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You know, I was thinking,
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I'm so sorry that I didn't share this recipe
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with y'all in time for Easter,
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but the good news is I am sharing this recipe
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with y'all up for Mother's Day.
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So, how many of y'all out there have ever made potato candy?
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Probably not a whole bunch of y'all,
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but that's what we gonna make today.
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And you can see right here, this is, all right,
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I'm going to give you the full measurements.
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It's two medium white potatoes
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that we've boiled and cooked until tender
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and in a little bit of salted water,
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and you drain 'em, mash 'em,
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and then measure out a half a cup into a bowl,
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and you add the butter to the potatoes,
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blend well, and allow mixture to cool.
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And so now that it's cooled,
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we are going to mix in two pounds of confectionate sugar.
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And I'm saying that if you try to use white sugar,
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it would probably make it really, really, really wet,
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this two pounds of confectionate sugar.
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I'm gon' mix it in by hand.
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I've removed all my jewelry and I'm just gon' go to it.
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Still really, really cold.
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And that butter has gotten hard,
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but by using my hands,
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the warmth from my hands
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is gonna soften up that butter really quick.
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And Theresa, would you come do me one more favor, please?
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- [Paula] Unscrewing that vanilla
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- [Eddie] Just has a foot.
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- [Paula] Put about a tablespoon, please.
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I think it calls for-
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- [Theresa] 1-1/2 teaspoons.
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- [Paula] Yeah, so, we'll double that.
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'Cause we don't want it short on flavor.
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Thank you, thank you, Merdice.
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- [Theresa] You're welcome, welcome.
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so there's so many different varieties
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you can do with this candy.
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You could add peanut butter,
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speaking of peanut butter balls.
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You could add coconut.
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If you wanted chocolate candy,
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you could add maybe a half a cup,
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a third of a cup of cocoa powder.
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You could, you know, the fruit that they come out with,
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the candied fruit at Christmas time.
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You could put some of that in it.
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I mean, there's a lot of different ways.
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So, I've called in the cavalry, y'all.
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I have gotten where I just, whoa. (chuckles)
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- Superman'll get it, won't he?
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I've just got where I don't have much strength
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in my hands that I used to have,
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so there's some things you really need to get married
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so you can have somebody to help you make candy. (chuckles)
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And then you can excuse 'em
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after they've helped you make the candy. (laughs)
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All right, so y'all, I've decided I'm going
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to have to have some nuts in some of the candy,
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so I'm got some chopped pecans right here,
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and I'm gon' mix this in.
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Now, the name of this recipe, y'all,
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is Ms. Helen's Easter Eggs.
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They said shape 'em into an egg about the size of an egg,
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but I think that's a little much
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for one person to try to eat,
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so I'm gon' to make, oh,
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I wouldn't care for any more, baby.
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- [Michael] That's my egg.
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You're good egg maker.
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So, I'm gon' try to shape mine like the shape of an egg,
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but I'm gon' make mine more the size of a quail egg.
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- [Michael] Oh, you're welcome.
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- I so appreciate you helping me.
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That made it go a lot faster.
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So, this is what they look like, y'all,
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and we made 'em in all different sizes,
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and for you real creative people out there,
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you can, you know what?
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You could even roll this out
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and use cookie cutters, Eddie, you know it?
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But the main thing is what we got to do now.
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We've got to put 'em in the frigerator for about an hour
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and let 'em get real hard again.
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Let that butter get hard,
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because we gon' to be dipping 'em in melted chocolate,
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and I have my chocolate back here on the stove
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and I've got semi-sweet chocolate and milk chocolate
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that I've mixed together,
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'cause I really love the milk chocolate.
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So, thanks for helping me. - Semi-sweet's bad?
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- [Paula] Yeah. (laughs)
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- [Michael] I can't believe this is made out of a potato.
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Ms. Helen's Easter, what did she call 'em?
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- Easter Eggs. - Ms. Helen's Easter Eggs.
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- I got a quick story for y'all.
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One time I asked Paula
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if you were stuck on a deserted island
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and you could only bring one thing and one thing only,
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what would you bring?
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She says, "A potato."
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I said, "Just one potato?"
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She said, "Yeah, I just love potatoes."
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She said, "What would you bring?"
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I said, "A boat." (laughs)
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Then I would come get you and your potato, and we go home.
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- Yeah, I'd come pick up you and your stupid tater. (laughs)
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He's gotten me more times than once, y'all,
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with them silly little riddles.
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Thank you, though, Michael.
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I'm gon' go put this in the refrigerator, though,
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and hopefully you'll be around
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when it's time to dip 'em, okay?
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- Okay. - Oh, and while I'm waiting
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for those to get hard again,
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I'm gon' to be trying to come up
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with a pretty way to present 'em as like a gift
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for you to give to your mother, okay?
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It's really Eddie. (chuckles)
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I know Eddie will come up with it,
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but I'm gon' help. (chuckles)
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So, y'all, let me tell you what I wound up doing.
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So, you'll want to melt
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your chocolate of choice in the microwave,
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and don't overdo it like I did
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'cause it will get back hard on you. (chuckles)
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just make sure you don't over-melt your chocolate,
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but so let me tell y'all what I did.
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and I thought, you know, I just want another flavor in here,
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so I took some of it and I put almond extract in it.
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It took it to another level.
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So, like I said, there's so many things you can do.
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And I found a box that
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I had bought a nightlight in the other day,
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and I thought, oh my gosh, that's so pretty.
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I took my, oh, now my hands are all chocolatey.
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But look, it's a perfect gift for Mother's Day.
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Isn't that wonderful, y'all?
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And you can just go out in your yard
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and cut you some greenery
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and you have a wonderful gift for Mama.
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So, I want to wish all you girls out there
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a very happy Mother's Day.
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And being a mother is one of the hardest jobs in the world,
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so congratulations, and happy Mother's Day.
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Sweets for the sweet.
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See, we put 'em in little muffin cups?
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So pretty. (chuckles)
