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- Okay, y'all.
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You are seeing this recipe on "Fat Tuesday."
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Is when we're airing this for you to see.
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Well, you probably know what "Fat Tuesday" is, right?
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It's the last day that Catholics can eat something
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really, really, really fattening
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because tomorrow is gonna be Lent
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and they're gonna be giving up things.
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Now I am married to a Catholic,
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but I'm a Baptist.
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So, I may (laughs), but no matter what religion I am,
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I should be more well-versed than what I am, y'all.
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But that's all right.
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I'm not well-versed in a lot of things.
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But so, anyway, I am gonna share with y'all
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this recipe for a king cake.
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So to start off, I've got an 8-ounce package
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of cream cheese, and I've got one cup of dark brown sugar.
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So, I'm just gonna blend that together.
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Really good.
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So, did y'all know that this cake,
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the king cake, started back in the medieval days
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- [Theresa] Middle ages.
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- In the middle ages. - Yeah.
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- Ah, wow, that was a long, long, long, long time ago.
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- [Theresa] Do you know why
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they had to have this kind of cake?
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- [Paula] No, why?
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- [Theresa] 'Cause one person needed to be king for the day.
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- Oh, (laughs).
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- [Theresa] So they put a pea in it.
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- And who decided this?
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- [Theresa] I'm not sure about that.
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But they put a pea in it.
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- [Paula] Yes, back then,
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and I'll show you what they put in it.
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Okay, I think that's good enough.
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- [Theresa] Yeah, I'm already sold.
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- I know, I'm so hungry.
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Want it to get all off.
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I'm still working, woop.
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(Paula laughing)
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- [Theresa] I went somewhere the other day,
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and it's kind of funny.
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- I'm still working with them.
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- [Theresa] It was a bakery
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and she had her bowl left from the cookies.
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And there were still like a little bit of dough,
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and I so wanted to say, "If you were with Paula Deen,
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you would not be having that dough."
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- She left dough in the bowl.
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Why? - Well, not a little dough.
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But you know what I mean,
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like how you go all the way around the edges and get every.
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- [Theresa] She did not do that.
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- Alight so, back in medieval days,
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they made this king cake.
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But they would put like a dried pea in there.
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And Theresa tells me that they did that
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so that whoever got that pea would be king for a day.
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I don't know how, I don't know, did this include children,
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or just adults?
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I don't know.
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Do you know Theresa?
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- [Theresa] No, but it sounds like fun.
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- It does sound like fun.
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I wanna be king for a day.
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In fact, I used to love that show "Queen for a Day."
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In fact, I tried for years, y'all, to get somebody
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to produce a show, the "Queen for a Day" show.
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Oh, I wanted to do it so badly.
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I said, I would used to come home from school
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every afternoon and watch "Queen for a Day,"
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and I'd squall like a baby when those women baked.
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And this is what it was like back then, y'all,
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in the '50s.
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Their gift would be a washing machine
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or an iron and an ironing board.
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Something that they could do more work with.
4:05
They certainly were not giving gifts for a queen.
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I said, "Work harder, work longer, women."
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- [Theresa] But to be honest, back then,
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those were like, those made life simpler.
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- Yes, and it was who had the saddest story.
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And then I think the audience voted
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on who was gonna be queen.
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And they didn't give away cars and things like that.
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It was, like I said, a washing machine, or a dryer,
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or something like that.
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But so anyway, I never could get anybody
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to go along with me.
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But that's all right.
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I've enjoyed it in my head.
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So this is so good.
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Now to this filling, I'm gonna add a half a cup of pecans,
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and a half a cup of raisins.
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Now if you want your raisins plump,
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I could have set them in real, real, real hot water
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and let 'em plump up.
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But, I'm eliminating that step because I kind of like 'em
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a little on the hard side, you know, for things like this.
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So there we go, that's all mixed up
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and it's delicious, y'all.
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Okay, so now the cake part.
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We're making this simple y'all.
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We, I say "we."
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Theresa went to the grocery store, y'all,
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and picked up some frozen bread dough.
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And you just let that thaw.
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And I'm gonna sprinkle.
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This is my favorite cutting board 'cause it's got my
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pie circles, I love this.
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This came out years.
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- [Theresa] I've given this as gifts.
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- Yes, years ago. - To people
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and they love them.
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- Love it, love it, love it, okay.
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So.
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- [Theresa] The bread dough came in a big pack of like five.
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- Oh, it did? - So that's why,
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I have it, that's why I have it in a Ziploc bag.
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'Cause I didn't need all five.
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- No.
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All right, okay.
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So we got our dough out pretty close to a 10x18, y'all.
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And now that wonderful filling that we made
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a little while ago,
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we're gonna put it in here, and we're gonna spread it
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within a inch of its sides.
