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if the ladies are having a bridge party,
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or we're having a luncheon,
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and we serve anything to eat,
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that's whether it's a nighttime party,
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or an 11:00 AM party.
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We have tomato sandwiches.
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And so, I'm going to show you how we put them together,
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and there's a few different ways you can do 'em.
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The important thing that you want to do is
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make sure your bread,
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your biscuit cutter matches the size of your tomatoes.
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use this size for my cutter,
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and I like for you to see a little bit of tomato,
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I'd rather the tomato be up a little bigger,
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and one side is going to be wheat,
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and one side is going to be white,
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and you'll want to make sure
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that you buy the freshest bread available,
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cause you want it to be so fresh
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that your sandwich sticks to the roof of your mouth.
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Now you'll want to just save all of this
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and make you some croutons,
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which those croutons truly makes a salad.
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so I've got a cup of mayonnaise here,
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how much grated onion do I have?
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- [Teresa] That's that half of an onion.
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So, just one small onion, grated.
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And I'm gonna just stir that
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And I highly recommend you
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grating the onion because when you grate it,
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you see all that onion juice?
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That's where your flavor is.
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You'll be able to taste that onion.
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now our tomatoes have been salted.
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Teresa really helped me out.
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She got up a pan of boiling water
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you just make a little notch in the
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in the top of the tomato,
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and drop them in boiling water and leave 'em
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for probably 30 seconds.
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And you lift them out
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and run them under cold water,
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and the peel slips right off of them.
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And then I put them out on a cookie sheet,
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and I sprinkle them with salt,
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and that salt is going
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to pull out any excess water from 'em,
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because you don't want your sandwich soggy.
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So I'm going to come over here,
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and I'm going to dress
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all my bread with a little bit
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of the mayonnaise mixture that we've got mixed up.
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Yeah, we can't have a party down here
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without a tomato sandwich.
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And if you don't want to use white bread,
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you can use just the wheat,
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or you can use just the white,
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but we're going to use one slice of white,
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and we're going to use one slice of wheat.
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oh my goodness, it smells so good.
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So there is our tomato,
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and this one gets a wheat.
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All right, I need to put these on the paper towel,
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because they're a little wet.
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So I'm going to put them right over here to drain.
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that's a reminder for me y'all.
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This basil is just beautiful.
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I just love it, where it sticks out.
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You can see it sticking out.
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All right now let's see.
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What are you looking at, little girl?
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What are you looking at, little girl?
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She's licking her chops,
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Eddie, for this tomato sandwich.
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- [Eddie] She just had her breakfast.
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- [Paula Deen] Oh, she just finished her-
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- [Teresa] She finally ate her treat.
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- [Paula Deen] See how pretty these are y'all?
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kinda, just, it's just special.
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Now I have on occasion,
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put my finger in a little,
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in a little of my mayonnaise mixture,
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and then put a little piece of parsley on top,
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which really kind of dresses 'em up.
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Now you probably won't see that in the recipe,
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but you know, it's all about using your imagination.
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See how pretty that is,
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but you need that little dab of mayonnaise,
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so that parsley will stick to your sandwich.
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Just that easy, and it is easy.
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but when you have to make a hundred of these,
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Because people will eat at least two of 'em.
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So I put these in a container,
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and I put them close together,
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and then I take a paper towel,
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or you can use, you know, real cloths,
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but I just take this in dampen it,
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because your bread will get hard very, very quickly.
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So you just want to put that
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between your layers of sandwiches,
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and gosh, if I did these that morning,
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they'd be fresh right on up until seven o'clock
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when it's time for our party.
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- [Teresa] So simple, but so good.
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- Uh huh, little southern like tea tomato sandwich.
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- [Teresa] What are they in the website,
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tomato sandwiches with parsley or basil?
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But they're like tea sandwiches.
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- They're like tea sandwiches.
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Now, if we were having these for lunch with a family,
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we'd use that whole piece of bread,
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and to have it sopping in mayonnaise,
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and then pile it up with tomato and basil.
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we're gonna do the kinda prissy-fied.
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The little hardy-tardy.
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Y'all must try, especially when tomatoes come into season,
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but if they're not in season,
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I recommend you using an
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heirloom tomato, because they
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are truly delicious almost year round.
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So that's it for today,
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I think I'm going to have a sandwich.
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Anybody want a sandwich?
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Teresa? You know, you want a sandwich.
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- [Teresa] I'll be having one.
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- [Paula Deen] Okay, Eddie?
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- [Teresa] It's hard to miss out on that.
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- And you talking about good with fried chicken?
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It is evermore delicious with fried chicken.
