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Love & Best Dishes: Mini Handle Sandwiches Recipe | Chicken Wing Appetizer Ideas
Mar 1, 2026
Mini Handle Sandwiches Recipe | Chicken Wing Appetizer Ideas - Paula and Michael are making fried chicken wings without flour and putting them on a sandwich, just like they had at their wedding, for an easy finger food idea!
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0:00
- You know, I'm proud of Michael.
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He has lost 30 pounds.
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I'm so proud of him.
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- It's tough around this house too.
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- I know, look. All right.
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Just sweep around and look at all the sweet stuff.
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Just look around.
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And I got another cake
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fixing to be added to that over there.
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And my man's done lost 30 pounds.
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- One time I went on a diet,
0:24
and I told Paula, I says, "Okay,
0:26
I'm going on a no-carb diet.
0:29
Try to work with me a little bit."
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The first week, I counted, she baked eight cakes.
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I said, "Boy, I'm so glad I reeled her in,"
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because I should be like on my 600-pound life, over.
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- But now let me tell you, all right,
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you know the kitchen is my sanctuary.
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And I was real stressed.
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I was real stressed about something.
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And when I get real stressed, I start baking cakes.
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So it was just bad timing (chuckles).
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You know what we are serving next at our reception?
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- Tell me.
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- We are serving
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handle sandwiches.
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Couldn't remember what we called them,
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because this is what the kitchen,
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the kitchen team and I ate
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when we didn't have time to sit down and eat anything.
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We'd take a chicken leg,
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we'd throw it on a piece of white bread,
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throw some hot sauce on it,
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and we'd eat it till all we had left was a handle.
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So that's what we're gonna do today.
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I'm gonna do hot wings.
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- [Michael] I got you now.
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- [Paula] All right, so we're gonna-
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- [Michael] I thought the handle sandwich was a leg.
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- Well it was, but for 500 people,
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that was at our wedding reception,
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a regular handle sandwich would have been huge using legs.
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And I wanted,
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I wanted our reception food
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to be my core food.
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But I didn't wanna saw,
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I didn't wanna serve it in like a bowl
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of collard greens, you know?
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So I tried to figure out how I could
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serve the food-
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- Like hors d'oeuvres.
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- Yes, that I stand for
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in a more upscale way.
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So that's how I came up with these recipes.
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All right, so we have decided that,
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all right, I'm going to sprinkle
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a little house seasoning on them.
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Just toss 'em around in that.
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See, I mean, that's gonna make a nice sandwich.
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- [Michael] That's a big chicken.
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- It is a big chicken.
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All right, now I'm going to put 'em in here
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and toss 'em around.
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Let 'em get a little bit of that heat going through 'em.
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And speaking of heat,
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I've got our grease going.
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So I'm going to
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wash my hands.
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And then I hear my water boiling back here,
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and I'm gonna show you
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how we served 'em at our reception,
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you know, to look pretty and be real tasty.
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Okay, so Michael,
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I have some leeks back here.
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- [Michael] You want me to fix 'em?
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- Well, I'm just gonna...
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- [Michael] You leak?
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- Uh-huh, I'm just going to let my leeks go down there,
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and I'm going
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just steam 'em for a minute to soften them up.
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Because now when my team and I were eating these,
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we didn't serve 'em pretty;
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we just mashed that thing together and ate it.
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But I had to figure out a way
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to serve these handle sandwiches
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where they wouldn't just flop open.
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So I'm just gonna blanche these out,
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and that'll make 'em soft-
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- [Michael] So you can tie 'em.
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- So I'm going to tie up those wings.
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I'm gonna put the leeks right there
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and let them cool a minute.
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And we're gonna need to check our grease.
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You know what I need, Michael?
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I need a good thermometer.
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It's saying 200 right now.
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So we got a ways to go.
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Perfect.
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Michael's got more patience than I do.
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I get real impatient.
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Okay, so let's go back to the leeks.
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Now this one, this one's pretty good.
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I don't know if that'll...
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You can cut these either before or after blanching them.
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They're easier to cut when they've been blanched.
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And you gonna want 'em pretty thin.
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See, that one's gonna be nice and easy.
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We're gonna say it's ready.
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- You know, a lot of people think French fries
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were first made in France.
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You know where it is? - Uh-huh.
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Where were they made? - Grease.
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- (laughs) Ain't he funny?
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All right, Michael, if I were you,
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I'd just easily slip that thing out of there,
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'cause I think it's wrong.
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But we are actually gonna fry these.
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Thank you.
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We're gonna fry these for seven or eight minutes.
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It's not gonna take long.
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Now, what did I do with my tongs?
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Here they are.
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- I like the long ones.
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You like them most short ones?
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- Well I do. I shouldn't be using this one.
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- Here's a good one.
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- That's too long for me.
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It's too strong.
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But I should be using this one
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'cause that's far enough for you to stand back.
