Sleep Over

Today, my good friend Bubbles and I are cooking up some of our sleepover favorites

Ooh! I can't wait. First, we're putting together a delicious berry parfait

I mean, that is beautiful, isn't it? Bubbles is showing me her banging breakfast casserole

The breakfast casserole looks perfect. And then Bubble shows me one of her quick and easy recipes

Those scones that you had were like the best scone I've ever tasted

And later, we're gonna put on our dancing shoes. Oh my God, those tap shoes

And I got you a pair, sister. Get out! Yeah! Bubbles Green

We've always known her as Susan until her grandchildren came along, and they started calling her Bubbles, so that's what she goes by now

Now, I'm a shoeaholic, I admit it. I wanted to be called Shoes or Susie, but I am Bubbles

Do you have any idea what you're sharing with me? I practiced on the scones for three days and found my mother's cookbook

Can you believe this? It is the best scone recipe. Mother found a cookbook that somebody had given her when she was a senior in high school

She graduated in 1940. And the scone recipe in there is amazing

I think if somebody got their hands on an easy, moist, delicious scone, they would love it for a change

Today is all about sleepovers. because, you know, with you living in Albany and me living in Savannah

it always involves a sleepover. So I thought I'd fix this a berry parfait

Well, the first thing we're going to have to do then is toast us some coconut

Is the oven on? Yeah, that one back there. And just for a couple of minutes, Susan

All righty. On this, and you know. Put some green in it for Easter and have some Easter grass

Yes, we could if it was Easter. You got it. And I tell you what, I know your grandchildren call you Bubbles

Mm-hmm. But you are, without a doubt, the best grandmother. Oh, no

Yes, you are. No. Yes, you are. You're pretty good, too, Guinea

All right, so all we're going to do is we're going to measure out a cup of granola

I'm going to slice these strawberries. We got a little glass we're going to put this in

Mm-hmm, right over there. You can grab the glasses. And where's our yogurt? Look in the fridge down there

Look in the refrigerator drawer. You mean you did not get over the drawer? No, the drawer right here

Well, we have so many drawers in this kitchen. I know. Okay

These strawberries are gorgeous, Susan. Those are pretty. I told you about those strawberry preserves in your freezer

Yes. Yum. Yes. Susan brought me a plastic container of the strawberry preserves

It's just strawberries, packed in and sugar. I mean, it's just super, super easy

You know what? We ought to whip those up. How long are we talking for those strawberry preserves

No time. Okay, I tell you what. We'll put them on the back stove, and we will serve them with the scones

Good idea. Okay? Mm-hmm. Okay. Start later. Well, I've got to wait for the coconut to get out of here, too, so

All right. Oh, yeah, we do have to. But you can start with that

with just a little dew. We're going to put some blueberries in here. Yes

Healthy, healthy, healthy. I don't want to do it, though, until it's time. Well, just a few

Good, not too many. That'll be good. I'm going to go ahead and drizzle

I'm going to drizzle a little honey. And that's going to give it that little bit of sweetness. Mm-hmm

All right, we better check that coconut. Okay. Okey-dokey

That's great. Did you measure this? Kind of. I measured it in my hand

I was going to say, I'm not a measurer. Somebody will say, give me a recipe, and I'll say it's dump, dump, dump, and dump

Dump, dump. How much? Well, I don't know, until it looks like paste. Yes

start going in with our yogurt. Is this vanilla yogurt? Yes. It's plain vanilla

Plain vanilla. Susan, how long have we known each other? Well, we knew each other in Albany

Yeah. But then when... But we weren't friends. No. I had to move out of town for us

Yeah? To become friends Okay let see 88 You had only been down here like a year Lord have mercy Susan

And we met on River Street that day. Paul and I have been friends for quite a long time

We struck up a conversation, and every time I came back to visit

I either stayed with her, cooked with her, been through the bag lady with her, the whole nine yards

Well, Susan and I became fast and furious friends. If she is your friend, there is nothing in this world she wouldn't do for you

Nothing. She will move heaven and earth for you. I would have thought 10 years ago, 20 years ago, we'd be standing here doing this

I know. I know. Susan, I have to tell you, you really hadn't aged a bit, Susan

Oh, I just had a big birthday. Well, hadn't we all? Mm

Ooh. I thought it was gonna hurt, but it didn't really hurt that bad

Well, I'll tell you, Susan takes care of herself, and she can tell you about Eva's skin treatment out there

Don't you know that powder and paint will make you what you ain't? Now, I love the shininess of this beautiful..

