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Y'all, today is all about party dishes, but you know what

I think they almost are kind of redneck-y. I needed the number one redneck in America

Everybody, it's Jeff Foxworthy! And we're cooking up some classic party dishes that are so good

you'll find any excuse to have a party. That's daggum good. That's daggum good

That's stupid. First up, Jeff and I are making mile-high nachos with a southern queso dip

Put it on top of your head, your tongue will beat your brains out. Try to get to it

Then I'm making a down-home favorite, y'all, Chili Mac. I'm telling you, this is going to be awesome

And no ding party is complete without Uncle Bubba's shrimp quesadillas. Do these appear to be to your liking

I'm excited about this. And we're going to wash it all down with some refreshing Georgia peach sweet tea

We got so much to talk about with this precious man. Don't go nowhere. We're visiting

We're a visitor. See, you know the best parties are redneck parties

Absolutely. The kind of parties, if somebody doesn't leave crying or with a bloody nose, you did not have a good time

Thank you for having me here today. Oh, my gosh. I hadn't seen you since you were kind enough to have me on Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader

You did good on Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Am I smarter than a fifth grader

Not no, but hell no. I'm not smarter than a first grader, and I found that out

And I bet you're saying, I didn't know Jeff Boxworthy cooked. I like food a lot

And Jeff's going to make a southern queso dip to go on top of my mile-high nachos

My daddy was a great cook. He's a solenoid, y'all. He was. My dad was an interesting character

What you doing? I'm cutting this pepper in half. Well, now you know to be careful

I am. I'm talking about with the seeds. I know. The seeds are the hot part

Yes. You use that spoon to get them seeds out. I'm going to. All right

So I want to hear more about your daddy. Okay, so my daddy, he liked women a lot

And so when he was about 50, and I think he was between wife three or four or whatever

he says, I'm going to go take a cooking class. And I said, I've never seen you cook in your entire life

Man's never made a sandwich. And he said, I know, he said, but there's got to be a lot of women in a cooking class

I was going to say, he was going to meet a woman. And he was going to meet women, and he didn't meet any women, but he became a gourmet chef

And one of the best cooks you've ever known in your life. No. So you are toasting or roasting your jalapeno pepper

Then I'm going to take about... You're going to brown some hamburger meat. I'm going to brown about eight ounces of hamburger meat

And you got some homemade pimento cheese over there. I know, I do. We're going to melt that homemade pimento

I know, but I kind of hate to throw it in there because if you had a cracker, we could wear that out

I've got me some garlic and I have diced me up a red bell pepper

and I'm going to saute these a little bit and a little hour

You're a much faster dicer than I am. No, not really. Not really, honey

I have to be careful because when I get through at the end of the day, I sure do like to be able to look down and count ten digits

You know what I mean? So, Jeff, somebody told me that you used to work here in Savannah

I worked at IBM, but I worked with people that worked here in Savannah

You were not in comedy. No, I had a record. I mean, I didn't know what I wanted to do

I was the guy in the break room doing impersonations of the boss and getting caught

You know, I was not headed up the ladder. And a bunch of guys I worked with used to go hang out at a comedy club

They were having a contest for working comedians. They entered me in and I won the contest

And this was in Atlanta? At the Punchline in Sandy Springs, right outside Atlanta

Uh-uh. So the first time on stage I've won. I think your ground beef is done. I think we're done

All right, now, if you want to drain it, there's a collander. We can

Most rednecks don't drain there. I'm not really worried about it, but if you want to

I ain't worried about it. Let's don't do it. We ain't going to worry about it. So now we're going to add our pimento cheese, all right? Yes

Let me tell you what I'm going to do, Jess. All right. We're going to put our nachos together right here in this black cast iron skillet

How's that? But I'm going to heat these up just for a minute. I mean, and here's the truth

I've made a great living doing something I would have done for free. I'm two decisions from drywalling, Paula

I mean, and to be able to make people laugh, what else would you want to do in life

I'm two decisions away from being a wallpaper hanger. That was one of my last careers towards things

