Lovin' Spoonfuls

Hey, y'all

Today on Paula's Party, we're getting romantical. You can't believe what happens when we start talking about love

Getting turned on. You getting turned on? It's a romantic breakfast in bed for three

He's got wide shoulders, doesn't he, Kim? I have. And I'm serving up a baked French toast casserole

All right, that's pretty good. A high-speed challenge that lets me have my wedding cake and eat it too

I would marry you all over again. And a hot dish that's sure to fan the flames of love

Are you feeling romantical? Just a little. Today on Paula's party, I'm romancing the stove

Are y'all ready to fall in love today? Yeah! Well, let's party

Thank you

Y'all are beautiful. Just beautiful. And we got a lot of couples here today, don't we

Well, guess what today's show is all about? It's all about love

Do y'all want to know how I fell in love with Michael Groover

Yes. Well, when I first met Michael Groover, I thought, hmm, this just might be my soulmate

Because one look at him and I knew that he liked to eat

And do you know that some foods are more sensual than others

Oysters. Oh my goodness. I love to see the men come in here and order those char-grilled oysters

And I'll take them over a tray and I'll say, Baby, I hope at least 11 of them work

Well, that's what today's show is all about. And I'm thrilled you're here with me

So why don't we get to loving? Do y'all want to see where Michael took me on our first date

Yes. I've got a picture of it. But I have to say it was a wonderful meal

I think the second place he took me was to a bar to get hot wings. So we're really on a roll here, you know

But I knew that he shared the love of food with me

So I knew that that was a common bond. Would y'all like to meet Michael

Yeah! Michael, come on up. Thank you. Well, this is my rubber man

You were turning me on talking about that food. Well, when Michael wants me to cook his absolutely favorite meal

I have to say, it's got to be oxtails. Have y'all ever had oxtails

Yes, ma'am. So you've had oxtails. My first time was with my husband

I didn't know what an oxtail was. Well, Michael, tell them what oxtail is

I call it swinging sirloin They're delicious And like I said, to me they have more flavor

Than a regular pot roast Now this is what oxtails look like

You can kind of see That this was close to the hiney

and this is getting on down the table. Now, these are real fatty

so you're going to want to make sure that you trim off as much of that fat as you can

I know you all probably can't believe that Paula Deen is telling you all to get rid of the fat

but if you're not careful, you'll wind up with too much grease in your pot

So I've got that trimmed. If you'll go over there to your counter

Okay. And if you'll cook the rice. I'll do it. Because we can't have oxtails at our house without rice

All right, now I'm going to take these oxtails and I'm going to sprinkle them with house seasoning

It's one cup of salt, a fourth of a cup of black pepper

and a fourth of a cup of garlic powder. and you just keep that in a shaker by your stove

It works in every dish you'll ever do except maybe your cakes and pies

Otherwise, it's just perfect. Oh, this dish is so simple. All right, now I'm going to take a little soy sauce

and I'm just going to kind of drizzle that over those oxtails

It gives it just a nice little kick. I prefer that over like a Worcestershire sauce

I'm going to cover it with onions. And then I'm going to put a splash of water

Now, I don't want to cover them with water because Michael and I like our oxtails

a little on the sticky side. We like that to really just cook down

in that little bit of water. bit of water and it's when we pull them out of the pan, honey, aren't they almost kind

of sticky when you pull them up? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Now I'm going to throw a few bay leaves in

How are you coming with your rice, darling? It's cooking. It's cooking

Okay. All right, Michael, now you keep watching that rice because when we come back, we're

finishing up these oxtails. And later... Ah

Air is fuel! What, Mama? Air is fuel! Oh, air is fuel

Thank you Welcome back y Today show is all about food and love A loving spoonful And I want

to share with y'all the recipe that really, really tells Michael how much I love him

All right, Mikey, now you go and check on that rice again while I finish up these delicious oxtails

