Taste of Autumn

Hey y'all, today I have two of my favorite boys in the kitchen

You know it's always great having Jamie and Jack in the kitchen. Cause you never know what Jack's gonna say

Tell Ginny what all you did at school today. Nothing. That's daddy's boy

And today we're gonna get a taste of our Father's Day meal. Always my favorite time of the year

With apple stuffed pork loin, onion and sweet potato gratin. And Jack and I are going to decorate one of his daddy's favorite cookies, pumpkin spice cookies

Does mine look like leaves? It looks just like leaves. Do I look pretty

It's beautiful. Son, open the microwave and get my coffee out of it

It's going to... I want it to be hot enough for you, Mom. You'll be able to drink it tomorrow

You want to take the skin off my tongue. All right. If we gonna cook this pork loin..

We best get started. We best get started, because you got to pick up Jack from school

in a little while, don't you? That's pretty high on my list of things to do today. Pick up the child

You know what? We're actually close enough. He could walk here. He's four

I know it, but you know what? Back in the day, you know, it was amazing

Well, back in your days, when nobody drove cars, it was much safer to walk in the roads

Mm-hmm. Peel and chop that apple. Because we're making an apple-stuffed pork loin

And I just went ahead and had the butcher butterfly it for me

Mm-hmm. All right, I'm going to season our pork loin with some salt

And Jamie's going to cook up some apples, brown sugar, walnuts, and raisins

and we're going to put them in the middle of our pork loin. Some pepper, some onion powder

You know, summertime is just a really fun time. And for me, it all starts with Father's Day

This looks beautiful. You know, and it's so lean. All right, there we go

Beautiful, beautiful. I'm going to get the apple started, Mom. Okay. I'm going to put a little bit of brown sugar in here

Okay, about two tablespoons. Got two tablespoons. Okay. Pack it down good

Here I'm going to do a teaspoon of dry mustard. About a quarter of a cup of raisins

Quarter of a teaspoon of ginger. Yeah, the ginger's going to give it a little zippity-doo-dah, zippity-day

And our cider is going to be our liquid. I'm going to do about a cup and a half

Okay. We're going to let this cook down for about five minutes

I want these apples to soften up a little bit and cook this cider down and the raisins and everything

Doesn't that smell good? Oh, it smells good and looks good. You know, I love raisins

I remember when Jack was little and started eating, you know, real food

I would buy him those little miniature boxes of raisins, and he loves snacking on them

He loves dried cherries now. That's his new thing. And BBs. Mm-hmm

Still BBs. Blueberries. I don't know how they got so lucky. At two years old, I could offer him a cookie or a bowl of fruit

and every time he would pick the fruit. Every time. He is so precious to me

How's the new baby? Matthew's good. Sleeping good. Sleeping better. Before we know it, son, he'll be Jack's age

and we'll wonder where time went. It'll be interesting to see how well he shares Christmas morning this year

Well, it'll be fine this Christmas. Jack's so nurtured, he won't have a jealous bone in his body

In fact, Ginny will make sure he has no reason to be jealous

I'm going to put some pecans in here after I cook them down because I want to keep the crunch of these

So I'm going to fold these nuts in when we do that cornbread. I'm not too far off, actually, if you want to measure out about a cup and a half of that cornbread

And this is like seasoned cornbread stuffing. Hey, Mom, I got a third of a cup of nuts on the board

I'm going to chop up. Okay. Mmm. That's nice and sweet, Jamie

Mm-hmm. The cider and the brown sugar makes it sweet. The brown sugar, yeah

It's going to sweeten up that piece of meat just a little bit. I think Jack will love it

I did baked pork chops with butter beans and rice for dinner last night

and he ate it like he just got out of prison. Did he? He loves butter beans, that's his new favorite now

Did they give him air? That boy was born with air. Between me and Jack and Matthew and Champ I don think Brooke doesn stand a chance does she She needs to build an addition Jack will make a sound and he look at me

He said, ooh, had air, Guinea. This is cooked down right about where I want it

Yeah, yeah. It's going to be delicious. This is going to go in the center

I've got some twine over there. Look at that. Gosh, it smells so good now that it hit that bread

Can you do it with your hands or is it? Yeah, I'm going to do it like this

Yeah, and kind of keep it over there, sonny boy. And that's where the fold is

Gosh, even my voice sounds funny this morning. I can't get awake. All right, Jamie

That is perfect. Isn't this beautiful? Now, if you'll cut our string, yes

Great. He is going to be so good. All right, now, I'm going to just put a little olive oil on him

