TV Dinners

Hey, y'all. Tonight on Paula's Party, I'm cooking with some of television's biggest icons

It's happy days, y'all, when everybody's favorite tough guy, Henry Winkler, cooks up a country fried steak even the Fonz would love

Whereas Carson Kressley gives an audience member a makeover. What happens in Paula's Party stays in Paula's Party

And Soprano's star... The godmother of Savannah. Steve Sharippa is cooking us up an Italian feast

Forget about it. So pull up a chair and grab your remote

How you doing? Because tonight, it's all about TV dinners. Let's party

How are y'all

You know, somehow they always manage to put a handsome man up here

You know, I think it's their way of trying to get the old girls motor running

Do y'all know what the theme of the show is today? TV dinners

But fear not. I'm not going to be showing up. I'm not going to be showing up with those

Oh, honey, I would never disappoint you. I am not going to be bringing out those little three-fold

No, my guests are so huge to the TV screen. They have literally changed the scope of TV

So what do you say we get started? Y'all, my first guest, I don't know what to say about this guy

I just love him to pieces. The show that he was on changed the outlook for gay men

Does anybody know who it is? Carson Cressley, come on out here

How are you? Ooh. How are you? Get out here, Southern. Let it up, we're not going

Paula, I wore these pants to Uncle Bubba's because they reminded me of seafood

Yes. Look, see if you can find my crab claw or my shrimp

I'm doing that. I ain't gonna touch that one. I ain't gonna touch that one with a 10-foot pole

Don't. All right, well, listen, I want to ask you something, Carson. Okay. Where are I for the straight guy? Yes

Do you see a man here in the audience that's, you know, really, really macho

Right. And maybe needs to get in touch with their feminine side? Oh, maybe

Do you see somebody that you could help? How about the guy in the brown shirt

I could help him. Come here, honey. Come up here. Come on up here, darling

There we go. Oh, he's cute. Isn't he cute? Look at that

You both have dimples. I know, we match. All right, what is your name, baby

My name's Tom. Hi, Tom. Tell me what to do. Oh, well let's see

Can you tuck this shirt in? Let's just see what it looks like. Here, I'll hold this

I'm used to it. There we go. You bad boy. God. I've seen this a million times

At work, at work, this is what I do. Look at you, you have a nice waist, why not show it off? Yes

A waist is a terrible thing to waist. Oh wait, can I do one little thing too? Yes

Let's just. The hair, the hair is way too severe. It was a little militant

It's better looks, in style. Yeah. Okay, look at you, now you're better

Much better term. It's a party, just shake it out. Okay. Thank you, honey. Perfect

Come back here. We gotta cook. Let's wash our hands. We gotta cook

You always wash your hands before you... Wash the hair out of your hands. Whenever I'm at a restaurant and it says employees must wash hands..

I know. I stand there waiting and I'm like, is someone gonna come wash my hands

And then I'm like, oh, they don't do it, I do. Alright, so Carson

We're gonna make shoo fly pie. We are gonna make shoo fly pie. Oh my god, look, there's a camera up there

Yes, it is. Look at you. Look at you. Look at you. Look. Okay, we're gonna make shoo fly pie

Ooh, that's uncomfortable. It's just like Macy's in here. There's cameras everywhere

You don't want to mess with Macy's. Okay, we're gonna make the quickest and easiest pie crust

All right, and this is my great grandma's recipe. Pennsylvania Dutch, which is really Pennsylvania German

It's a whole complicated story. Okay, you take all-purpose flour. Throw that in

You take some sugar, just for a nice sweet crust. Okay, and then you throw in a pinch of salt. Salt

Pinch. Okay, and then I kind of just, you know, I kind of just fluff it up with my hands and get it, you know, nicely mixed and everything

Okay, don't. Okay, and just fluff away. And then you bind it together with some shortening

Okay. Okay, and then some butter. It's not a whole lot. I mean, but like you're afraid of butter, whatever

Okay. And then. It's a start. You can use a pastry thing, but that's so complicated

and the Pennsylvania Dutch are very simple. Okay. You just, I'm just going to use the fork. Well, I'll use the pastry cutter and you use the fork

I'm going to fork it up over here. You fork it up. Okay. What the fork is going on over here

Okay. Now we're just... Carson. It gets kind of lumpy and you just..

