Rainy Day Barbeque Party

Hey, y'all

Tonight on Paula's Party, we're taking the grill inside for a rainy day barbecue

Queen of Talk, Rosie O'Donnell, is going to be making barbecue beer in the rear chicken

Don't open it, Rosie. It's going to speak. Good morning, America's weatherman

Sam Champion is grilling up a perfect storm pizza. And Food Network's own first family of barbecue

The Neelys are doing a potato chip, crusted mac and cheese, y'all

So put away that umbrella and let's party! Woo! Hello! Hello

Hello! I guess y'all are wondering why I'm got on a rain slicker and carrying an umbrella

Well, today is all about rained-out barbecues. You know, just because rain comes don't mean you've got to cancel it

You know, you just bring it inside. And that's what we're going to do today

But let me tell you something. There is somebody waiting right around that curtain

She's smart. She shoots from the hip. And I love her to pieces

Y'all, please welcome my buddy, Rosie O'Donnell. Come on, Rosie. Hi. How are you

Hi. Hi. Hi. How long are you? Thank you. I knew you were beautiful

My husband. Hi, I read about you in the book. You're delightful

Hi. Table three. Hi. Hi. Wow. Paula. Rosie. You know what

You're giving your stuff away. Honey, get those girls in. These are drooping for a reason, though

Mine, too, honey. You hit 46. Do you know what? I love you. I love you, too

And I read your book, and I loved your book. And I love your husband, who I read about in the book

I love him, too. Yes. He's got that great kind of almost Santa look

Yes. Nice. Now, I'm so happy you're here in New York. I can't say what it brought to me for you to be my first guest

Oh, honey. You know, Rosie and I recently just met y'all. The last time I was on The View, she was..

The what? No, yes. No, no, I'm teasing. No negativity, it's all positive

Yes, we were on the view. You were right there at the end. At the end, yeah

I was so close to making it fall up, you know? I was like, hold it together, O'Donnell

Don't strangle the little one. You know, I was trying so hard. And then one day it was like, you don't love me, you know

She was like, you're right, I don't. I am out of here! But, you know, a girl can..

Listen, you and Elizabeth are not still doing that, are you? No, no, no

Come on, let's fight. Let's go fight. All right, we never really got to that point

It probably would have been good. Got a little aggression out. But she had her baby

I emailed her, and she emails me back occasionally. You know, I email a lot, because frankly, I've got a lot of free time

Now, all right. You know, Paula, I just want to ask you something. And I want to tell you something

When I have a barbecue and it rains, I really don't know what to do. Oh, my God

Do you have any ideas, Paula? Do you? Yes, I do. What do you have ideas for

Yes, I do. Gosh. Let me, I want to tell you one of the favorite things that my family loves for Michael and me to cook on the grill

And that's beer in the rear chicken. Beer in the rear chicken

Yes. All righty. What are we going to do? How do you do that, might I ask

Well, it's so easy. The first thing we're going to do is I want you to mix up a rub

Okay. We've got salt. All of it? Yes. Okay. We're going to dump everything in that bowl

We've got a sweet paprika. Yes. We've got brown sugar. Uh-huh. Celery salt

Celery salt. Who knew they made that? I'm going to have to sniff this to see what this is

That may have been time. This is probably oregano. All right. All right

That was mustard that you put in. You put in cumin. Cumin. And that's cayenne pepper

Cayenne pepper. Uh-huh. Okay. So be careful. Now, that brown sugar lumped

Yes. It lumped. That's all right. If you'll put bread in your brown sugar when you open it, y'all, it'll keep it soft

Can you just say it one more time? Bread in your brown sugar? Bread in your brown sugar

If you put bread in your brown sugar. White bread in your brown sugar. Okay. I'm going to use that sometime in my life

Bread in your brown sugar. Oh, jeez, the beer. Stop production! Get the beer

Okay. Don't be crazy. Don't open it. Don't open it, Rosie. It's going to..

