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you can see I'm not standing by my stove
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for the quarantine cooking videos that I do for y'all.
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Because today, I just want to share with y'all
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some of the sweetest things that people have sent to me
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or said to me, it touches my heart.
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And in a way I just, I can't believe,
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I just can't believe.
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So I want to share a few things with y'all,
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I just got this letter from Penny Lutes
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I just love and appreciate all your videos
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on quarantine cooking.
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With all of this free time
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I find myself in the kitchen as well.
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I have a recipe for Depression Spaghetti
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made with salt, pork if you are interested.
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It has been in my family as long as I can remember.
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Yes Penny, yes, I'm interested.
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Please send me Depression Spaghetti.
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I'd love to read up about it and read the history about it.
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Penny says it came from my aunt Boot
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who grew up in the depression.
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She made hers with salt, pork,
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and that is the only spaghetti I will eat.
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I wasn't sure if you'd heard of it or not.
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Thank you for bringing a little sunshine into my day.
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Hugs and best dishes.
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I can't tell you what your words do to me.
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God has just blessed me so much to be able to have
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contact with all the people that I do have contact with.
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So send me that recipe girl and we'll do it,
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Depression Spaghetti.
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I did the Depression Pie, remember the Water Pie, alright.
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And the next person I want to thank,
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does this look like anybody you know?
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- Well, the glasses are up on the forehead.
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- Yes and that's where they stay sometimes,
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like right up here and look how pretty my hair is.
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That hair is all dude it up with a pretty bow in it
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and they got my false eyelashes on look at those flappers.
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I wonder what she tastes like?
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I wonder if she's sweet?
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Let's see, I think I'll start with
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that bowl of strawberries.
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Ooh, she is sweet and so good.
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All right, don't shoot before I start talking
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but I guess for so many years
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y'all have heard me talk with my mouth full
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All right, I've got a thank you card
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from Marcy in Clarksville, Tennessee.
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It says Paula, love you
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Michael, Theresa, Eddie and the boys,
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the whole bunch of y'all.
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Yes, he is Marcy, he is so good.
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What you did, amazing,
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who you are, kind, thoughtful and appreciated.
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Marcy, your words are greatly appreciated.
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So I want to read to y'all about, that cookie is good.
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All right, let's see.
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look what popped out while I was making my granddaughter's
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10th birthday cookies.
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Why, a little Paula Deen,
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It kind of sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't it?
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The rest of them have got dark hair
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and I've got the white hair, these are so cute.
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She said, I just want you to know
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I have enjoyed your quarantine cooking videos so much.
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I watch them to wind down every night before I go to bed.
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They're like my bedtime story, laugh out loud.
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I have your magazines and three of your cookbooks.
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I have been watching you since the beginning.
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I look forward to YouTube videos,
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so I hope you do not get tired of making them anytime soon.
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They have made me a much better home cook
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during this quarantine.
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We planned to eat at your restaurant in Destin, Florida
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Keep on keeping on, Lord blessing keep you all.
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and thank your little granddaughter for sharing
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a Paula Deen cookie with me.
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All right, thank y'all.
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All the contact I have with y'all makes me feel
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like there's not even a quarantine going on
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cause I still know what y'all are doing.
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So I have been so excited to share this with y'all.
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Do you see this tablecloth?
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Can you get it Eddie?
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I should have ironed it, but I didn't.
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And I'll read y'all this letter,
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my son made Brandon made this tablecloth for you.
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He wanted to meet you and give it to you in person
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this summer at one of your book signings
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He is probably, literally your biggest fan.
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He loves going to Paula Deen family kitchen
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He has also been to the Lady and Sons Restaurant in Savannah
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and Paula Deen's Family Kitchen in Myrtle beach.
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In fact, he thinks all family vacations
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should be planned around Paula Deen restaurants.
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Oh, that's great Brandon,
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maybe you'll make it to Branson.
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We use his Paula Deen air fryer
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and multi cooker all the time.
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He said you should make an extra large multi cooker
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with a granite liner.
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Okay Brandon, I'll keep that in mind.
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Brandon is an adult with special needs.
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He has spoken to you before on the phone
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about your air fryer.
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He even prays for you and imitates your laugh quite well.
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Thank you for adding joy to my son's life.
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May God continue to bless you each day.
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Sincerely, Ginger Tyson.
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A gift from Brandon Tyson.
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So, it's just things like that,
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that almost make me emotional.
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To you think that somebody would care enough to take
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say a time from themselves,
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to just bring a smile to another person's face.
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So, I thank y'all so much
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for your love and support that you've given me
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and in fact, my whole family.
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So I hope you're not too disappointed
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that we didn't cook today,
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but we'll be cooking later.
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Love and best dishes y'all.
