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- Y'all, we in the kitchen today with Q,
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this will be her second recipe that you've shared with it.
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Please check out her videos that we've done on YouTube.
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And she also has a YouTube channel, which is...
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- Mixing it up with Miss Q.
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- Yes, Mixing it up with Miss Q.
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- Yes. - I love that.
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Now, how about your pink table?
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- Yes, Mixing it up with Miss Q,
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it features a pink table
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that has different topics,
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will give you resources
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on different things in the community and around the world,
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so you don't wanna miss it,
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we're gonna keep you informed on a lot of great things.
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- Her book is available on...
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- Amazon. - Amazon.
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- And. - Kindle.
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- And Kindle. - Mm-hmm.
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- Did you read this book for, do you have it in a tape form?
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- Yes, they have it audio as well.
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- Okay, did you read it,
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did you do the reading yourself?
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- I did not.
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- I had so much fun doing the reading for
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"It Ain't All About The...
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- The cooking, right. - Yeah.
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- "It Ain't All About The Cooking."
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And I had to go into the studio and read the book,
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and I looked so forward to it every day.
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It was like, I didn't know how it was gonna end.
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- Right, right, right. (Paula laughs)
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- Ain't that goofy?
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But I enjoyed reading it even though I knew how it ended.
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- Right, exactly.
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- So check this book out, y'all.
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She's an inspiration.
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She is an inspiration, that's all I can say.
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All right, so you're gonna share with us
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your squash casserole. - Yes.
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- And Q made a confession to me a while ago,
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she said Paula, "I don't formula cook,
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except in the sweets part of my bakery."
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And I said, "I know, I know.
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Formulating a recipe is one of the hardest things
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for a cook to do."
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- Yes. - So hit it, girl.
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What are we making?
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- So you must remember that,
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we're doing squash casserole today,
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but you must remember, my bakery is called,
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it's a bakery and sandwich shop,
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and it's called Q's Cakes Done the Old Fashioned Way.
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So I don't get into the recipes, but I love to cook.
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And my savory side of it, I have veggie burgers,
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I have turkey burgers, and I have ham sandwiches,
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we now do roasted wings, grilled-
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- Oh wow. - Yeah, grilled.
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We have grilled zucchini, grilled squash,
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we have grilled Brussels sprouts.
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- It was a few tucked in there.
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- Okay.
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We have grill Brussels sprouts,
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so we have an extended menu that is on the healthier side.
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- They do sound healthy. - Yes, on the healthier side.
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So right now we're gonna add, we poured the squash in,
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we've already boiled the squash and the onions together.
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- And that was, I'm reading the recipe.
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- (Q) You read the recipe.
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- Two yellow squash it was? - Yes.
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- Okay. - Two yellow squash.
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I'm gonna put a little salt, we got some sea salt here,
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just gonna sprinkle about a half a teaspoon here.
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And then we're gonna do some black pepper,
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about a half teaspoon here.
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- She made this one day y'all,
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she has her children and her grandchildren
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two Sundays a month
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at her house for Sunday lunch for dinner.
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- Yes, yes.
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- And she does all the cooking.
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Now, her children don't like squash.
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- Right.
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- So she's trying to come up with a way
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where they'll eat it. - Right, right.
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So I'm mixing in the sour cream.
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So what I did was I kinda used some of the ingredients
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from my homemade mac and cheese, what they love love.
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So I substituted the noodles for the squash,
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so hopefully it'll work.
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So here we have two eggs, unbeaten,
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and I will pour them in the bowl so that I can mix it
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with some of my heavy cream right here that I have.
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And I have heavy cream here, a cup and a half,
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so I'm gonna pour some of it right here to mix up.
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- (Paula) That looks like a lot of heavy cream
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for that little bit of squash.
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- (Q) It does, doesn't it?
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- Teresa or Eddie found you my beautiful casserole dish
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that I just love, it's the honeycomb.
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- Mm-hmm, I love it.
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- Yes, it's the honeycomb from the store.
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- So we're gonna pour about a half cup in here.
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- This looks way too big for that little bit of squash.
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- Okay.
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- So I'm gonna find you a smaller casserole.
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- Okay. - Okay?
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- All right, so I poured about a half cup of the heavy cream
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and the two eggs beaten together in this bowl,
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and then we're gonna start adding our cheeses.
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- (Paula) Now, that's where
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you and I kind of differ a little bit,
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I've never used the cheeses that you are using,
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it sounds wonderful.
