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Love & Best Dishes: Eddie's Graham Cracker Treats Recipe | Graham Cracker Dessert Ideas
May 1, 2022
Eddie's Graham Cracker Treats Recipe | Graham Cracker Dessert Ideas - These graham cracker toffee bars with pecans, a great kid-friendly dessert recipe for Mother's Day, bring Eddie back to childhood.
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- [Paula] I love your book, Eddie.
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what is that?
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- Well, for Mother's Day,
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I thought I would make a treat
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that my mother always made for us.
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- [Paula] On Mother's Day?
0:10
She made it on Mother's Day?
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- Well, no, not on Mother's Day.
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This was just something that,
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I would say, you know,
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after school, when we'd come home from school,
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there would always be something on the counter.
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- [Paula] My mama would always have
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warm banana pudding. - Yeah.
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- And your mama would have these.
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And what are they called?
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- Well, you know, they're just graham-
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- Good. - Crackers.
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- They're called good. - Graham cracker treats.
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I guess. - Uh-huh.
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- Anyway. - Tell them about the book.
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- All the way back when they made wallpaper like this,
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when the Earth was still green.
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- [Paula] When the Earth was still flat. (chuckles)
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- I mean, this wallpaper book, you would have to say-
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- [Paula] The pages are yellow.
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- Probably came from, maybe, the 19-
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- [Paula] Now, was that your mama's?
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- No, I made it when I was in the-
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- [Paula] You covered it with wallpaper?
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- In third grade, we made- - No.
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- Actually this was done in fourth grade.
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- [Paula] So, you would've been how old, 10?
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- I would've been 10 or nine probably.
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But, anyways, for Mother's Day our teacher said,
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"We're gonna make a, you know, a cookbook
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and bring in your favorite recipe."
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- [Paula] Be all for mothers, for Mother's Day.
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- I remember cutting out the wallpaper
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and messing up and having to have to redo it.
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And I ended up with this-
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- [Paula] Picture of perfection.
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- This ugly wallpaper, yeah.
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- No, it's beautiful.
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The pages have even yellowed.
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- So, anyways, when they used to make copies, way back when,
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it was, what did they call it, a mimeograph machine?
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- Yeah. - And, actually,
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I think it was a sheet
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and you actually did the carbon copies.
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- Yeah, you remember carbon paper?
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- Yeah, we actually had the carbon paper
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and we had to write on it,
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and then the teacher would crank it through the machine.
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- You old, Eddie. You old.
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(both laughing)
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- When I went to school, we didn't have a machine.
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- I can honestly say, I mean, graduating high school,
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we had to take a course, in order to graduate,
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last minute, take a course in computers,
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'cause it was going to be the new thing. (chuckles)
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And I kept thinking it's never gonna work.
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Never gonna work. - Never gonna fly.
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(both laughing)
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You should have invested in stock.
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- Yes. Well, would've, could've.
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- You'd been somewhere else, though,
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and you wouldn't have been here with me,
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so, I'd have cried.
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- Anyways, this was a treat that my mother made for us.
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- [Paula] So, I just gotta look at this now,
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'cause this was your mother's gift.
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Did you write in it?
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- I did. Well, at the page it was on.
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So, anyways, we are doing graham cracker, crackers,
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as a little treat
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and what you'll need is a half pound of butter.
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- Okay, so that would be two sticks.
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- Two sticks, melted with a half cup of sugar,
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and you're just gonna stir it around a little bit,
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get it all mixed up with the butter.
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- This kind of reminds me of that white trash.
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What is it called that we make Theresa?
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- Oh, with the- - Dawn makes it at Christmas.
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- Saltines. - Saltine crackers.
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- Yeah, with saltines.
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Oh, y'all, the first page in Eddie's book.
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- Now, that- - You can show those
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to some (indistinct) Theresa, please.
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- [Camera operator] Absolutely. Maybe, (indistinct).
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You wanna shoot it this way? - Yeah.
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- Yum. - So it's all just
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butter and sugar, all nicely melted.
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The teacher included that and-
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- It's so beautiful.
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- If you read through it,
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it's everything a child, you know,
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I wish every child could have everything that's listed.
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- I'm gonna read this to y'all.
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- All right, you read and I'm gonna-
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- Because I've read this somewhere before,
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a long time ago. - I just looked up the author
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and I'll hopefully have the name
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by the time you're done. - Oh good.
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- But it was actually,
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I think this was written in the 1950s.
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- It sounds like it would be.
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And it's, "Children learn what they live."
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If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
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If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
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If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
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If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
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If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
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If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
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If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
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If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
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If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
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If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
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If a child with acceptance and friendship,
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he learns to find love in the world.
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That's getting a little faded.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, the whole thing is a little faded.
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- [Paula] Look at that.
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- But isn't that just wonderful to...
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- I need to read this every day.
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- Yeah.
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- You know, concerning my children and the grandchildren.
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- [Camera operator] And this was a mother's day gift?
