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- We're back to thinking about Memorial Day.
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you know, to, 'cause this is really all about,
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Memorial Day is really all about our fallen soldiers
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that really gave their life for us.
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So we can't thank them enough.
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So anyway, I used to make macaroni salad a lot,
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And it was just very, very plain and simple.
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You know, just like my potato salad,
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my potato salad recipe,
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which is in my very first cookbook.
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But this one is one from the magazine,
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and it's a fancier, jazzed up one.
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So (chuckles) here we go.
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I was just chopping some basil,
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'cause we're gonna put some fresh basil in it.
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I mean this is gonna take nothing.
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It tastes nothing like the one
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that my family grew up on.
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So anyway, I've got my macaroni.
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Make sure you cook it completely done,
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because al dente macaroni salad is not good to me.
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I just always like my pasta done.
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So I'm gonna start with...
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Maybe I'm gonna start with it.
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Maybe I ain't. (Theresa laughing)
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Theresa? - Let's see.
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We might have to go to Eddie.
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- Look, I loosened it. - I bet you did.
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That's what I said to Eddie the other day.
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- Yeah. - It's like, hmm.
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- You loosened it for him.
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- [Theresa] Mm-hmm. That's what I'm gonna say.
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- Alright, one tablespoon of vinegar.
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Two teaspoons of Dijon mustard,
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where I always used, ah, yellow mustard.
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But we'll see, 'cause it's gonna give it
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a totally different taste.
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You know, (laughs) I walk around,
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telling Eddie, Theresa, Michael,
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anybody that'll listen, (laughs) I spend
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half my life looking for stuff,
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and then I spend the other half trying to get it open.
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And that ain't no lie. (laughs)
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Alright, so two teaspoons of Dijon.
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And make sure when you cook your macaroni
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that you cook it in salted water,
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'cause it's like rice or grits.
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If you don't salt them to start with,
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it's gonna be hard to get 'em where you want 'em to be.
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So I'm gonna mix this up
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along with my mayonnaise.
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And this recipe calls for bell pepper, celery, and onions.
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And in mine, I would use
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all onions and celery.
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And I'd have to chop it up real, real fine,
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because my family didn't wanna see it. (laughs)
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My children's father was so opposed to anything like this.
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And he didn't like onion, so I did.
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So I would use onion powder, and he'd say,
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"Oh, that's just the best." (laughs)
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So I was able to get it in there.
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Alright, I'm gonna do just a few tomatoes.
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And I'm gonna add me a little basil.
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Then we'll use that other for garnish.
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I like my macaroni and potato salad,
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because starches will continue to suck up
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And I think we balled off about a half a box
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of maybe a 16-ounce package.
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But I'm gonna stop with that much,
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and see if I need to holler for more mayonnaise. (laughs)
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Right now I think we're alright.
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And I always served my macaroni salad warm.
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So as soon as I got it drained,
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and I also put boiled eggs in mine.
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Like I said, it was just like my,
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just like my potato salad.
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Alright, I think it can stand that.
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But if not, like I said, as it sits,
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now if you pull this out tomorrow,
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your pasta is gonna have absorbed all of the moisture.
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So you'll wanna kick in a little bit more mayonnaise.
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I'm gonna taste it, or seasoning,
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you know, make sure my seasoning is good enough.
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- You like it? - Mm-hmm.
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The vinegar is getting me right here, but it's so good.
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- [Theresa] Mm, it looks good.
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- So totally, totally different
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from the macaroni salad,
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but not- - That's nice,
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'cause sometimes, - It is nice.
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- you want something,
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you like pasta salad, but you want a different,
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- Yeah. - profile to it.
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Jamie used to make a wonderful pasta salad for me
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This really is so tasty.
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- [Theresa] I can smell the...
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- Here, lemme get ya a spoon. Yes.
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Love that vinegar bite.
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- When it sits for a little bit,
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and it really melds into the pasta,
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it's gonna be, that's gonna be a winner.
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- Well that would be great at a Memorial Day party.
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Oh, I'm gonna add just a little bit of ground pepper to it.
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Oh, I couldn't find this for days, Eddie.
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- [Eddie] It was parked behind the um...
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- [Paula] Oh! It was behind this?
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- So you can make this the day before.
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Just remember that little tip about it drying out.
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Mm, I could eat like, a half a bowl of this.
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Have a wonderful, safe Memorial Day, y'all.
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