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- Y'all we stepping back in time today.
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This is one of those perfect meals that you can cook
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at the drop of a hat
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because there's a very good chance
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that you gon' have this in your pantry
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and to me, it's very retro.
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We would just talk and they say,
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"Yeah, welcome to the 70s."
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Eddie and Theresa said that, I said,
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"Oh no, the 60s and the 50s,"
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because I remember my grandmother Paula cooking these
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and mama, had served this a lot
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because it's a good nutritious meal
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and it doesn't break the bank.
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Now this is a can of salmon and it set to drain well.
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So I treat it just like I do tuna fish.
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I don't squeeze my tuna fish to get all the juice out of it
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so it won't be watery.
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This smells very good and you know what?
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There is nothing,
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any better than a salmon croquette
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along with a bowl of hot brits for breakfast.
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God knows and I got a call, my sweet Nita,
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Nita Jones.
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- [Theresa] A.K.A.
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- A.K.A Jelly Ro was with us for how many years, Theresa?
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Over 20. - [Theresa] Well, I'm only 18
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and she's got to be like,
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she had to have been 21 or 22.
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- Yeah, long time with us
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and I love her and she loves me and we keep in contact
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but I need to call her 'cause
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I haven't spoken with her since the quarantine.
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So I've got to do that.
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Eddie, remind me to try to find Nita today
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and make sure she's all right and don't need anything.
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But I tell you what, that woman made the best croquette
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you have ever put in your mouth
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and you know, I don't know.
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She would make it at breakfast time
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when we were cooking lunch,
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she cooked those salmon croquettes
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and they were ever more good.
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I'm gon' ask her today when I talk to her,
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how she made them croquettes so good.
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(laughs)
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But I will tell you this about Nita,
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'cause she and I went round and round.
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When she first joined the team, she said,
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"I gotta have some accent."
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(laughs)
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I said, "The only accent, girl you gon' to get
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"is what's coming outta your mouth."
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(laughs)
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I said, "Honey, that particular seasoning
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"is not real good for us,"
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and a lot of people actually have allergies.
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I know Cookie would get so sick if she accidentally
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ate something-- - [Theresa] 'Cause of the MSG.
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- Yes, because of the MSG and oh,
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it made Nita so mad with me
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but I said, "Honey, I can't help it.
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"I gotta watch out for everybody."
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All right now we've got,
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how much breadcrumbs did we put in here?
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- [Theresa] A half a cup.
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- A half a cup.
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Okay, well you have that half
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and because we're saving some, you know what?
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Now see, I am not opposed to the bones,
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the little bones that are in salmon croquettes.
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I'm just not opposed to 'em at all
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'cause they're so soft and, huh, you want what?
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- [Theresa] I'm going to check on something out here.
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- Okay, she's going to see a man about a dog, I bet.
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(laughs)
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You think, Eddie?
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I wonder if anybody knows what that means.
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Going to check a man about a dog.
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Alright, so I'm gon' put a little more.
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All right, so hopefully that one egg
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will cause it to bind together real good.
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I'm gon' wash my hands.
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All right, so actually I'm going to,
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the recipe calls for Italian bread crumbs
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but I'm gonna try, because I love the crunchiness,
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I'm gonna try the panko on that
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and I need just a little something, something
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to sit this on.
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I don't know where the blade went on this thing.
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- [Theresa] I though it was just me.
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I had the same problem earlier, I though it was me.
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- I know, what's up?
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Where did that blade go or was there ever a blade on it?
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- [Theresa] I don't think so.
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- Alright, so here we go.
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Hope I didn't squeeze too much juice out of 'em,
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I could have.
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Now you can make them any size you want to.
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I kinda like 'em little small,
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that way you can feel like you're getting a lot
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'cause you can have two, right?
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Oo, and I am going to love the crunch.
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You know what?
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Before I did that, I meant to spray 'em
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because this is one of those foods
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that you definitely need to spray.
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A lot of foods you don't need to but these we do.
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Okay, pretty, pretty.
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What y'all think?
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I'm gon' to add those breadcrumbs to that.
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What'd you think, Max?
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(laughs) Look at max.
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He thinks it sounds very good.
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These are very elementary, you can...
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Oh darn it, I forgot to spray it again.
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You can take these so many different ways
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if you want to, if you gotta mind to.
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I think I put more onions in 'em.
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My mother, well and course needed to,
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Nina might have put hers in the deep fryer,
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there at the restaurant
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but mama always just fried hers in a skillet.
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How about your mama?
