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- Hey, y'all I got a note from a fan.
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Her name is Leslie Klein and she was actually
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a Monday bundle winner.
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- Didn't y'all tell me that?
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- So she sent me a couple of recipes to try.
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I have to say the mounds.
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That is Jamie Dean's favorite candy.
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Leslie, and I have been making it now,
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for at least 40 years.
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And I appreciate you sending it to me
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because it is a delicious recipe,
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but she sent me a recipe that you don't
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hear talked about every day and I've got one,
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I've got a recipe in one of my books.
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I think it may be in "Kitchen Classics,"
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but mine is different
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from the one that Leslie sent and look at this,
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the fairly odd parents
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somebody brought this at a dinner, a work dinner,
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and she says she's been making it ever since 1990. So,
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So when this browns I'm gonna drain it, Leslie,
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this is a very, very easy recipe.
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And as far as I'm concerned,
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I know it's delicious
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because I have eaten a cabbage casserole before.
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So these were just boiled off, cut in quarters
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and boiled until it was tender.
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So which one did you have, Michael?
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- I'm just gonna chop this up,
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Oh this cabbage looks divine.
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And it calls for one head of cabbage, right, Leslie?
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- Leslie, you got such a deep voice. (laughs)
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I'm not going to use the real dark leaves because
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they take a little longer to cook.
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Although I think they're so pretty.
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I love the color that they lend,
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but it takes a little longer for those so
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I'm just going to put those to the side. So there we go.
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the recipe consists of one head of cabbage
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cut and cooked and drained.
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A pound of lean ground beef,
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a 32 ounce can of crushed tomatoes.
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We don't, we couldn't find a 30,
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a 32 ounce can, maybe it's a two.
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Anyway, two cups of chopped sharp cheddar cheese.
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One to go in the casserole and one to go on top,
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one medium onion, chopped,
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and a teaspoon of sugar
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and then put it in a 13 by 9 by 2 casserole dish,
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bake at 350 until cheese is melted.
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A kind of a one-pot meal that busy mamas appreciate.
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So, I'm going to drain this
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and then we'll be ready to mix mix mix.
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All right, I'm going to add one chopped onion.
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I'm going to add one cup of cheese,
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and I'm gonna save a cup for the top,
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when we put that together,
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let's go ahead and add the cabbage.
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and you know, it's really good for you.
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And I drained my beef
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and it had, it had a little bit of,
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a little bit of fat come off of it, but not much.
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All right. So we're just going to mix this up real good.
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And I've got my 13 by 9 by 2 pan.
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- [Theresa] Don't forget your-- Are the tomatoes going in?
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- Oh my-- No, I'm gonna put them in last.
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My can of crushed tomatoes,
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which that's what I use all the time.
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That was a little big.
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So she said, Leslie said a 32 ounce,
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but this is a 28 ounce.
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So I don't know if she means by a 28 ounce can.
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And then by an eight ounce can,
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- [Theresa] It probably was a 32 ounce can
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and it's now a 28 ounce.
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Just like everything else.
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- Yeah, in 1990. Yeah.
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- [Michael] Or do 16 ounce. And I didn't check the store.
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And this is what you had in your pantry.
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So we just went with the 28 ounce.
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- This is, this is what I use.
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I use crushed tomatoes
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and it's brand she uses too, isn't it? Yeah.
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I think this will be fine.
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Using the 28 ounce can.
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And remember everything's hot and everything's cooked, so.
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- [Michael] This is like a deconstructed cabbage rolls,
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Your momma used to make a lot of cabbage rolls. Didn't she?
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Okay. Oh, this is heavy now.
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Michael, you want to stand up and help me please?
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All right. I didn't put my salt and pepper in it.
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She set up one and a half teaspoons of salt
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or whatever you like, teaspoon of pepper.
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- [Speaker 2] Where do you want it?
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- [Paula] I'm going to put it in that bowl
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right there where you're standing behind.
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- [Speaker 2] You ready?
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All right. If you pull it back just a little bit,
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I'm gonna try to do this left-handed. (chuckles)
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It's funny how God gave us two hands,
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but one of them is almost no good,
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(laughs) isn't that funny?
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but yet we couldn't do without it.
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- [Theresa] We got it.
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- Y'all picking up what I'm putting down here.
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Now we're going to top it with the cheese
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and in the oven, it goes, at 350,
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until the cheese is melted,
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we got a little bit more cheese?
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You know I buy those big old blocks
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and shred them in the food processor.
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And you think, gosh, that's so much cheese,
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but when you get it grated, it's really not all that much.
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- [Theresa] We used that whole thing in 2 days.
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we've been doing a lot of cooking.
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Okay. In the oven, it goes
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350 till the cheese is melted.
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Leslie said, Ooh, that's a hot oven
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and surprisingly heavy, y'all.
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She said just cook it.
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Theresa, would you shut that oven for me please?
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- [Theresa] Certainly!
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- She said just until the cheese melts.
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So the cheese has melted.
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think I'll use my little pooper scooper.
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This looks very good.
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I might need a spoon.
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Looks very good, Leslie.
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I don't think the recipe that I used to make,
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I don't think it had ground beef in it,
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which having ground beef in this really makes it a winner.
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- [Theresa] It's hot?
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- It's a little warm, but it's good.
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Having the ground beef in it really
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makes it a great winner for families
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because it's got everything that you need in it.
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You could serve this along with a little pot of rice.
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It'd be so good on top of rice.
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Leslie, I so appreciate you sending me this.
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Can't try to fill my mouth up, then try to start talking.
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I appreciate it so much.
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I always love hearing from y'all
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and I love to know what y'all are doing.
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And some days I know what I'm doing,
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unless y'all tell me what y'all doing. I don't know.
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So thank you, Leslie.
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And I'll see you next time.
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Love and best dishes!