We could have had a business together. You and me could have had a business. I could have put the walls up, and you could have papered them up

Yes. But, I mean, it's like with you cooking, you would have done it for free, you know

Oh, absolutely, and I did for years. And so, you know, I often think about that

How many people make a living doing something that they love to do? There nothing any greater I adding black beans y to my peppers and my onions Now I put two teaspoons of cumin

And now I'm going to add two chipotle peppers. All right, I'm taking these out because we just want them kind of warm

All right. This smells great. And they were... They smell great. Now, I just put some white cheese in here, about two ounces of white cheese with the pimento cheese, like American

What kind of cheese is that? Just white American cheese. I'm going to add some of your little whoop-de-doo, your mix-it-up up there

That's my house seasoning. I know, but I like it. Okay, good. Well, you mix it

I'm putting a little salt in mine. Smell that right there. I can't singe my eyelids

But that's good, isn't it? Yes. Ooh, melted pimento cheese. Shut up, boy

Shut up. Put it on top of your head. Your tongue will beat your brains out. Try to get to it

This is going to be a good combination. All right, so you got yearin', I got myrin'. Okay

So, let's make some nachos, honey. This is awesome

Isn't that pretty? Look at your presentation. Ain't it gorgeous? It's beautiful

And then you put the chips on the bottom. Yeah. We don't need no fork

Oh, well. All right. Come on, baby. All right. Lord have mercy

Some good syrup on there. What you thinking? That's daggum good. That's daggum good

That's stupid. I don't care who you are. I don't care who you are. That's good right there now. Mmm

We got so much to talk about with this precious man. Don't go nowhere. We're a visitor

We're a visitor. Coming up, I take mac and cheese to a whole new level

Then I make Jeff one of my favorite party dishes. Uncle Bubba's shrimp quesadillas

Look-a-here. Look-a-here. Look-a-here. And we can't forget a southern party staple, like sweet H-T

Is there any other kind of tea to live? I love sweet tea. I always say, Jeff, that it's really not about the food

The food is a vehicle that gets you here with me. My daddy always said the kitchen was like the heart of the house

And it's so funny, because you've got this beautiful place, but don't you live in the kitchen

You've got all this other space and you never go in there. This and the bed. No in between

No, but that's why I tell people, for you building a house, build a great kitchen, because that's where you're going to live

All right, well, I'm fixing to put some elbow macaroni in this pot of boiling water

because I'm going to make you a delicious chili mac. And what I need for you to do is to chop that onion for me, open them three cans

That's the job I'm qualified for, chopping an onion and opening cans

All right, I can do that. And put it right in here. and I'm just going to salt this water good

So I'm going to cook this, Jeff, for about 9 to 11 minutes. All right, there we go

We have got, that's probably about a pound and a half of meat, don't you expect

Yeah, maybe closer to two, but it's close. Yeah, something like that

Mm-hmm. So we're going to brown that, and then we'll add our onions. Okay

And then I've got a 15-ounce jar of, like, Mexican-style beans. The ranch kind of beans

Yeah. Oh, yeah, those are good. I love those. And then we've got two packs of chili

This is going to be good. Listen, do you have to? And we're going to mix this with the macaroni? And we're going to put cheese on top

Let me ask you this. Have you got a daughter getting married or something where I could do the wedding

A lot of people I would worry about, I think you could hang with my family

and be all right with it. If they're half crazy, I know I could

Well, but you know what, Paula? Everybody's family's crazy. That's why I have a job

is I just trusted real early in life, hey, if my wife says it, if my kids do it

if my family does it, surely we're not the only ones. So Jeff, tell us how you met your sweet wife

She was in the comedy club the first time I ever went on stage

And she liked Jeannie Wade. She came up and she talked to me

And I thought, oh, wow, she's cute. And I went to talk to her and I got so nervous I spilled a drink all over her

And I said, well, I guess you'll never go out with me. And she said, well, you didn't even ask

That was a Tuesday. We went out on Saturday and that was 30 years

I knew an hour into the date, I'm like, oh, dadgummit, I'm going to marry this girl