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- [Theresa] Fried 'em in a skillet.
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- Eddie, did your mama make these?
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- [Eddie] No, I don't really remember having--
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- [Theresa] He didnt eat 'em
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but he doesn't need a budget meal in college.
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(laughs)
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- [Theresa] I'm kidding.
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- Theresa said Eddie was rich.
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He didn't need a budget meal.
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- [Theresa] And I have no idea why I said that.
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If you haven't had salmon food,
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that's exactly what makes me think.
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- He's told me that he grew up in a tremendously big house.
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- [Theresa] I was gonna say you have a lot of siblings,
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don't you? - He's one of nine.
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- [Theresa] Oh yeah, your mama
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must've made salmon croquettes
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and you just don't remember.
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- [Eddie] No, I don't remember having 'em.
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- What did y'all eat?
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- [Theresa] You had to feed nine and you had to buy,
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what would that be?
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Almost five or six cans of salmon,
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it ain't as cheap anymore.
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- Did your mother ever fry chicken?
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- [Eddie] No, it's funny the first time
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I ever had fried chicken,
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I think I was a senior in high school.
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I finally had KFC once
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but really fried chicken wasn't until I moved down here.
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- [Theresa] But did your parents feed,
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your mother feed you?
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- [Eddie] We had, you know it's funny.
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My father really wasn't a casserole person
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so we never had casseroles.
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We were a--
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- [Theresa] Is it steak and potatoes?
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- [Eddie] We were a steak and potato family, yes.
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- And they had a lot of lamb too, I think.
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I heard Eddie talk about lamb.
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- [Eddie] Yes, we loved lamb.
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- That's call red chain.
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(laughs)
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I remember one time I begged my mama to buy some lamb chops.
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- [Theresa] That was a big day in our house.
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- And they were so awful.
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She had put 'em in the trash.
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She was so mad with me.
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She said, "Do you know how much those cost me?"
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- [Theresa] Now my mama liked lamb chop.
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That was a special occasion.
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- Never, alright.
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So what else besides, Mr. Rich Breaches.
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(laughs)
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- [Eddie] You would have my parents
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just dying laughing right now.
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(laughs)
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- Filet mignon.
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Did y'all eat a lot of filet mignon?
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Oh, I'll tell you what they ate a lot off, lobster.
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(laughs)
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- [Theresa] That's true 'cause that's where you lived.
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Eddie, we're just having fun with you.
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I'm sure your mom made spaghetti.
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- [Eddie] Yes, spaghetti.
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You know that's funny.
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- Doesn't sound like she made it much.
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- [Theresa] I'm trying to help him out here
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and you're working. (laughs)
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- [Eddie] That was usually when my parents
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went out to dinner.
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They made the goulash
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but we called it American chop suey.
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- American chop suey?
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- [Eddie] Yeah, that's a new England thing, I think.
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- All right, so Eddie came from New Hampshire, y'all.
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I can't never remember the name, Madison?
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- [Eddie] Manchester.
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- Manchester, I knew it started with a M.
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Manchester, New Hampshire.
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- [Eddie] New Hampshire.
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- I never met his dad but he's got a wonderful mama.
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I've met some of his brothers and sisters.
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I think I've met two sisters maybe and a brother?
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- [Eddie] Yes.
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- Nice family but there was a lot of 'em.
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They were like the Brady Bunch.
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Eddie's father's first wife passed away.
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She was sick and she passed away
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and his mother had been in the same position.
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So they just said, "Well, let's just mix it all
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"into one bowl."
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- [Theresa] Oh, like in the Brady Bunch.
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- That's what I just said.
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I thought that was one I just said.
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- [Theresa] Well, I think you might have.
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(laughs)
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- [Eddie] Well actually my dad...
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- Your mother had never been married.
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- [Eddie] No, no, yeah.
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- That's right, I forgot.
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- [Eddie] We all have the same father.
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- I forgot, your mother had never been married.
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She met your dad who already had four children.
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- [Eddie] Five children.
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- Five children, okay,
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and then together they had four, right?
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- [Theresa] That's an impressive lady.
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- I know.
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- [Theresa] She takes in five children under her wing
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and makes them her own.
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- Yes and Eddie considers them just like I did baba,
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a full brother. - [Theresa] I just love how
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we've taken a trip down memory lane
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along with our salmon croquettes.
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(laughs) - [Eddie] That I never had.
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(laughs)
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- That he never had.
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Oh, I was so happy, y'all
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when they start identifying who they are.
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It's great so you know not to pick it up.
