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- I've got another nice, fresh summer salad.
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And you know what, this one reminds me of Aunt Peggy,
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and this recipe is from Deen Brothers,
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so I know this was inspired,
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inspired the boys from their Aunt Peggy,
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but she makes her own, like, Italian dressing
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In fact, (chuckles) when she used to come,
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when she was a little younger, and she would come,
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the first thing the boys would ask for is,
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would you make me some of your dressing to take home?
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And of course that thrilled her to do it.
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But now I wouldn't ask her to do it for nothing,
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'cause she might get flustered. (laughs)
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But it was always so good and everybody's favorite.
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So this doesn't have nearly the ingredients
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that Aunt Peggy's has, but we're gonna go for it.
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Now, we're gonna take our cucumber,
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and it really depends on
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(bowl clattering) how many people you're feeding
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as to how many cucumbers you would want.
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And like a half of a large Vidalia onion,
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which makes it so, so good.
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Now I'm gonna sprinkle this with vinegar,
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and I'm gonna let this sit 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
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And I'm gonna go ahead and salt
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and put it in a refrigerator.
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And in 30 minutes we'll be able to finish
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that beautiful, beautiful salad.
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There's nothing like a summer cucumber.
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For you folks that's getting nice, fresh tomatoes.
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If you've never had an heirloom tomato,
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I would highly recommend
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that you buy an heirloom tomato.
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They are just so, so good.
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The only thing is about a heirloom,
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they have a very hardcore in the center,
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and so I do cut that out.
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So you lose a little tomato, (knife thumping)
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but the flavor is incredible.
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All right, so I'm just cutting this up, kind of bite size,
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and then I'm gonna add a little bit of salt to it.
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And now I'm gonna chop my dill.
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This is beautiful, beautiful dill.
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I've tried growing dill and it doesn't last very long.
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You know, if you're not gonna use it for pickles
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or something pretty quick,
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it just does not last long.
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(knife scraping and thumping)
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And I'm gonna just roughly chop this
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in that tomato juice that was laying down there.
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That doesn't look quite like a tablespoon
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(bowl and spoon clattering)
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This would be so good with, like, grilled chicken,
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on the grill would be so, so good.
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All right, so I'm just gonna add that
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to the cucumbers and the vinegar.
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(bowl scraping and clattering)
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And then (spoon clanging)
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I'm gonna put more salt on it,
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'cause I didn't put very much earlier,
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and my coarse, ground black pepper.
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(bowl scraping and clattering)
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Perfect, perfect, perfect.
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I wish Aunt Peggy was here, she would be all over this.
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Mm, so good and so simple y'all.
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But I've always been a firm believer,
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keep it simple, stupid.
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The KISS motto, keep it simple, stupid. (laughs)
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So I've always tried to follow that rule, y'all. (laughs)
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It's kinda easy for me to follow it. (laughs)
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So get your partner to cook some chicken on the grill,
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get you a split down the middle chicken,
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and smoke it on the grill.
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It will be so good with this and you'd eating so healthy.
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This actually came from the Deen Brothers,
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and I know they were thinking about their Aunt Peggy
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when they did this one.
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I'm gonna put a little bit more dill,
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'cause I can. (chuckles)
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