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- Y'all, Theresa shared this email with me
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that was sent in by Laura Glasgow.
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I mean, Laura took extra steps
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to make sure we got this letter from her
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- And so this is the email.
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"Hi, I've been watching your videos
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and they're the best de-stressor around.
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It's so relaxing to watch you
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and we love your beautiful smile and fun laugh."
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And she said, "I have an easy salmon recipe
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that I got from my Native Alaskan roommate a long time ago.
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And this is actually my kid's favorite meal."
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They voted this better than a kid's meal, the Happy Meal.
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So that's pretty good.
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So she starts off, "Here's what I do."
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'Cause she's like me.
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She doesn't have any measurements.
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You know, she just does it.
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So she said, "I buy enough salmon from Costco
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to fill a 9 by 13 dish, which is usually two big filets,
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Then I season it with something
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like Johnny's Seasoning salt."
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I'd never heard of this brand of seasoning salt.
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So I'm gonna take our filets and these are nice and thick.
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Uh-oh, I wanna spray this.
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'Cause sometimes that salmon can get sticker-y.
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All right, skin side down.
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I'm gonna have to wash my hands, y'all.
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I can't pick up everything with fishy hands.
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So I'm gonna sprinkle with this.
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I put a little bit in my hand and it's good.
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It kind of reminds me of ours.
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But anyway, her daddy uses this on everything he cooks,
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"Then I sprinkle a layer of any kind of brown sugar
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to cover the whole top."
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All right, Laura. (laughs)
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Girl, this is where you and I
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can take a healthy, healthy dish and turn it around.
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So she said, "I sprinkle a layer of brown sugar
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to cover the whole top."
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To me that would be covering the whole top, right?
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What you think, Eddie?
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- [Eddie] That's good.
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- I think that would be it, maybe a little bit more.
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"And then I cut up a lot of onions
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and I like a big, huge sweet onion.
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And you pile the onion rings all over the place.
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That's gonna be all over the place, Laura.
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- [Theresa] And the only thing I would love to hear
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from Laura is should they be
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almost like shaved onions versus--
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- [Paula] I don't know.
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- [Theresa] They're almost half a inch thick as it is.
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- Yeah, yeah. - Just the cut.
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So I'd love to hear from her.
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- I don't know how many layers of onions I'm gonna need
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but I may need another onion.
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'Cause I noticed in some place she says a few inches thick.
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And then that's what she says.
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"And pile the onion rings all over the place,
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Then I cover all of that
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with a generous second amount of brown sugar.
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Then I dot the top of it
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with three-fourths a stick of butter.
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Then I put it in at 350."
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Okay, wait, let's do this and then we'll get back.
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- [Theresa] I got the oven ready to go.
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- Okay, so I think I use all that onion at one time.
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I was thinking we did layers, but no.
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So I'm gonna go ahead and put it all in
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and then we're gonna cover all that with brown sugar.
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- [Theresa] Did you put the Johnny's in it?
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- That was first thing I put, the Johnny's on it.
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"Then I dot it all on the top
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with about a fourth of a stick of butter.
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Then I put it in at 350 for 40 to 45 minutes.
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And after about 30 minutes,
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I start basting the melted butter and brown sugar
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all over the place to melt the rest of the brown sugar
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still on the fish that is."
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Laura, I just can't thank you enough, girl.
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It sounds like you and I cook very similarly.
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So we're just going to dot our butter
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and this was about a fourth of a stick wasn't it, Theresa?
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- Yeah, but-- - Or a little bit more.
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- [Theresa] If you needed more.
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- Yes. - Into your butter dish.
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- [Paula] Well, I can imagine how good
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that butter is gonna be melted in that brown sugar.
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That's gonna be delicious.
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- [Theresa] Eddie, do we have a baster?
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Okay and she said that's it.
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All right let's see, she sent another little note.
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Oh, "Hi again, I also spray the pan ahead of time
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and serve the salmon and with plain white rice and peas.
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And we like to ladle the brown sugar sauce
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over the rice when we eat it.
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I hope you try this easy recipe and enjoy it.
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My kids liked it better than a Happy Meal.
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Love, Laura Glasgow."
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So in the oven it goes.
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Theresa, you want to take it?
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My hands are coated with brown sugar.
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So I hope that I did it correctly, Laura.
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If I did not, please let me know.
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Make sure you watch this video
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and then let me know if I was off a little bit.
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Okay Laura, we got the salmon in the oven,
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but here is my question.
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Do you know a nice filet of salmon,
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I usually cook no more
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than eight to nine minutes in my air fryer.
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So this one says cook 35 to 40 minutes.
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So to me that's a little long for the salmon
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but not for the onions.
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Not for the onions, it's not.
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So we have put ours on 20 minutes
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and we gonna see what we got.
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But if you tell me it does not overcook that salmon,
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girl, I'm going with your instructions.
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Laura, it looks perfectly delicious.
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And as I said a few minutes ago,
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I mean, I cook mine for nine minutes in the air fryer.
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So I would think that this was way overcooked,
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but it doesn't appear to be.
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And the onions look perfectly wonderful.
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So your meat's gonna be very, very sweet.
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And how long did we cook this for Theresa, 35 minutes?
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- [Theresa] I'd say between 30 and 35.
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- And I think Laura suggested--
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- [Theresa] I started basting it at 20.
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Because Laura says she starts basting it at 30 minutes
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and she cooks it for 40 or 45 minutes.
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- [Theresa] But a lot of it would depend
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on how big your filets are, too.
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- That's exactly right.
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- [Theresa] She says she gets two from Costco
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and that's really big.
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- It's better than a Happy Meal.
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And I can imagine that wonderful sauce
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that's cooked out of it over white rice.
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Gives it a little Asian flare, I would think.
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I will be making this again.
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Thank you "Love & Best Dishes".
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Y'all, try Laura's salmon.