Carson, listen, don't cause me to lose my show now. You know, I haven't had it too long

I sure won't. You get an Emmy and you get all fancy on me

Jeez. Okay, and then you just... So, Carson, Carson, Carson. Yes, my love

Have you always been, like, in touch with your feminine side? Yeah, basically

I mean, I do remember, like, being on the playground in the third grade

and everybody's, you know, like, playing dodgeball, and I was like, why doesn't Patty wear Jim's pants

And why doesn't Jim wear David's shoes? And then the ball would hit me in the face, and I'd be like

oh, I hate dodgeball! We got, listen, honey, we got to go straight to break

Oh, it's not going to be straight when we come back. We'll be right back, y'all, with more of Carson Kressley

Coming up, Carson Kressley finishes his shoofly pie recipe. How y'all doing

How you doing? And later, the Fonz plays it cool in my kitchen, y'all

Whoo! Y I here with Carson Kressley and today show is all about TV dinners but not really It about the people that change TV and Carson is definitely one of those

Oh, well, thank you. I thought I was just changing shirts, but you know

We're making your grandma's shoo-fly pie. I'm slow. What's your dough going along

I'm about to get there. I'm doing my ice water a little slower than you. All you do, yeah, you add a little bit of ice water to your dough mixture and

that'll make it kind of come together and then you'll have a nice big ball

Okay, we always have a bowl. We sure do and look I forgot we've had such a good time

I forgot the other ingredients. Let's bring them on. Okay. I'm gonna show you All right, so we roll this out. We just are we gonna roll and pinch? Thank you so much now scram

Okay Okay, so you roll your jaw in your pie crust and then I like to just do the Pennsylvania Dutch way

I just do my pinches like this. Okay. We're having a pinch-off right now

All right. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Yes. You really changed TV, Carson

Well, you know, we were just out there, you know, doing the Lord's work, helping those in need

All the southern audience members are like, oh, no, he's ready. Honey, don't ever lose sight

of the fact that you're in the Bible Belt right here. Right, right. Okay, so we're going to put our ingredients in a raw pie crust

Yeah, we're just going to set these aside. And we're going to, here's your bowl

Oh, mine's right, beautiful itself. Okay. It sure is. Please let me feel good about myself, Carson

I will. Because, you know, I feel so insuperior next to you. You know what

You're perfect just the way you are. And you're gorgeous. You are so happy

Yes. Oh. Oh. Yes, you may come back. Thank you, honey. Mwah

I think we should do our own show. Okay, get her off me. I'm gay

Okay, so then we take our egg. Okay. Molasses. What is this

What is this? This is just a crumb mixture. Flour and... You don't know what it is, do you

It's flour and a little bit of cinnamon and some butter, and you just kind of make..

It's almost like a strudel topping. Yes. But it's just... You do know. I do

Okay. So these are the ingredients. So easy. That molasses smells so strong

That's molasses. Strong. An egg and some baking soda. Okay. And you just throw this all in here

Okay. I'm going to add my baking soda to my dry ingredients. Is that all right

I don't think that was supposed to go in there. Oh, yes, it was. You know it was

Why are you doing that to me? It's supposed to go in here. Go in here where

In our molasses and egg mixture. Oh, boo. No, it is. Watch

I'll do it my way. You do it yours. It's my recipe. You know what

Is my recipe not? No! That's wrong! You can't do it. We have to do this

Look, watch. Oh, look-a-here. I'm fixing to show you this. Look-a-here. Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit

