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Paula is off this week for Memorial Day, but don't worry, we've got a mash up of all the fun on Positively Paula including why a small chicken is the best and Jamie's memories about how the Deen family split up a chicken and Paula's reflections on meal time. Later in the podcast the Deen family talks about comfort food - mac n' cheese and Bobby's favorite dish, his mama's goulash. After the break, Claudia shows Paula hot to make dessert from just dates.
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a small chicken to this day is still the
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best my mother always said Paula don't
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go bigger than a two and a half pound
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chicken that's a tall order for today
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but these breasts are so big look
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they're the size of my face that's a
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breast so I think that I'm gonna cut
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this breast in two which will work just
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fine for me because a lot of people like
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just the white meat so that'll give me
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like four breasts instead of two so
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that'll work out great and I always like
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the white made I would get the breast my
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father would get the breast and my
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brother would get a chicken leg or
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something or a chicken wing and so it
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was uh it was a momentous day for my
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father when he had to learn to eat dark
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meat because my brother had found out
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about the chicken breast and it was only
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one fryer so I would get one my brother
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would get one and then daddy would get
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skinnier because he would get a chicken
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leg or a chicken wing some people eat to
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live some people live to eat and I have
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to say I really I really love cooking
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for those that live to eat
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I think mealtime can be a very relaxing
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time when everybody's guards down it's
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just a good place to be because that
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should be one of the best times of the
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day is the times that you sit down and
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share a meal with your family it just
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doesn't get any better than that
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just doesn't get any better than that I
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think that it's just a it's one of those
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things where my mama makes better fried
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chicken at your moment no she died my
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mom makes better fried chicken than
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yours but I think I have a legitimate
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claim
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they call it comfort food for a reason
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and what's more comfortable than gooey
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cheese and pasta and sour cream so in
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the oven this goes as far as the recipe
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goes that's different from a lot of
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other people's recipes but maybe there's
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a lot of people that egg box mac and
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cheese and when they get our mac and
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cheese now when it's almost done yo I
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like to take it out and give it a stir
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macaroni and cheese is supposed to be
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decadent and delicious and creamy and
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cheesy and I'm gonna make us a quick
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little salad I can't say that this is my
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mama's cucumber salad though it's my
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aunt Peggy's qamar salad I know to this
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day my ain't piggie doesn't serve a meal
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that she doesn't have this cucumber
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salad my mama stole this from Mya Peggy
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how beautiful is that how simple
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in-house oh very southern but anyway you
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call me a couple of months back and you
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said mama I'm trying to make the goulash
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like you see it mm-hmm and it's it's not
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like you're do you remember what you
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told me yes I do remember
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okay well let's relive it hey mama okay
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I'm making your goulash and it just
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doesn't look like yours it doesn't smell
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like yours it's just not right this is
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not your goulash you said tell me the
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first thing you've done okay well I
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browned my meat and then I drained it
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wrong stop right there is where you say
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ppppp no now where's the butter hush
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baby maybe it'll go on the toast did you
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that when nobody's looking do you add
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butter to this am I
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I never liked yours cuz I've never put
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butter at the end I might did you put
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the butter in it
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no I didn't you lie I did not I didn't
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know her nope not one speck of butter I
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promise
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it's Casa I forgot would you really yeah
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I meant to well you know what I meant to
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put a couple of tablespoons in turns out
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it doesn't need it the space that you
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y'all remember the day I was God love
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Oprah Winfrey she had me on her show and
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I was making my grandma Paul silent
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cream pound cake and I was so excited to
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be there making this cake for Oprah I
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had those little glass ramekin bowls
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full of all my ingredients and that that
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mixer was going at full speed ahead and
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I dropped back glass ramekin into that
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flying mixer and my little Bobby was
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sitting in the first row here Jamie with
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a brand new
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because they was so proud that we had
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gotten on Oprah's show and icing was
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just hitting Bobby from every direction
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that glass bowl just flying around in
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that mixer and I was mortified I said I
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knew that glass boat was gonna break fly
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there put Oprah's eyes out and the world
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was gonna hate my guts and you know what
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is distressed as I was that turned out
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to be one of Oprah's most 25 favorite
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shows what are you doing with the day so
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I'm just gonna make basically a date
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paste how you make a zombie dessert it's
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magic see it's a day so all you do is
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just blend the dates and there you have
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so that's our dessert yeah it's already
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served there you go thank you
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well from my dessert all you have to do
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is with your beautiful hands you're just
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gonna mix all these things
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all right you won't we start rolling
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these and bow yes so usually what I do
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show Abby please taste that okay
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taste it I'm told me it's not delicious
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Paulo
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tell me sir it's delicious you don't
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like it no you have to like it that is a
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perfect medium-rare completely slap to
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dab perfect medium-rare and I brought my
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smashed potatoes to get them to a nice
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crusty topping I sure do wish L were
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here with me I would give anything if
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y'all could be here with me because
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you're just not gonna believe how
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delicious this stamp this beef
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tenderloin is and I'm so happy to be
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able to share it with y'all today I'm
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sorry guys I need a moment
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I really don't know which is the best
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job of $72.00 piece of meat or the two
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dollars worth the potatoes they're so
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perfect together this meat is incredible
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and you can eat every bite of it except
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that string that took off that's the
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only part that you're not gonna be able
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to eat and I don't know after I tasted
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the flavor of this set that string might
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not taste too bad hmmm the space that
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you live in really affects the way you
9:53
feel so my first recommendation is start
9:57
by updating your window treatments with
9:59
Smith & Noble Smith & Nobles beautiful
10:02
handcrafted blinds drapes shades and
10:04
shutters are custom made just for you
10:07
and they offer different service options
10:09
to fit your needs to get started today
10:11
contact Smith & Noble to get my special
10:14
limited time offer 25% off on your
10:18
window treatments plus free design
10:21
consultation create a space that you're
10:24
gonna love but details about my special
10:27
offer go to Smith & noble.com slash
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Paula that Smith & noble.com slash Paula
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or call one eight hundred six five nine
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3300 that's one eight hundred six five
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nine 3300
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