I'm going to open it, Paul. No, I wouldn't. Do we have another beer

What is this, a beer? Are you really going to open the... Ah! They said to pour out half, and I think we just did

Okay. Well, I was going to get you to drink, and I thought you'd enjoy drinking it

I do, but it's warm. You got a cold one? I could drink during this segment

Look at that. Oh, there's another warm beer under the counter. Yes. Look in there

Okay, go ahead. All right, so you either drink... Yeah. Half. It's warm, Paula

You won't some. It's warm, honey. I know. I don't like it. In January, I cut the beer. You know that

I heard that you did. Not liquor on the whole, because people are like, oh, you're sober

I'm like, no! Just the beer, because the calories, you know? Yes. Like, vodka's cheap in calories, isn't it

Gin. Let's get rid of all those rubber things. But they're very fun little cups

All right, now, you know, a very important step to cooking when you're cooking meat, Rosie, is rubbing your meat

rubbing your stuff into your meat. And to get it seasoned. So what we're going to do is we're going to take a couple of tablespoons of this

and I want you to just rub that meat. Rub it. Or turn that bird over

There you go. Oh, I never knew you had to do the backside. Yes. The backside. And sprinkle some on the inside, too

Beer in the butt. Beer in the butt, chicken. You need to get the seasoning on the back and the front

Uh-huh. And inside. And a little inside. Oh! Is that even an opening

Yeah, it is. But it's not as big as this one. That's what I was saying

Those didn't look big enough. Okay. Now, I think we have to take a break, Paula Deen

Yes, we do. But first, before we take a break, we got to put our beer here. And we got to stick our chicken

Choke the chicken on the beer can. All right. Y'all don't go anywhere

Yeah. I got one of the most wonderful women in this whole entire world in the kitchen with me today

Oh, me! And we're having a great time on Paula's Party. This is Paula's Party

It's Friday night. You watch the Food Network, and we'll be back with more beer-in-the-butt chicken for barbecues inside

I couldn have said that better myself Yeah Next for beer chicken with lady Rosie O Whoa Ah I don cook a lot That spared me

Apparently, I don't either. Now, Paula

Welcome back. All right. Paula, we didn't tell the people. We didn't tell the people how much to cook it

I know. We didn't tell them. You know, it really depends on if you're outside cooking this on real fire, y'all

But since our barbecue got rained out, Rosie, we're cooking it in the oven. It got rained out

So we're going to... Yes. Because when there is rain, it's very sad on your barbecue

So you have to bring it inside. Yes, you have to bring it inside. and, uh..

Don't ever leave home without these buttons. You didn't hit the water, did you

I hit wind. Okay, hit the wind. It's like a train in the distance

That is not wind. Oh, my God. Yeah, our hair. My hair, I'm sorry. Wouldn't that be funny if they put a fan on

and our hair went like that when we did wind? And you'd see every weave I've got in my hair

Do you have a lot of weaves? Can I feel the weaves? Oh, please feel them. Oh, there's a ridge

There's a bumpy ridge of a weave. Now, for me, do you know what I had to do

Because my hair is too thick. You've got too much hair. I know. Look, I had to shave off the back

Do you see that? Look at this, y'all. See this? And what is this

Who's looking at me back here? That's me. That's my eye. Is it

Yeah, see? One eye's open and one eye's shut. That's right. It's because we're constantly learning how to close our eyes to some things and open our

eyes to another. Isn't that nice and spiritual? That is so nice

Yeah, you know what? I did that. I did that the day after my trial ended. Do you remember when I was being sued

Well, you don't, probably, because it was only... No, I don't. I got sued, the magazine. It was a horrible thing, but they were going to take all my money away

The day that they didn't, I called up the guy and said, I want you to put something on the back of my neck

and I never want to see what it is. And he did it, and he's from... No. Yeah, he's from Bombay, and he said

Rosie, that is because we always have our eyes close to the truth, but sometimes we open them

Okay! Good enough for me. That's pretty good, Rosie. Tell them what you got in your box

I'm not telling you until you tell them how much to cook their chicken. Tell them. All right

So if we're going to do it inside, in the house, in the oven, we're going to cook it, y'all, at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Okay

Then we're going to lower the temperature to 325 degrees, and we're going to continue to roast it for about an hour and a half

Now, Paula Deen, I got your little gift. No, you did not. Yeah, because I knew it was your first show

and I read your book, and I love you, and I heard all the news about your little grandson

Oh, gosh, she's precious. And I had some photos emailed to me from your staff

No, you did not. And I went to the craft store, and I purchased a box, and then I made you because I'm crafty

Oh, if this wasn't enough, ladies and gentlemen, when you open the box, on the little drawers, there are even more photos of the baby

Y'all, this is one of my favorite pictures of my little Jack

Little Jack here. I made him a little thing for you, Paul, because I love you so much

Rosie, I just love you, too. I love you. And this is for jewelry or knickknacks or whatever you want

And it's very easy. It's adorable. Yeah. Can I tell you that I saw you the other day on Good Morning America with your book