You won't believe this, but I have that rug in my closet. No, you do not

I've seen that at some of the great gift shops of the South. Well, just butter my butt

So you just mix this up, whisk away. Okay, how easy is this

And then... Don't forget your flour. Don't forget my... That doesn't go in there like that, Paula

These two mixtures stay separate. Well, why didn't you speak faster? I tried to tell you, but you just don't listen

Okay, then I take a little... Oh, I like my way better. I take a little bit of the crumbs here... Yeah

...and put them in the bottom. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And this is going to be a wet bottom pie

Mine's going to be a wet bottom and top. And then you put this in here

Yes, see I don't like that. That looks like motor oil. Oh gooey and delicious

It has kind of a NASCAR flair to it. Listen, we're gonna bake both these suckers off. Okay, and then I put my crumbs on top

Well you just go right ahead. Yours looks like Mine looks like very good doesn't it

Okay, then I just put my crumbs on the top it as a crumb topping. Uh-huh. And we just oh my goodness

We just kind of even that out bubbles out. Mine is gonna be so much better. I don't think, oh I don't think so. Oh, I think so

And then we put them in the oven. Oh, cart in the way. I feel like a stewardess. Who wants a Diet Coke

Get out of the bathroom. We're landing. Okay, now we have to pull our finished pies out. Yes, it's been 30 minutes

Whoo! Seems like only a second. You make time fly, Paula. Hot! Ow

Oh! Oh! Hot oven! Whoa. Oh, God. I don't ever want to work in a kitchen

It's so hot. All right, get over here and let's get us a knife

Get us a knife. All right, you'll notice, Carson. Your pie doesn't look as good as mine

I don't like the way that pie looks. That's your pie. Oh, righty. This is the Paula Deen Show

Okay, let's dig in. The pretty pie is mine. Look at this slice of Pennsylvania Dutch lovin'

My gracious. White, Carson. Bluey and delicious. Here's your... Oh, a bigger spoon

Yes. There we go. Wait for me. Use your big spoon

Here's your spoon, because it looks like you have no teeth. Hi, everybody. Wait, but do I have something on my teeth

Wait, now I want to look like you. How y'all doing? How you doing

How you doing? I'm fine. How you doing? How you doing? Don't go anywhere, y'all, because you never know what's going to happen here

It's all I'm smarty. Mm! Coming up, with a little help, Henry Winkler becomes the king of southern fried steak

And later, eggplant parmesan with Soprano star Steve Sharupa. Forget about it

It doesn't sound right coming out of your mind. I know! Welcome back, y'all

Old Paula is just standing back here grinning from ear to ear today, y'all, because I've got some fabulous guests here with us today

It's all about the people that changed the scope of television. Before we get started, I want to know, does anybody have a question

Anybody got? Oops, let me, yes, let me come around there pretty

My pretty. What is your name? My name is Stacy. What is your question

I have been married 29 years. I have a great husband. I cannot get him to cook

Well, where is he? Henry? If we can get him. Thank you There is not a person in America that does not know and love this face

Henry Winkler. Well, now we can say the same about you. I want to tell you

It is true. So my wife, when I got the call, my wife said to me

my wife said to me, if you do not come down here

you're going to sleep on the porch. I know that probably most of you

think of Henry Winkler as someone that may be wanting the brightest

But let me tell you, You wouldn't be that far off. That is so not true

This man is so accomplished. He's not only an actor, he's a director, he's a producer

he is educated to the teeth, and he... And you know what

Out of all your accomplishments, probably your greatest one is you come from this place called Hollywood

and you have been married to the same woman for 29 years. Yes, that's true

You know, now that really says something about you and Stacy. No, it's true

And it is so great because you brought us together. This is the first time we've seen each other in a year

Take off your jacket, baby, and let's get this looking. You go, I'll go this way

How are you? Nice to see you. Hi, everybody. All right. Sorry I had my back to you

I wanna, ooh, god, this smells good. Uh-huh, all right. You know what is amazing, though? What? Truly

