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Get in this kitchen with me.
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'cause you know what?
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I am walking way far down memory lane
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with this recipe that I wanna share with y'all.
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long before I ever saw Savannah in my future,
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but it was one of those dishes that I thought,
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"Well, if I can get my children to eat them,
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you know it will be good
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because it's got so many veggies in it."
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So depending on how big you cut...
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This is called a vegetable casserole, y'all.
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And I used to feed it to my boys
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when they were little, little bitty boys.
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Depending on how fine,
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how fine you cut your celery and your onions,
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depends on whether you should saute them off.
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And I am, I'm gonna saute,
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because this recipe truly is a heat meat.
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You just wanna put it in the oven long enough
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for it to get hot and bubbly.
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So I wanna give the celery and the onions a minute
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And I put just like a teaspoon of butter in there,
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and I've sprayed my cast iron pan
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so that it won't stick.
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So this is one of those recipes
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that y'all almost embarrassed.
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It's so easy because you start with a can of Veg-All.
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It's the soup, it's the vegetables that a lot of people use
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when they're making vegetable soup
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because it's got so many veggies in it.
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And I'm gonna add a can of sliced water chestnuts.
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And I adore, adore water chestnuts.
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You know, they really don't have any flavor to speak of,
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but I love the crunch in them.
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So we're gonna add our mayonnaise.
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And this is gonna be our binder
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for our vegetable casserole.
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Now, while our celery and onions are getting tender,
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I'm gonna go ahead and add the cheese.
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Oops, get back in there.
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And stir that up real good.
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And then I've got my crackers
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that I'm gonna toss with a little melted butter.
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We got something ready to come out of the oven, I think.
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So this is just easier doing the melted butter this way
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over our cracker crumbs.
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It's better than just cutting slices of butter
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and putting it on top
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because not all the crackers will get that wonderful,
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sweet, buttery taste.
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But this way, I've got them.
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Every one bathe in that sweet, creamy butter.
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All right, our celery and our onions are nice and tender.
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And like I said, if you cut them smaller,
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if you really mince them up good,
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you don't even have to do that.
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today I decided I wanted to just soften them.
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(spray container clattering)
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And I'm just gonna pour this back into the skillet.
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Oh, this is a perfect size, Eddie.
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Eddie and I looked and looked
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and we couldn't find a small-enough casserole dish,
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so we found our cast iron skillet, so that's perfect.
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And I do love cooking in my cast iron
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every opportunity that I get.
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So in the oven, maybe 20 minutes,
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and then our crumb's going top
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about five, eight, 10 minutes.
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Whoo, this is so hot.
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(oven door scratching)
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Okey-doke, I'm gonna top our vegetable casserole now.
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Look how good that looks with our breaded cracker crumbs.
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Throw it back in the oven a minute.
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I can't work with that glove on.
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And remember, I had buttered them so they're good to go.
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- [Michael] We close this?
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- [Paula] No, baby, I'm fixing to go back in there
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with my little skillet.
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- [Michael] It'll reach through.
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So how good does that look?
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So just a few more minutes, and...
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I want y'all to look at this beautiful little casserole.
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Like I said, if I hadn't have sauteed the onions
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there would have been nothing to it.
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But it is just so good.
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So good, and like I said, I love the crunch
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of the water chestnuts in it.
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You like water chestnuts, Michael?
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- [Michael] Yeah. - I can't remember.
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Like I said, not a lot of taste,
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but the crunch is so incredibly good, y'all
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You know, Michael, I don't think I've made this for you.
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- [Michael] I don't think you have, either.
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I want you to taste it, though, okay?
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- It's a vegetable casserole,
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and it's one of those casseroles
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that offers a lot of different veggies for your children.
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- Like a pot pie. - Mm-hmm.
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Y'all it was like a pot pie.
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- That one was little.
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If I got one of those green peas in my mouth.
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- You'll live. - Oh, my God. I was just...
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- Tell everybody how you used to...
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When your mama would make you eat green peas,
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- I'd hold my breath and swallow them.
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There's a whole lot I don't eat now,
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but if I would've got one of green peas in my mouth
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when I was a kid, I'd just...
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I don't know what I'd do.
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- I was thinking you put it in some plants or something.
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I was thinking you told me you...
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- I tried to get Hank to eat on.
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- Because Hank would eat everything, wouldn't he?
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- It wasn't anything he would turn down.
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Well, don't you like that?
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- It's a wonderful, wonderful dish for mothers on the go.
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But you still wanna make sure your children
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get their vegetables.
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Love and Best Dishes, y'all.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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