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Later on, down the way, in a more Western world,
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the pea got changed to a baby.
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And that baby was
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in there, he represented our love for our baby Jesus
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that we had.
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So, that was why we changed it to a baby
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at some point in history.
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- [Theresa] Well, you know, Paula, I'm Catholic.
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So. - Yes, you are Catholic.
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And you're very staunch Catholic, aren't you?
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- [Theresa] I try to be, sometimes.
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But the thing that we were taught with the king cake
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was it was a baby Jesus. - Yes.
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- [Theresa] But that it was done around the time
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of what we call the Epiphany,
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which is the 12th day after Christmas,
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which is January 6th,
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when the Wise Men found the baby Jesus.
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- Jesus, yes, because he was two weeks old,
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wasn't he, by the time the Wise Men
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followed the star. - Right.
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- To his stable where he was living.
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- And so that's why they, and then,
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so they changed it to a baby.
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To represent Jesus.
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- All kind of information isn't it?
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Today.
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I'm gonna cut that dough off a little bit.
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I'm gonna cut this one off.
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All right, and we're gonna roll this long ways.
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Just like this.
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This is gonna be so good, y'all.
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All right, now what we wanna do now,
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is now that we can, do you wanna come around here?
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- Certainly. - And take a picture
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of it this way? - Eddie does a much better job
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at cameras, and I realize that, so.
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- No, you are doing fine.
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So we just wetting that edge with a little water.
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So it will stay sealed.
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And now we're gonna do the same thing over here.
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And we're gonna pinch that together.
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- Look at that. - Yes, we don't want
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that piece 'cause it doesn't have any filling in it.
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- We won't tell anybody. - No.
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- Just gonna seal it with a little water.
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Now I'm gonna push some filling in there.
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- [Theresa] And, Paula, a lot of what bakers do now.
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- Now how am I gonna get this on the cookie sheet (laughs)?
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I should have put it on my baking sheet first.
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Okay, y'all, before I rolled it into a circle,
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I should have put it on my cookie sheet, but I didn't.
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But I was actually able to just pick it up
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and transfer it my cookie sheet, which I've sprayed lightly.
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And now we're gonna spray
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our king cake with this spray.
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And hopefully that'll turn it a real pretty shiny.
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- [Theresa] Could you do an egg-wash on that?
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- Huh? - Could you do an egg-wash?
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- Yeah, you could do an egg wash on this.
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So this is gonna have to
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sit for about 45 minutes to an hour
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in the oven.
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And what I did, 'cause it's really chilly.
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It's a little chilly here in Savannah, so I cut my oven on.
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And then I cut it off and hopefully that will,
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that will be just about the right temperature.
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So we're gonna cover this with plastic wrap.
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And rise, baby.
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Like Jesus did on a Easter Sunday, rise.
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Okay.
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I have no idea what the,
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it's nice and warm in there, nice and warm.
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I can't remember the temperature of what they say
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for a warm spot
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when you're rising,
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trying to rise dough.
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It's something I'll have to look up, y'all, I'm sorry.
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I don't have that information on the top of my head.
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- [Theresa] We can put that in the, we can add.
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- I don't know if it's 85.
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Yeah, I can't, I just can't remember.
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But anyway, that's got to do its magic.
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- [Theresa] And we'll be back.
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- For the next 45 minutes.
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Yes, and then the fun part comes in.
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'Cause we gonna color and do all kind of stuff.
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And you'll notice that I did not put a baby in the center
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because I really don't like the idea of baking plastic.
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So when we take it out of the oven,
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I'll cut a little slit and stick that baby somewhere
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in that cake, and whoever gets that piece is gonna be a king
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or a queen for a day, right?
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- [Theresa] Eddie and I will be fighting over it.
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- You can be a queen too.
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Not just the king, right?
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- [Theresa] Yeah.
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- Our king cake looks great, y'all.
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And remember, I had it in an oven that had been warmed,
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and then I cut it off.
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So it rose really, really nice, didn't it, Eddie?
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- [Eddie] Yes, it smells so good.
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- Yes, smells like yeast rolls, so good.
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There's nothing better.
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So now we're gonna put this in the oven, y'all.
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We're gonna bake it for 35 to 45 minutes at 350,
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I believe it is.
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Is that right, Theresa?
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- [Theresa] Yes, ma'am.
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- Okay, so I'm putting it in the top rack,
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which is like the middle, the middle of the oven.
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So I think I'm gonna set the timer for you, Theresa.
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- Okay. - Because I am fixing to leave
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to go to Jack's final play-off basketball game.
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Because tonight the winner is the champ.
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It's the city champ.
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So again, he's real excited about that.
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So I'm gonna run to his basketball game while that's baking.
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And then we'll finish it up right after I get back.