All right, so I'm going to pour a little water over this. I think that'll do

Now I'm going to cover it with a foil. I'm going to put these in the oven

and I usually cook them on like 325 because I want to cook them a little bit slower

and they're going to require three hours because it is a tougher meat

You've got to make sure you cook it long enough for them to get tender

So what's going on over there, darling? Perfect. Genius at work. You know, it was really funny when Michael and I met

he said he cooked all the time. All the time. Well, he was raising these two teenagers

and they said that he was a great cook. But you know, after we hooked up

it was like all of a sudden he didn't know what a spoon looked like. You know, he didn't know nothing

I forgot. I think that was convenient. Yeah. So we're going to slip these in, slip those out

and Michael, is your rice ready, darling? Perfect. Okay. Well, come on over here with your rice

Oh, look-a, look-a, look-a. I'm getting turned on. You're getting turned on

What did y'all say over there? That's some good looking tail. Well, thank you, baby

You know, I remember as a young girl, we would intentionally just press all over that ballpark

And I remember the boys saying, whistle, Michael. I can't whistle. You can't either

And the boys would do that and they'd holler out, we wish we had that swing in our backyard

Do y'all remember that one? What you do to your rice? Oh

Perfect. It's just perfect. Here, let me just do this with my hand

What piece of tail you want? That one right there. That one right there, okay

Yeah, wow. All right, here's yours, darling. Let me reach in here and get me some rice

It's perfect, Michael. I know it. It's perfect. I love the part that swishes the flies

The skinny end. Oh, Mikey. Would you marry me all over again

I'd do it. I'm limit. All right. Oh, and look, I like butter on my rice

Surprise, surprise. See you sitting on our cornflakes. Mmm

Oh, my God. Come taste my tail. All right, wrap your lips around it now

You suck, okay? You got it! You got it

Isn't that out of this world

That's some good tail. Now you can cook this on top of the stove like you almost would a beef stew

but I love it when it's been cooked in that oven and concentrated in that rich stock

And it's sticky. And it's sticky. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh. My mama take the bone now

Ooh, look at JoJo. You've been doing something right, girl. Thank you

You're welcome. Thank you. What's better than a chocolate kiss

Well, y'all come back, because we're going to find out. Chocolate kisses next

Look at this. It's more than just a kiss, y'all. We're going to start with two sticks of butter

And then later, breakfast between the sheets. He's got wide shoulders, doesn't he, Kim

Oh, he's done. Y'all having fun today

Yes! Are you falling more and more in love with your partner

Yes! Yes! Say yeah, guys. Say yeah. Yes! Well, I'm going to show you how to make a delicate, wonderful little cookie

with a hidden kiss in the center. So every time your partner eats one of these

they're going to find your kiss for them inside. We're going to start with two sticks of butter

And I'm going to add two-thirds a cup of white granulated sugar

I'm going to add one teaspoon of vanilla. Actually, I think that looks like a half a teaspoon

And I'm going to add a half a teaspoon of almond flavoring

And a little bit of it goes a long way. Now, I'm just gonna cream this together

Do y'all remember eating wedding cookies? In my family my grandmother and my mother called them sand tarts but they like the little wedding cookie Well this reminds me very much of that cookie

Only there's a surprise in the center. All right, now I'm going to lower our speed

And I'm going to add one and three quarters cup of all-purpose flour

And you can just stir this in. But I've cut down my speed on my mixer to low

which is almost like a stir. All right, I'm going to stir in about three-quarters of a cup of chopped pecans

And I'm going in for the kill. With my hands, because this is a stiff dough

Now I'm going to take about a tablespoon of this dough, and I'm going to wrap it around a kiss

If I was making these at home, I would put my dough in the refrigerator and let it chill for about an hour

But we don't have that kind of time, so I'm going to go ahead and do them straight after the mixing

And I'm putting this on an ungreased cookie sheet. Do you know why

Because it's got two sticks of butter in it. While I'm standing up here wrapping up these kisses

you know, I've been standing up here giving y'all the dirt on myself. Somebody out there got a story

I've got a good story. You do? I do. I do. Let me hear it, baby

Well, me and some of my best friends decided that we were going to go backpacking through Europe

