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- Y'all know I just do love getting mail from y'all.
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I feel like it keeps me in contact
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with the real people out there.
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And I received a letter, they sent it to The Lady & Sons
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so if you send anything to the restaurant
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just keep in mind that it may take
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a little longer to get in my hands.
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Because they stay pretty busy down there
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and they'll forget to pass it on to me.
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But a friend and viewer named Allen Sharpe.
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Who lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Sent me a recipe and it was one
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that he had found in a cookbook.
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But he liked the madness behind the method.
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But he wanted to change up the madness just a little bit.
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And so he truly really changed this recipe.
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But it's just called rice casserole and it's yellow rice.
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And we cook a three ounce package of yellow rice
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with a half a stick of butter according to the directions.
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(laughs) And the other ingredients is all Allen's idea.
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So I'm gonna take our rice.
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And put it in a bowl.
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And this is nice and moist.
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That half a stick of butter just really did it nicely.
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And now I'm gonna add one can of petite.
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This looks kinda like a Mexican rice to me.
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I don't know, maybe not.
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There's no onions or jalapenos in it.
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And I am putting in one can of drained green beans.
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So you got your starch and a vegetable all mixed together.
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Okay, Allen, and then you said that the original
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recipe that you found in the cookbook,
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I think it said a can of, what did it say?
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Can of chicken noodle soup, but we're using,
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according to Allen he liked the cream of onion soup with it.
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We do have onions don't we?
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Sometimes it can be so difficult to get.
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All the stuff out of those cans.
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So basically everything is done.
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So I think Allen's intentions were to just
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put this in the oven and bake it until it's hot.
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Now he didn't say, the original recipe
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that he used to adapt this recipe,
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the original says cover with cheddar cheese on top,
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but I don't know if Allen did that or not.
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So we'll make a judgment call at the end.
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All right, so I'm gonna pour this in.
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My casserole dish and this is not a 13 by nine.
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It's like one step under.
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Like one step under a 13 by nine.
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An easy quick side dish.
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That will go with many many things won't it, Allen?
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I mean chicken, pork.
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- [Assistant] What temperature and for how long?
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- Let's see, I think it's probably 350.
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Which is the average.
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Yes, 350 for 30 minutes.
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- [Assistant] Perfect.
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- And it makes six to eight servings.
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So we gonna be checking you out,
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Allen, in about 20 minutes, honey.
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Thank you so much for sharing this recipe with me.
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I would like to think that maybe children would like this.
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You know, it's so hard to get kids
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to eat their vegetables and all that stuff.
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Sometimes we have to try to hide them.
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In what we're cooking.
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Oh gosh, it looks delicious though.
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- [Cameraman] It almost looks like you put cheese on top.
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- This is really good, Allen.
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And it would make such a nice side dish.
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A quick easy side dish for, you know,
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whatever you're planning for supper.
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And Allen also sent me another recipe.
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And the recipe is for life.
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"Cheerfulness, kindness, thoughtfulness,
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"love, sympathy, charity and spirit.
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"Take a large quart of cheerfulness
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"and let simmer without stopping.
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"Put with it a brimming basin full of kindness.
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"Then add a full measure of thought for other people.
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"Mix with this a heaping tablespoon of sympathy.
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"Flavor with the essence of charity.
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"Stir well together and carefully
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"strain off the grains of selfishness.
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"Let the whole be served with love,
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"sauce and fruit of the spirit."
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That's a wonderful recipe, Allen.
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And it's one of those recipes that anybody can make.
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Love and best dishes and thanks so so much, Allen.
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