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- This was a mother's day gift, yes, we made-
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- I love you, mom.
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(Eddie chuckles)
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Love Slugger!
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Is that what they called you?
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- No, no, no. That's not my recipe.
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My recipe is- - Oh.
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- Right there.
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- Oh, so, this is- - All the kids in the class.
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- A recipe from all the kids. - All the kids in the class
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did their own recipes.
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- Stuffed peppers, onion oven fried chicken.
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I know you treasured this.
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- Well, you know, I found it.
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- Hamburger pie, yum.
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- My mother gave me my baby book, not that long ago,
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and that was inside there.
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- Swank porter house steak.
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They must have been rich. (chuckles)
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- Greek cookies, peanut butter fudge.
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Oh, I love this.
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So, each child, it was done in their handwriting.
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- [Eddie] Yes, we each had to write a recipe.
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- [Paula] Pita, rhubarb cobbler.
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- [Eddie] I went to school with a lot of Greek children.
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All right, the recipe- - Graham crackers.
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Is that yours, Ed? - Actually calls for about 25.
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That one, yeah. - Yeah.
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- Called for 25- - How long did it take you
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to learn how to spell your last name.
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(Paula laughing) - Oh, I learned real quick.
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(chuckles) I learned my ABCs real quick.
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- Chocolate marble squares.
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- I'm gonna take these up.
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- To mom from Mike.
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Oatmeal cookies, there's two oatmeal.
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Two oatmeal cookie recipes. - Yes, I was just reading that
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and the recipes are very different.
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- Uh-huh, yeah, one calls for shortening
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and one calls for butter.
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- So, I'm gonna use a little bit-
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- What is this? Is that a Greek word?
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- (stammers) finikia, yeah.
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I think it's like the spun phyllo.
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- Butter, orange juice, sugar.
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- I am going to use some crushed toffee on some
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and some mini chocolate morsels.
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My mother used peanuts.
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- [Paula] Oh she did.
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- So, we're gonna use some crush peanuts.
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And, you know, usually when you're going through school,
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you usually have a favorite teacher
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and you remember a favorite teacher.
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Well, my favorite teacher
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was always the third grade, Mrs. Shea,
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and everything that we did in her class just stuck with me.
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This cookbook was actually done in the fourth grade
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but all my teachers, I kind of judged by Mrs. Shea.
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(chuckles) So, it was wonderful,
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when I went into fourth grade, I had Mrs. Jenner
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and she was so similar to her, which was great.
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- I've just gotta show y'all this.
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Happy Mother's Day for a sweet mother on Mother's Day.
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Thank you for being so nice through the years.
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Love Eddie. (Eddie chuckles)
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May the 8th, 1981, Friday.
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- 1981, okay, there you go.
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- [Camera Operator] And this is gonna be
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showing Mother's Day week, so this is perfect.
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- And you did a fabulous job with the wallpaper.
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(Eddie chuckles)
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I mean, I would expect nothing less.
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- And we actually did that.
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I remember putting it in the press and everything
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and I honestly remember messing up the first one
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and had to do it over. - It's perfect.
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I would've thought that it came that way, Eddie.
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- Nope. So, okay-
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- I always knew you were very special.
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- 350 degrees for about nine minutes
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and you'll have a tasty treat.
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- I can't wait to taste them.
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Oh, I saw all y'all eating them earlier,
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But I was busy trying to fix a broken face. (chuckles)
10:04
Eddie, they look delicious.
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And it's one of those simple, simple things that
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the children can make for Mother's Day for their mother.
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- It is and I do remember making it with my mother.
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And it really is, if you like graham cracker pie crust-
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- If you like sugar, yeah. - If you like sugar.
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But, I mean, they're good warm and they're good cold.
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- [Paula] May I see your platter?
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- Yes. This is exactly-
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- You did just a variety of things.
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What is that, just peanuts? - Toffee.
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- Toffee and- - Toffee, chocolate morsels
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and then chopped nuts. - Is that semi-sweet or milk?
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- [Eddie] Yes, semi-sweet.
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- [Paula] And you put pecans on these
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and you say this is just toffee bits.
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- Just toffee.
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- Hmm, they look so good
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and I love the simplicity of them.
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So, which one should I taste?
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You don't have any with nuts and chocolate, do you?
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- No, I didn't. I didn't mix them up.
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- Well, seeing how I love nuts.
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(Eddie laughs)
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Oh my gosh. They're crispy, aren't they?
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- Yeah, they firm up pretty quickly.
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(Paula chuckles)
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- Now, how can something that simple taste that good?
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- Very simple.
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- Children, (crunching)
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if you're old enough to be in the kitchen
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and turn on an oven, make this for your mama.
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You'll get lots of praises.
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- So, I mean, my mom, thank you for the recipe.
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Thank you for always making them for me
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and I wish you were here to have mine. (chuckles)
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- Thank you, Carol,
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for raising such a wonderful young man.
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