Rosie has got a craft book called Crafty You. Because there's a crafty you inside

There is a craftiness inside of all of us. Yes. And we got to craft our tail right on over here to this barbecue sauce

Go, go, asparagus. What are we doing? Well, we're going to do yours. What? Oh, jeez

Sorry. Sorry. I don't cook a lot. That scared me. Apparently, I don't either

Oh, and she's quick. She's quick. She's pretty. She's funny. And she can cook

All right, now I want you to dump those onions in there. Well, you just did it. Along with that garlic

Okay, you do it. I'll stir it. All right, so I want you to stir it. I'm stirring. Now, what are we making

There we go. First of all. We're making a barbecue sauce for our chicken. Oh, yes. Very simple ingredients, y'all

I started with what I was hoping was going to be a little vegetable oil

Uh-huh. And it turned out to be like a medium amount of vegetable oil

Yeah, well. And I'm going to put a little salt in it. Just a pinch

Just a pinch. Mm-hmm. Pinch of pepper. Pinch of pepper. And we're going to just cook those until they're kind of transparent

Okay, I'll do that part. Then we're going to add mustard, a prepared mustard, cayenne pepper, brown sugar, lemon juice, water, apple cider vinegar, and ketchup

Okay. Oh, and a little squirt of Worcestershire. Worcestershire? Is that how you say it

We say A1, frankly. In New York, that's all we use is A1

Whoa! What? Chase, there's a lot of stress in cooking, which is why I don't recommend it, frankly

You know, people, restaurants deliver. I don't know if you heard that, but they do. So I added your mustard

All right, now pull your ketchup out. And we're going to let this simmer for about 10 minutes

All righty. We're going to take a quick break, and when we come back, we're going to rub this sauce

all over our chicken. Okay. We'll see y'all back in a minute

Don't go anywhere. Rosie O'Donnell, y'all. Next, y'all, more beer in the rear

chicken, and Rosie's family asparagus recipe. And later, y'all, Good Morning America's weatherman, Sam Champion

is gonna be forecasting a perfect storm pizza. Thank y'all, thank y'all. Welcome back

All righty. So we was talking about your book. Uh-huh. You know, and I love the fact you and I both are kind of working towards the same thing

I'm working to get that family around that table. Nice. And you are too

Yeah. I'm doing it through food, and you're doing it through crafts, which I think is fabulous

You know, it's just like your children learning to cook. It makes them feel good about themselves

It makes them feel accomplished. And the same thing happens when they create these wonderful crafts

Yeah. And my hat is off to you. Well, thank you, because it is the same thing

And, you know, Kelly was a great cook, and she cooks for the whole family. Speaking of Kelly, let's move on down here

Okay. And you keep talking. Oh, because we're making Kelly's asparagus recipe

We are, because she is really good, and barbecue is her specialty. But she says to me that when she cooks, she feels as though it's art for her

Absolutely. This is how she expresses herself. Absolutely. But for me, it's crafts

Cooking can be therapeutic just as crafting can be. Yeah. Give me a glue gun and a paper clip

I can make a chandelier. You know what I'm saying? You drizzle something. Yeah, let's put it

Yeah, let's drizzle. So you take off this part of the asparagus. What is this? Because it's apparently really bad

Alzheimer's vinegar. And then you put some... Yeah, this is a chalky, tough end, you know

See how it splits? You don't want that. Just so you know. I wouldn't even do that if I was on Survivor

You don't like asparagus? Not the raw chalky parts. Okay. You're drizzling

Uh-huh, I'm drizzling. Uh-huh. And then we're going to grill. And this is just..

Yes, actually, we are. But we're going to toss this first. We're going to let this marinate

Okay. And toss some salt and pepper on it. Is this feta cheese? Yes, it is, baby, but we got to cook the asparagus first

Okay, but I just want just a little something. Okay, well, touch it. Eat it. Nothing like a good hunk of feta

Do you know once I was in Savannah making a movie I know that I love Savannah Oh you did so you come back You were supposed to be to our house this summer You promised me jet skiing on the lake

No, that would be last summer. Honey. I got home from the view

I said, Rosie's gonna come. She's gonna bring her young'un, and we're just gonna have the best time

Those were the days. And we sat there and waited. I cooked biscuits and everything. Well, thank God

Now I'm getting your phone number. Michael, you give me that phone number, because this witch gave me some machine

that she never checks. Okay. Now, let's go. What do we do? You know, I don't. Well, wait