Because, you know, everybody talks about Paula Deen and how fabulous you are

Really? But what is amazing for everyone to know, for everyone to know about this woman is your journey

And out of this journey that was difficult, to say the least

It was difficult. Your spirit so fills the world. The reason that people are sitting here today is because you are unbelievable

Am I right? And the reason I said that was for that

Now, that's a hug. Henry, I cannot hold a candle to you

I mean what I say. Look, it's on tape. It's on television. I can't fit because it comes back to orange

Don't let anybody destroy that tape, y'all. Okay, what are we doing with this

You're so sweet. But listen, our goal is to teach you how to cook for your beautiful bride

Yes. because she's a great cook. I bet she is. She is great with food

I bet she is. She's had to do it all herself. Listen, you're so in because my dishes are so simple

And what I'm going to teach you to make for Stacy is country fried steak

So let's get started. All right, now we got our black cast iron skillets on

and they're on about a medium heat. Now we're going to take our round steak

and this is just a round steak, Henry, that you get from your butcher from the grocery store

and it's been through a cuber because round steak is very, very tough

So you have to tenderize it by running it through the cuber

Okay. All right, so we're going to take our meat, and I have a house seasoning here

and we keep buckets of this at our restaurants. Right. And it's salt, pepper, and garlic powder

Okay. So we're going to put those. All over it? Yes. Okay. And then we have a little of our seasoning salt

See the kind of orangish-reddish? Yeah. Ooh, now you're going to make it so salty

I spilled it. I'm sorry. Don't make it so salty now that your bride can't eat it. No

I mean... Okay. Ooh, those are going to be so salty, Stacey

You ain't going to be able to eat them. No, no, no. This is fun. I know it's fun. Do you see what you've been missing

I'm getting it now. Let me tell you something, Henry. there is something very sensual

about the kitchen and about food. I mean, just look what you've been missing in the kitchen, baby

I'm in there now. Yes, you're in there now. And thank God you're still young enough

to do something about it. Thank you very much. Don't go anywhere because I'm in the kitchen

cooking with Henry Wheatworth. Don't go anywhere. Up next, Country Fried Steak gets a thumbs up from the Fonz

You live? You die. The only thing that the Fonz had was, I'm not so sure

And later, Italian food, Soprano style. The godmother of Savannah. Y'all, I'm here with one of my heroes

one of America's heroes, Henry Winkler. Listen, this man is so smart, y'all

but he doesn't know how to cook. So I'm gonna help Stacy, his wife out

by teaching him how to cook a very southern dish. Okay. Country fried steak

My fave. All right. Right on the edge. So we have rubbed that seasoning into our meat. Yes

Now we have some flour here. Yes. Now we're gonna take our meat

and we're gonna run it through the flour. Okay. And shake him good

Shake him off good. And then you have a bowl of buttermilk. Ooh

So this buttermilk... This feels good. Yes, doesn't it feel good? Nice and cool

I'm liking this. Yes. Back in here? Yes, back into your flour now

On both sides. Yes, both sides. Okay. And you kind of press that in

Press it in. All right, now we're gonna give it a little shake-shake. Shake-shake

And then into our hot grease. And we're gonna do that with the same..

Hey, wait a minute, I did that really well. You got, like, the prettiest meat in town

Definitely the coolest. Now, this is going to take a few minutes, Henry, for our steak to cook

Yeah. So why don't we go out there and see if anybody's got a question for you? Because I know they're dying to talk to you. Sure

Anybody out there with a question for Henry? What is your name? Kim

Hi, Kim. Kim? You got it! Hi, Kim. It's the Kimster. The Kimster

All right, Kimmy. Hi, babe. What's your question? I know y'all just got started, but before you get out of here

we have got to get a thumbs up. A thumbs up? You know, hey

I wish I had said that. A thumbs up. Thumbs up. Okay

All right. All right. I want to know exactly how you do this

All right. So the thing is that the thumb came from my 10th grade history class from the gladiators You live you die The only thing that the Fonz added was

