So Sloppy It's Good

Today, y'all, my good friend Cheryl Day from Back in the Day Bakery

and I are cooking up a meal you won't want to miss. And I can't wait for you to make me something

First, we heat things up with a simple and savory pork and green chili stew

Good, isn't it? That is perfect. And then I'm showing Cheryl a twist on a Southern classic with my cornbread salad

I mean, it's just yummy. And Cheryl sends this meal over the top with her sinfully sweet dulce de leche pie

Cheryl's an evil woman, y'all. Y'all, when Cheryl and I get together, it's nothing but good times and great food

I'm not kidding you. Oh, gosh, y'all, I'm in here in the kitchen today with one of my favorite people, Cheryl Day from Back in the Day Bakery here in Savannah

And Cheryl is just one of the best bakers, y'all. When Cheryl got here today, my niece Kari was here and Brandon was here

and they like to broke them necks running to the door to see what Cheryl had brought

and she didn't bring them nothing. Paula, I brought you something. Oh, Cheryl, you shouldn't bring me anything

You're so easy to buy for to me because you like what I like

I found this little vintage carrier and some tea glasses for you

I love these. Look at these. Don't you love these? Love those straws. Paper straws

They're so fun. Love those paper straws. And here's a little note for you. Oh, Cheryl, thank you

Oh, you're welcome. You're so sweet to me. Can I read the card

Oh, it's got a cupcake on it. It's got a cupcake. To Paula, thanks for always being so sweet to me

Love, Cheryl. You're so very easy to be sweet to, my friend

So are you. All right, Cheryl, let's get to cooking our stew

What I'm going to do just quickly is salt and pepper these big old chunky pieces of pork

We are making a pork tomatillo. Tomatillo. Tomatillo. Tomatillo. Oh, tomatillo and green chili stew

Y'all, I'm sorry. I just can't. Do you want me to cut this stuff

Please, if you dice up that. Okay. And I've got some cumin here, and I'm just going to sprinkle this cumin on this meat

There's not much dicing in bakery, is it? No. All right, now I'm going to brown our pork stew meat in a little butter

All right, so I'm just going to put this down in my hot pan

So anyway, let's tell them about the latest party. This was my birthday celebration

And let me tell y'all what the theme for my birthday party was

So fun. It was Mardi Gras. Yeah. Everybody had masks and bolas, and everybody came dressed up. Yes

And Cheryl, Cheryl and Griff, I think they took the prize. We won

They look so cute. A poblano pepper is what Cheryl is de-seeding for us

And I'm going to de-seed the jalapeno. So, back to the part

Okay. So, it was not a surprise party, y'all. But you didn't know what kind of party it was going to be

I didn't know what kind of party it was. But Paula, did you know it was going to be here, Ethan

Yes, I knew it was going to be at the house. Okay. I told Brandon, I said, Brandon, I don't want to leave the house and go anywhere

It's my birthday. Please. How much of this garlic, Paula? Four cloves

Okay. We had somebody once, Griff told them to put four cloves in something, and they thought it was four of these

I am not kidding you. All right, and then we're going to put the onions in

Yes, we're going to put in the hot onions and the poblano and the jalapeno

All right, so we're going to put in our stew, we're going to put some hominy

Hominy? This looks like pieces of corn that's on steroids, y'all. Is this going in there too, Paula

Yes. All right, so we're just going to rinse this off. All right

All right, we've got some chicken stock. All right, how about how much? We've got about a cup and a half, so I'm saying almost half of that, right

All right, yeah, I think that's about three cups. And then we're going to use that jar of..

Going in? Green chilies. Yes. And in goes our honey. Somebody worked hard on that

All right Now we going to put this in this oven and we going to cook it for about an hour 20 hour and a half something like that Okay Do you look spicy Thanks

You know, Michael does. I can't do it as much as I used to, but I love, I just love anything with good flavor

Honey, well, that's why we're doing Tex-Mex today. Instead of making Cheryl do all the work like we usually do, I'm doing this for Cheryl

So if you would open that oven door, please. Yes, I will. Mmm

So. In it goes. About an hour and a half. We can't have pork stew without some cornbread

No. We're just using a yellow cornmeal mix. I bet this needs to get sprayed

Yes, go ahead and spray that. I know my way around some cornbread. Mm-hmm. All right, a cup and a half of cornmeal mix

It's your egg for you. One egg. Okay. We need one cup of buttermilk. Okay

Just in with our buttermilk. Okay. Easy peasy. Easy peasy. And it's going to be wonderful

It's going to be wonderful with our stew. So we're going to bake that

Sounds good. Just 20 minutes at 350 degrees, Cheryl. And you need a spatula

That's all right. I can make do. That's the school that Cheryl and I are from

The school of make do. That's right. Y'all don't go anywhere. We'll be right back

and we're gonna see if we can think of some more parties that Cheryl and I have thrown

I'm sure we can. Okay, baby, in this oven. Coming up, Cheryl and I kick this cornbread up a notch, y'all

with my delicious cornbread salad. I love the flavor, though. Mm-hmm. And later, Cheryl makes me the most sinfully delicious pie