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- Good thinking.
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- I know it.
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So come on, come on, come on.
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Okay, so here we go, Michael.
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Each of us, when we were eating our handle sandwich,
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we wanted a different moisture on it.
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Now, I put mayonnaise and my hot sauce on mine,
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and it was so good.
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So good, so I'm gonna get...
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You want me to fix yours like I fixed mine?
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- Kind of, but you know what I put on mine too.
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- I know, you want that Sriracha stuff.
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- Yeah.
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- [Paula] Well you can have whatever you want.
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I think I've got jalapenos in here.
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I got some candied jalapenos.
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- Well, probably not with a bone in it.
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I don't want extra stuff on it.
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- [Paula] You don't.
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- Actually, I would've taken it off the bone.
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- [Paula] (laughs) No!
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- But.
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- [Paula] No, then you wouldn't have your (indistinct).
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- This is your recipe, not mine.
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- That's right.
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So I've got my slices of white bread.
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We're done with those?
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We decided not to use the flour, so that's gone.
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Our leeks.
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I think we've got all we need.
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Well, let's get it out.
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There you go.
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I'm gonna cut your grease off,
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and you can just bring them right there.
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Yep. It's still simmering.
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You know, it doesn't take long.
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- 200.
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- Huh?
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- That one was 211.
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- [Paula] All right, and notice
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that I'm using all drumettes,
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you know, the flapper.
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This part of the wing is my favorite to eat.
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- See, I like-
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- They've got two bones in 'em,
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So that's too hard to eat, the handle sandwich.
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- I like the drumette.
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Why would two bones be hard?
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- Because it's just easier to eat
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if you just battling one bone.
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- How about no bones? How would that be?
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- That would be a chicken finger.
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- That's what I was thinking.
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That's what I've had.
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No bone.
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- Well, then you just go to your next wedding,
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and you tell your bride-to-be
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that you want a chicken finger handle sandwich (laughs).
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- Good chance you won't cater to that.
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- There's good chance I will not be your caterer.
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- Well,
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I was thinking you'd say, "Yeah, I'll do anything."
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- To get rid of...
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(both laughing)
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No.
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All right, so this is how I fix mine.
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So I won't do 'em all like this, because
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y'all may not want mayonnaise on yours.
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Okay, so here we go.
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Ouch, hot.
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Hot, hot.
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Look at our cute little handle sandwich.
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All right, now let's tie it up.
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- [Michael] Yeah, I could do that. This is my first-
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- I know, 'cause you have to tie knots, all kind of knots.
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He can tie the most beautiful knots.
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In fact, I've seen him make
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like a baseball almost like.
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what do you call that? - It's a monkey fist.
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- Monkey fist.
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Is the string not long enough?
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- No, my fingers are too fat. - Oh (laughs).
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I dunno if I gotta tighten or- - Perfect.
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All right.
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Now, so I don't
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overdo this,
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I'll pour it out with my spoon.
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- [Michael] How can you overdo it?
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- Well, 'cause you don't want 'em dripping on folks.
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500 people we fed.
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Look, how beautiful, Michael.
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- I know it.
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- Look, how beautiful.
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you wanna get our picture, Edie?
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- I'm gonna have those at my next wedding.
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- Ooh, I love the crispiness of that, Michael.
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Don't you?
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All right, you want Sriracha?
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- Yeah. - On yours?
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Okay, squirt it.
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Whoa.
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- Yum.
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- That's gonna blow his head off (laughs).
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All right.
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Is that one wide enough, you think?
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- Let's do this.
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There you go. Settle on that one.
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- What do you want? Oh.
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I couldn't tell that.
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Can you imagine my team
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tying up say 1500 of these?
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'Cause they probably figured three per person.
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Oh no! (laughs)
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- The story of my life.
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- Just tie that sucker up.
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One time.
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Okay, or two times.
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- You know something? - What?
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- Thank you so much. - What?
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- The family that cooks together
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and eats together stays together.
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- We should stay together forever,
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'cause we do a lot eating.
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- Do our share of eating, don't we?
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Okay, that one's yours, this one's mine.
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- Theresa, that's yours. - Thank you.
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- Here is to your next wedding reception.
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(all laughing)
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- I'm taking applications right now.
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- Mmm, mmm.
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So good.
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So, so good.
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Aren't they yummy?
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- Mm-hmm.
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Be careful, there's a bone in it.
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- Y'all.
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So if y'all are having a get-together,
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this is a great appetizer, isn't it?
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- Uh-huh, It is.
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- And you can cook your chicken drumettes
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prior to the party.
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And then you can just heat 'em back up in your air fryer,
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because that air fryer just makes 'em so nice and crispy.
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Then throw 'em together quickly.
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- That's yummy.
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- Mm-hmm.
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Mmm.
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Loving best. This is y'all.
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- Hi y'all. - Bye.
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(lips smacking)
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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