And unbeknownst to myself, I did not realize that I would find my future wife in Rome, Italy, on the Spanish steves

You don't mean it. I do. But I did not know that she was going to be my wife

For another year, I had to meet her again in Key West, Florida. Get out

And so for our honeymoon, we went back to Rome, Italy. And I did prepare a nice meal on the rooftop of an apartment in Rome, Italy

No, you romantic devil, you! We actually lived in the same town and went to college in the same town

Oh, come on. Yep. We both lived in Raleigh, North Carolina. Come on

And you didn't know each other there? Mm-mm. You had to go to Italy to meet her

And then Key West. Well, you know, you can't help but think that somebody intended for the two of y'all to be together

I think so. That is an unbelievable story. I got our kisses all wrapped up

I'm going to put them in the oven, and I'm going to bake them at 375 for about 10 minutes

But in the meantime, I've got a pan that's ready. Now, you don't want these to get completely cooled

You want to let them cool on the counter maybe for a couple of minutes and then we're going

to toss them in powdered sugar. Now are y'all remembering those wedding cookies that grandma used to make

Oh, and these are still warm. I was going to say they don't look right

Look at those. Upside down cookies. There you go. Don't those look wonderful

Did you miss it? If you fix it out... Try... No, you're not going..

Try that one, girl. You try that one, baby. Have one, darling

Oh, my God. Oh, thank you. Would you like one? Thank you

Would you like one? Would you like one? Certainly. You can't have one because there's none left except for me

I'll tell you what. Let's do this. Mmm. Out of this world

Aren't they delicious? It's like candy. Mm-hmm. And you saw how quick and easy I made those. Mmm

When we come back, y'all, the food of love. Oysters! Don't go anywhere

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! And later, we're gonna mix the flour and the baking soda together

Dump it in there. Sip, sip, sip. No, baby! Welcome back

Welcome back. If you've just joined us in the last segment, I made a chocolate kiss, a hidden kiss cookie

Well, we got our little chocolate fix, but now we're going in for the big daddy

and that's the oyster. Oysters are supposedly the king of all aphrodisiac foods

Well, out here at Uncle Bubba's, my brother cooks up the best oyster I've ever put in my mouth

And Bubba's right here. He's sitting right here. And speaking of love, who you got with you, Bubba

I got my little fiance. Bubba just became engaged. Y'all, this is my future sister-in-law, Dawn

Well, she's not going to use the microphone, so I'll leave. Okay, hey, how are y'all

Hey! Perfect. One more time. Hey! Got anything else to say? I love you

I love you, too, Dawnetta. Dawn just fits into the family so perfectly

We had gone on a cruise, and she was standing up there talking to Bubba

Bubba had dripped food on his clothes, and she was standing up there just talking to him

She spotted that piece of food, picked it off, and ate it

She said, oh, my gosh, I am one of y'all. Dawn, you fit in perfectly, honey

Yeah. All right. I don't have Bubba's big char griller. It's over there on the other side of the room

But I do have a chargrill here on my stove. Now, I'm going to take a fresh shucked oyster

Now, these are Louisiana oysters. And I'm going to put these oysters on the grill

And when you shuck your oysters there an oyster liquor in there You don want to lose that liquor You want to try to set it so that that liquor is going to stay right in there inside that oyster

All right, there's only two ingredients that Bubba uses on his oysters

That's a clarified butter and Parmesan cheese. That's all these oysters need

This is the very bottle that Uncle Bubba's oysters are squirted with

I have no hood or anything, y'all. So I'm going to try it, Bubba

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh

Oh, my gracious. It scares me without the use of that hood, Bubba

Me too. We may not have a restaurant by the time I get through with this segment

Ah! Oh! Air is fuel

Oh, air is fuel. Mama

Finish cooking those for me. Paula, I think that... See, that one needs a little bit more butter

And there's your tongs. You want me to put it on your ice? Yes, put them on my ice

All right, did you tell them that we also use garlic in the butter

No, I forgot. You can tell them. Well, that's what I thought. We also use garlic to taste while we're clarifying the butter