Rub him in. Take good care of him. And now I'm gonna kiss him goodnight

A little kiss. And tuck him in a warm place. Gonna put him in the oven for about an hour and a half

Got it on 350. 375. For about an hour and 15 minutes

Coming up next, a new Father's Day tradition. Onion and sweet potato gratin

Little Matthew may get his first bite of sweet potatoes. And pumpkin spice cookies, just perfect for decorating

So I can become super guinea. Jamie

Mama. I just went back then, the glam squad is juicing. Mm-hmm

And I didn't get you any juice. Would you like some? No, thanks. I tasted yours

I call them the glam squad because, honey, if you could see me before they start their work

Michael has said many times that Jamie Cribbs is not a beautician

He is a magician. I'm juicing my vegetables. Don't spill any on that shirt

Well, it's almost the same color. That juice will mess up a wardrobe if you're not careful

All right, son, we are going to do a sweet potato gratin

to go along with that pork, and I'm going to start by making a roux

and I'm going to use about five tablespoons of butter. Caramelized onions are one of my favorite things

Yes. And, you know, we eat a lot of sweet potatoes. Jack loves them

They are so good. I'll never forget the first Thanksgiving. I cooked a squash casserole and a sweet potato casserole. Yeah

When I put the spoon in his mouth, Jamie, and now let's see, he was four or five months old

He said, at five months. I think Matthew, the way he eats, he's going to want a sandwich at five months old

I'm telling you what. You know we call him Moose. Moose? He eats Jack's

Oh my God, I love it. Jack is bear and Matthew is moose

All right, so I'm just dissolving that flour into this butter. And now I'm going to measure out two cups of half and half

And I've got some smoky paprika. And I'm going to put about a half a teaspoon of that in

And we're going to layer this, Jamie, into the dish I've got back there

Mm-hmm. Look at that. Didn't that turn that a pretty color? Kind of coppery

God, it smells so good. You do like the way it smells

Mm-hmm. You coming all right with the potatoes? I'll help you. I'm hand-cutting these as thin as I can

I know it. If you would, son, start grating that wedge of Parmesan cheese

because we're going to need that. About two cups, son. All right, now I'm going to put a teaspoon of Dijon mustard

All right, three tablespoons of brown sugar. And... Gonna put a little cayenne in there

A little cayenne. Quarter? Yeah, we're gonna knock that thing with a little bit of heat

Now I'm gonna put about a teaspoon and a half of salt into our white sauce

A little ground pepper And this is starting to get thick on us now Mm

Mm-hmm. Stick your finger in that white sauce, Jamie. It is, like, delicious

Ooh, gracious. Isn't that good? Mm-hmm. All righty. Ready to layer it up

Okey-doke. I'm going to spray our casserole dish. Okay, we're going potatoes, cream, cheese, potatoes, cream, cheese, onions

Yes, and the last thing that goes on will be the onions. Then like half the sauce

This is going to be so good. Mm-hmm. And who knows

Little Matthew may get his first, or Moose may get his first bite of sweet potatoes

Yum. All right, now, Jamie, we're going to cover this with foam

After you get it covered with the onions. My mouth just started watering

Break time of day. All right. So let's roll. 350 30 35 Uncover

15 minutes more Naked 15 minutes Alright We've done it Cheers Now I'm awake

Coming up next Pumpkin cookies It's just nothing Like a grandparent And grandchild relationship Nothing

Yummy I see What'd I tell ya? How much longer do we have before Jack gets out of school

We've got to leave here in 20 minutes. Okie doke. Alright, so I'm going to make a..

Look how beautiful this turned out. Oh gosh, that's gorgeous. Alright, I'm going to make a pumpkin spice cookie

And I'm creaming together one cup of butter and one cup of sugar

Okay. And from you, I need three and a fourth cups of all-purpose flour

like a half a teaspoon of salt, and two teaspoons of bacon powder

Kind of a traditional holiday cookie recipe. Yes, exactly. And I've got vanilla flavoring, and I've got a little rum extract

You know, Suzette and Amy and Rick and Allison just left. It's so good when we get to see them

I know it, isn't it fun? I've known Suzette longer than I've known Bobby. Amy and Suzette is my best friend's children

Their mother and I became best friends when we were both 19 years old

We were both pregnant. And these children have been raised like brothers and sisters

We used to put y'all in the car. Of course, we didn't have to have a car seat for you