We're going to let those marinate. Okay. See right there. Oh, the magic of the food network. And then we're just going to throw them on the grill

Throw them on the grill after they're marinated. Wow! Woo! It looks like David Copperfield

Whoa! Now, you be careful. I'm telling you. Your weave will go up in a second

Do you wear false eyelashes? No. Oh, I do. They'll burn, too

Yeah, be careful, honey. I remember one time when I was, like, 21 years old, I was wearing them

And I went to get something out of the oven. I said, whoo-hoo, that was a hot oven

Yeah. And about an hour later, I went to the bathroom. I had no eyelashes. Okay, well, move right down there a second

Uh-huh. Because I don't want to burn you. This is a beer-in-the-butt chicken

We're taking it out now. It's cooked at the appropriate... Look at this, Rosie. Oh, that is fantastic

Is that not beautiful? All right, now, Rosie, you have to be... Whoa

I don't know. You have to be very, very careful now When you take your chicken off the beer, because that beer can is hot

Hot, hot, hot, hot. So, I tell you what. What? Do you want to hold the bird or grab the beer

Beer, honey. I'll always go for the beer. No. Okay, you take this right. Okay, I'll grab the beer

No, here, you take that. Oh, jeez, that's a lot of stress. They didn't tell me they'd be cooking

Okay. See how hot this is. Oh, jeez. Oh, Louise. Can you pull that beer out? No

No. I'm sorry. No, but I'm not a gynecologist. I can't go in there and get it out of there

You know what? It's disintegrated. You get it out. All right, you know those things that they use when you have a..

I sure do. Oh, look at you. Pull that out, beer in the butt

Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. That looks fantastic. Look

Now, are we going to get to taste on this? Yes, honey. Get you a plate. Okay. Because I'm going to cut you some chicken

All right. I'm going to stir. Okay. Whoa, that looks wonderful. Sure does. Paula Deen. Buy her book. So good

So honest. How did your kids like it? Were they mad at all that you told all the dirty secrets

They said mama. Mama. We love you, mama. All right, so let's put some sauce on

All right, let's get some sauce on there. We'll have a little taste. All right, pull your, pull your, there you go

You know who came to my book signing the other day? Who? Victoria Gotti and her mother

Now, who is that? I love that you don't know who that is. Rosie. How many people from New York

know who that is? He was the real Tony Soprano in real life

and he died in prison. Yes. And he came to your books hand and dead

Yeah. That would have been a good story. His wife and his daughter

Oh, his wife and daughter. It was like royalty for me. You know what I mean? Why is it

Because if you grow up on Long Island, that's all you heard about when you were growing up. The Gottis, the Gambinos

the whole thing. Really? I so don't get out much, Rosie. You know

Paula, the chicken is fantastic. And you're fantastic. And I just want to tell you

a little bit about my wonderful new book, Crafty University. It's just for families to hang out together

It teaches you how to talk to your kids and play with your kids. Is this your children

These are my four children. There you go. That's Chelsea. There's Vivi. Adorable. There's Blake

There's Parker. And that is me. Adorable. Mama. I have to tell you a story that

happened last week. I want to hear it. Okay? I'm downstairs in the craft room

They're upstairs in the closet going through stuff. Chelsea goes, Mom, can we paint these things

I go, what things? I don't know. They got, like, points on them. I go, do they have a plug

She said, no, there's no plug. I go, you can paint them. So I'm waiting there, and all three of them walk downstairs, and they're holding

Oh, my God. These. Her image. My kids. No. Paint it

And this is actually Vivi's, that Vivi painted this. And she said, Mama, what are those things

Anyway, I said, oh, they're just something you get if you've been on TV long enough

Because I didn't want them to feel bad, you know? But I also feel weird about having them displayed in my house

because it's like, hi, I'm famous, and here's the proof. Now I have them up in my house

When they're painted, I think they're art. What a wonderful dear story

Paula Deen, you're a delight. Oh, no, you are a delight. Oh, no, it's you. I tell you, it's you

No, I love you. I love you. Wherever we go, whatever we do, confetti

What happens? There's not... All right, we'll be back right after this. Don't go anywhere, y'all

Next, Good Morning America's weatherman, Sam Champion, grills up a perfect storm pizza

Thank y'all. Thank y'all. Welcome back. We're having so much fun today at our rained-out barbecue

that we've moved into the indoors. We're going to move on to our next guest

And this guy, y'all, there's a very good chance that this is the guy you roll over to first thing in the morning

