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- Hey, y'all, you know, usually you find me in my kitchen
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in Savannah for my YouTube videos, but guess what?
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I am taking y'all on the tour of
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Paula Deen's Family Kitchen restaurant in Branson, Missouri.
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And it's been a while since I've been here, you know,
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I think COVID kind of really slowed us down for a while
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but I hope that's behind us and I hope it won't be as long
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on my next visit here as it was this past time.
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I'm here with David and Denise.
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They have been here since day one.
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In fact, they said they've been here
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since there was not a building here.
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So they have been here a long time.
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And I have to say
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our Family Kitchen restaurants are so beautiful.
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You can tell when you walk in
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that this is our family restaurant style.
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So I want y'all to take me...
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How long has it been since I've been here, two years?
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- About to be three in September.
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- About to be three years.
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That's right. Yeah. Yeah.
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So I'm just so, so happy.
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So you'll have to brush me up, David and Denise,
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on things since it's been a while.
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But this is our dining room.
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- [Denise] This is our dining room.
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- [Paula] And this is the only dining room, right?
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- [Denise] Yes. We're one floor only, so...
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- [Paula] So, okay. That's nice.
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Not having to run steps, isn't it?
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- Yes. It's very spacious.
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Our guests really love that.
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- You'll notice our fabrics are so beautiful.
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My friend and decorator, Carolyn Hultman,
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picked out everything for all of our restaurants.
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So they have a very cohesive look.
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- Yes they do.
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Actually, a lot of our guests love the the decor,
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the colors, everything, the vases, everything.
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- [Paula] Yes. This color is so peaceful.
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- Yeah.
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- Yes. We get asked questions
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about the color of the paint every day.
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- [Paula] And do you have that information?
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- Yes, we do. At the host desk
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and we give them all our information.
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- [Paula] I was gonna say, you should have all of that.
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What's people's favorite area to sit in?
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- So, our guests love the booths
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but they do really love the windows, how big they are.
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- Yes.
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- And how they're able to just dine in
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and see outside and see what the weather's like.
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- You know, I'm a table girl. Because Michael, you know
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he's a big guy sometimes his belly rubs the table.
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- [Denise] We do have plenty of tables.
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Yeah. So we always go to the tables
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- And they enjoy the lazy susan.
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When we put the foot on, they can turn... That's fantastic.
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- [Paula] Yes, instead of passing and spilling on everybody.
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- [David] Yeah!
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- [Paula] I love a lazy susan.
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It's so home, you know, it just screams home to me.
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And that's what I want people to feel when they come
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into one of our restaurants, I want them to feel
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like they're actually walking into my home.
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And I hope you had this feeling
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of some arms being wrapped around and giving you a hug.
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- They do. We actually have a a guest last week.
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They actually say, I don't feel like I'm in a restaurant.
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I feel like I'm dining here in my house, you know?
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And they love that.
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- That is wonderful, David. They can't say a nicer thing.
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- Yeah, I know, right?
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And I mean, we go to restaurants,
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and you feel that the rush
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or they feel like everybody's tied up.
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I mean, you sit here, you enjoy your time,
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you eat good food, and it's just great.
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- Yeah. It's so wonderful.
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And I thank y'all, like I said, they've been here
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since before there was a building here.
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So y'all have done a wonderful job.
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I hear so many great things
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about this restaurant and about this town.
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So there's a lot of entertainment.
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I have not brought any of my grandchildren
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but is there a lot
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of entertainment in this area for children?
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- [David] Yeah. That's many things to do in Branson.
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- [Denise] For all ages.
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- Oh, good, good.
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Y'all will have to tell me all about it.
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Now look at this table, isn't this beautiful?
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And this folds out.
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And the birds, the birds are so beautiful.
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Oh, it's so pretty.
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And this is actually Paula Deen furniture,
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but we no longer have a wood furniture line anymore.
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All we have is Paula Deen Craftmasters: sofas, and chairs.
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So, I'm so glad that we got these in the restaurant.
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- [David] People love it.
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Always asking where they can purchase these.
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- Yeah. Yeah.
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- [David] Impressive, for sure.
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- Can't anymore. Can't anymore, but it is heavy.
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Oh my goodness.
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So y'all got 1, 2, 3...
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- [Denise] We have five.
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- Five pizzas, good, good.
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Well, hello. How are you?
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I think I got on the same bracelet.
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So how many does this restaurant seat?
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- [Denise] 316.