We had those carry-ons. I used to ride in the back ledge of the car

Yes, you did. And my neck was your seatbelt. You stood up beside me in the seat like this

I won't take Jack to the mailbox without a five-point harness. How many eggs do you need

Two. But anyway, they... Remember, Susanne was so bad in high school

and you used to sit back and go, oh, my friend, poor Susan and her daughter

And then about the time I got out of high school, I went as sideways as she did

I said, what? But at least I was... Yeah, boys are late bloomers

Girls start earlier being bad. And then they settle down quicker. It only took me 20 years to settle down

Well, honey, let me tell you, it usually takes a man until he's about 40

before he really, really starts getting ripe. Yeah, we beat into submission by 40. Yeah

But anyway, Suzette and Amy just left, and they brought me a rum cake

That's what I was talking about, rum flavoring. Did they make it? No, Suzette, you know, works at the drive-thru restaurant. Mm-hmm

They're at Wagner's, and that girl has to get up like 4 every morning

Mm-hmm. 4.30. Restaurant business is not for babies. No, it ain't for sissies

But so she doesn't have time. I'm going to eyeball this about a teaspoon, a healthy teaspoon

That's why we quit doing breakfast. But anyway, she had one of her customers bring her a rum cake every now and again

because Suzette's cooking all day, but it's what they serve at Wagner's

So would you go around? She tired of barbecue like I tired of fried chicken You know I couldn believe when Jamie said he was tired of fried chicken And I said you are what All right so I got this all creamed up

got our flavorings in. If you would just kind of add that, you know, just a couple of scoops at the time

And we're just gonna drop this on the cookie sheet, and then we're gonna go get Jack

and I hope he likes these cookies. So I can become super guinea

The other night, Jack was over here, and he said, Guinea, let's make some blue cookies

I said, okay. I keep colored sprinkles in my pantry, so I'm ready at the drop of a hat

All right, son, we're going to do six to a pan, okay

Or you can do 22. Because, see, we're making these big. All right, in the oven, and I mean, it's going to take every second

350, 10 minutes. It's still hot from my roast. I know. So I'll go bottom shelf

You can have the top one. Got to taste a little of the cookie dough

Let's save some for Jack. He loves the dough. I know he does. That is good

Oh, the roast. Oh, my gosh. Oh, I'm so glad you like it

I just hope Jack likes it. Speaking of Jack, Mom, we need to go. I know

Is Groovy here? Yeah, he's back there. You're going to tell him to wash the cookies

Yeah. It'll take us a few minutes. Oh, my gosh, those raisins

I can't be late. When I was a young woman, I always wanted lots of children

If Mother Nature had allowed, I know I would have had at least four

And I'll sit in the back with Jack. Okay. With Jack Bear

So to see my family some 40 years later finally getting to the size that I hope it would always be, the world is great

Coming up next, Jack's here to help me decorate his daddy's favorite

Do I look pretty? It's beautiful. You know, there's just nothing like a grandparent and grandchild relationship

Nothing. Pumpkin cookies! Because you don't have any of the responsibility, but you can sneak in and snatch just a lot of fun

Ooh, your daddy and I ate so much cookie dough before we came over to get you

Come on, pal. Jack, guess what? Your daddy and I have been cooking while you was at school

Yes, sir. Are you ready for lunch, bud? So tell Ginny what all you did at school today

Nothing. That's daddy's boy. Tell Ginny some of your friends' names. Luke

How about any girls? Only one. She used to like girl stuff, and now she likes boy stuff

What are you going to do when one day she comes in all freely with her dress on

and she discovers that she doesn't like to play boy stuff anymore

Is she still going to be your friend? Good. All right, Jack

I'm going to cut this meat up. It's got all your favorite things in it

Apples and raisins. Oh, that pork roast is so tender

Mm-hmm. Eat your lunch now so we can do the cookies. And we've got to decide how we want to decorate them

Kids love the little sprinkles. They love candy. They love bright colors

And they love creating. What? Icing. Yeah, Daddy's gonna make some icing for us

He's mixing together, y'all, a package of cream cheese, a stick of butter, three cups of powdered sugar

and I'm adding in a tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice. All right, Daddy

Look, Jack. Do I look pretty? Okay, it's beautiful. You know what I want to put on it

What? My lips. Uh-oh, have to lick it off

No. Yummy, I see. What'd I tell you? You said you didn't like pumpkin spice

I knew you did. I love this one. I'm going to do mine like yours

Well, let's toast. What do you think? I think he love his daddy

That's what I think