So don't forget your garlic. And also, when you're using tongs, make sure you got some about that long

Oh, yeah. Do this outside for obvious reasons. If you do this at home

Woo. Thank you, Bubba. Those look delicious, Paul. Yeah, get the ice cube, Bubba

Whoa. Look at that. All right, has the smoke about cleared out, Bubba

It's getting there. You know, the only thing is, when you get through, you might be too tired

to do anything with these oysters. All right

Who's feeling romantical? He's feeling romantical. Are you feeling romantical

I'm about to. There, take that baby. Okay. Tell me how romantical you're feeling

Mmm, look at that. That was good, didn't it? Yeah. Doesn't that look good

Yes, ma'am. Are you married? We're getting married next weekend. You get out

It's a matter. At Whitefield Chapel. Where you got married? Bethesda. Yes, ma'am

Oh, that's the sweetest little chapel. His dad's marrying us. Congratulations. Well, thank you

How wonderful. That was the best wedding I've ever been to. You know, like my wedding

It was wonderful. All right, now. This is honeymoon fuel, huh? Yeah, honeymoon fuel

I love that. All right, darling. Now, these shells get tremendously hot

they get as hot as like a... like a Brandon Aaron almost

So blow on that and feed that to your man. You can't have but one

because you're still a week away from the wedding. We'll be right back, y'all

Up next, fresh raspberries. Breakfast in bed. All right, feed us. in case y'all have just tuned in with us today we are having the most

romantical time aren't we y'all we're eating all those romantic foods We've got a couple right here that is just one week away from the altar

That's right. Oh, come on. Come on. Come on. All right. Listen, I'm fixing to fix one of my favorite foods that I love to feed Michael in bed

And you know what? I'd like to serve y'all breakfast in bed

Come on, get up in my bed. Get up there, Jonathan. Take off your shoes

Unless you normally sleep in shoes on, take them off. Dust your feet off

Here you go. Are y'all comfortable? Yes, ma'am. Well, Kim, I'm going to share this recipe with you. Okay

that's gonna ensure that you and Jonathan are gonna have a long, happy marriage together

Okay. Now listen, y'all behave over here. Okay? Okay. In fact, I'm gonna give y'all something to keep yourself busy

Thank you. How about some truffles? Do you like truffles? I do. These are great

Do you like fresh strawberries? Yes, ma'am. All right, now you lay back and relax, but keep your eye on me, okay

Okay. You got it. Keep both hands on the outside of the coast

Okay. My favorite meal to serve Michael Grover in bed is a praline French toast

Now, we're going to start with a loaf of French bread, and I'm going to cut this bread diagonally

maybe about an inch. And I've got me a casserole dish up here, Kim

that I've buttered very, very, very, Now I'm going to take our bread and I'm going to kind of just put it out on top of each other just like that

Alright, now I'm going to step over here and I'm going to make our custard

I'm going to start with eight eggs. all right now to our eggs i'm gonna add two cups of half and half and one cup of milk

one tablespoon of vanilla two or three tablespoons of sugar a half a teaspoon of cinnamon

a half a teaspoon of nutmeg. I'm going to pour this over my French toast

Now I'm going to cover this, and I'm going to put it in the refrigerator

and I'm going to let it sit overnight. Now this is what it will look like when you take it out in the morning

I'm going to top this with a praline goopy stuff. This is butter, brown sugar, pecans, a little cinnamon

and I'm just mixing it together, and I'm going to spread it over our soaked bread

How are y'all doing over there? We're good. We're behaving, I promise

You are behaving. Yes, ma'am. Two arms, okay, two hands. Are y'all feeling romantical

Yes, ma'am. You're talking about what you're going to be doing a week from now

All right, now I'm going to put this in the oven, and I'm going to let it bake for about 45 minutes

At 350 degrees. and then I'm going to pull it out and I'm going to serve it

with a raspberry syrup. You all like raspberries? Mmm. Alright, so in the oven we go

Look at them. Is that not sinful? Look at the butter. Look at the..

