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Labor day is winding up.
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I'm here in Mama's kitchen to share
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some good recipes with ya.
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This isn't an adult drink,
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although it has adult flavors in it.
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And you can make it adult drink if you want.
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We're gonna cook down today y'all,
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a sparkling mint and ginger lemonade.
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Really good, really easy recipe.
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And it's always fun to get to cook a drink.
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I'm still trying to figure out mama stove,
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I've only been here 10 years.
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So in a little sauce pan, what we have,
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and I've cut this recipe in half,
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you'll see the measurements online.
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we're gonna start with water.
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We're gonna make a simple syrup here,
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which is water and sugar.
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And now we're gonna cook this down
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until the sugar dissolves.
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But to this, I'm also gonna add,
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a little something unusual.
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I'm using ginger paste today.
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I don't have any fresh ginger.
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So, I'm going two tablespoons
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of ginger paste in here.
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Now ginger and lemonade are two flavors that are
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gonna lend itself and you'll be really surprised
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And we're gonna sparkle this up at the end.
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So our ginger, our sugar, our water,
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and then we're gonna add
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And I'm gonna this up and get it to a bowl.
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And then once this boils, I'm goin' cover it,
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and we're going to steep this for an amount of time
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and then I'm gonna get all these solids out.
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So you see the first ingredients we've got in here,
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water, sugar, ginger, and mint.
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I'm gonna let this come up to a boil
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and then I'm gonna cover it
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and it's going to sit here
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and then we'll finish it
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We got our syrup mixture here, cooled down.
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So I'm gonna strain out the solids that are in here.
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Which is gonna be our mint leaves.
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Might take a little bit longer
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than I was anticipating.
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And what we're gonna add to this y'all is our,
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we have our fresh lemon juice and we're gonna add
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That's what makes it sparkling.
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And so let's just sit here forever and wait
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Let me catch you up on what's going on today for
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Theresa and I, because we are both
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chickens with heads cut off.
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Theresa has to have a party tomorrow.
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My son, Jack who turned 16 last week,
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is at his final driving lesson.
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My two year old is sick.
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My 11 year old is at school.
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And so Theresa is thinkin' about tomorrow.
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I'm thinking about yesterday.
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And neither one of us is really sure
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what we're doing today.
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This drink's gonna make me feel
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a little bit better though.
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God, this is taking so long,
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but everything worth having is worth waiting on.
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See how this is kind of...
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I wonder what that is.
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It's interesting how this is cooked down
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and the ginger and the sugar is kind of turned
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I wanna make sure and get all that flavor
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out of there that I can.
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Pretty good deal, huh?
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So in our little pitcher here, we're gonna add,
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this is our potent syrup that we just dealt with.
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And we've got our fresh lemon juice.
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And we're gonna add one liter of seltzer water.
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- [Theresa] Hey Jamie, can I make a suggestion?
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- [Theresa] Since we're not probably gonna need to
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use all that syrup right this moment,
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why don't we just make individual drinks?
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- [Theresa] That way we can save some
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for your mom and Eddie.
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- So if you've got a group of people there
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and you're ready to have your drinks,
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Theresa and I are not gonna,
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we don't have time to sit around
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and drink sparkly ginger lemonade this morning.
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So we're gonna do 'em one at a time.
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I'm gonna add, I'm gonna say about,
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maybe a half a glass.
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And I'm gonna top it with our seltzer.
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- That looks pretty good.
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Now if Theresa and I knew what we were doing,
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we would have fresh lemons and mint
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Oh, as she points this way, we have it.
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Light, refreshing, delicious.
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The only thing this is missing is vodka
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Thanks for tuning in y'all.
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I'm Jamie Dean, and this is a good drink.
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(Jamie sips enthusiastically)