Honey. ...beautiful gold on top of it. I mean, that is beautiful, isn't it

Mmm. Mmm. Susan, this is delicious. It's fabulous. Coming up next, we start our breakfast casserole

and our strawberry jam. Look at these strawberries. And then we just have some pure fun in the kitchen

This reminds you of the Bag Lady days. It does, Susan. I do

I tell you what, I couldn't have made it. I tell you what. Without you in those early days

So now while you're putting... I'm doing the breakfast casserole there. Yes, and I'm just going to slice these strawberries so I can get them on and get them done

And so when we've got the scones ready, we'll be in business

Ooh, yum, yum. Now what did you tell me? Four cups of strawberries, four cups of sugar

Uh-huh. And a pect envelope of pect. Pect, okay. And this doesn't matter if it's cubed or tonic

I just love your casserole recipe, and I can't wait to taste the ground sausage, the potatoes, the mushrooms, the cheese, and the eggs you're using in it

So this is one of those casseroles? Mm-hmm. Stop and start, stop and start

The breakfast casserole I had at my house when they were there a couple of weeks ago

and it was just a spur of the moment thing when she called and said they were coming

So I thought, well, you know, I had the potatoes, the mushrooms, and just, you know, threw it together

Turn that thing up on high. Okey-doke. All right, Bubbles, now while that pound of sausage is browning

why don't you crack the six eggs for your casserole mixture while I get our jam going

Okey-doke. All right. Scramble them up. I'm going to say one pack of pectin, and we don't put any water

You're going to cook it down. Just stick it up. Make its own syrup. So now I see you're adding a few dashes of hot sauce and two cups of half and half to your mixture

Okay, would you grate the cheese for me, please? Yes. All right, what kind of cheese you putting in it

Well, it's Colby and cheddar. Two different? Uh-huh, and let me tell you a little secret

You can buy it already grated in a pack. Yeah. Tell me how much cheese I need to grate

I need a cup of each. Okay. Please. Here we go, laughing and a-scratching

And these are our new potatoes that we... Uh-huh, now you cooked those off, right

You boiled them off. Mm-hmm. Yeah. All right, do you want this mixed in your egg mixture

No, it goes on top of the casserole. And I'm going to finish grating up this cheese while you slice those half a pound of mushrooms, Susan

So you're going to saute your mushrooms? Nope. Putting them in raw

Mm-hmm. Putting them in raw. Okay. And they will cook with the eggs

Yeah. The thing I love about these breakfast casseroles, I never would make them the same way twice

You know, it would just depend. The thing I really like about this is making it the night before

Oh. And the bread on the bottom is going to soak up all this stuff

Right. Let me get this little trick. What trick? Hold on just one second

You've always got something up your sleeve, girl. What are you doing now

No, this ain't up my sleeve. It's down my leg. Down your leg

Down my leg. I brought Paula tap shoes today. And I wasn't sure if she was gonna quite get into that

but I thought in the back of my mind you know what that girl will do me anything Oh my God Those tap shoes And I got you a pair sister Get out Yeah

That's the grand thing about Susan. She's up for anything. You know, it's been years

I used to take tap from Miss Peggy. First of all, every girl in Albany

went to Peggy Pritchett's School of Dance. She loved it, and she was one of those

that was real good at it. And so she became a teacher at Miss Peggy's

Shuffle, ball, change, shuffle, ball, change, shuffle, ball, change, stop. You do it three times

Shuffle, ball, change, shuffle, ball, change, You know, the left foot ain't as easy as the right

My right leg can step ball change, but my left one, it's a little awkward

I feel like that right one can do about anything, though. You go, girl

Maybe that's why they say you got a left foot. All right, do it for me

All right. You ain't no Sammy Davis Jr., sister. There you go

There you go. Get her done! Oh, I don't have an ounce of rhythm

She can still tap dance, though. We have a great time. We really do

I only regret that I did not bring a costume. That will be my next production

Oh, you make me wet my breeches. You know, it's just one of those things she just loved and never quit doing

Plastic wrap, snarl. I know it. Make this stuff. Some man must have invented this that really was mad with his wife

You got that right. Must have been Paula and Bubbles. Must have been Guinea and Bubz

Okie dokie. We're going to whistle while you work. You still got it, girl

Always. You still got it. Scared I'll lose it. Might not get it back

Coming up next, we get going on Susan's scones, and later we'll dress them up with our strawberry jam

I mean, this is great. Okay, here comes our breakfast casserole, Paula dear

Yay! We're going to put this little jewel right in the oven

Okay. Okay. How long do you bake yours for? Well, until it sits in the middle. Do you know what that means

Yeah, like 35 minutes. Well, until it doesn't jiggle. Yeah. Jiggle in the middle

Okay. Our strawberries look divine. Okie dokie. All right, now we're going to do our little scones here, honey