I'm not so sure. And the sound, you know, the sound came from the fact that

the fact that you can't be that cool talking so much. So I reduced

like paragraphs down to one sound. Hey. Hey, Kim. I'll talk to you later

Okay, well, I don't have room. While you were doing the thumbs up, I put

your meat in the pan. I knew there was something. I'm sorry

No, I like that you did that. Now, come over here, Henry, and wash

your hands, baby, because, you know, this country fried steak stuff, it's kind of messy

Yeah. And it's perfect because I've got this little book laying over here by my sink

Oh, see, I'm very proud of that. Hank, zip, sir. Zip, sir

This is his 11th book. Yes. All right, but tell me about this book

Okay. The curtain went up and my pants fell down. Yes, that is exactly right

Is it? And it's the story of my life as a dyslexic student

You would never know it. No, no, no. There are so many things I can't do. Can't spell

Math was hard. Who cares? Listen, I failed algebra one four times

And you know what? I took geometry for four years. Honey, I never made it to geometry

I was not smart enough. No. Listen, and you know what? I have not needed, not one time

Listen, I'm 60. Been out of school 42 years. Not one time have I needed that X minus E equals a pie

That is so true. Oh, gosh, I'm not, I'm so not taking good care of you

How did I do? I left every, yeah. You're just so perfect. Okay. Now, I'm going to scoop this over for you, and let's throw in our onions

Oh, I have onions. Uh-huh, and we're going to let them brown a little bit

On the side, yeah, so kind of we can keep control of them

Okay. Just let them brown. Okay. All right, let's see. My onions are browning, honey

So, um, I think I'm gonna take mine out. All right, and put it on the paper

Yes, we're gonna let it drain a second. And look, see... I have to use your paper

Oh, I want you to. We're sharing. Okay. Watch me. I may steal your steak

It's like perfect. All right, now get your flour. Could you just say that again, please

It's like... Stacy, he's like perfect. Hey. Uh-oh

Uh-oh. He's coming out! He's coming back! All right, now what am I doing

Now, I've already got us a pan of gravy ready because we have been so busy having such a good time

But I want you to help finish this up with me. What do you mean? All right

Now, see, we got our gravy, and we're going to put it back in our gravy

You didn't have this at the restaurant last night, did you? No, I didn't. Oh, my goodness

No, we had everything else. It'll make you slap your mama, baby

Make your tongue want to slap your brains out. So don't let any drip on the top of your head

Look at that. Look at that. Your wife... I'm going to..

I'm going to get you that piece of steak. I wish I had some biscuits and some grits

to go with it, but I don't. How do we have a garnish here

Yes, I do. Go feed that to your beautiful bride. Stacy, enjoy, honey

I'm sure the weekend's going to come and Henry's going to serve you that breakfast in bed with grits and homemade biscuits

Right, Henry? I promise. I'm just going to clean this off. How did I do

Brilliant. It's so good. So good. You are always in my heart

I'm just telling you. I love you so much. Oh, my God

I want to tell you something. This is my kind of girl. Stacy is like glaring at us

Let's do a group hug. Group hug. Group hug. Okay. Don't go anywhere

We got more shows! Up next, I'm cooking eggplant parmesan with Soprano

star Steve Sharupa. If you feel like you're putting on a few pounds, you just find fatter friends to hang out

Welcome back, everybody. Welcome back. So, Jamie told me, he came to me and he said

Mama, he said, there's somebody I really want you to have on this show

Y'all wait. He would not tell me who it is. This guy that I'm fixing to bring out now

he has been a part of a program that has changed television

that will never be the same. I'm so excited. Y'all ready to meet who it is

Y'all don't know who it is, do you? It's Stephen Sharippa from The Surprise

Are you kidding me? How are you, baby? How are you, baby

How are you? How's everybody? How's everybody? Thank you, Father. Jamie, I can't believe it

