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- I wanna introduce y'all to somebody that I just met,
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and I love him.
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He showed up at my last book signing at the Lady & Sons,
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and he got to telling me some history about him
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and his history with the Food Channel.
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And come to find out, y'all,
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he won, in 2015, the Best -
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- Yeah. - Home Cook in America.
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(Joseph chuckling)
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I'd have been scared to death
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if I'd had to go up against him.
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Best Home Cook in America.
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- Oh, thank God. - And his name
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is Josephus, Joseph Harris.
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Excuse me. - Yes.
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- I liked the mixture of that though.
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- I was gonna say,
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I was getting both of 'em. - That's new. Josephus.
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I like it.
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- I was getting both of 'em in one.
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- I love it. That's perfect.
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I'm gonna use that as my Instagram handle now.
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I love that.
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- Oh, well, thank you so much.
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So I said, "Well, where you live?"
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- Yeah.
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- And he said, "California and Baltimore, Maryland."
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And I said, "Well, could you ever come do a show with me?"
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And he said, "Yes, he could."
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- Yeah. I literally changed my whole -
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- Oh! - schedule.
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I was like, okay, I'm gonna switch it to honor you.
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I mean,
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this is truly an honor. - Oh! You are so sweet.
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- Oh.
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- And you were commenting on my furniture.
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- Yes. - That that sofa was so nice
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and big and comfy.
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- Y'all, I'm telling you,
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this is the epitome of southern comfort and hospitality.
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- Yes. - And it is absolutely
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beautiful, the way that
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it's decorated and... - Thank you.
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- [Paula] Well, southern hospitality
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is still very much alive.
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- Yes, ma'am.
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- In the south.
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But, you know, I have a furniture line.
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- Yes. - It's soft goods.
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- Okay! - I used to have one in wood,
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but I no longer have that one,
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but that's one of my sofas.
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- Oh, well y'all need to get it 'cause
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(Paula and Joseph laughing)
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this is one of the best sofas I've ever sat in.
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- And my fabric, I just...
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- Oh, it's beautiful.
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- Listen, I'm the mother of two big men
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and the wife of an even bigger man.
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- Okay.
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- So I have to have big furniture.
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- I hear you.
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Well, thank God I'm fitting just fine.
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- Yeah. You can lay back.
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- Yes, ma'am. It's so beautiful.
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- So what have you been doing now, Joseph,
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since winning in 2015? - Yeah. Sure.
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- It's been 10 years.
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- It literally has been 10 years.
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And it's the gift... - Flies by, doesn't it?
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- Flies by. I can't believe it.
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It's the gift that keeps on giving.
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- Yes. Yes. - I will say that.
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It's caused me to be able to travel all over the world.
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I do a lot of missions work in other countries too, as well.
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- That's wonderful. - And so I've been able
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to take that and cook mashed potatoes
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for children in Africa and Mozambique, Africa,
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and in Japan and all over the world.
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- Oh, that must be wonderful?
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- Oh, it's been amazing.
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It's literally a gift that keeps on giving.
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- Yes.
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And for those children to be introduced to things -
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- Yes. - they've never had before.
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- Absolutely. - What a gift that is for you
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to build this. - It really is. Yes.
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And to see their faces. - To share that with 'em.
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- You know, because they grow up hearing
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about things like that.
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- Yes. - And then to be the one
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that, you know, God uses to -
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- Yes! - show them that love
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and have them experience that for the first time
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and see their little
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faces light up. - Well, you can see
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the glory of God in your eyes
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and in your face. - Oh!
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- I just wanna, I really want to love people well.
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I wanna love God well first, and love people.
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- Yeah, and I feel the same way.
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I absolutely love people.
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- Same. - I love everybody.
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Some I love more than others.
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- Yeah, absolutely. Sure. - You know,
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- We all have our favorites. - Yes.
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But I try to
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forgive and pray for those that...
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- Absolutely. We have to.
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Jesus, you know, he, forgive me for preaching,
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but he said, you know,
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"The greatest commandment is to love God
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with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength,
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to love our neighbor
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as we love ourself." - Yes. That's right.
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- And that is a constant daily requirement.
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- Yeah, and it's a job -
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- It is. - that's not one of
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the easiest of things to do. - No.
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I'll tell you something God told me years ago.
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I was like, "Why do I have to walk in love?
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Why do I have to do this?"
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And he said, I heard just in my heart,
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he said, "'Cause I have to do that with you
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every single day."
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(Paula laughing)
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And that, I said, "Oh, that's, I got it."
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- Yeah. - If you can do it with me,
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I surely can do it with other people.
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- I'm telling you what, yes, he's got his hands full.
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- He does.
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(both laughing)
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With some of us
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more than others. - With people like us!
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- Yes. Lord, help us.
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- Well, listen, I'm counting on my God
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having a sense of humor.
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- Oh, he does. - To me,
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he loves to hear us laugh.