No, and it's not that guy you picked up at the bar last night. This man brings us the weather

He is the weatherman on Good Morning America. Y'all, please welcome Sam Champion

Come on out. How are you guys? How are you guys? Hi, beautiful

I'm great. I'm great. How are you? I'm good. You know what

I thought you were so cute with my sons. You have some nice boys

You really do. Thank you. And they're well-behaved. Thank you. Unlike their mother

And they do good TV. I'm going to show you how to put together a wonderful barbecue pizza

All we have to do is kind of put the last finishing touches on our pizza dough

And, y'all, we're using a frozen pizza dough that you can find in the freezer section at your grocery store

Or you can make it from scratch. Or you can even buy the store-bought, already cooked pizzas

I've done that. The round ones that you can just put the stuff on and do that. Yes, and they're very, very good

Now, all we're going to need to do is just sprinkle it with a little flour. Okay

And you just take your... See, and now already the implements are scaring me. No

Because I could hurt somebody. If I dropped that and did something... Don't be scared. One of you might go down today, so everybody heads down

Just roll like that? Uh-huh. Just roll it. Did you ever hear about the day I went on the Oprah show and I dropped the glass bowl into the moving mixer

Did they show that? Yes. Did they show it? Did you scare Oprah? Oh you know she got so tickled and I got so tickled after I realized that the glass was not breaking and I had not blinded her I mean I could just see the headlines Paula Deen blinds the queen

Yeah, that's... I was shaking in my boots for a minute. So anyway, all right, so how long have you been on Good Morning America

Right around the two-year mark, really. Do you know what? I have to tell you this. All right, now get your olive oil and come on over here and put a light coating on your crust

That one? Okay, brush that on there? Yes. Okay. All over it

All over it, baby. Don't miss a spot. No, no. I'll get it. But so anyway, Good Morning America was my first national TV show

Was it really? Yes. Spencer Christian came to Savannah, did a piece in the restaurant, and he was the sweetest man

A great guy. And I was so frightened. But when I went on the show, I could feel my voice shaking, y'all

And I was cooking hoe cakes. It is a little scary, isn't it? I was cooking hoe cakes

All right, now, honey, quickly brush this side. Do the other side, too? Yes. That's perfect, Sam

How's that? Very good. All right, now, we've got some barbecue sauce

What I want you to do is just toss enough to just moisten the chicken

Okay, so throw it all in the bowl? I don't have to worry about it? Well, no, not all of it. Just some of it

All right, now, look at our crust. And this is not going to take but, like, maybe a minute

Honey, do it any way you want to. All right, I'm going to use fingers. You guys don't mind, do you? Look at that crust, Sam, how quickly that did up

That looks delicious. Doesn't it look delicious? Out of all the years that you've been doing this, Sam, who is your favorite guest

Oh, that's really easy. Carol Burnett. Oh, God. Because when I was a kid, and I would sneak downstairs to watch TV, The Carol Burnett Show

because I was not supposed to be downstairs at that hour, and I would sneak downstairs and bring a pillow and kind of hold it over my face

and watch television and laugh into the pillow so that I didn't get caught. Well, years later, my mom would tell me that I was really loud

They knew I was down there, but I was having such a good time, they'd leave me down there for that one show, and they'd let me get away with it

And I just wanted to meet her because she was just the best thing on television

She's a genius. She is. She's a genius. And I got to spend a day with her in California. Oh, how fabulous

Well, you know, she is one of my heroes, too. I had an uncle, my Uncle Bob, that was in the modeling business

And he met Carol, and they dated. And I don't know if you remember this, Carol, but you almost became my aunt

Really? Yes. That's a good Carol Burnett story. Isn't that a good Carol Burnett story

And I have always loved her so much. Everything that I was hoping she would be, because, you know

They say she is. Yeah, and when you see people on television, you're always wondering, well, are they really that funny

And sometimes you're disappointed. There are some people that you kind of go, oh, I thought you'd be, you know, a little different

I thought you'd be funny. Yeah. I thought you'd be nice. Oh, you're going to make me cry

All right, so now we've got two different cheeses. Got the chicken on. Yes, we've got our chicken on

I layered a little thin, thin coating of barbecue sauce on our crust

All right, so now all we have to do is just add a little cheese. Okay. And then I'm going to throw a little pepper, and you throw some onions on

I hope you like all this stuff. I do. This is all good for me. This almost kind of looks like papaya, doesn't it