Y'all, seriously. I can't believe it. The godmother of Savannah. This is the Carmela Soprano

Forget about it. It doesn't sound right coming out of your mouth. Forget about it

Listen, one night, Michael took me to dinner in Brooklyn. I walked in the restaurant, and I started telling everybody

hey, how you doing? We started talking. And I looked at him, I said, you know, y'all really talk funny

I love New Yorkers. And I love it down here. We had a good time. I came in with my daughter

My daughter, Bria, is with me. Bria. She is so precious. And, well, we came in

We ate at your restaurant last night. We had the chicken. We had the fried green tomatoes

We had the steak. I had pot pie. We just had a little bit of everything

Stephen's on the Goomba diet, Mama. That means four or five entrees. He's written a hilarious book

I picked your book up, can you believe it? The Goomba Diet. The Goomba Diet

I brought one for you to sign for me, too. Have y'all seen that book? Hey, I gained 10 pounds

Don't pick up this book. You see, now, obviously, by looking at me

you know it's a joke book. Yeah. It's a joke. But you're so hard

But on the Goomba Diet, if you feel like you're putting on a few... Feel how hard he is, Jamie

No, I mean, it's as tight as a tick. Because he had steak and pot pie and chicken and biscuits and cornbread

and black coffee. Oh, wait, stretch doll out. I've never been told I was tight as a tick

but I like that. That's the first. But on the Goomba diet, if you feel like you're putting on a few pounds

you just find fatter friends to hang out with. You know, or if you're not motivated

you're not motivated to work out, you know, you pay a guy to work out for you

You know, if you feel like running, don't pay your bookie for three weeks. So that's the kind of diet

The only issue I have is you said real Goomba men don't eat grits

You ain't had the right grits yet. But wait, wait, I had grits last night. I tried grits last night

Did you like our grits? Yes, I liked your grits. You know, grits was great for you. Did you love our grits

I'm not a grit guy, you know what I mean? They play a promover

Yeah, I know, I'm sweating. Whenever I'm around beautiful women, when they're all over, I start sweating

you know what I mean? Steven's kind of like us in that he, you're blessed to be in the business you're in now

Oh, absolutely. He was in Las Vegas, he was working for, you managed... I was an entertainment director at the Riviera in Las Vegas

and I was acting, you know, small roles, you know. Where did you get the part in the surprise

Well, I had a wife and two kids and started doing the big parts and then went to New York for a wedding

called my agent, auditioned, got the role. You're like so close. Was lucky

And we started at 40. Okay, so I'm here to cook and I want to show you my grandmother's

eggplant parmesan recipe. Everybody loves eggplant. And on Sundays, as a kid

I would go to her house and have these huge dinners, you know, which start out with antipasta

and eggplant and pasta and all this great stuff, and this is my favorite dish

So we're going to get started. All right, Paul, you're ready to start. All right, this is your pot, baby. This is your pot

That's Jamie's pot. Oh, that's his pot. All right. Yeah, you come over here and keep it up. A little harder than my pot

I want to keep my eye on you. Watch my pot. Okay

I'm going to watch your pot. I'm going to let that simmer a little bit there. Okay. And, you know, we used to have these, I mean, where there was aunts and uncles

and there's every day, but every Sunday was like Thanksgiving, you know, and the guys are drinking wine, and the wives are cooking, and my grandma

So it was really stuck in my head. You know what? Italian families remind me so much of Southern families

because it's about a lot of talking, everybody talking at the same time, laughing

and consuming huge amounts of food to their family. You know what? Look, Italians eat at funerals, weddings, divorces

No one ever says, how could you eat at a time like this? We could eat always

It's so easy, isn't it? I was in college. I was eating a meatball sandwich with a girlfriend in college