Yes. Fit for the queen. Love it, love it, love it. There's enough juice in this that you could strain some of that juice

and have strawberry syrup for the children's pancakes. So tell me again, whoa, I missed it

Two cups of cake flour. Okay, and then we're going to do just a minute

No, you don't use that. Do it my way. It's my recipe

Well, I like to whisk it through the sifter. No. You put two teaspoons of bacon

And this is a half a teaspoon of salt. And I know it, but look at this

Get that stuff everywhere. Look at that. I know it. I just love this

I saw you do it years ago. You do it. You do it. Look

Now, see, we use that big core salt so it won't go through there

So if you want the salt in, yeah. Dump it in. It's going to be dumped

Okay, dump it in. Would you separate an egg, please? Yes. I got to have a whole egg and a piece of egg

A whole egg and a piece of an egg. Piece of an egg

Don't you mean just like egg whites? What are you using? What is that

Dried cherry. Mm-hmm. I love a lot of fruit. Okay, did you separate the eggs

Yes, ma'am. That lemon smells so good. Doesn't it smell good? This is my egg one

That's what we're going to brush on top of the scones. Okay. Okay

Now, all of this we're just going to kind of mix together. Okay. You know, there's just something about doing it with your hands

Yeah. Oh, yes. Okie dokie. Would you look down there and I've got some butter cut up in a bowl, please

Okay, in the fridge. In the fridge. In the drawer. Okay, and this is just light cream

Uh-huh. Light cream. So you want your butter good and cold, right

Mm-hmm. All right Susan so now we just going to mix it all up together Let get this some good All right we gonna roll up mash this out You see your little eight circle Yes And There it is right there

Right there. All right. This is the most wonderful thing you ever did. Well

thank you. I'm glad you approve. Love the ruler. Mm-hmm. And the measurements over here. Yes, yes. In fact, one of the girls

the night we were cooking and something, and they said, well, how much is a tablespoon or teaspoon

And Colin said, oh, Bubbles, let's go get Miss Paula's board out

It'll tell us. All right. That just comes together so good. And you wouldn't think it would, would you

No. Okay. Now we're going to cut it. Uh-huh. And then if you'll get your knife out, honey

All right. A half each way. Mm-hmm. I could eat every bit of that, but I don't need it, so

All right, do we need to spray this, or is there enough butter in this

I think there's enough butter. I think so, too. Well, Susan, this is just brilliant

I don't know, it's something different. Okey-dokey. Yummy. Fit for a queen

Yes. Where's my egg white? It's right there. Okey-dokey. We're going to just sort of..

Beat it. Beat it, not... And then brush it on. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm

This is going to make that shine, shine, shine. All right, be sprinkling a little sugar up on the top

Okay. It takes more than you think because you only have two teaspoons in the bread

Okay. All right. I think it's $4.50 in the oven. Okay. For how long

About 10 minutes. Coming up next, me and Bubbles are dressing up our jam

People will love you for that. And then we get down to business

A little dance in your step. What I love about this, Susan, is you can make this stuff so quickly, and you can use them as gifts

Mm-hmm. Hand them out as Christmas gifts. Yes, it doesn't get any better

And I've got some cute little fabric. We'll just put that down and put on that screw tie

Look at that little precious gift. People will love you for that

Pass me my plate, girl. Yes, ma'am. Please. Okey-dokey. Thank you, thank you

Yum. Here's your anakin' and a fork. Thank you. That'll be all right

Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Susan, the scones are as good as I remember

They're not dry. Mmm. I have had them when they were... Mmm. Not good

Look at that. Not good? With the whipped cream, you know, it gives it a..

Anything good is worth cooking. And can you believe it? It's in a cookbook that's what

Printed in 19... How old is that cookbook? 1933. Her mother had gotten this cookbook for a graduation gift

See how things are a lot different back then than they were because it was expected that at graduation her mother would marry

and go into the kitchen. What I love about this breakfast casserole is the potatoes

Mm-hmm. Love those potatoes in it. It's very basic. You know, you can keep adding stuff to it, like your onions and peppers or Italian sausage

You know, it's really one of those things that you can kind of scramble up and make it whatever you want

Oh, I love this, because you know we've got company coming tonight. Mm-hmm

I know. In the morning. We'll whip them up some. Yeah, we'll just get up and throw these back in the oven

Good idea. And we'll have breakfast for them. Perfect. Put a little song in hot

Yeah. A little dance in your step. Bye, Paula. Okey-dokey. Toodaloo. Don't leave without me

I'm going to eat your potato