Mile High Nachos

I bet you're saying, I didn't know Jeff Bopsworthy cooked

I like food a lot. And Jeff's going to make a southern queso dip to go on top of my mile-high nachos

My daddy was a great cook. He's a solenoid, y'all. He was. My dad was an interesting character

What you doing? I'm cutting this pepper in half. Well, now you know to be careful

I am. I'm talking about with the seeds. I know. The seeds are the hot part

Yes. You use that spoon to get them seeds out. I'm going to. All right

So I want to hear more about your daddy. Okay, so my daddy, he liked women a lot

And so when he was about 50, and I think he was between wife three or four or whatever

he says, I'm going to go take a cooking class. And I said, I've never seen you cook in your entire life

Man's never made a sandwich. And he said, I know, he said, but there's got to be a lot of women in a cooking class

I was going to say, he was going to meet a woman. And he was going to meet women, and he didn't meet any women, but he became a gourmet chef

and one of the best cooks you've ever known in your life. So you are toasting

or roasting your jalapeno peppers. Then I'm going to take about... You're going to brown some hamburger meat

I'm going to brown about 8 ounces of hamburger meat. And you got some homemade pimento cheese over there

I know I do We going to melt that homemade pimento I kind of hate to throw it in there because if you had a cracker we could wear that out I got me some garlic and I have diced me up a red bell pepper

And I'm going to saute these a little bit and a little olive. You're a much faster dicer than I am

No, not really. Not really, honey. I have to be careful, because when I get through at the end of the day

I sure do like to be able to look down and count ten digits

You know what I mean? So, Jeff, somebody told me that you used to work here in Savannah

I worked at IBM, but I worked with people that worked here in Savannah

You were not in comedy. No, I had a regular... I mean, I didn't know what I wanted to do

I was the guy in the break room doing impersonations of the boss and getting caught

You know, I was not headed up the ladder. And a bunch of guys I worked with used to go hang out at a comedy club

They were having a contest for working comedians. They entered me in and I won the contest

And this was in Atlanta? At the Punchline in Sandy Springs, right outside Atlanta

Uh-uh. So the first time on stage I've won. I think your ground beef is done. I think we're done

All right, now, if you want to drain it, there's a collander. We can

Most rednecks don't drain there. I'm not really worried about it, but if you want to, we can

I ain't worried about it. Let's don't do it. All right, we ain't going to worry about it. So now we going to add our pimento cheese all right Yes Let me tell you what I going to do Jess All right We going to put put our nachos together right here in this black cast iron skillet How that But I gonna heat these up just for a minute

I mean, and here's the truth. I've made a great living doing something I would have done for free

I'm two decisions from drywall involved. I mean, and to be able to make people laugh, what else would you want to do in life

I'm two decisions away from being a wallpaper hanger. That was one of my last careers towards the end

We could have had a business together. You and me could have had a business. I could have put the walls up, and you could have papered them up

Yes. But, I mean, it's like with you cooking, you would have done it for free, you know

Oh, absolutely, and I did for years. And so, you know, I often think about that

How many people make a living doing something that they love to do? There's nothing any greater

I'm adding black beans, y'all, to my peppers and my onions. Now I put two teaspoons of cumin

And now I'm going to add two chipotle peppers. All right, I'm taking these out because we just want them kind of warm

All right. This smells great. And they were... They smell great. Now I just put some white cheese in here

About two ounces of white cheese with the pimento cheese. What kind of cheese is that Just white American cheese I going to add some of your little woop Your mix it up up Yes That my house seasoning I know it but I like it Okay good When you mix it I putting a little salt in mine

Smell that right there. I can't singe my eyelids. But that's good, isn't it

Yes. Mm-hmm. Ooh, melted pimento cheese. Shut up, boy. Shut up. Put it on top of your head

Your tongue will beat your brains out. Try to get to it. Mm-hmm. This is going to be a good combination

So you got yearin', I got myrin'. Okay. So, let's make some nachos, honey

This is awesome. Isn't that pretty? Look at your presentation. Ain't it gorgeous

It's beautiful. and then you put the chips on the bottom yeah

we don't need no fork oh well come on baby lord have mercy

what you think that's daggum good that's stupid I don't care who you are

that's good right there