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- Yes, we have a Gouda cheese.
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I'm using, people, the cheese that's fun for my kids,
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because I'm trying to get them to eat vegetables.
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So we're using Gouda cheese here today,
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and we're going to use Parmesan cheese.
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So we're gonna pour this in.
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A half a cup.
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- (Paula) I think this size will be better, Q.
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- Okay, perfect.
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- What you think?
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- I think so, too.
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So, here's the thing about the squash,
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if you're trying to appease some kids,
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you gotta remember moistness, they like it soft,
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they always wanna feel like they eating something
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that reminds you of French fries and chicken strips.
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(Paula laughs)
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So I'm trying to make this tasteful, so that,
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I was trying to make it tasteful so that,
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I'm gonna add a little bit more salt and pepper here.
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- You're right, they're into macaroni and cheese
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and chicken fingers. - Yes, they are.
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So we're gonna go ahead,
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we're gonna add some bread crumbs.
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No, these are, excuse me, butter crackers.
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- Okay, I hadn't put the butter on them yet.
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- They're crumbled butter crackers.
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- Oh, okay, those are just for the inside.
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- Inside, yes.
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- Okay, so you still want me to butter...
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- The top.
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- Okay, and is this what we have for the top?
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- Yes.
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- Okay, and which butter is this for?
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- That's for the top.
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- Perfect. I'm gonna need some more crackers.
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- Yes.
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- I think I'm gonna need some more.
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- I think so too.
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So we've got this going.
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And this is just amazing,
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so what I do, I do add a little butter in the recipe,
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about a half cup.
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Yeah. (laughs)
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Just for the moistness and the taste.
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It's absolutely delicious, I love it.
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See, they can't hardly tell it squash y'all. (laughs)
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I tricked them and they love loved it,
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they loved it.
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So Paula is getting us ready for our topping,
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and we're gonna put this in the oven
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for about 25 minutes and let it brown,
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because you must remember, the squash is already done,
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so we don't have to bake it that long,
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just enough for the ingredients to come in together.
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So she's getting us ready for our topping.
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- I'm getting you some more crackers.
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- Okay, so meantime, I'm gonna spray the bowl,
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'cause we do have to spray it,
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and I'm going to get me some spray.
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- Second drawer, baby.
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- Second drawer, got it.
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I got some butter spray, (Both laugh)
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and I'm gonna spray this pan and get it ready.
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Perfect.
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- This little trick is so much better
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than trying to dot the top of your casserole with butter.
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- I'm learning something new from her, y'all.
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Show me, Paula.
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- Okay, if you'll just make your crumbs,
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and then toss it in melted butter,
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and that way every crumb has some butter
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instead of just- - Perfect, I like that.
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- Just little dollops. - I like that.
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- So that is good.
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- So we are ready.
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I'm gonna pour it over in the bowl.
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- All right, I'm going to snatch
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a little butter from over here.
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- Sure.
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- (Paula) Love these toasted toasted cracker crumbs.
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- (Q)Yes.
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- (Paula) Oh, that casserole dish is perfect for that.
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- (Q) It sure is, it sure is.
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You know your stuff. (Both laugh)
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- (Q) So we're gonna spread it.
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- (Paula) I could eat it up and swallow it.
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- (Q) And we're gonna do...
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- (Paula) Looks beautiful.
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You know what it looks like?
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Looks like creamed corn.
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- (Q) Corn, it sure does.
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- That's how you got your children to eat it.
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(Both laugh)
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- So we're gonna do the crumbs,
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the bread crumbs on the top, and the cheese.
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- Okay, which goes first?
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- I'm gonna do the cheese first.
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- Now is that the Gouda cheese?
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- This is the Gouda cheese,
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which is my absolute favorite, and theirs as well.
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- (Paula) Okay.
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Wonderful.
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I like Gouda. - Gouda's good.
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It is.
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Yes. - Good golly.
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- Now we're gonna go with the...
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- Okay. - Perfect.
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- I got those buttered for you.
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- Perfect.
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We gonna pour these on,
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and we just going to kind spread 'em on the top.
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Oh, that gives it that good crunch.
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- (Paula) That is gonna be so good.
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- (Q) Oh my gosh, I can't wait.
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- I can't either. - I can't wait.
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- (Paula) I can't either, Q.
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- I think La Chak is waiting on this one.
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- (laughs) Is she?
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- She's waiting on this one.
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- I couldn't talk her into the-
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- I know it. - Peanut butter.