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- Absolutely. He does.
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- And I thank God for the sense of humor
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that was put inside of me.
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- Absolutely. You are hilarious, might I just say.
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And I was with some dear friends and family
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last week for Easter,
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and it's so weird, we were literally talking about you.
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They were just saying how amazing you are
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and just... - I thought my ears
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were burning.
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- (laughing) They were.
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And we could not stop laughing.
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They were just like, she is so hilarious.
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And I'm like, no, she really is.
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She's one of the funniest people.
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Your little, you know, lines that you do and your jokes
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and it just keeps me laughing so much.
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- Well, thank you so much.
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You know, when I first started my show,
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I can't remember what year it was, Joseph.
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It was, was it maybe 2003?
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- Three, that's what I was gonna say. Yeah.
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- Yeah, I think it was 2003
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because Michael and I got married in 2004
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and our wedding was shot for a special.
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- Right, I saw it. Yes. - For the network. Yes.
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Yes. - Yes ma'am.
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- And I've already forgotten why I was saying that?
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- Well, you were building up,
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I think, well, let me segue it.
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I grew up watching you.
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- Oh, yes, yes, yes. - I grew up,
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I remember when you first came on
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in 2003. - Yes.
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- And I remember looking and thinking
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how much I was able to
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identify with you. - Yes.
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- I'd be able to identify
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with your heart. - I was like the first
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"normal" or "regular." - You were. You were.
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And I appreciated all the other chefs
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because I always say that was my culinary school was just -
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- Yes. Yes. - get in and just sit
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and learn, but you...
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- I never have been into
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the white coat thing. - Yeah, that's...
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- You know, to me, I represented the women
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that were in the home
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across America. - Absolutely!
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- I was... - You're normal!
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- I was divorced. I was scared to death.
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I was broke. - Yeah. Yeah.
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- I suffered from agoraphobia
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but this ain't about me.
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This is about Joseph
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so shut up... - And I'm always
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gonna make it about other people, so.
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(both laughing)
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But no, it was beautiful to be able to grow up
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and see you and identify. - That's wonderful.
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- You reminded me so much of my grandmother's cooking.
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- Yes, yes, yes. - And to be able to find
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someone on TV
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that could cook like her. - That actually did it.
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- Absolutely! And you were such a muse,
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I think I told you the other day, for me,
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even when I won my first show,
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when they were auditioning me,
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they asked, "Who's your culinary muse?"
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And you were the first person that I said.
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- Well, thank you.
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So that door, what all has that door
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opened for you? - Sure. Yeah.
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It's like I said, it's the gift that keeps on giving.
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One is I'm here with you today, so.
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But it's a blessing.
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I've been able, of course, to do some more shows
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with Food Network and the Food Channel,
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and I've done that.
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I've also been able to do some private chef work
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for a lot of ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
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- Wonderful! - And that's been wonderful.
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- Oh, gosh, yes. - And I have
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a couple of things on the fire right now.
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Great opportunities
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that I believe God's opening back up to me,
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even in regards to entertainment
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and, you know, doing things like this and full-time
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in the culinary world. - That's just wonderful,
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the doors that can open up for you.
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And here's a door that opened for me
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that I will always regret.
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Muhammad Ali's wife called me.
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- Oh, wow!
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- And she said, "Paula,"
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I can't remember what name she used -
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- Okay. Sure! - in referring to him.
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But she said,
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"Just the smell of southern food -
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- Yeah.
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- "would bring him,
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would elevate him some." - Yeah.
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- "And I was wondering, do you know anybody,
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or if you could come -" - Yeah.
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- "cook him some collard greens?"
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- Oh. - And at the time I was...
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- Just couldn't do it.
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- I just could not be there.
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But I'll always be sorry that I missed the opportunity -
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- Wow! - to give to that man.
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- Man, yeah.
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He was amazing. - Something that could've
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almost healed his soul -
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- Yeah. Yeah. - for a minute.
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- But do you know, you actually have that opportunity
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to do right now with this platform.
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Your ability, I mean, we can't eat it or smell it.
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- No. - But even the essence
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of what you bring
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to America. - Oh, well, thank you.
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This is not about me though.
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It's about you. - It has to, I'm gonna keep
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pointing this to you! - It's about you, Joseph.
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(both laughing)
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- No! I think we give honor to whom honors do.
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- Well, thank you. - So I think again,
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for even the impact that you've had on my life
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and my family, my community, my culture,
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I mean, so many people,
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when I told them that I was coming on,
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they just could not stop saying how much they love you.
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- Oh! - And how much, you know...
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- What? - In African American culture,
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we have this thing called the cookout.
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And we always say like,
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"Well, who's invited to the cookout?"
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And whoever's invited,
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you gotta make sure they make the best potato salad,
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the best mac and cheese. - Oh, okay!
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They have to bring
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whatever their star dish is. - Exactly. And it's exclusive.
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It's exclusive.
