Zucchini and Corn Casserole vs. Grilled Zucchini and Corn Succotash

It's good and good for you

Hey, this is my section and my recipe. Okay, I didn't mean to talk to the pepper

Me. Can't you see me talking to you? Three blind mice. Good morning, audience

Good morning, son. Oh, well, good morning, Mom. Y'all are going to be so tired of that

Jamie and I are fixing to do our dueling dishes. Dueling panjos

Dueling dishes. I am doing a zucchini and corn casserole. And I'm doing a grilled zucchini, fire-roasted corn

fresh heirloom tomatoes, some delicious cheese. We're making a succotash that is good and is good for you

All right, but so here's the deal, y'all. We have got three members of the audience

We have asked three people to come here to our house and enjoy the show and promptly walk them off

into the back of the house. And we blindfolded them. So they're going to choose whose is the best for them

Are they going for the good or the good for you? Well, no, this is good for you, too

No, that is not good for you. It is good. Well, it most certainly is. It's got zucchini and peppers and onions

Yeah, it's full of vegetables. and what do you got, cream cheese over there? I got a little butter, a little cream cheese

a little cheese, a little canned corn. I'm going to get started, too. I'm going to get my corn on because this is going to take a minute

Okay. All right, now I'm going to start by dicing up an onion

I'm using a Vidalia, a sweet Vidalia. All right, my eye is on

I'm going to cut that up and just rough dice my onion

and I put three zucchini in boiling water, and I'm probably going to let that just cook

for about five or six minutes, y'all, and then I'm going to dice it up

Paula, give us an overview of the recipe and then let Jamie tell us what his is

Okay. Mine is simply zucchini, red onions, I mean red bell pepper and sweet onions

and I'm going to saute these in a little butter, and then I'm going to mix all my veggies

with a couple of tablespoons of cream cheese, a couple of eggs, some paprika

one of those little small cans of cream-style corn, and then I'm going to top it with cheese, y'all

and I'm just going to bake it until it's bubbly. So it very simple So when you got your neighborhoods having a little covered dish dinner this is a great side because you know I found out I try to

when there's funerals here in town, you know, since I'm in the restaurant business

you know, I try to feed the families, you know, of people who have lost a loved one

And I have found at funerals, you know, used to could, when we were growing up, girls in Albany especially, I got friends here from Albany, you know, they would bring out the fresh peas and the fresh corn and, I mean, you'd get lots of good vegetable dishes

Well, I have found now when I go in homes and I bring in, you know, a lady and son's buffet

That there's like store-bought potato salad from the deli and things like that

That people don't go all out like we used to when they would die and when we were younger

So Jamie, you want to lift the mood on your dish now? Thanks, Mom, for that uplifting story

I was still talking Paul, we're talking about dead people Tell me about some more funerals you've been to

I'm going to finish telling y'all what I was trying to say. So if you got something like this

this is a great little fresh vegetable to take them. Everything's fresh except that creamed corn

You could have talked about a potluck dinner and a church buffet, I mean, funeral food

Don't embarrass your family when you die. Make sure you make homemade potato salad ahead of time

So I've got these in planks, y'all, and I'm going to just grill them, and I'm gonna grill my corn

I used to work at a field just outside of Albany where we cross-pollinated corn

so I learned to eat corn raw off the stock. That's what we would have for our breaks

I don't remember you having that job. And I loved it. Well, Mama, you didn't know hardly near about anything

that I was doing when I was 17 and 18 years old. Oh, I'm sure

That was by design. So I don't mind it if they're crunchy

I actually prefer it, because I love a little bit of crunch with my vegetables

I don't overcook my broccoli. Anything that is fresh is gonna taste fresh

I'm not gonna cook it down to where it's so soggy. So I'm gonna let my corn go for just a minute

and look at these beautiful zucchinis. So once I get this with a little bit of char on it

I'm gonna break all this down into cubes. We're going into the bowl with my tomatoes

I'm gonna add a little bit of salt and pepper to these, y'all, and I'm gonna dress it very simply with some oil and some vinegar

