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- I'm sharing with y'all
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just a little quick green salad
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for your Labor Day that you can do up.
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In fact, it'd be better if you do it up the night before.
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And you can just pull it out when you're ready to serve.
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And I'm using an English cucumber,
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and these are supposed to be burpless.
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And I believe that they are.
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I don't burp this kind as bad as I do like a regular-
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- They don't have the seeds. - Right.
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Don't have the seeds.
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And I take my potato peeler,
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and I just cut strips out of it
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that some of the peeling is so pretty
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in there, when you slice 'em.
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See how pretty that it's gonna be?
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So, I am gonna use the mandolin.
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And I'm gonna try not to cut my fingers off.
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(Paula chuckles) (pans clattering)
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- [Theresa] We'll see.
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You just watch me, Theresa.
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Say okay, Paula, you're getting too close.
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We've just got to find the guard for this thing
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Okay, I'm gonna trim that a little bit.
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One of our team members,
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we had our meeting yesterday and,
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she, for her birthday.
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Wasn't it her birthday?
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- [Theresa] No, their anniversary.
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- Yeah, their anniversary.
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And Theresa said, "Well, what'd y'all do
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"for your anniversary, where'd you go?"
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And Casey said, "I don't wanna tell y'all where we went."
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Because, they went to a restaurant here in town
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that is the closest thing to the Lady and Sons here.
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We live in the same world.
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And I said, "Well, what was your favorite?"
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She said the cucumber salad.
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And I thought, oh, how strange,
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all those wonderful vegetables,
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and she liked the cucumber salad.
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So, she would like this one.
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I'll have to make sure I share the recipe with Casey.
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But I thought that was so cute, not wanting to tell us.
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- [Theresa] It was cute.
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- Look, see how pretty that is?
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And you can make as much of this as you want.
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As many cucumbers as you want,
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and use your favorite cucumber.
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Just be very, very careful if you don't have the guard.
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I'm gonna turn it this way for a second.
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All right, Paula, don't be showing off.
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I'm quittin' with that.
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'Cause I took a piece off my thumb last night,
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doing really, really thin
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Now, at this point, we need to salt 'em.
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And these contain a lot, lot of water.
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So we're gonna salt these,
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and that salt's gonna pull out that water,
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and we're gonna put a little vinegar
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I think what, about a teaspoon of vinegar did it say?
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- [Theresa] Yes, ma'am
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- That's a little more than a teaspoon,
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but that's all right.
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So I'm just gonna give these a stir.
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And I tell you to refrigerate,
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or put these aside for about a half hour,
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and then make sure you drain 'em real well.
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You know, to pull out that water.
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So we gonna let those sit,
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and then Theresa and I gonna clean up this mess I've made.
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But I do have my dressing over here
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that I wanna mix up quickly.
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And that is my sour cream.
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Sour cream and mayonnaise.
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So, instead of making this cucumber salad
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like the normal, which is vinegar.
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We're gonna add some creaminess to it.
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And I'm gonna add that salt that I
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And I'm gonna add some dill.
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Do you remember how much?
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- [Theresa] I wanna say two tablespoons.
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- Yes, that seems seems about right.
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- [Theresa] It's sitting right there.
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I think the recipe's right there.
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- Okay, that's an old piece.
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And I'm using the gadget that Jack brought me.
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Okay, that dill is gonna
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be so good in that cucumber.
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that's coming outta these cucumbers, y'all.
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So, we're gonna drain these.
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that pulls the water out of 'em.
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And I am gonna get a paper towel.
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And just kind of pat 'em,
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So you really need to let this drain.
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Once you pour it into a colander,
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it would be a good idea
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to maybe just stick 'em in the refrigerator,
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and make sure they drain real good.
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But, I know y'all don't wanna sit around and wait
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so that's why I patted 'em
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dry with a paper towel.
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Look how pretty this is, Theresa.
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- [Paula] Isn't that pretty?
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And of course, the longer they sit,
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the better it's gonna get.
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It actually could stand another cucumber.
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- [Theresa] Oh, we have another one.
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The recipe called for two cucumbers, didn't it?
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'Cause we got a lot of the sauce
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use on another cucumber.
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This is just a little different
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from your vinegar cucumber.
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it's gonna get better.
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I'm gonna add a little
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of my fresh ground black pepper.
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Hopefully, I can encourage Michael to eat some
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if he sees the pepper on it.
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"I don't like cucumbers.
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"I don't like bell pepper."
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Sometimes, he sounds like one of the kids.
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You know how boys can do.
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So, I hope that y'all have a happy Labor Day,
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and some of the recipes that we've shared with y'all,
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I hope will work for you,
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and make your Labor Day less labor intense.
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Love and best dishes, y'all.