I knew an hour into the date How long did you take So I met my wife and my career the very same night Yeah If you just drain that macaroni

All right, you got it. And I'm going to start grating our cheese

What do we want to do with the nail? All right, we're going to mix all that stuff in there

Are we going to put it in here? Yeah, put it in there. You don't want to put it in there? And then we're going to put it in that pan

Okay. All right, now how many brothers and sisters? I have one of each

A sister that's a year and a half younger than my brother is about five years younger than me

He and I live next door to each other. Do y'all? Yeah, he has three daughters and I have two

You live out in the country. Are they good friends? Are all the children good friends

They're like sisters. They're like, are they all go to the same school? They're all within like three or four years of each other

It's the estrogen ocean down there where we live too. It's just me and him and an ocean of women

Oh my gosh. and those hormones just to go in like that

They're so much more emotional than boys. You know, you come home, you're like, I'm like, why are you upset

And they're like, well, he came in and he said we were going to play together

and then they walk and sit down the room and they call me a stupid ass

And I'm like, honey, calm down. I'm telling you. And my wife is from New Orleans, so you know

Is she? You add that extra little level of craziness. Yeah, it's in a good way

Ready, we're going to put this in there. All right, let's put it in the oven. This thing is full now, Paula

It's going to be all right. It's going to bake down a little bit. It's going to be all right. About 20 minutes, y'all

350 degrees. The last couple of minutes, we're going to put this beautiful Georgie Gold

Oh, that's pretty. Coming up. This is going to be good. A Dean family favorite, Uncle Bubba's shrimp quesadillas

I'm excited about this. Are you? And nothing goes better with a party meal than ice cold sweet tea

Cheers. That's good. Y'all, I'm in here with the incredible Jeff Foxworthy

I feel sorry for anybody that hadn't got to meet him up close and personal

You are a funny guy. I'm a blessed man. I've made a great living doing something I would have done for Brie

It just rolls off your tongue, buddy. I'm lucky, and I love what I do

And I love what you do. This has been fun. I love what I do, too

What are we making now? With quesadillas. All right. Oh, is this Bubba's quesadillas

All right. Uncle Bubba is my brother. But you know what? Before we start making this, Jeff, I think we ought to cheese that chili mac. Okay

Chili mag. You want to cheese our chili mag. All right. Yes, what you think? I'm not going to burn my hand

You can't mess it up by putting cheese on it. No. Give me something to do while we talk

All right, all right. I tell you what. Shrimp. Where are our shrimp

I don't know. Let's see. That would help. Oh, there we go

And we got some water here in the pot, and I've turned it up high

All right, what are we doing? A tablespoon of seafood seasoning. Okay

Ancho chili powder, two teaspoons of that. Okay. And then you can open that can of diced tomatoes

I think it's got green chilies in it. Let's see. Yes. Okay. And you can just put that in that colander and drain it

Okay. And I'm going to be turning on our skillet over here and getting started on the rest of our ingredients

We've got our little flour tortillas. Going to throw those shrimp in there and just let them cook for a few minutes just until they turn pink

We don't want to overcook them. All right, so you've got a big family, don't you

I do. Does your wife have a big family? She does. She's from Louisiana, so, you know, everything they do is around food

They bring stuff to eat. I'm like, this is delicious. I'm like, what is it

And they're like, you don't want to know? You don't want to know. Put your little more hot sauce on to keep you in there, city boy

I'm like, give me a hint. Does it swim? Does it fly

You just keep eating. I love Louisiana folks. I do, too. And they love food so much

Uh-huh, they love food. They love family. You want me to get that

Y'all, I'm going to try to get it. Whoa. It's heavy. Somebody of mine fill this sapsucker up good

I know it. Look at that. Mm-mm. See, that's perfect. Just that look

I love that little burn. That is fine, yes. I'm telling you, this is going to be awesome

All right, see if your shrimp's ready. I bet they're pretty. Perfect. Perfect

All right, what are we doing with them? All right, we're going to drain them. All right, let's see

