Savannah Holiday

Merry Christmas, y'all

Hey, y'all. Today, we're celebrating the holidays with family. First, my brother Bubba's here to help make a fried green tomato salad with a yummy chipotle dressing

Oh, Paula, they look delicious. And then it's the king of this meal, y'all

Cornbread stuffed crown roaster pork. That pork roast is not going to be the only thing stuffed around here, y'all

And finally, my nephew Jay stops by to whip up a batch of Meemaw's Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies

Heavenly, heavenly, and so easy, so simple. We're going to make y'all a fried green tomato and avocado salad

and you're going to make a wonderful chipotle dressing. Correct. To go on it

Yep. Now, I'm taking our tomatoes, Bubba, and I'm slicing them maybe a little bit more than a quarter of an inch

Okay. And I'm just going to lay them right there on paper towels. All right

So that'll help pull the water out of them. Paula, just to catch up a little bit on the sauce that I'm making here, we're using a quarter cup of mayonnaise

two tablespoons of adobo, and three tablespoons of lime juice, and a pinch of salt

That's going to be good with our tomatoes. Now, I like to salt and pepper them on both sides

The salt draws out some of that water. So are you all ready for Christmas, Bubba

You done all your shopping? You know me, I'm going to wait until the last minute

But three Christmases ago, I came over here for Christmas. And what did you give me

You wanted a brown Labrador. Uh-huh. So I found it, Bubba, at the last minute

And Bubba loves that dog. That was such a great Christmas. Now for our breading, y'all, I'm gonna need about a cup of flour

Now I'm just gonna put a little salt and pepper into my flour

and then I'm just gonna dredge my tomato slices. All right, so I'm gonna drop the tomatoes in

I've got my fryer set on 350. We fry and peanut oil

They're bubbling. And while these are frying, Bubba's gonna set up our salad

with our masculine mix and our avocado slices. I love avocado. I do too, Bubba

I just love them. So, Bubba, I remember the Christmas that Mama had more presents than us

because Mama was so tired of not getting anything for Christmas, she went and bought every Christmas present that she wanted

And she had no idea that Daddy was getting her a mink stole

diamond rings and she just felt so bad, Bubba, because she had more presents than us

But that's the Christmas I remember. Well, I remember one year Daddy had gone out of town on business

or something. He brought me a toy back and it was a helicopter

And he sat in the living room and played with it more than me. He wouldn't even let me play with it

You don't remember that little helicopter? Well, Dad was a big kid. big cut up, big kid

Yeah, I never got to play with it until I was about 19 or 20. Oh my goodness

I need to wash my hands. Did you ever sneak behind Mama's back

and open Christmas presents? Every year. Oh my gosh, I'll never forget the Christmas

I did that, Bubba. I was so angry over the gifts that I got

because they weren't good. I was so mad with myself because Christmas morning, I had to get up and act surprised

and I didn't like a dadgum thing I got. I never did it again after that, y'all

I remember one year, there was this one box that had my name on it, and I wanted to find out what was in it

So I went in the little bathroom, you know, down the hall. We didn't have but one

Yeah. I go in there, I lock the door, unwrap it, open it, and slid the box out

It was a brown belt. Yeah, see, some things should just be a surprise

Are those tomatoes ready? We got to make this salad. I think they are, Bubba

They look fabulous. They're getting brown. They do. I'm going to cut our fryer off

Okay. Do you like the way those look? Oh, Paula, they look delicious. Now let's top off our salads with these fried green tomatoes

We're just going to drizzle a little dressing on. Looks good. This is a wonderful little salad for first course

I love tomatoes just about any way you can make them or grow them

Mm, Bubba. Is it good? Mm, mm. You like my sauce? Mm, mm

Sauce good? It's delicious. This is not too filling, but yet it has substance to it because of the fried green tomatoes

Right. But speaking of full I gonna fill us up What we gonna make next A stuffed roast of pork That pork roast is not gonna be the only thing stuffed around here y Coming up your stomach not gonna believe your eyes y when they catch a peek of this dish

These bones are gonna be so good to gnaw, it's gonna be incredible

Then, my nephew Jay is here to help me load this roast with one unforgettable stuffing

I was here first. You gotta get in the back of the line. And later, we make a batch of cookies that has all of my favorite ingredients

Merry Christmas again. This is going to be a very, very special meal, Bubba

I see. Is this not beautiful? Yum. This is going to be a cornbread stuffed crown roast of pork

And you're not going to believe how easy and simple this is to prepare, y'all

Good. The only thing is, I want to caution you to make sure you do it right

Don't overcook it. You'll want to check with your butcher. Prearrange for him to have this ready for you

Heavenly, heavenly and so easy, so simple. How many pounds is this

We're using about a five-pound roast. Five pounds. Okay. So, Bubba, if you'll move down there and start the stuff for our stuffing

Okay. I'm going to get this in the oven. Now, I'm just going to rub it down with salt and pepper

