their catch,
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some of their catch to a restaurant,
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and they prepared it for them, for he and his table,
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and he said it was just out of this world delicious.
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he did come in with some fish,
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but surely she can't smell it (Paula chuckles)
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Okay, so this is spreadin' pretty good, y'all.
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Just want to spread it kinda as evenly as you can.
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And then we're gonna put half of our cake mixture
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back on it, and this won't spread at all.
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So just drop it, and as it starts to cook, it'll spread out.
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And this is gonna be so, so good.
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On top of being easy, it's gon' be delicious.
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Mm, couldn't stand it, y'all.
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I had to take one little bite of dough.
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All right, now we're gonna bake this, y'all,
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in a 350 degree oven.
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So I'm gonna set the timer for 30 minutes,
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and the time is gonna fly by.
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Our back to school PB&J bars look really good,
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and I cooked 'em for exactly 30 minutes, y'all,
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and they just turned out perfect.
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I've even actually tried to let them cool a little bit,
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so that (Paula giggles) I could cut 'em,
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and at the same time, taste one.
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Kinda reminds me of our gooey butter cake,
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you know, a little bit.
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It's still pretty, pretty hot, Eddy.
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Mm, that peanut butter is
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Doesn't that look good?
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Been a long time since I made it.
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Forgot how good it was.
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I say, all I need is two pieces of bread.
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Put this in between two pieces of white bread.
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Really make it fattenin'.
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- [Eddy] Big glass of milk.
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- [Theresa] A little more carbohydrates.
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This is really, really good.
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Now remember whatever your children,
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or your, whoever you're cookin' it for,
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remember to just ask them what their favorite jelly is,
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or preserves, and do that, use that.
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So all you children gettin' ready to go back to school,
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and make ya mama and ya daddy proud.
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And your grandparents, don't forget about your grandparents.
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You wanna make them proud too.