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- That's good.
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Do y'all carry a wait?
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- [Denise] Yes.
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- Do y'all take reservations?
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- [Denise] We do not take reservations,
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but it's pretty neat because we do the texting wait.
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- Yes.
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- [Denise] So they put their name down
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and they could go shop
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and then they get the text message when their table's ready.
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- Right. Listen. That's great.
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You know, for a long time we did reservations
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and it brought more trouble than pleasure.
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It's just too hard.
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Alright, so we are making our way to the front door.
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I can't believe the hot air balloon ride
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is right out our door.
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You got plenty high chairs for the children right?
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Hey, hey, girls!
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- Hey!
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We are making our way into Sandy's territory, now.
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We are making our way into the gift shop.
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Alright.
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And she is like the rest,
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been here from the beginning.
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Been here when there wasn't a building.
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- Yes.
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- So take us on a tour of your store.
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- Alright, alright, perfect
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You wanna start at the beginning?
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Of course, this is the host stand right here.
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Yes. Which is... hello!
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- How are you?
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- I wanna thank y'all right now
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for everything you do for this family business.
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Thank you.
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- We appreciate you for creating that.
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- It was our pleasure.
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Hello folks, how are y'all?
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- We are well thank you for asking.
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- [Sandy] Of course this is our apparel.
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- Uh huh.
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- [Sandy] As you can see up here.
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- [Paula] What your number one sought after
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here in this store.
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- The number one in the store is probably the butter dishes.
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The Butter Y'all.
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- The yellow butter dishes.
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- Yes. They just love those because,
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you know, they're you.
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- Yeah. And do you have the double one?
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- I do not.
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- Okay. Well I've got one that holds two sticks.
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- Oh, okay.
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- Yeah. Or actually if I stack it up it'll hold four.
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- Yeah, I do not.
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But those are probably our top sellers.
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- Okay.
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- [Sandy] Yeah.
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Then this is our boys' fishing table, because you know
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here in Branson the fishing is real good, so...
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- So is there a lake hair here?
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- [Sandy] Lake hair, don't care.
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(Paula laughs)
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- [Paula] I've got these in my kitchen.
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- [Sandy] Do you?
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- [Paula] Yes.
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- [Sandy] Yeah?
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And then we got the "cheers y'all" coasters.
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- [Paula] Do y'all have any stickers?
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I know people have been asking for stickers.
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- [Sandy] I know, no we do not.
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- [Paula] ...at the Savannah store.
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- [Sandy] I know. And we would love to have some of those.
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- [Paula] Uh huh, and I wouldn't have thought-
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did you hear that, Monica?
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- [Sandy] There she is.
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I said people are asking for stickers.
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- [Monica] Stickers?
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- [Paula] Yes. In the store at home.
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- [Sandy] They are here too.
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- [Paula] Well, you have got a lot of good things.
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A lot of good stuff.
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- [Sandy] Well this is our... the boys.
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- [Paula] Yes. Yes.
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- [Sandy] All their good stuff.
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The Deen brothers.
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- [Paula] Yes, yes, yes.
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Everything looks so good.
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- Well thank you.
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- You know, I love kitchen gadgets.
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Let me ask if you've got this particular gadget
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because I adore it.
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It's a herb stripper. You have herb strippers?
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- I do have them.
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- [Paula] Oh my gosh.
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They're so wonderful.
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- [Sandy] Yes they are.
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- [Paula] They are so wonderful.
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- [Sandy] Yes, yes.
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- [Paula] Hello. How are you?
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- Doing good. I'm so happy to see you for the first time.
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- [Paula] Oh, well thank you.
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I'm so happy to see you as well.
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Thank you, thank you.
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Yeah. I can strip a bundle of thyme, which is...
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Thyme to me is the hardest one to strip in just two seconds.
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They're great.
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- [Sandy] Where's Joseph?
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Joseph, will you grab Paula a herb stripper?
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- And Monica, thank you so much.
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Thank you so much, Monica.
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- Somebody gave me-
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- Kathy found it.
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- Oh, did you Kathy?
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Oh well thank you, thank you.
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- You're welcome.
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Somebody gave me one of these years ago.
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- Is that right?
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- Yes. And I don't even know who they, you know,
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they sent it to me and
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I love it for keeping my legs.
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Yeah. It's great.
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- [Sandy] Yeah. They're really great.
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And this chocolate is some
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of the best chocolates you'll ever put in your mouth.