I'm going to manhandle this piece of meat, y'all. These bones are going to be so good to gnaw

It's going to be incredible. And I'm going to turn it every which way

All right, so the next thing I'm going to do is rub it down with my sage, garlic, and olive oil mixture

Now, you can go on foodnetwork.com and get your exact measurements. Remember to rub your meat, y'all

Rub your meat. Smells so good. The freshness of the herbs is divine

So, Bubba, what are you doing down there? Tell everybody what you're doing. I'm prepping for our dressing

I've got one stalk of celery, a medium white onion, one clove of garlic

and we're going to chop up two tablespoons of rosemary and a cilantro

Okay. And y'all, I am making sure that I rub the spices into those bones

because that's my favorite part is I'm a bone-knower, y'all. We used to fight over them

We used to fight over them. Yes, we did. Mom and Daddy used to cook when we'd have steak

They would cook one big sirloin steak and it'd have the long bone

And Bubba and I would fight. But you always would. No, I did not

if I had a date and was in a hurry, you would win

Okay, Paulie, now we're going to do a half a stick of butter. Who are you kidding, Bubba

Who are you kidding? A half a stick of butter? That'll just make us mad, won't we

Yeah, enough to make your mouth mad. Well, why don't we get the roast in the oven

Okay, well, you got it. So our oven is preheated. I'll open the door for you

Well, it's looking great. Doesn't that look wonderful? All those fresh herbs

It's going to be so delicious and so succulent Alright, so 15 minutes at 450

That's going to get a nice brown crust on our roast Then we're going to lower the temperature to 350

And we're going to cook it for maybe another 45 minutes to an hour

Alright, so I'm going to help you While you are chopping up your herbs

I'm going to dice up your bell pepper for you Okay. So we can get our stuffing underway

We're not using our traditional stuffing recipe for our pork loin. We're doing something just a little bit different

Because we're making it special for the holidays. And we're sauteing this for about five minutes, y'all

Five to seven minutes in half a stick of butter. Good. Oops

Oops. There we go. And I have some cornbread that I baked off

All right. Now I'm going to need six cups. I'm going to whip us up a couple of eggs

And I've got a wonderful chicken stock. I'm probably going to use almost two cups

and then I'm going to add a little hot sauce, about a teaspoon of that

and I'm just going to pour that into our cornbread, and you can stir that up

and I'm going to go back down here and see about our herbs

Okay. They're smelling good. In goes our rosemary, a little cilantro right there at the end

Now, I don't like to overcook these vegetables because I like for them to have a little crunch

Uh-huh. Right. and I want you to be able to see them So that about all I going to do on those Bubba All right so in goes our herbs Okay And our veggies All right so we going to stir this up I going to add a little pepper

All right. A little salt. It's looking good. It is looking good. It's going to be delicious

You're going to have to roll me out of here this Christmas in a wheelbarrow. All right, so Bubba, if you'll spray our pan

Okay. And we're going to let this bake, y'all, for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees

Perfect. Okay. Look at that. Look at the colors because we didn't overcook our vegetables

Look how beautiful. Oh, it is pretty. Yes, it's beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

and it tastes so good. Bubba, if you could now, just pop that in the oven for me

It's gonna be so good. It's Christmas time. We'll see y'all back in a few minutes

Don't go anywhere. Coming up, my nephew Jay is here and I show him why it's better

to dunk a cookie in chocolate than in milk. Makes everything better

And later, we're digging in to this Christmas masterpiece. Grab and growl

All right. Y'all, Bubba has really gotten a lot younger over the commercial, hadn't he

It's not Bubba. He was never this good looking. This is Bubba's son, y'all, Jay, my nephew

Love you, Dad. That was pretty good, Jay. Well, Jay has stepped in the kitchen to help me make Meemaw's kitchen sink Christmas cookies

Now, Meemaw was Brooke's grandmother, and it's really, really good, Jay Bird

So we're going to do the wet ingredients here, Paula, and what I'm going to use is one cup of vegetable oil

Okay. And we're going to add it to this half a pound or two sticks of softened butter

one cup of lightly packed brown sugar, one cup of granulated sugar

I got one egg and one teaspoon of vanilla extract. Okay. And last but not least, go ahead and get started mixing this up

Okay. What have you got over there? I've got three and a half cups of all-purpose flour, three-fourths of a teaspoon of salt

one teaspoon baking soda, and one teaspoon of cream of tartar. So I'm just going to whisk this together, and that's it

So we're going to slowly add this to Jay's wet ingredients. This recipe, Jay, belonged to Brooke's grandmother, her Memo

And Memo would start the day after Thanksgiving. And she made like 500 Christmas cookies

And that's what she gave all of her family, all of her friends

because that was the way she showed her love. Because a homemade gift is like giving a piece of yourself

They make wonderful Christmas gifts. And you can see why she called this one Meemaw's Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies

Because look at all the stuff. They're easy to make. I think you could probably just clean out your refrigerator