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So you just ring away.
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- [Eddie] Okay, let's take a little break.
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- Okay, we gon' take a little break while I load.
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All right, we're gonna cook these for 10 minutes, y'all.
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No, five minutes and then I'm gon' turn 'em
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and cook 'em for five more.
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Okay everybody, they've cooked for five minutes.
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Now, I'm gonna spray them
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and then I'm going to flip 'em over
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and they really look very tasty
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and not gon' to be ladend in grease.
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So like I said, if you want some things to brown,
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you really do need to spray 'em
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but it's not often that I feel the need to use that spray.
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Five more minutes. (cooker whirring)
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And come on over here and while that five minutes,
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while we got five minutes, y'all
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I'm gonna just make a quick lemon dill sauce.
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Now I don't remember my mother actually making a sauce.
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I know som folks like a chipotle or (mumbles).
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Like I said, I'm gon' make just a very small amount.
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So I'm gonna add a little
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lemon pepper and a little dill.
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I wish I had some fresh dill but I do not.
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We've got to get some for them,
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our little things out here, Eddie.
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See what kinda luck we can have.
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Okay, now I'm gonna just give it a squirt of lemon.
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I'm coming. (laughs)
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I'mma coming, y'all.
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And this is gonna be all in the world that we need.
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I'm running that through my fingers, y'all
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so that I don't get any seeds.
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All right, I'm gon' give it a taste and see what we got.
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I think it's very good.
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Dried herbs are not as strong, it sounds crazy.
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Dried herbs are stronger.
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Yo, hush! (mumbles)
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Dried herbs are stronger than fresh herbs, y'all.
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So if we were using fresh, we wouldn't have to use more,
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almost double what it called for it if we were using dry.
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So that's what we're gonna do.
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That dill makes it real pretty.
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(cooker whirring)
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I don't wanna think my knives need sharpening.
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Leaves are not pretty.
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Pretty, pretty, pretty.
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Okay, has it been five minutes, Eddie?
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Does it look like it's fixed in a bing?
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Lemme just look, look how good those look.
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I'm actually gon' spray 'em again.
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Pick back up and I'm using a canola spray, y'all
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which I think that's as healthy as anything, don't you?
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Do y'all know canola, all?
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Ain't that one to healthiest?
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That peanut oil, believe it or not,
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peanut oil is right up there with healthy.
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- [Theresa] The extra virgin olive oil.
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- Olive oil, yeah.
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I don't care for extra virgin olive oil.
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To me, it's way too strong, I use the light.
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Okay, what do you think, has it been five minutes?
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- [Theresa] I say they're done.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, we've been filming for six so.
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- I'll say they're done too, yeah.
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Okay, so here we go.
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Yummy, yum.
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And I like odd numbers.
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So I'm just gonna do the three.
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It looks very good and what did that cost us?
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Maybe a couple of bucks.
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Theresa, do you know how much that cost?
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- [Theresa] Oh. - The salmon?
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- [Theresa] Maybe $2 for the can.
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- Yeah, so it's a very economical meal
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and one that is, it's got a lot of health benefits
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for your family too. - Oh, salmon's great for you.
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- So I'm gonna bite into it and see
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if they're as good as Nita's, which I know they won't be.
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Nobody could make a salmon croquette like Nita
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but here's to ya, Nita, I'm trying.
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(chuckles)
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That thing's hot as a firecracker, I see it just steaming.
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Now I do like the crunch that we gave it
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with the panko, yeah. - [Eddie] Panko.
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- Hear that?
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Okay, I'm gon' try.
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- [Theresa] Panko wasn't existing in the stores
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back in that day.
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- I think it's delicious.
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- [Theresa] Is it as good as Nita's?
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- Well no. (laughs)
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- [Theresa] She probably puts more onion
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and some garlic in hers.
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- Yeah but this, it's still really good, come taste it.
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You know what I would think I would almost put in it
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to make it a little more moist?
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I think I would put some mayonnaise in it.
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- [Theresa] I thought we put mayonnaise in everything.
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- I know, take that one bite
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and get just some lemon sauce.
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Get you some sauce, girl.
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- Hot double dippin'.
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Oh, I think they're good.
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No offense to Nita 'cause I love her, yum.
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- I would just like to see 'em a little bit more moist
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and to get that, I would spoon in
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a third of a cup of mayonnaise when I was mixing 'em.
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- [Theresa] That's a very good healthy version.
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- This is a very good healthy version.
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Bon Appetit, y'all. (laughs)
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