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Okay, look at our king cake, y'all, it turned out so good.
14:15
Uh-oh, I left a baby over here, I got a baby here,
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I got a baby there.
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Now I'm gonna just, I made me a little slit,
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and I'm gonna stick that baby in right there.
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Let me see if I can, there we go.
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And hopefully the frosting will cover that up.
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But I know that that baby is where I, where my seam is.
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Okie-dokie, all right.
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Now we're gonna make the icing.
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And let me give you all the correct measurements,
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a cup and a half a confectioners' sugar,
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and three tablespoons of milk,
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and one teaspoon of butter or vanilla flavoring.
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So I'm gonna go ahead and get, uh-oh.
15:08
I'm gonna go on and get our teaspoon
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of vanilla flavoring in.
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All right, so I'm gonna measure out
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three tablespoons of milk.
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Okay, now we're gonna need to whip up our icing.
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And the recipe says if you need more milk, just add it.
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Now we've let our king cake completely cool, y'all.
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So if we'd put it on there while it was hot,
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it would have slipped, it would have melted all off.
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So we don't want that to happen.
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(electronic beeping)
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And y'all's papa's home,
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y'all's papa's home.
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Okay, so I just wanna make sure I pull the lumps
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out of there.
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So I think that looks pretty, pretty good.
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My milk spoon.
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And I'm gonna come over here.
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And I'm gonna start icing.
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And let it run down the sides.
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Okay, so we wanna quickly do this
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because remember the colors of Mardi Gras.
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Let's see, it's.
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Golly bum.
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One is for reverence, one color is for, gosh, Eddie,
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do you remember?
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- [Eddie] No, I was doing the giveaway when you and Theresa
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were going over all that.
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- Were talking about all that.
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Gosh, now I can't remember.
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But you can look it up.
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- [Eddie] The three colors represent.
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- [Paula] Yeah, what the three colors represent.
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I'm thinking one of them was reverence.
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I'll get every bit of this stuff out of here, y'all.
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All right, so here we go.
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- [Michael] Green, gold, and purple, representing faith,
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power, and justice. - That's it.
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That's it, y'all.
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Faith, power, and justice.
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So here's a little power.
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- Think that was faith. - Okay, what's the purple?
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- Purple is justice. - Justice.
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Okay, we're gonna get some justice in here.
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Well, hey, Lulu, you left her outside, Papa.
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Alright, now here's some purple,
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oh, I love that purple color.
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Don't y'all like the purple?
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I think the green, we just need some more green.
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Okay, and what's the yellow for?
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- Power. - Power, okie doke.
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And if you find the baby, Papa,
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you get to be the king for the day.
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- [Michael] I had it last year and I didn't get anything.
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- Yeah, yeah. - You got to be king.
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- [Eddie] You don't remember being king?
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- [Michael] No.
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- [Paula] Well, that's too bad.
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All right. - That's perfect for my diet.
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- I know it is perfect your diet.
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I love the purple color.
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All right, now I'm gonna
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try to scoop some of this icing up.
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I think I would like to make a little bit more icing
20:07
next time (laughs).
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- Imagine that. - 'Cause y'all know
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I'm a condiment girl.
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Okay, can y'all see where it needs anything else?
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I think it's beautiful.
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What do y'all think?
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Do you think that's beautiful?
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- [Michael] Yes.
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- And there's a baby in there.
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And if you find it, people.
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- [Micheal] I'm not gonna eat any of it, so if I find it,
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I gotta just get a knife and fork.
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- All right, well, I'm gonna taste it.
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- [Micheal] Watch you get the baby first.
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- I know where I put the baby.
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- [Micheal] That's not fair.
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- I tell y'all, using that frozen bread dough
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that you get from the grocery store, that is the ticket.
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Because it made it so simple.
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Look at our king cake.
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It's so good, people.
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You wanna taste it?
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- No. - No?
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- You won't taste it? - No.
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- When he, when he diets,
21:58
he does not cheat.
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He does not cheat, not one time.
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You sure you don't want a bite?
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- I'm not eating. - He ain't eating it.
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- That's all right, then there's more for me and Eddie.
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Hey look, that's a great way to get that icing outta there.
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Mm-mm-mm.
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You better eat it before Lent.
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- [Micheal] Y'all should be bouncing me around.
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- 'Cause you know, Michael, you eat this on "Fat Tuesday,"
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'cause the next day is Lent.
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So you can't have any when Lent gets here.
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- [Micheal] I know.
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- But on "Fat Tuesday," let's eat up.
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I love them best dishes, y'all.
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And when this airs,
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it's gonna be your last day to be able to, well,
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it depends on what you're giving up for Lent.
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You may be giving up just milkshakes.
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Right?
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Love them best dishes, y'all.
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