I think I got, ooh, yeah, I got some pepper jack cheese in here, too

I think that'd be pretty good. Now, is your family funny when y'all all get together

Well I think they funny Because with us and I was lucky because both sides of my family were like we always laughed at every Christmas party at every family It was always laughter in our family

I mean, when I get together with my family, I'm like the fourth funniest person, so I

don't even have to entertain. All right, now we're just going to take those shrimp and just toss them in with our tomatoes

Okay. Look-a-here. Look-a-here. Look-a-here. This is going to be really good. Look-a-here

Look-a-here. Have you ever messed anything up by adding cheese and onions

No. Nuh-uh. Well, and the great thing about this for a party is it's so easy to do

I mean, from start to finish, it's five minutes to do. I always get nervous when I get my family together

And when you tell this stuff on stage, people think that you're making it up

But I did a whole thing about the clampets go to Maui

Because when I finally started making some money, I took all my relatives. And it literally, I mean, they were showing up with Piggly Wiggly bag in the airport

My sister. That was my luggage for the first 10 years. My sister, this is, the whales were in Maui

You know, they're only there like six months a year. And so my wife's like, who wants to go

And my sister said, I think I'm going to just stay here and watch The Price is Right

And I said, so now I'm getting worked up. And I said, you are never going to get a chance to see a whale again

And she said, I never get a chance to see The Price is Right. It's only when I'm at work

So this is my family. That makes perfect good sense to me. This is my family

So do these appear to be to your liking? I'm excited about this

Are you? I'm excited about all this stuff. All right, so I've cut our fire off, Jeff

And, yes, don't those look great with our Chili Macs cooling down

I'm excited. I don't want to leave. Yeah, will you come back to see me? I will come back

I can't be here before tomorrow. I love you. Good to see you. Coming up

All right, let's take it home. Jeff and I make a classic southern drink to go with our party favorites

Best dishes. She ain't lying. Y'all, I cannot believe we're in the last stretch of today's show

I've had so much fun. I kind of hate for it to be over. This has been fun. I hate for it to be over, too

I feel like I have known you for a long time. Well, you know, I feel the same way

All right, let's take it home. What are we doing now? Let's take it home. We're going to make us some peach tea

I've had like, let's see how many, two, four, six. like seven tea bags

Okay. And, you know, maybe we started off, Jeff, with like two cups of water

All right. What are we going to do? Add sugar? Yes, because sugar, if you add sugar to cold water

it ain't going to dissolve. No, it's not a good thing. All right, my quesadillas are still on

so I'm going to turn those off. All right, wait, wait, wait. Now, you were supposed to

No. That was a quarter. That's a quarter. And this was a half. For us to get three quarters

I bet it's three. Well, look what I did. I did it three times. I didn't go to school just to eat my lunch

Uh-uh. All right. We got that one. Okay. And then we would do the same thing on this, right

Yes. Okay. Well, however you want to do it, baby. It's going to be some sweet tea. It's going to be some sweet tea

Is there any other kind of tea to have? No, I love sweet tea. All right

We got some peach nectar. Okay. We're going to add that to that

You want to add the peach to the cold? Yeah, don't you think? Well, why not

Cheers

That's good. That's good. All right, what else we have? All right

We got our chili mac. Look at that. This is a good party you've prepared for us

Ain't this a good party? Oh, that's wonderful

Is it good? Mm. Look-a-here, look-a-here. Look at that, would you? I'm not coming to your house anymore

I leave here fat. Mm. Mm. Tell Bubba that I love his quesadilla, too

I will tell him. This has been so much fun. And do you mind if me and my brother put some of this in the cooler and take it back with us

I'd love for you to put it in the cooler and take it. It's not really a redneck party unless you're sticking something in the cooler and throwing it in the truck

That's exactly right, Chip. I've had so much fun. Thank you for having me

You're as not right as the rest of my family. That's right. And that's the ultimate compliment

And I do. I take that as a compliment. We send you love and best dishes

Yeah, best dishes. Chain line. Bye, y'all