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- If y'all are having guests over to play cards
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or just sit around and BS,
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this is a wonderful little appetizer.
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We found this in the "Garden Club Cookbook"
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when we were putting together "Celebrates,"
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and it sounded so weird,
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but we found out after we made it
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that it was out of this world.
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Sounds a little funky, but so, so good.
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So the recipe calls for the little real thin sliced
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I didn't have any luck at my grocery store finding that
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because I think it probably only really sells
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like at the holiday time.
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So I chose another thin sliced white bread.
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All right, so we can get one little sandwich
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out of one slice of bread pretty easily.
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Alright, so I've got my eight ounces of cream cheese,
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I've got cup of raisins
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I've got about three quarters of a cup of chopped nuts
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and I'm gonna add one teaspoon of orange juice
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to just get it spreadable.
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If you chose to, you could always pull out your mixer
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and beat the cream cheese up and make it a little smoother.
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But I think this is soft enough where it won't be a problem.
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All right, in goes our chopped pecans.
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And last, what makes it so, so good
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is we're using a crystallized ginger.
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Now Theresa went out shopping for these ingredients
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and she had a hard time finding the already
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crystallized sweetened ginger.
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So didn't you order it?
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- [Theresa] I did order it online.
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They do usually have it at Kroger though.
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- Yeah, one of your more gourmet-
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- Yes. - Grocery stores,
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you can probably find it pretty easy.
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I'm gonna get in here with my spoon
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or you can make your own crystallized ginger,
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if you don't wanna wait for you to get a package in,
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I know this sounds a little weird,
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but you're not gonna believe how good it is.
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Okay, I think I've got that mixed up good enough.
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Now you can make this way earlier in the day,
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but this sandwich is better to do it no more than 30 minutes
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before you wanna serve them.
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And if you find that you need to put 'em together
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I'll share with you how I store it
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like my tomato sandwiches.
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And it's really easy and it'll keep them fresh.
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Alright, let's see, I forgot to bring me a little spoon.
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And this should make 36 to 40 finger sandwiches.
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So that's it, just that easy y'all.
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And you'll wanna save the edges for croutons.
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You can deep fry 'em or throw 'em in the oven
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on a sheet pan, sprinkle 'em with some garlic and onion salt
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I like to use the powders, it's a little bit stronger
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and I don't have to worry about making anything too salty.
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That was not quite, that was a crooked square.
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All right, so you could,
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depending on how, we have any parsley or anything in here?
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I don't think so, but like on my tomato sandwiches,
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I like to take a little mayonnaise
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and then put a parsley leaf on it
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and that just decorates it up just a little bit.
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- [Theresa] It makes it a little punchy.
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- Yeah, so to make these, you could cut 'em one more time,
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or I can cut 'em in rectangles.
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So you just have different shapes on your sandwich platter
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which would make it a little bit more interesting.
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Okay, so if you need to do it 30 minutes ahead of time,
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take any kind of dish, a 13 by nine by two,
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or any kind of pan where you can lay 'em out.
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I have to get in there a little deep
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on the top part of the bread because it has like lips,
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like lips, so you have to go kind of deeper.
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And I'll leave that one whole, so we have some of each.
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Okay, so here's what I do, y'all.
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After I get that pan filled up,
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I take a paper towel and I sprinkle it
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with just a little water, you don't wanna get it sopping.
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And then I just lay that on top of it,
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put it in the refrigerator
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and they will stay nice and fresh.
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So who wants to taste?
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- [Theresa] Great flavors.
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- [Eddie] It'll go well with like a tea.
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- It'd be delicious at high tea.
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But that ginger just, you know, we used to,
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back when I was very young and we'd do parties,
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like what made me think of it is graduation potato bar.
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In this book we had recipes, excuse me,
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for things, for girly stuff,
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and we used to make pineapple and cream cheese sandwiches,
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little cucumber sandwiches, little tomato sandwiches.
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- [Theresa] We've added to our list now.
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- So please make sure y'all try this.
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It's just really good
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and you can make this up ahead of time.
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Like I said, you'll wanna let it sit out though for a while
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so I'll get soft enough for you to spread.
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This was still a little stiff for me.
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Love and best dishes,
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it makes me wanna go back to my Coca-Cola party
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that Aunt Peggy and Uncle George threw for my graduation.
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