Well, it does. Is that yellow bell pepper? Yes, yellow bell pepper. Well, you know the scary thing about this

You teach me how to make this, and I'll probably end up eating it every day because there aren't that many things I know how to do

So when I know how to do something, I tend to do it every day. Well, you need to tune in to my show

I'll tell you what, honestly. And then you can have a more balanced diet. Do you know what I've started doing with your show

Why? Because I get hungry when I watch your show. I do too. I turn the sound down because it just sounds too good

but then I try to kind of like follow along. But I swear, I get hungry

and I go to the kitchen and snack after I watch the show. You know, I am the same way

Once in a while, I'll catch my show, and I'll say, Dad, gum, that looks so good

It almost makes me want to go make it. It is absolutely the truth. All right, now, we're going to put this in the oven, Sam

Oh, no, we're not, because guess what? What? Our oven's full of our pizza that's already cooked

So, let's... So we're going to leave it there and imagine. Yes

If we did. We're going to pull out our pizza. Oh, that looks so good

And this is done. Doesn't that look delicious? Now, we actually baked that at about 375, 400 for just five minutes because everything was done

Because we had grilled our crust here. The chicken was done. Cooked, right. Yeah

So, you know, just long enough to get it hot and bubbly. Do we get to cook

All right. Yeah. You want me to move it over here to our board. Well, I like. And then you can cut us a piece

That's good. What do you do? On this, is it long slices to make squares

You can cut it, you know, like down the middle. Okay. And then that away so you have like square pieces

Okay. Or you know what? You can eat the whole thing just like this

You know, depending on how big an eater you are, honey. And you know I will. All right

That's a perfect thing. How's that? You're a champion. Thank you, my lady

All right. So let's put this on our plate. Okay. And look what I've got here for us

Oops. Okay, now what is it? What is it? That's sour cream, honey

Oh, good. Diet sour cream. Yes. On your diet crust. Yeah, on my diet crust and diet pizza

All right, now I've got a question to ask you. What, what, is there one food out there that just, like

sends you over the top that you can't get enough of? Well, you know I'm a Southern boy

I know you are. Then where'd you grow up? Well, I was born in Kentucky

And see, I always thought breakfast was like biscuits and gravy, pancakes and sausage and bacon and eggs

And scrambled eggs with cheese. Yeah, I thought it was all that. I didn't get the concept of a diet

I was a chubby kind of kid. Were you? I was a little chubby myself. It was good food, though

So what is that one food? It's probably going to be hush puppies that I miss because you can't get them in New York

Guess what I have for you. What do you have? You have a platter full of hush puppies for you, darling

Do not. Where are they? Oh. Thank you. Thank you. These are

Just for you, honey. Do you know? Well, you do know. You know how hard it is to get something like biscuits and gravy or hush puppies anyplace else

You can't find it. No, you can't. Not good ones. And I have to tell you, I make fabulous hush puppies

if I do say so myself. So eat up, honey. All right

Don't go anywhere, y'all. Sam Champion, and there's more to come. Coming up next, the Neelys put a crunchy twist

on macaroni and cheese. Let's all go eat some barbecue. Thank you

Thank y'all, thank y'all, thank y'all. We're having a good time here tonight on Paula's Party

You know, I'm ready to let the good times keep rolling. My next guest, I'm so excited to introduce to y'all

because there's a chance you might not have met them yet. They have a new show on Food Network

They're just the hottest new couple on the station. And their name is Pat and Gina Neely

Hey! Hey, my baby. How you doing? Oh, my goodness

I am so proud of y'all. Come around here. I sat there that first morning that y'all's show started

and I was like a nervous mother. I know. We got the beautiful flowers, and we had the best teacher

This couple, they are so in love. It's not just for the camera

They love each other. they've been together a long time. A long time

How many years have y'all been married now? Well, 13 years. But you know, we were high school sweethearts

So there's a long history. And then y'all separated for a while

Your friendship got separated with school and everything. Well, you got to let me tell the story

Nobody can tell a story like Big Daddy. You know what? That's good

Listen, listen, listen. Listen, Paula. You know you love this story. I do love this story, but let me tell you

while you're telling it we got to cook. So while we get the macaroni and cheese started

I want you to tell us a story, and Gina and I'll shake these pots and pans

Well, I'm cool with that. I cook enough. All right, so this is y'all's recipe

Right, this is our mac and cheese. Gina's just going to walk me through it, and you start talking

Okay, we're going to need six tablespoons of butter. Yes, I love it. I'm watching y'all more than I eat