I have ever eaten, y'all. Cheryl's an evil woman, y'all. Hey, y'all

I'm in the kitchen with Cheryl Day today, my buddy that owns Back in the Day Bakery

And I know Cheryl likes Tex-Mex. So this show and all the recipes are dedicated to Cheryl today

Well, thank you. We've got a pork stew that will be coming out of the oven soon

We made some cornbread. Now, you thought that cornbread was to eat along with our stew, didn't you

I did. No. Oh. Surprise, surprise. I'm going to cut us off a little piece. Okay

To taste with our stew. But we are making a cornbread salad

Stop it. Yes. Wow. What do you want me to do? You got some corn and some kidney beans

If you would drain them. Okay. and I'm going to cube our cornbread

All right, so I've got these drained, Miss Paula. Okay, baby, did you rinse them

No, but I will. Okay, if you would just rinse those, and I'm going to start on our dressing

and I'm going to start by using two nice ripe avocados. I'm going to use a cup of buttermilk

Okay, we love our buttermilk Two teaspoons of salt And a little pepper

About a fourth of a cup of olive oil And if you'd be measuring that out for me

Two teaspoons of chipotle chili powder Two teaspoons of cumin I love a homemade dressing

You know there was somebody else that was dressed really groovy at the party

Uh-huh. My brother, Bubba Byers. Oh, my gosh. Picture this, y'all. He had on a do-rag, purple do-rag, because it was Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras. He found him some purple scrubs that the doctor wears

Cut those off just above the knee. Put on cowboy boots and found a woman's blouse

He walked into my door, and I said, Bubba Hires, what does a cowboy pirate have to do with Mardi Gras

He said, do you love my outfit, Paula? It was awesome, and you look just gorgeous, as always

I loved your outfit. Thank you. I was wondering how long you were going to keep those heels on

How long did I last in the heels? Maybe 15 minutes. Think of some other good parties we've done

Let's see. Well, Kari's shower was awesome. I mean, Brandon just knows how to give a great party, let's face it

He does. He does. He... How is it? Good. Is it good

Yeah. Straight off the bat. He... Too hot? Did you get a pepper

It's a little hot. Wait a minute. What did you get? That was hot. I'm all right

I'm all right, y'all. Don't you want... Yeah, Griff's outfit was pretty awesome, too

Don't you want me to... That silky shirt. Oh his outfit was awesome I couldn believe that you got him in there He did it This is mustard greens y This is gonna be nice and tart

If you just pull that vein out of there, Cheryl. Can I like collard greens

Yes. Okay. And we just gonna give it a rough chop. Okay

All right, and I'm taking green tomatoes, y'all. And I'm just gonna like eat

All of this, Paula? Huh? All of this? Well, as much as you feel like doing

When you get tired, quit. Okay. So I'm going to get a few handfuls of spinach

Okay. And this is a pepper jack cheese, y'all. I love pepper jack

Yes, this is going to be so, so good. This is going to be delicious

Whoa, we got enough room in there? Yes. I love using these greens

It's going to be tight, honey. I know. I mean, the dressing will help knock it down some. Yeah

I'm going to try to toss it. Yum. Well, I've got clean hands

I'll get in there. Okay, yay. Sure, I could toss this salad, uh-huh

Uh-huh, uh-huh. Whoa. It is messy. We could have stood a little bigger bowl, Cheryl

But it looks delicious. Look at that bone bread, y'all. Look at that. I cannot wait to try this

I know. Are you going to taste? Yeah, I'm going to taste it

Okay, I'm going to get me a piece of cornbread. That's what I want. That's what I really want. If it's a cornbread, I'll have a little green

Or is it? I know we are sick. Delicious. I love the kidney beans in it. Mm

But listen, the best part's yet to come. We are going to make a dulce de leche pot

Yes, we are. And it is so simple. Yum. I can't wait to try it

Look what I just found. Why do we think to use these? Oh, what a novel idea

Coming up, our pork stew is a perfect companion to my cornbread salad

Oh, ma'am. It's good, isn't it? And later, Cheryl's dulce de leche pie

is simply too good for words. Y'all, I could cry. OK, Cheryl

Favorite part. Do you think we should use tongs? I think so

Okay. I think so. All right, here we go. Okay. Let's see what we got

You want me to do the salad? Open that pot. No, honey, I want you to do the review

Oh, man. It's delicious. All right, dip us up a little bit, honey, in our bowls

Mmm. Mm-hmm. And the dressing is so good. I love the flavor, though

Mm-hmm. I am so making that. Okay, now. All right, let's try the stew

And this is hot. You be careful now. Don't burn yourself. Mm, smells delicious

Mm. Oh, man. It's good, isn't it? That is so good. You know what we need, though

Oh, wait a minute. You had that piece of cornbread. What's that little piece of cornbread? Yes