Yes. But they've got a lot of things in them. So that gets that

All right. So, Jay Bird. Yes, ma'am. I'm going to measure out now everything that makes this Meemaw's Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies

I'm gonna measure out a cup of a puff rice cereal. Nummy, nummy num

Yum, yum. One cup of oatmeal. Now this is a quick cooking oatmeal

The next thing I'm gonna add is one cup of coconut. And the coconut is gonna make these cookies so moist

It's so delicious. All right, the last ingredient is... My favorite, toffee

Yes. Makes everything better. Put them in before I eat them all. I'm throwing them in the mouth

Okey-doke. When you're through beating that up, we're just going to stir in our other ingredients

Okay, and I think that this is all done here. Okey-doke. I'll save the beaters for myself if you don't mind

No. All right, now, if you would just stir those in. All right, we got it

And Jay, your dad and I cooked a wonderful roast and made a delicious stuffing for our roast

Look at that. Yum. That looks wonderful. Yum, yum. How beautiful is that

Okay, I think I've got this all mixed up here. Okey-doke. I'm actually going to stick this in the refrigerator for one hour and let it chill

Okey-doke. Well, in the meantime, I'm going to plate up our crown roaster pork

First, I'm going to start off with the stuffing. Oh my gosh, look at that stuffing, y'all

And what I gonna do is just kind of put some around You know I never been a stuffing eater but you may have just changed my mind Oh this is good son Can you tell I ready I can tell you ready All right

Look-a here. Check it. Check it. I'm gonna pour that juice

around there. I'm gonna take the rest of our stuffing and stuff it

I'm gonna stuff it. And we just want to pile this up in the middle of our pork roast

That is gorgeous. Y'all starting without me? No, Bubba. Well, I see you got the cookie monster with you

Yes. I was here first. You got to get in the back of the line

I heard y'all were in here making cookies, and every time I made cookies at home when he was a kid growing up

I'd go to the pantry, Paula, to get me a cookie. there would be one cookie left

At least I had the decency to leave the last one, right? I mean, why make cookies if nobody's going to eat them

Look at that. It looks delicious. Doesn't it look delicious? Yum. Oh, my goodness

Ooh. You chow down, baby. All right, Jay Bird? Yes, ma'am. I want a meal, not a snack

You got it. Look at that. All right, guys

Grab and growl. All right. Are we going to sit here? I'm going to sit right here

You're going to sit right there. Look at that. Is that not fabulous

We're at home, aren't we? Yes. Some things never change. See what I'm saying about Bubba and I fighting for a bone

Isn't that delicious? I'm telling you. It's out of this world. We cooked it perfect

The stuffing is out of this world. Yes. Look, now, I've gotten straight to the meat of what I want

Look how moist and delicious. Fabulous, isn't it? Great holiday idea, Paula

How do you like the stuffing? I love it. I'm sold. Merry Christmas, y'all

Wish you were here. Yeah, don't forget about the cookies, y'all. Oh, you better hurry up and get one, Paula

Or he'll eat them all. I'll save you one. Coming up, the perfect way to top this holiday meal, a beautiful Christmas cookie

I know. Look how pretty they are. Welcome back, y'all. We're finishing up the cookies

I've got my cookie dough. I'm just going to take a scooper and stick 12 little scoops out on a cookie sheet here

And Bubba is crushing peppermints for us. I'm melting white chocolate, y'all

And once our cookies are baked, we're going to dip part of it in our white chocolate

and then we're going to dip it in the crushed peppermint. Okay

I'm just going to throw these in the oven on 350 for 12 to 14 minutes

Okay. How do you like your... I haven't tried. Cheers. Apple and pear cider

Did you try it, Bubba? No, not yet. Cheers. It's delicious. It's a warm cider, y'all

You can go to foodnetwork.com for the recipe. Yummy. It's nice and warm

It feels so good to the tummy. It's kind of cold outside

So now, Bubba, if you would just pour your peppermint into our dish

Jay Bird, you want to check and see how our cookies are. I would say they're ready

Yeah, and they've been in there about 13 or 14 minutes. It's hot. All right, our chocolate looks nice

And our cookies look great. Because we used parchment paper, y'all, they didn't stick

So into a little chocolate. And then into the peppermint. Oh, wow

And Jay Bird, you have the first cookie. Actually, I get the first 11 cookies

Yeah, you better watch him. And into the peppermint again. There's you a cookie, Bubba

Okay, thank you. And then mine into the chocolate. And into the peppermint

A beautiful Christmas cookie. I know, look how pretty they are. Well, eat up

Aren't they yummy? I love the toffee bits, don't you, Jeopard? Yes

Definitely taste those And you know at the holiday time There's nothing like family and friends

That's the most important thing in the world The time that you spend with them

And the memories So thank y'all For loving me We always, always

Try to send y'all our best dishes And love from our kitchen to y'alls

Merry Christmas y'all