Look at that. All that sugar is going to make him so hyper, girl

Do you see that? It like an egg custard that been baked around that bread

All right, y'all watch this. You're watching, Jonathan? Good man. Oh, yeah

All right, a little powdered sugar. A few fresh raspberries and it's off to the bed we go

All right, let's see. There we go

All right. Oh, wow. Look at that. Wait, I'm not there yet

All right. We'll make room. He's done. All right, feed us

Thank you. There you go. Your turn, huh? I think it was the best I've ever had

Is it as good for you? Oh, it's good. Good. When we come back, y'all, the best wedding cake I've ever put in my mouth

My own! Oh no! My handsome groom, Michael

What a show this has been. And what better way to end the show with Molly Stone, the cake queen of Savannah, Georgia

That's what Molly's friends affectionately call her. She made the wedding cake for Michael and me when we were married

Y'all, this is the exact replica of the cake that she made for Michael in my wedding

Thank you, Molly. Well you know every wedding cake the top is supposed to be removed sealed up well and you supposed to share it with your mate on your first anniversary

Well, Michael and I was out of town on two anniversaries. We still have not eaten the top of our wedding cake

So, we're going to play a game here. I bet that I can reproduce my wedding cake in four minutes

I think with my direction, you can make it in three. That sounds like a challenge, but you know what

My life ain't been nothing but challenge, girl. So I'm going to take you up on it

Hey, Michael, bring your stopwatch out here. Oh, no! I love you

I love you, too. Molly, you take over. What about mine? Michael, these are beautiful

I picked them myself. Did you? Yes. I just love you. Thank you

I'm going to lay them right there. What a wonderful surprise. And you're so dressed up

Well, this is normal for me. Well, get over here, baby. Stand right over here by me

because I'm fixing to try to make this cake, get it in the oven in three minutes

Go. Okay. Three minutes. What do I need, Molly? Sugar. Sugar. Dump it, baby girl

Whoa. All right, what do I need now, Molly? Baking soda. Baking soda

Come right here, darling. What do I need now? Flour. Come on, flour

All right. We're going to mix the flour and the baking soda together

Dump it in there. Sift, sift, sift. No, baby! Oh, my way to blow it

That's all right. All right, come on. Get around here and see if you can do it

All right, sift that and then put it in here for me. One minute, six seconds

One minute, six seconds. All right, that's pretty good. All right. What do I need next, Molly

Turn that thing off. All right, eggs. Eggs, where are the eggs

Dump them in here, baby. Sour cream. Sour cream. Who's got the sour cream

Orange extract. Whoa. Spoon that out for me, honey. What? Orange extract

Okay, almond extract. Who's got the almond? How much time do I have Michael One minute and 45 seconds Well I didn have but one minute and five seconds so I go

Okay, that's enough. Turn it off. Okay, here we go. Two minutes

Boy, Heidi, this ain't the way my grandma would do it. It's new age

All right, there we go. How much I got? Two minutes and 45 seconds

Two minutes and 45 seconds. Fifteen seconds. Oh, that's what I've used up

I got 15 seconds. Does that look perfect or what, Molly? No

Five seconds. No. Four, three, two, one. Not bad, Paula

It even looks a good consistency. Look at that. It's perfect. Yeah

Molly, you're the best, baby. Thank you. All right, so are you

And that's all it takes. And Michael, do you know what we have missed

What? We've been married two years. Do you remember eating the top layer of our wedding cake

No. That's because you didn't. Do you know we were out of town on both anniversaries

Well, guess what I have here for us. Oh, great. This is the top to our wedding cake. Whoa

Look, and it's still got a piece from the flowers that were on top

So what you say that we end our time together with our friends by having our wedding cake

My goodness, look where the flowers were stuck, y'all

Look. It looks as good as it did, though, two years ago

Well, y'all bring on the cake for the audience. Do you know what

What? I would marry you all over again. Well, I'd marry you in a minute

Thank y'all so much for being with us. Until next time, love and best dishes from our kitchen to yours