I knew she was going to break up with me. She said, I got to talk that way. Let me finish my sandwich Let me eat first Okay now we gonna get a little minced garlic Oh You got some garlic Garlic here Looks like three or four big chunky fat cloves Whatever you say Three cloves

You know, you're the cook. I'm just an eater, but we're going to mix it up a little, Jamie

Smells good, right? Oh, it does smell good. And he's putting it in water, y'all. I guess

A little water. Just. I'm going to stand back. There we go

I'm going to stand back, y'all, because this is one of my favorite jackets

Did I have it on the inside out? No. We're going to lower it a little bit

Okay. It was just that water meeting the heat. That's it. The water, it's like when you met your husband

It sizzled, right? When you met Mike? Yes, it did. Bingo. It sizzled

Bingo. that was it was bingo after i realized after i pulled up his mustache it took a good look because

his mustache was down to here y'all i didn't know if this man had teeth or not so after i pulled up

his mustache and found out he had teeth i said whoa shazam and then it was bingo

That just smells so good. It smells great, you know. It smells fabulous

You know, this is tomatoes, you know, crushed tomatoes, and we're going to throw that on the hand

I think it's like three 28-ounce cans of, like, crushed tomatoes. You know better than me

You've got to tell them the recipe. I just go by looks. You ready, Jamie? I'd say these are plum tomatoes

Oh, my goodness. Smells good, right? That smells so good, Steve. Oh, yeah

And you know what? We missed some garlic, so I'm going to scrub. I'll scrape you a little bowl for you

Nothing goes to waste here. All right. How about some salt and pepper, guys

We've got to season this up a little bit. Jamie's the only one with salt and pepper

I know. Jamie will give us a little. I want to taste this tomato. It really smells good, and it's going to be great when it's done

Now, refresh my memory. Who's... Oh, come on, baby. All right. Let loose of that salt

A little more? That looks about right. All right. Let loose of that salt. Look

Look. Here's a hand. Go ahead. Damn! That's how the Soprano's doing

That's how you do it. Taste it. You got it salted just right

Steven, those tomatoes are so delicious. They're so fresh-tasting. Really, really good. Okay, so now we got the sauce cooking

We're gonna come back. We're gonna put the eggplant in the batter

We're gonna fry it up. We're gonna make our whole dish of eggplant. Parmesan, put the cheese on top

It's gonna be great. That sounds great. Y'all won't go anywhere. Steve's in the kitchen

All right. Coming up, Carson and Henry serves up Steve's eggplant parmesan

It's Carson and Henry! Also, my confines and cake! Welcome back y

Mom and I are getting a lesson from a true Italian superstar. Welcome back, y'all. Look at that

It's pretty good. Welcome back, y'all. We're working on our grandmama's eggplant parmesan

Yeah, parmesan. Sauce sounds great. All right. So what's, let's. On our sauces just to go in

And now you guys are fixing to cook the eggplant. A little basil in it. Oh, we're going to put some basil in it

Put a little basil in it. All right, I'll throw your basil in it. A little basil in there. I love basil

All right, now we're going to bread the eggplant, right? All right, you got your eggplant, and I see that you've done it season well

I like it's skin on. Very thin. Very thin. Skin on. Skin on

Skin on. Now this is egg wash. It's egg with a little bit of milk. Uh-huh

And you're using some breadcrumbs. Now are these seasoned or plain? Those are seasoned breadcrumbs. Okay

You can get that in a can. Yeah, yeah, you get them at the grocery store

Pack it on, baby, pack it on. I think I did that already

All right, so we got that. And now there's oil in this pan, and we've got it cooking a little bit

All right, how about I'll help you? Oh, you're going to help. Yeah, I need some help. I'll help you

I need a little help. Uh-oh, you need to turn your fire up, baby. Turn your fire up

You already turned my fire up, Paula. Mom, listen, just give me one minute, please

Give you one minute for what, son? Bobby, tell me. What happened at the end of the show

Well, my theory is Tony Soprano choked on an onion ring. Man, he was shoving all those onion rings in his mouth