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- [Sandy] I know.
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- I chop this up and make chocolate chip cookies with it.
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- [Sandy] Ooh, I bet that's good.
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- So good.
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- [Sandy] Yeah. That's very popular.
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- So good.
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Everything looks wonderful.
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- [Sandy] Here's your herb strippers.
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- Oh yeah, now where did y'all keep it?
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- We keep them right over here on our spinner.
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- Oh, okay.
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- [Sandy] Right here.
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- [Paula] I just love kitchen gadgets.
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- [Sandy] See, this is all of our kitchen gadgets.
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- Try me, what is this?
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- It's one of the phone stands.
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- Oh, oh, oh yeah.
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That you hold your phone with.
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- [Sandy] Yeah. So we keep them down here.
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- [Paula] I'm not that progressive.
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- [Sandy] No, you're fine.
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- I just have a flat phone.
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Oh, the colors are pretty.
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So y'all, this works.
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- [Paula] Yeah, that's the one...
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Isn't that old too?
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- [Sandy] Well you probably got...
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- [Paula] I got a bigger one too.
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- [Sandy] Yeah?
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- [Paula] But yeah.
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- [Sandy] And then the salt and pepper.
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- [Paula] Yeah. And people love the Christmas ornaments.
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- [Sandy] Yes, they love these.
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- [Paula] Yes. I've signed many a butter stick.
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Well everything is beautiful.
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- Well thank you. I appreciate that.
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That means a lot coming from you.
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- [Paula] Oh, well Monica and Kathy do a fabulous job.
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- [Sandy] Yes they do.
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- [Paula] On all of our stores.
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They've got our number.
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I love the cow print.
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- [Sandy] I know, aren't those pretty?
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- [Paula] Yes. Yes. Everything is just beautiful.
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- [Sandy] Yeah so our salt and pepper shakers that we have
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of those too that are real popular.
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- [Paula] Aren't those cute?
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And they're easy to fill up too, aren't they?
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- [Sandy] They are.
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- [Paula] Unlike that little bitty tiny.
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So I guess that comes off.
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- [Sandy] Yeah. That's how you fill it.
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- [Paula] Great.
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- [Sandy] Yeah.
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- [Paula] Oh, I love it, love it, love it.
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And this kitchen is...
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- [Sandy] Do you remember her stove?
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- [Paula] Oh my gosh, yes.
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Let me tell y'all about this stove.
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You're not seeing things. It is purple.
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And when I first got the opportunity,
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they gave me six shows.
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Right. That was my opportunity to make it or break it.
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And I actually filmed out of Gordon Elliot's house,
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who was my producer.
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And my kitchen was not...
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My back would've been to everybody,
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so Gordon redid the kitchen just for Paula's Home Cooking.
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And he ordered this from either... France...
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I think it's Rich. Yes, it is.
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It came from France and he told me how much it was.
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And I said, heaven's to betsy.
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I would never.
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And I didn't care for cooking on it.
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- [Sandy] Yeah.
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- [Paula] It was just...
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- [Sandy] Yeah.
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- [Paula] I didn't get it.
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- [Sandy] People love this.
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We have this sign that we keep here.
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- [Paula] Oh my gosh!
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- [Sandy] So that way we can let everybody know.
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- [Paula] Do you recognize this stove?
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- [Sandy] Yes.
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So that way everybody knows the history of it.
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So it's pretty cool. People love it.
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- [Paula] Yes. You know, this is what, 25, 30 years old now.
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Whoa.
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Look at old Michael.
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Michael is in Key West.
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- [Sandy] Oh, is he?
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- [Paula] Yes, at the Ernest Hemingway...
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celebrating his birthday. Ernest Hemingway's birthday.
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- [Sandy] Oh, how fun.
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- [Paula] Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And he finally won about eight years ago.
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- [Cameraman] No, no, no.
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- Seven? Five?
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- [Cameraman] Maybe, four?
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- [Paula] Four? Thank you girls.
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And so now he's a judge,
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and he is down there limping around.
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Aren't these cute?
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So, the lemon is real pretty
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and of course y'all got all of our books
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and all of our spices.
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- [Sandy] Yes. Yes.
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- [Paula] Right? All of our spices.
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So this is all real pretty y'all, but where is the magic?
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Where is the magic that happens when you walk in here
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and sit down?
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Where, where is that room?
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Where's the magical room?
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Let's go see if we can find it.
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