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No, but she's waiting on this one.
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All right.
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- You know what, I think I am too.
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- So we're done with that,
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and we're gonna put it in the oven.
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- (Paula) Okay, I think I heard you say about 20 minutes.
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- Yes, 20 minutes.
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- (Paula) 20 or 25 minutes,
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'cause the only thing that has to cook is the eggs.
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- Right, exactly.
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- Well guess who's joined us in the kitchen.
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You finally got to meet the other half.
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(Q laughs)
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Michael is down there entertaining Chaka Khan.
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(Both laugh)
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You didn't know I could say that,
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did you, Michael?
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- No, but...
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(Paula and Q laugh)
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- So, I cannot wait to taste your casserole.
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- All right, so this is-
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- And Chak's sitting down there waiting on me, isn't she?
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- Yes, she is, yes, she is.
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So this is the squash casserole
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that we just put in the oven.
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And I just want you to look and see the bubbling.
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It's so moist.
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It's not dry.
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That's the food of kids, don't forget.
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- Yeah, and it looks like corn,
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it looks like a corn casserole.
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- It does.
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- So I can see how she fooled her children with this one.
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- Yes. - And I will say this,
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Teresa did the prepping for us,
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and she sliced that squash with a mandolin,
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and she sliced it so nice and thin.
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- Yes. - That it was like incognito.
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- She did an amazing job.
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- Now you're talking about hot.
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- Yeah, this is hot.
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- The next time I make swash casserole,
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which is fairly regular,
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I'm gonna use that mandolin.
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'Cause to me, that's the secret.
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- It is.
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- (Crew) Why don't you show everybody
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what a mandolin looks like?
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It's in the bottom drawer. - Oh, okay.
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- (Crew) It's on that.
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- (Q) Right here?
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- (Crew) Very bottom, kind of stuck to the back.
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- I love it.
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- It turns out it looks different for everybody,
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but that's a great tool.
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- This is mandolin,
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it cut the squash perfect.
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And you just kind slide it right here.
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- And that's a cheap mandolin, y'all.
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- Paula's eating and hadn't said nothing, y'all.
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(Paula laughs)
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I just want y'all to know that.
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- Oh my goodness.
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It's out of this world.
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I may have to switch from mine to Q's. (laughs)
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- (Crew) You don't have to tell anybody.
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- Yeah, I won't
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- (Crew) You can keep your secret.
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- Oh my gosh.
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- Isn't it yummy. - It is.
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- You gonna let your friend just sit down there
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and just crave it, but not get it?
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(Both laugh)
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- Say, isn't that what you're gonna do, Q?
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- (Crew) You need another?
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- Mm.
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Michael.
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- This is my job. (All laugh)
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- (Paula) Chaka. - She gonna do this one.
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- If there's any left, we'll let you have some, okay?
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(All laugh)
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- (Crew) Would you like a bowl?
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I mean, would you like a- - Please, Teresa.
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- Oh, I thought you were getting it, Teresa.
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I was being a smart aleck.
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- (Crew) You eat it Michael, and then I'll (indistinct)
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Do you need to another spoon?
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- No, I got plenty of forks.
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- (Michael) Just delicious.
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- I mean, it is wonderful.
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And we wound up cooking that,
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do you think we cooked it 30 minutes?
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- Mm-hmm.
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- I gave you more than a taste-testing size,
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- Thank you.
13:56
because I think Chaka drove Q over here
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with the promise of squash casserole.
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(All laugh)
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- (Crew) With that addition of the Gouda,
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that's an unusual cheese to put in.
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- Uh-huh. - Yes.
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- Excuse, please.
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- That's what makes it so Goud-a.
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- Uh-huh, and that's why I said.
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- Right.
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- Goud-a be good.
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- (Crew) We have our own resident comedian.
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- Yes. - Yes.
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- (Crew) He costs nothing.
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- What would they do without him?
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- (Crew) And we would send you anywhere.
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- You think he costs nothing?
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Wait until he tells you the latest
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gift he wants for Christmas.
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Or his birthday.
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- His kids could drive me anytime.
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- (Crew) What do you want for Christmas?
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- Well, usually it's something that involves a motor.
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Right?
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- My garage is about full.
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- My finger is not.
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- Yeah, they are, yes, they are.
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Leave it on.
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- No, they're not.
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- All right, so this is the squash casserole.
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- You want some more?
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- Got to try.
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I'm just, I'm so glad that it turned out like it did.
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- I'm good.
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