Every time I do that, and I pour some, I always go, la-bada, la-bada, la-bada, la-bada, la-bada

I love that. I know. I love butter, too. Okay, so tell everybody your story

I don't want to watch y'all cook. No, tell your story. Tell your story, pal. You know you want to talk

Well, y'all have got to hear this story. You know, go on, baby

Talk about it. Y'all have got to hear this story. I'm going to tell you. You got a big old party going on here, pal

I know. And look how beautiful they all are. They're gorgeous looking

They look so good. Do y'all want to come to Memphis? Let's all go eat some barbecue

Listen, I'm going to be in Memphis like in three weeks. I know

Well, baby, we're going to spend some time together. We're going to have a ball. You know, last time you was in Memphis, you came to the restaurant

Can I tell him? Yes. Can I tell him? And we ate in the back. We got a restaurant in the back room back there

And we gave Paula all this barbecue. And so she took her shoes off and I'm buttoned the top button

And that's when you know you're doing some in the top button. It was so good

Yes. It was so good. So tell them the story now about how you and Gina. I met Jeannie when I was 15 real quick And I was in love It was love at first sight I fell in love with her and we dated in high school and then Gina quit me y

She quit you? She quit me. She left me. Left me, went away, we graduated, never went to the prom together, we left, went away

Listen, are y'all gonna let me tell this damn story? Go ahead, Patty, put it on there

And so we went away, then we had a 10-year class reunion. And Gina came back, she was out of town, and came back, and they started to talk to

I started having the reunion parties at my restaurant. And Gina came in, the little old sexy self, just walked right on in, little sundress on

And I was through again. So we go to this reunion, and we had a real reunion

And she never went back to California. We got married. We got two beautiful girls

And the rest is history. You know what's the best part about it? She came back and knew how to cook, y'all

It's time for you to hush. What am I doing? Do I need to do something? Because I could go on and on about this story

No, because I got to talk to Gina. I got to ask Gina. We're going to put our warm milk in

Do I need to put some in? Let's put the milk in. All right, just put in the milk. We're putting in warm milk, y'all

So you have thickened. We have made us a roux of flour and butter

Right. So we're going to slowly add that milk so it won't lump

You know what I want to ask Gina? Yeah. She had a nickname in school

No. What was her nickname? Polly. Polly. Why did they call you Polly

It was Polly Parrish. Because I gossiped a lot. She tell everything. I used to go..

All right, milk, baby, I need milk. I used to stop and talk. It's getting real thick

Okay, let's just pour the milk on the hand and quit playing with it. Let's just do that. Okay, let me give it a quick..

I just want to get the not side of it. I don't have to do nothing, but stand here. I used to always go up and down the street growing up in my grandmother's house

and I would tell everybody's business. So when my grandmother wanted to know, I said

if you gave me cookies, I would tell you about Miss Annie

Miss Brown, Miss Johnson and I would just sit there with my glass of milk

Oh honey he didn't get home until 3 o'clock in the morning and Miss Annie was

mad at him so everybody would see me come don't talk don't talk here comes Polly

and even today my family would not tell me they would say don't tell Gina

she can't hold water I said well I'm not going to say anything promised girl you won't believe it

just a natural habit Paula do you know she's raising two little

Polly's right now? No, special holds on pretty good. But Shelby tell everything. She doesn't go with me too much

You tell it. Well, you better be careful when you're around her. I'm very

careful. Alright, now I'm adding some salt and pepper. So we're fixing to throw in the cayenne

The cayenne. We got, this is cayenne. Nutmeg. Ground mustard. And listen, y'all come right back

because you're going to want to see the rest of the good stuff we're putting in. Ain't that right, Neely

Showing up. Coming right back. Next y we finishing it up with our mac and cheese Mmm it delicious

Hey, y'all, welcome back. We're here at Paula's party tonight, and we're having an indoor barbecue because the weather was so bad out. Yucky

But you know what? A little rain can't stop us, can it, Gina? No. Bring the rain on

And I'm here with the Neelys. This is Pat and this is Gina. And tell everybody the name of your show

Down Home with the Neelys. On Food Network, I think you come on it

Right after Mama. Right after you. Oh, you come on right after me. Yes, right after you

Well, I'm so proud of y'all. I sat up in the bed with almost a nervous stomach the day that your show aired

because I felt like I was giving birth. Well, you were. You know, watching my babies come out

But when you've been a good mama, you don't have to worry about it. You prepared as well, baby

And it was weird for us just to see yourselves on TV. What does it feel like, Gina, to have a show on a network

It's different for me because Pat was always in the spotlight and I was in the background

And I never really wanted to be on TV. I mean, it's just an avenue I would have never thought for myself

And you were born for it, girl. You were born for it

But none of the women are kind of nurturers. We kind of stay behind the scenes. Why don't you put our..

