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- Y'all I love it you've heard me say it a thousand times.
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I just love it when y'all send me your family's
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favorite meals, that you've cooked for them over the years.
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Well, we've got one in and I could tell that
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there's some German descent there.
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It's from Candy Cheney in rural Minnesota,
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and she has been cooking this, her adult life.
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She has two daughters and they are still to this day,
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cooking it for their family.
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And it's a sauerkraut casserole.
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Now sauerkraut is like soured cabbage,
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this goes through a process.
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My aunt Piggy can't eat a hot dog without sauerkraut
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Eddie loves sauerkraut so does Theresa.
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And I love sauerkraut when I cook it with pork ribs
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and kraut it's so good.
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Well, Candy said this recipe is just delicious
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that she cooked it for so many years for a family of four.
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And she said usually no leftovers.
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So Candy says "Loving best dishes to you dear Paula."
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And thank you for sharing something that's near and dear
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And sure enough, my German grandma Tilly,
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taught us how to make our own homemade sauerkraut.
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And it's so easy and just the best.
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Well, maybe one day we'll get that recipe from you Candy
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and try to make our own homemade sauerkraut.
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But this recipe is so simple.
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And thank you again Candy,
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because I feel like my friend's out there are looking
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for something delicious, but easy and cost efficient.
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So we're gonna start with a pound and a half of ground beef,
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and we're gonna brown it off along with garlic and onions.
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Now Candy says, if it has a lot of fat left in the pan
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drain some of that, but she recommends that you leave some
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up because that's what gives it all the flavor.
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And especially since this dish has rice in it,
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so that rice is going need some seasoning.
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Okay. So we're adding our onion
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and our fresh garlic.
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And we're just going let that cook
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and brown a little bit.
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We don't have to kill it because it's gonna bake
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for about 45 minutes to an hour in the oven.
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So we just kinda want it maybe like half cooked, not much.
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Now Candy didn't tell me whether she covered this dish
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So I'm gonna say, since it's got rice in it,
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we're going bake it off.
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That moisture needs to stay in there.
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So I'm going cover it with foil
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and Candy you can let me know down the road,
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whether you cover yours or leave it uncovered.
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All right. We got everything in our pan
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and it starting to get hot.
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I am going to add one teaspoon of salt
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and little shy bit teaspoon of pepper.
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So there she blows she's ready to brown now.
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Okay. Y'all I drained a lot of the juices,
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off of it but I left some.
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Cause that's what Candy told me to do.
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So now I'm gonna add my sauerkraut.
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And she said, use one to two cups.
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Well, I'm using the full two cups
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because I do wanna be able to taste the sauerkraut in it
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and it smells so good.
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All right. Now I'm gonna stir in one cup of long grain rice.
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And now did y'all notice
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it ain't got a drop of butter in it. (chuckles)
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That's unusual y'all. (chuckles)
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Okay. So half a pint of sour cream.
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And the last thing we're gonna put in
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is three cups of beef broth.
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This looks very good.
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Just like this done it.
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Like I've said so many times,
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we know we get in ruts
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as to what we make and
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when I get recipes from y'all,
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I appreciate it so much cause it gets me out of my rut
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and Candy also said, I wanna make sure my broth
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Candy also said to check during cooking
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to see if you've got enough moisture in your dish,
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because it might need to add a little bit more water,
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which that makes me think that maybe she cooked it
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- [Eddie] That looks like it has a lot of liquid.
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- Aha, this has a lot of liquid.
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So it looks like I'll start out with it covered,
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and then if it looks really, really
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oops, if it really, really.
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I think this containers almost too little.
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So, Eddie and I switched it to a 13 by 9 by 2.
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So the recipe called for a five cup casserole dish,
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but I don't know Candy if I put more ingredients in here?
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But anyway, it worked out perfect in the 13 by 9 by 2.
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So I'm gonna put this in the oven and I'll check it.
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And if it looks like we need to take that ten foil off
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to cook some of the liquid, that's what we'll do,.
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But I tell y'all I snuck a little taste of the broth.
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And it's very good. It's very, very good.
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All right. So one and a half pounds of ground beef,
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one small diced onion, one cup of rice,
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three cups of beef broth, a half a pint of sour cream,
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one to two cups of sauerkraut, salt and pepper,
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and one teaspoon of garlic, fresh minced garlic.
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So it's going in the oven Candy.
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And I can't hardly wait to pull it out.
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Okay. Y'all our sauerkraut casserole is ready and
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this looks and smells so good.
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And once again, this is from Candy Cheney
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and she was just so sweet.
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She said, "I hope this email gets to you.
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I got this recipe from a good old friend
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and everyone in our family just loves it.
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Even though it sounds like it wouldn't be too good,
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So I'm gonna dig in Candy.
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I love the looks of it.
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You could fix a salad to go along with this
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and you'd have a full meal wouldn't you?
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- [Eddie] Looks good it's barbecue side something different.
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(claps hands) That's so good Eddie.
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And you get just a little hint of the sauerkraut,
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just that little bit of tang.
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It is really, really, really, really good.
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And I so appreciate you thinking about us Candy.
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And I did use two cups and Candy said either one to two cups
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of sauerkraut and I did use a full two cups
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and that's what I would recommend.
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Cause it makes it so good Teresa.
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So get that plate right there and come get you some.
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Cause it is delicious.
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So I thank you dear so much.
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And you know, I always try to send you loving messages.
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you might already have this recipe.
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Love to y'all let me hear from you.
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And before I sign off, y'all can't decide whether
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to cook it covered or uncovered.
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So I cooked it for about 30 minutes, 25 minutes
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maybe covered, and then I uncovered it.
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So I'm guessing that maybe she cooked it uncovered.
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So that's what I would try.
