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- I'm enjoying my mail!
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I got a letter from Chris Fields
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Is that how you would pronounce that?
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I've never heard of that little town.
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he enjoys making during the week something hardy
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that's easy, but it'll fill him up
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so he has sent me his recipe
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for ground beef and potato bake.
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Michael, Michael just got in from work.
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What time did they call you in this morning?
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I was thinking it was like two or three o'clock.
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So he has come in to speak,
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but I think he's on his way to bed, aren't you?
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- [Michael] Yeah, I have to go in again.
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- In the morning or this afternoon?
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Well go hop in the bed and get you some sleep.
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Okay? - What you making?
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- I'm making Chris' hamburger and potato bake.
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Chris Fields from Virginia.
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It's just, he said he just craves
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comfort food once in a while.
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So meat and potatoes.
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Please don't let that be work.
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Tell them you can't come.
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He wouldn't say, hey.
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All right, so I got my hamburger meat in there.
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I'm gonna add my onions
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and I'm gonna add my garlic.
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(Michael muttering indistinctly)
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So what time you got to be in now?
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- [Michael] And now I gotta be there at three.
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- Okay, well go hop in the bed.
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It'll take him a good while to go to sleep.
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I think it'll take him about two minutes
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and he'll be snoring.
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Chris told me to add two tablespoons of tomato paste.
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And I love this tube of tomato paste y'all,
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because usually, you know,
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it comes in those real small jars,
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I mean cans, but sometimes I don't need but one
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So this, you can get just what you want out of it
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I'm gonna add one teaspoon
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of Worcestershire sauce,
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(pepper grinder whirring)
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I think I'll do the pepper over here
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Now I've got a cup of beef base.
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And then we're going to pour this on top of
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our meat ingredients.
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So now we're gonna add this
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This really is easy, Chris.
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Quick and easy weeknight dinner meal.
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Kind of reminds me of hamburger helper,
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you know, a little bit.
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simmer it for about seven minutes.
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So that's what we're gonna do.
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And then I'm gonna make a cream sauce to go on top of it.
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All right, so I'm gone add my heavy cream,
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Oh, dadgum it, I think I just, I think I did.
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All right, we're gonna mix this up
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and we're gonna put it in our sauce pan.
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So he said to put that in the sauce pan
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with a pinch of nutmeg and mustard,
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warm gently until smooth.
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Season with salt and pepper.
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Pour the sauce over the potatoes, topped with white cheddar
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and then orange cheddar.
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Bake at 350 for 45 to 60 minutes until tender and golden.
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Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.
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Thank you Chris, thank you.
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I love, love, love hearing from y'all,
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'cause I just wonder what y'all are doing out there.
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So don't ever hesitate to text me
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and get together through the computer.
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By the time this heats
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and the butter melts...
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Uh oh, and I can't forget my nutmeg.
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And from what Chris said, it's just, you just want a little,
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a lot of people use nutmeg
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in like crab stew or your bisque,
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you know, just, just a little bit.
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(pepper grinder whirring)
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Ooh, this is gonna be good.
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This is gonna be good.
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for us to go ahead and add our potatoes on top.
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Pour the sauce over the potatoes
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and you'll wanna slice your potatoes thin
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because you don't wanna bite into a raw potato, do you?
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So I'm just gonna go ahead and
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lay these over our meat.
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There's nothing like meat and potatoes.
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And let's see, how many potatoes did he say to do?
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Four medium potatoes sliced thin.
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Really depends on the size of your dish
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that you're gonna be cooking them in,
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'cause we got a lot of taters
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and we wanna make sure they get done.
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All right, that's it.
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All right, I'm gonna put a light
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(pepper grinder whirring)
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And now we're gonna cut everything off
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and we're gonna pour this
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Now he said to top it with cheese,
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but I'm gonna hold off on the cheese y'all
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because I don't like my cheese to be hard.
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I don't like for it to get real hard.
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You know what I'm talking about Theresa?
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- [Theresa] Absolutely.
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- So I will do our cheese
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at the last minute, last five minutes.
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All right, y'all look at our casserole.
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And Chris said to put a layer of white cheese
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and a layer of yellow cheese.
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But look at here what you can find
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in your grocery stores.
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You can find it already mixed up for you.
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So you don't have to spend a ton on different cheeses.
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So we gonna melt that and then
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when Michael Groover comes home at eight o'clock,
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he's gonna have supper.
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How delicious does that look?
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Comfort food, straight comfort food.
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Never met a potato I didn't love.
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You know what, I've been a kick,
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I've been on a kick of smashed potatoes.
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- [Theresa] Ooh, yum.
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- They are so, oh, look at that.
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And y'all saw this was bubbling,
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so you know it's gonna be hot as blue blazes.
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Pure comfort, pure comfort y'all.
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Y'all let me hear from you,
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'cause I just love knowing what y'all, I'm nosy I guess,
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'cause I love to know what y'all are doing out there.
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And Chris and I send y'all love and best dishes.
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