I got some fresh basil. What you doing over there, Marm? OK, baby, I got my zucchini cut up

I'm fixing to crack my eggs. Well, this is going to be some fresh corn

I'm good to go. All right, there we go. My veggies are all in I going to stir in a couple of tablespoons of cream cheese

Or more. More is good. A teaspoon of paprika

A little color. A small can of cream corn. All righty

I've added my corn and my cream cheese because I want to get that cooled down kind of quick

All right, a little pepper. A little salt. Okay, I got you

How y'all like my fork? For scrambling eggs. All right. I'm putting this in a prepared dish, y'all, that's been greased

Okay, how about you there, Jamie? I need about three more minutes, and I'll be ready

All right. Since I got another second, I'm going to take my spatula

and get all that good stuff. Are you going to put that in the oven, Paula

I'm going to put this in the oven. Mm-hmm. And I'm going to bake it, Gordy, until it's nice and bubbly

And that'll probably be like 20 minutes, y'all, or probably closer to 25

So how about I bring out the tasters? All right? All righty

I want to get my counter cleaned up before our company comes out

All righty, we got them. That is some outfit for tasting. Look at those shoes

My goodness. Okay. So, ladies and girls, we brought y'all out. You're all blindfolded

Now, what we've done, Mama has fixed a delicious dish. I have fixed a delicious dish

You're going to taste both, and then you guys choose But I can tell you this, both of the dishes are good, and they're good for you

Well, one of them is a little better than the other, but they're both good, and they're kind of good for you

They got fresh vegetables and stuff in them. I ran a little over my time limit

That's why y'all are standing here, because I'm working furiously as you stand there

Hey, girls! Hi! How y'all doing? Good! Those are good looking

Thank you. I almost want to wear those on my hair. I know, I want to go

What do you mean? Can you see over there? No, I can't see nothing

And you know what? Did it make you mad when they put that blindfold on them pretty eyelashes

Courtney just put it on you. Okay y Okay doll baby What your name young lady in that pretty egg blue with your shoes Catherine Here Mama you help Catherine Okay Catherine where are you from Savannah From Savannah good

Now, this first dish is hot, so y'all be careful. Mama, you got a blow on it for them. Okay

And how about you, dear? You're from Leesburg. Me. Yes, ma'am. Yes, I am

Can't you see me talking to you? Tell me your name, dear

Trina. Trina. Well, you know, Trina and I went to school together. I didn't know that

Here, bubs. Stick out your hands. All right, wait, wait, wait. You sit that down, sissy, and I'm going to feed you

Oh, yummy. OK. OK, Catherine, open up. Three blind mice. OK, Trina, open up wide

Good. Well, I'm putting it in. OK. All right, now I'm fixing to come in and bring y'all a taste

Oh, excuse me. I just stepped on them red shoes. Okay, open up, Catherine

Okay, dish number two now. No bubbles. You don't have to name the ingredients

There's your second dish, ladies. Okay, y'all. You can choose what did y'all enjoy the most out of those two delicious dishes

The good and good for you. All right, Catherine. Okay. Which one

One or two. Which was your favorite, darling? You know, they both had very unique qualities, but... Yes

I have to go with number one. Number one. Okay. Trina, what do you think? Oh, my gosh

I'm going with number one because the same thing. I just, I just, I don't know

The flavor came out to be a little more in number one. Bubbles

Number one. I think I'll vote for number two. It was much healthier

It didn't have all the creamy sauce in it. Okay. All right

Ladies, you voted for the good. And Bubbles, you voted for the good for you

I think you can remove your things now. Take off your blindfolds, wait down one time

You fix and screw up your hair and your eyelashes. Two out of the three of you chose Mom's zucchini casserole, which is fantastic

Not really good for you. Cream cheese, heavy cream, sugar, butter, all that stuff

There was no sugar in that, and there was no heavy cream. This is a zucchini succotash with heirloom tomatoes

roasted corn, grilled zucchini. This is delicious, son. You know what it needs

A little bit more salt. You know what? Everybody's a winner here today, because it's good and good for you

See you next time. Thank you. you