I'll just half it. Mmm. Mm-hmm. There we go. Thank you so much for making this

Now, I can't wait to make you something. And I can't wait for you to make me something

because I know it's going to have sugar in it, and it's probably going to have butter in it

This is a dulce de leche pie. Okay. But so sweetened condensed milk

Uh-huh. Back in the day, my mother, She would go in the cupboard and take, you know, like one of these and dip a spoon in it

This is what my grandmother told me. And so she'd go to make a pie and one can would be missing

And so she said to my mom, my mom's name was Janie Queen. Janie Queen

Janie Queen. She said, Janie Queen, where is that can of sweetened condensed milk

I'm just going to cover it. Okay. Well, she caught my mother stealing it

And my grandmother said she was going to take her to jail because she was stealing

And she grabbed her by the hand, Paula, and literally took her up the steps of the jail

And my mom thought she was going to get arrested. And she said her whole life

That traumatized your mama. Her whole life. She said, I don't like condensed milk anymore

And that's why. All right. Now, what are you going to do with that? Why are you putting it in that container

I just put the two cans. I'm going to cover it with aluminum foil

Uh-huh. And then we're going to put it back here on the stove in a water bath

Okay. You could grab, actually, your roasting pan. Okay. And we're just going to sit that in there and pour the hot water around it

Exactly. And then we're going to pop this in the oven for 25 for about an hour to an hour and a half or so

And stir it occasionally. Lift this up. Actually you know what Pauline It would be better if you do it like that then that way when you go in there to stir it If you didn have that water bath there a good chance it would scorch it

Exactly. All right, so what temperature are we putting this on, Cheryl? 425

425? That's kind of hot. It is hot. So it's going to be like a caramelized milk when it's done

Okay. It's going to be really brown and caramelized. It'll turn a beautiful, beautiful brown

And that's what makes it a dulce, doesn't it, so high? Yay. All right, now you've got some butter in here

Do you want me to melt that? I do. Well, you are the expert at making these pies, so I want to

No, honey, I've never made this kind of pie. Well, no, but doing the crust, the graham cracker crust, I know

Yes, yes. So you want me to melt that butter. Yes, melt the butter. We've got our graham crackers

Right, exactly. We're going to use probably two cups. See? Two cups

And you probably can tell me this better than me. And how much brown sugar

Oh, I don't know. I would say about a quarter of a cup. So then we've just got to stick a butter in here, melt them down

That's perfect. So 350. 350, 16 minutes. Yep. In we go. Meanwhile, why don't we make the topping? Okay

Paul, all I do is fresh whipped cream. Mm-hmm. It's just heavy cream

If you could put, like, about a quarter cup of confectioner's sugar. Okay

Yes, and I'm going to step back. You know what? Actually, I like to start a little lower on my whipped cream

Uh-huh. And that's exactly the way I do it. And then when I'm ready to rock and roll, I'll do that

Okay. So it won't get all over my clothes. Rock and rolling

Doesn't make for exciting TV, but it sure does keep me clean

Y'all don't go anywhere. the great unveiling. Coming up, Cheryl's Dulce Delet-Chay Pie is

lick your plate good. But you're not supposed to leave a messy plate

There is nothing tastier than caramelized sweetened condensed milk. Nothing like it

Sometimes, Paula, I'll put a little of that really good sea salt on top

when I'm putting it in the oven. So it's almost like a salted caramel. Dolce de leche

So here we are. Dolce de leche. So all you do is you pour it in there

All right, now we're going to be able to slice that. You know what? We're going to eat it like this now

but you can also chill it down. Okay. So, but, Paula, it's that easy

So, yeah, you can chill it down and then you can cut it, but it's going to be good just like this

Let's slice some bananas. This is our healthy component

This is our healthy component. And this is perfect

But just, you know, pile it on top. You don't have to do anything fancy

This is like a homespun dessert. And then, Polly, you want a great top part

I think that's good. Mm-hmm. I think what you say would say

Now, you know when we cut this, it's going to go everywhere. It is

It is. But, you know, it's all good. Oh, my gosh, y'all

This is one of those things you need to eat alone, Cheryl. Oh, in a closed room

In a closed room. Look at that. Yum. We're going to have to tilt this

Next time, we're going to have to chill it. We're going to have to tilt that up in the refrigerator kind of like that

But it's all good. Well, it's homemade. It is homemade. I'm not the bigger piece, Cheryl

That's okay. Okay. There's still more pie. Are you ready? Oh, my gosh

Paula, this has been so fun. Cheryl. All right. I always had the best time with you, honey

I always had the best time with you, too. Mmm. That was so good

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. Cheryl, I can't be with you much, honey

But, you know, here's the thing. We don't have to eat this whole slice of pie

We're just going to have a little taste. Okay. I'm going to put it down

I've got to walk away, Cheryl. Okay. But you're not supposed to leave a messy plate

We're walking away. Cheryl's an evil woman, y'all. I want my home

No, no, no, no, no. Yes, I did. Just a bite. That satisfied us, didn't it

Say it with me. Look over there. Look at that sunset light. It's supposed to look