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I've got the sweetest letter that somebody text to me.
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It is, (chuckles) takes a lot of eyeballs.
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This is from, excuse me, Emily Hill.
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And she said, I know you probably receive
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thousands of emails but I wanted you to know
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that you could be my granny's twin.
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I lost my granny in October on the 18th,
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a few years ago to cancer.
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She always loved you.
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For me to be able to watch your YouTube channel,
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I feel like I'm getting to see my granny again.
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That is so, so sweet Emily.
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you're happy when you see me.
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So thank you so much.
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And Emily has gone on to share one of her granny's recipes.
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And you talking about quick and easy?
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Store this in your refrigerator.
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It's a, let's see if she's put a name to it.
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I had a recipe that may not be a fancy recipe,
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but it was something my granny
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always made that was delicious.
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It was a macaroni and tomato salad.
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She would boil macaroni noodles, one pound.
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And she would put one 32 ounce can
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of petite, diced tomatoes.
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And she would add mayo until the mixture looks pink,
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and add salt and pepper to taste.
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And she would refrigerate it in a big pickle jar.
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- [Producer] Sounds like your pimento cheese.
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It's always there when needed.
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My youngest never got to meet my granny in person,
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so she also likes to watch you because she doesn't have
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a granny in her life to share in the kitchen.
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Well, I'll be your kitchen greeny. How about that?
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It would be an honor.
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cooked one pound of macaroni.
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So Emily, this makes a lot.
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32 ounce can of tomatoes.
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Now Emily, you didn't tell us how much mayonnaise
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do you use, so until it turns pink.
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And you know, I love macaroni salad.
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I used to make it a lot.
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But I hadn't made it in so long, but it's so good.
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just like you're baking macaroni and cheese.
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that mayonnaise and it just gobbles it up.
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So you may actually have to add more mayonnaise
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Okay. That looks pink to me. Does it to y'all?
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I might not have got a big enough bowl out.
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And I wish I had a pickle jar.
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'Cause I love storing things in glass jars
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especially my pimento cheese so I can see it,
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You know, before I start mixing too much let's go ahead
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What's beeping over there, Mikey?
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- [Producer] Is that the tablespoon?
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- [Paula] It's a teaspoon.
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I don't, she didn't say.
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She just said salt and pepper as needed.
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Ooh, that pepper. - That looks good.
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- Doesn't that look good? - Yeah.
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- [Paula] And I would like to eat this at room temperature,
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instead of being refrigerated.
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I love warm potato salad.
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goes into the refrigerator and gets cold,
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I don't want any more of it.
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- [Producer] That looks like something
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my husband could live off of.
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- Oh that's wonderful. - I would too.
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- [Producer] I was thinking the same thing, Eddie.
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- [Paula] Well guess what we're having
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for supper tonight, Eddie. (laughing)
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You have hit the jackpot.
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- [Eddie] I'm thinking I'm adding
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some mozzarella cheese and some basil to it.
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- [Producer] And that's the cool thing.
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You could add, depending on what spices and things you like,
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you could add so much to that.
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You could put ham in there.
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- And shrimp. - Chicken, yeah.
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- [Paula] Oh shrimp would be fabulous in it.
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All right, I'm gonna get us a fork.
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And, I'm gonna get us a spoon.
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- [Producer] I tell you the simplest of recipes
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always turn out to be the best.
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- [Paula] I love unpretentious food.
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There's your spoon, Eddie.
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- [Eddie] It looks like something,
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like at an old timey restaurant
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that would be on their salad buffet or something.
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- Great. - Delicious.
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- [Producer] It is delicious.
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- [Eddie] But I definitely think I'd like it chilled.
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- [Producer] I think, and again,
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I think this is one of those-
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- [Paula] I'm gonna double dip.
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- [Producer] Is even better the longer it sits.
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It's like pimento cheese.
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It's good the first time,
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but it just gets better and better.
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- And what's strange about it, Emily.
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I love the taste of the canned tomatoes.
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- [Producer] And you would have that,
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most people will have that in there-
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- In their pantry, yes.
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Well Emily, you're a sweetheart.
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And don't you ever apologize,
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because you're not sharing a fancy food with us.
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'Cause this is much better than any of those fancy dishes.
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And that's what we are.
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So thank you for sharing, honey.
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Best dishes and luck to you.