Take hot sauce and Worcestershire. Y'all going on with a dash of beach in here

Since he said I boss him on TV, put a dash of that in, baby. Hush up now and get some hot sauce

That's more like our set. So Pastor Don bosses him on the set. She bossed me

Did you notice that, how she bossed me? Honey, I... Go get back, get that, pick that up. I noticed that before you haven't got a show on me. Uh-huh

That's been going on. But you know what? It's something us girls do well

All right. Now, I'm going to drain your noodles. Yes, ma'am. So show me how you put this together now

Come on, Paula. You're draining, baby. Listen, I'm going to jump in just like Gina and tell you to get over there and fix fratting that cheese

That's what I'm doing. I'm waiting. Fratting that cheese, honey. Because I need some more of that

How many times you had to tell him stuff like that? See, all the time. I'm going to pour those noodles right in that pan

in that casserole dish. I'm going to put that cheese in there. I'm going to put them in your cheese sauce. You don't put them in your cheese sauce

It goes in the casserole dish. Oh, my goodness. But I'm going to put some of that cheese in my sauce

if Daddy can ever get me some over here. I got it. Aren't you out of my mouth, Papa? How fool you want me to feel this, Gina

Take it all the way, Mama. All the way. And then you have to get me some right to put some on top

We need a top. Don't worry about it, Paula. Those blew up pretty big, didn't they

All right. Back up, Paula. Watch out. I'm watching, honey. But let me put that big spatter down

Get it on. Pat, and you can start coming to chips. I already got busy on my stuff because I try to stay out of trouble

Because y'all get to leave. I got to go home with Mama. That's right

All right are y ready for me Looks good Are you ready for me to do my stuff All right well you going to put some more cheese I am She going to put some more cheese on it Paula and then we going to put some

These were a lot of noodles. They done popped up too big. Well, I like my noodles cooked

I don't like them al dente. Don't you love that al dente? Al dente

What the hell is that? Uncooked? You know, that's the other thing about my cooking show

How, you know, now it's so many. Oh, my cooking show. I don't know how to do it like that

Yes, she did. Yes, she did. No, no. I'm just saying. I love it

I'm just a help. I cut the bell peppers and the onions

He's my chopper. He's the higher help. He's my chopper. Put them chips on that hush now

It was just you that started this restaurant, wasn't it, Pat? Huh? Yeah

It was just you that started the restaurant, wasn't it? Well, I will tell you this, that there are more women between the ages of 25 and 54

that watch our show. I get so sick of you telling that story. Now, do I put this on

Baby. Yes. The chips and the bacon and a little Parmesan cheese on top

Yeah, now we're going to put some Parmesan cheese. Yeah. And you got all them knots of cheese over there, huh

Open the oven up. Open the oven. Okay, now. We're going to slide this in here and cook it for how long

Three hundred and seven. No, that is hot. You have to have it. Rags

Well, give me some then. Show me some. I burned myself. Somebody

Give me some toothpaste. You know they put toothpaste on you when you burn? You think all this stuff's fake

No. It ain't my first time at the rodeo. Well, it was about to be you pulling out that hot paint

Isn't that funny? Look at him and he's holding it. I got big hands

I can handle it. You know, I've been sticking my hands in a barbecue pit for a number of years

Let me tell y'all, on y'all's first show, y'all made that strawberry shortcake

Oh, so good. Oh, that is the best cake. I almost licked the TV screen

Oh, that is the best cake. It looks so wonderful. And it's so easy

All right, there we go. Say one for Gina, one for Pat, one for Paula

And one for Paula. I do this at home when I'm cooking. I say one for Gina, one for Pat, and one for Paula

You know, there's so many different ways. You got to get some bacon on here with this. I'm trying, but you grabbed it out from underneath me

Mmm. It's delicious. You like that? It's so good. I was out of this world

I had so much fun. I'm so proud of y'all. Thank you, baby

We've had such a good time, y'all, today. I have loved being with every single one of y'all

I want to thank you for your love and support. And I always, always, always send y'all love and best dishes

from my kitchen to yours. We'll see y'all next time