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- In an earlier video, y'all,
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I made that wonderful asparagus sandwich
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on pumpernickel bread that we used to serve
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at The Lady and Sons,
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and hopefully it's going back on our menu.
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I'll be able to tell y'all that for sure a little later on.
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But you know, it's getting that time of year.
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I know it's hard to believe
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because like, in the Midwest, they're having,
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and up north, I think, just humongous high temperatures.
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But you know, relief is just around the corner
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because we're fixing to go into fall,
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and this sandwich is so good
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dipped in this creamy cheese soup.
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It's easy, and it's delicious.
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So I'm gonna start with a couple of tablespoons of butter,
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and I have some diced onions.
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Now you could use jarred pimentos if you want to,
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but I'm using a red sweet pepper.
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It's not a bell pepper.
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It's a sweet little red pepper.
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It kind of looks like a, almost a jalapeno,
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- Almost jalapeno-shaped.
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But you don't wanna use jalapeno
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'cause it would it would-
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- Yeah, don't mess that up. - Burn you up.
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Do we have one to show?
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Are they all chopped up, Theresa?
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- [Theresa] No, they aren't.
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- So we'll show you to make sure you don't get confused.
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And here comes Theresa.
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♪ Here comes Santa Claus ♪
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Look, it looks so much like a jalapeno, doesn't it?
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But it's not. Don't confuse it.
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Right, so I've got our butter melted.
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I'm gonna put in our diced onion
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and our pimento peppers, sweet pimento peppers.
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And we're gonna saute those
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for about three, four, five minutes
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until they're nice and tender.
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All righty, y'all, our peppers
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and onions are nice and transparent
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and soft. (utensil banging)
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So now I'm gonna add,
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I think it's three tablespoons of,
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yeah, three tablespoons of all-purpose flour.
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And that's of course gonna be our thickening.
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And we wanna make sure that that flour
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is incorporated real, real good
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with the butter, the peppers, and the onions.
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So we'll just let that cook for a minute or so.
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And then our liquid is gonna be cream
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And that sandwich dunked down
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in that cheese soup is gonna be so good.
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And it'll make a quick, quick dinner.
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Let me turn this back up.
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This will start getting thick.
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That pimento is really pretty in there.
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Then I'm gonna add a little salt,
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And the recipe calls for a dash of cayenne pepper.
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So you can use, if you don't wanna use cayenne,
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you can use like red pepper flakes.
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I think the red pepper flakes would be pretty in it,
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or, oops. (utensil clanging)
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Or you can use a dash of the cayenne,
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whatever your preference.
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So I think I'm just gonna do like that much
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And this will begin to get thick.
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So I'm gonna add my green onions
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that have been diced,
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and I've saved some to garnish the top of our soup with.
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And you can see it's already starting to get thick.
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So we'll let that cook for a couple of minutes,
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and then I'm gonna add the cream and the cheese,
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and we're gonna be ready to taste.
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My favorite thing in the world
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to do, y'all, is taste. (laughs)
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And I'm gonna continue to let it cook
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for a couple more minutes until it gets thick.
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I'm gonna try not to let it turn to a hard ball, though.
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I want it to take its term getting thick,
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but not crazy about boiling that cream.
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So just a couple more minutes.
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I think I'm gonna add, though,
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just a little bit more salt, not much,
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and a little bit more ground pepper.
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I'm gonna add just a little bit of paprika.
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It doesn't call for that,
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give it a little bit more color.
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And now the last thing I'm gonna add is 3/4 a cup
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of sharp cheddar cheese.
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And I'm gonna let that melt.
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Oh my gosh, doesn't this look good?
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- Looks good, doesn't it?
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And quick, quick, quick, easy, easy, easy,
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easy on your time and easy on your pocketbook,
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which these days, the way food prices are going,
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we need to look for things that are good,
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taste good, but are easy on the pocketbook.
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Because I'm just flabbergasted
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when I go to the grocery store,
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for pot roast to feed
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two children, two of my kids
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and their children, $60.
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My mother used to pay like $1.90, $1.95
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for a nice chuck roast.
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So I'm trying to be conscious
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of recipes that I share with y'all
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because it's just real hard.
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I mean, I think twice.
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Every protein that I pick out at the grocery store,
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I think twice about it now.
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(gas hissing) This is so good.
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So, so good. (grinder whirring)
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And if you don't want to do
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an asparagus sandwich to go with this,
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you could always, if you want more cheese,
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just do a grilled cheese sandwich
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or corn muffins or french bread.
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I hope y'all will use this.
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Love and best dishes to all y'all out there.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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