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Not everybody's invited
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to the cookout. - Okay. (laughing)
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- You are always invited to the cookout.
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- Well, please let me know.
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- Always. Always. - If one's going on close
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around here that I can get to.
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- Yeah. - You know,
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we have a Cook Out here.
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- Oh really?
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- Oh, they make the best milkshakes.
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It's a fast food.
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- Oh yeah. Oh gosh, I know Cook Out.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I know it. - Oh, honey, their milkshakes
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will make you - - Yes. Yes.
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They are very good. - stash your momma!
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- Yeah. And their corn dogs.
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I like their
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corn dogs too. - Oh, I haven't had
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a corn dog.
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- So good. Delicious.
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- I just go there mainly for a milkshake.
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- Yes, ma'am.
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- So what is your next thing
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on your agenda? - Sure, right now,
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again, I just have a couple of things
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that I can't 100% say just yet.
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- Oh, I hear ya. - Of what's
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coming down the line. - I have some of those things.
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Yes. - Yes, ma'am.
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- I have some of those things.
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- But prayers always appreciated
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for God to just open up
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continual doors. - Well, let's tell everybody
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how they can keep up with you and track you.
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- Sure, yeah. You can just go to my social media.
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It's Joseph Harris.
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I think on Instagram it's Joseph David Harris.
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I also have a website, it's notyouraveragejoe.info.
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And all of the information can just be on there and you can
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see what all's going on. - That's wonderful.
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- And stay up to date.
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- Are you on YouTube?
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- I am starting to.
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- 'Cause that's where you're
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gonna be here. - Yes ma'am. Yes.
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I have some things on YouTube.
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- Okay. - It, yeah. Anyway.
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- Yeah. I'm starting to get
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a lot of that stuff
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picked back up. - Yes, well, this show
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has been on now for five years,
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and I started it during the pandemic.
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I was so worried about maybe the little older ladies
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being caught at home, you know, with nobody.
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And it was called "Quarantine Cooking."
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- I watched.
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- And five years later,
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now it's "Love and Best Dishes."
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- I love it.
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- And if y'all would, let me,
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while we're talking and I'm thinking about this,
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all you have to do is go to YouTube,
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put in my name and hit Subscribe.
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- Yes. Subscribe is important.
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- Yes.
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I didn't realize until this morning
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we had a office meeting here,
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and there's lots of benefits
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to people hitting subscribe. - There are. Yes.
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It does something to the metrics
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and all that stuff. - Yes!
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- Yeah. - They get everything
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without having to search for it.
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- Absolutely. It does.
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And it makes it a lot easier
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for sure. - Yeah,
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so please hit Subscribe.
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- Yeah.
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- And Joseph didn't come all this way
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to just sit here and chat.
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- (laughing) Even though I would love that,
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but we gotta eat a little bit.
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- Well, yeah.
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we gotta eat a little bit. - Cook a little something.
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Yes, ma'am.
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- And Joseph is gonna cook for us.
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And you wanna tell 'em
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what you're gonna cook? - Sure, yeah.
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It's my recipe of a grilled shrimp taco
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with a sweet broccoli slaw.
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And it's perfect for springtime.
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- Yes, yes. - Perfect for summer.
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- And on the coast. - Oh!
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- We can go out and get our own shrimp,
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you know. - Oh! I'm jealous.
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- Is that the dish that you won the title
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of Best Home Cook
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in America for? - No, ma'am.
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It was a full length show,
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so it was like eight weeks long.
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Grueling, grueling
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shooting and cooking. - Yeah.
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- You know, sometimes three times a day.
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- Yes. - But the very last dish
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that I made was a pan-seared fish.
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It was, I wanna say it might have been a trout.
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- A little trout. - And it was delicious.
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- That's my favorite fish out there
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in this water. - Excuse me,
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it was a sea bass.
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It was a sea bass.
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- That's my first deep salt water.
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- Okay. - That's my favorite.
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- It was a sea bass.
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- But here off the dock,
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we catch trout these days. - Really? Oh.
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I love that.
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But yeah, so it was a sea bass
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that Bobby Flay, actually, he was my mentor on the show,
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and he helped me come up with this recipe.
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And so it was a Mediterranean-style sea bass
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with a saffron kind of risotto.
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But it had quinoa.
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No, no, no, excuse me.
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It had couscous mixed in with it.
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And then it had a olive and mint relish kind of thing
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on the top of it.
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It was exquisite. I don't cook like that.
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I mean, I make meatloaf and mashed potatoes, but...
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- That's some of the uppity. - Yes.
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- But so delicious. - On that show,
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I had to learn how
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to cook like that. - Yes. Yes.
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- And I'm so glad that I did
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because it was phenomenal. - Well, sea bass
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is like butter.
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- It really is. - Melts in your mouth.
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- Yes. It's delicious. - Well, let's go
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to the kitchen, okay.
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- Let's do it!
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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