That fat... No. You know what? What I think happened, I thought it was absolutely terrific

and I think David Chase is a genius. All right, now, I've got to ask you this

And it followed just the rest of the story, you know what I mean? What do I think happened

I guess you make up your own mind whether he lived or died, you know? All right, I've got to ask you this

What was your favorite scene or your favorite episode from The Sopranos

My favorite one would probably be the first one of the season when I beat Tony Soprano's butt

Oh, my gosh! You beat his butt till his nose bling! Yeah, he needed it

Your character was sincerely my favorite because he was a sweet guy, you know

And I thought the cruelest thing that I'd seen Tony Soprano do was send you to Canada

you know, when you finally got your hands dirty. I mean, that was heartbreaking. Well, you know what I think

I think a lot of people, you know, for some reason, we love Tony Soprano, even though he's a murderer

And he's a killer, and he hurts people, but the audience still chooses to love this guy

And y'all talk so dirty on that show. After he made Bobby do that, do the killing, which is the last thing in the world he wanted to do

I think a lot of people didn't like Tony anymore. And then after Tony killed Christopher, his nephew, I think people realized that this is a sociopath

This is a crazy guy, yet we choose to like him, you know

He's kind of an everyman. And look, the show on so many levels is so smart, so brilliant

I mean there has not been a show in TV history that has captivated the United States and the world like this You know what it reminded me of Steve Kind of Dallas Do y remember like who shot JR Oh my Dallas Please Well you know what But you know what I mean everyone who shot JR It was very important

That doesn't come around that often. No! Stuff like that. Well I think the coolest thing is that how you started and you wound up in it and you added so much to the show and it'll go down in history as one of the greatest shows

Yeah, and I'm very proud to be a part of it. Thank you very much. Now, if you don't show me how to do this to Parmesan

I'm going to send somebody out to see you. This is great. Come on. It smells great

The sauce is great. Yeah, what do we do now? Now we're going to ladle a little sauce on it

Sauce down, and then we're going to put our... All right, sauce first. A little sauce, a little sauce

Nice. How nice, huh? Oh, that sauce is very, very nice. You know, and it's kind of just a plain sauce

That's what I like. Good tomatoes, fresh garlic, basil, salt, pepper. And it's very light, not real thick with all pieces

We'll start laying them out. Just laying right on top? Just laying right on top

Okay, now mozzarella? A little bit more sauce. A little bit more sauce

A little more sauce on top. Do you put the mozzarella throughout it, or is that like on top

On top. Oh, just on top. Right on top. Oh, this is, I can't wait to eat this myself

Oh, I can't either. Do you eat your own cooking? You eat your own cooking, right? Take a look at her

Now, what do you think? Don't trust the skinny cook is what we say down here

I lay a mozzarella. Mozzarella right on top. Right on top. Then we're going to bake this

Are you going to put some more sauce? Then we're going to put some more sauce. Here. Let me help you, son

There you go. See? I didn't see families that cook together stay together

You see that? I love mozzarella. Yes, you're absolutely correct. Absolutely. You know what, y'all

This, being in the kitchen with your family is so therapeutic. It's so healing

At the end of a day, you've been out there working. You might have had your butt kicked around a little bit

And you come back home and get in that kitchen with people that you know loves you and cares about you

And loves your cooking And loves your cooking You know, that heals a bad day

You want to do one more layer, Jamie? Well, let's swap it out You want to? Let's go

Son, you need another egg Oh, look at that Magic, magic Yeah Magic

See, that looks good, doesn't it? Everybody's going to get a little piece

Uh-oh! No! No! Hey, Tom! Henry! Hi, guys! Hold on to my coupon

Hey, Kate! It has been so real today. Until next time, best dishes

Tell them best dishes, Steve. Best dishes! Henry! Henry! Henry! Henry! Best dishes

The Roller's Party to y'all! Till next time! Thank you, thank you, thank you