Cowboy TV Dinner Remake | Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Cream Corn Showdown!

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Sweet desire chicken turkey spaghetti.
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Whoa. Meatloaf.
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We going to put the cowboy remake on
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this.
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Look at there. Meatloaf. I do love me
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some meatloaf. And Banquet, they've been
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making them things a long time. So, let
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me get it for you. I microwaved it.
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I will tell you, like Shan said, these
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people do a great job of marketing their
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picture on the front compared
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little a little different. Now, don't
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get me wrong. I have survived on this
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kind of stuff some many years ago. When
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they would put frozen dinners on sale at
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the little old grocery store back there
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in Hollis, I would get usually like six
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boxes for $5. And I'm sure not running
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these folks down because they have
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probably fed a lot of people they have.
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So, I am proud of them. Hey, we're f to
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cowboy this meal up because it needs
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some help. It does. Now, before we get
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started, go ahead and give us a like. It
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sure helps our channel out. So, let's
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get started,
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one yellow bell pepper, one orange bell
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pepper, and a purple onion. And I
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chopped them all up, put them aside over
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there, and I have 2 lbs of 8020 ground
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chuck. Well, for those of y'all that
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were going to come see me at Harker
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Heights, I am so sorry that I had to
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cancel. Uh, still got a little this
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horseness going on. It sort of kicked my
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butt. It did traveling this last couple
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of weeks. But I am going to get better
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due to all y'all's well wishes and your
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prayers. I'm fixing to put me three
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cackleberries in this two lbs of ground
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beef right here. Run right out there to
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the hen house, hold your hand out,
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follow it around. Sometimes you might
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have to even give her one of these.
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And she'll give them to you. She will.
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So, three eggs. Lou, is that all right?
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I'm so glad you're helping today. And
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look, he woke up and he wants to help
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now. But not Dooker. Dooker still passed
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out. So, uh-oh, it went one shell. Let
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me glove up here before we get any
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further along. Let me get this egg all
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incorporated in this meat.
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If you're doing this in the house, go
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ahead and preheat your oven to 400° F.
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me. I'm going to do it on the indirect
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side of the Hasty Bake. Well, I'll meet
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y'all over here at the Hasty Bake.
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Well, we ain't just going to throw them
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peppers and them onions in that meat and
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then mix it all together and cook it.
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No, we're going to use that fancy term.
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We're going to sauté in butter.
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I'd been working cattle all day, cooking
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for Shan every meal that I could. we
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first got together and was living down
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north of Witchaw Falls and I come home
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one day and I smelt food and I'm
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thinking somebody has brought food to
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the house. Walked in there, she had the
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table set. There was this meatloaf
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laying on the table. Sometimes your butt
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kicking gear for your mouth operate
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well. And she said, "I hope you like
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meatloaf." I said, "My mama made the
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best meatloaf I've ever seen in my
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life." Wrong answer, folks.
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Wrong answer. But she had fooled me for
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so long. This woman can cook. This is
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probably one of my most favorite
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meatloafs I've ever eat in my life.
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And we have not had it in a while.
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Well, we haven't. And folks, I know you
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love a meatloaf, but I need to know of
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you. How many of you cook it and then
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you let it cool and the next day
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meatloaf sandwich. That is probably my
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favorite. Woo. We'll get these softened
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up. We're going to add some garlic to it
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here in just a minute. But don't do it
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right at the first. We don't want to
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burn that garlic.
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got tender. They did. And right there at
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the last, I didn't throw in that garlic.
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I did mixed it up really well. Let me
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move this out of the way. We're after
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more flavor. We are. So, in goes some
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ketchup. And I lowered the heat down. If
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you're doing this in the house, get it
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on about medium low for right now.
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Then
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the W sauce.
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And I'd say that was the correct amount
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to give it a little kick and a little
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zing. That's why Shannon called it
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zesty. Some prepared horseradish.
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Uh-huh.
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About so
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you use your favorite hot sauce,
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whatever you want to use.
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I'd say about that much right there. So
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we're going to let this just blend
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together a minute. It won't take but
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about minute, maybe two at the most.
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I'll meet y'all back over there at the
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table.
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Yeah, I'll let it cool about 15 minutes
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cuz it'll burn your fingers if you start
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this too early. We're going to add some
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cow juice.
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We're going to have a little pinch of
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red pepper flakes in there as well. Now,
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you could use cayenne pepper if you
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like, but hey, this is what's on hand
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today. And we're going to give it a
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little seasoning, which is our original
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low sodium blend
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cuz it didn't have no seasoning to begin
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with. So, let's get that stirred up.
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And then it's time to add the bread
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crumbs. Go with about half for right
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now. Go to mixing this. We want this to
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be really sort of like a thick paste.
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This is Shan's recipe. So, I'm going to
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ask her, "Is that enough breadcrumbs,"
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Shen?
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We do the test again. So, you want it
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like Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's pretty good.
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You just don't want it too soupy. Yep,
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that looks good.
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So, we got that like we want it. Let's
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bring the ground beef over here, which
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has got the egg in it. And let's just
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dump this in there.
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formed them into two pretty little
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loaves. I did got them sitting on a wire
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rack over a cast iron skillet cuz I'm
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doing them outside on the Hasty Bake. If
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you're doing them in the house, get you
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a long flat baking sheet pan. Turn you a
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casserole dish upside down. Grease it
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really well. put your two loaves on top
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of it. That way, as the cooks, the
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grease will run off of it. And it is tip
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from Shen, not from me. She created that
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deal and it works really well. It did.
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But we're not going to be just putting
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ketchup over them or anything like that.
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We got this little honey hot sauce that
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goes on there. And ooh, it is oh so
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good. So, we're going to start off with
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some more ketchup.
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And I'd say
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shake and shake the ketchup bottle. Some
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comes out and then a lottle.
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Whoa. There we go. So, to that
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some honey.
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About that much.
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Now, just a little more horseradish.
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And we're just going to spoon this right
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over the top. We are. Give it a little
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spreading out. Make sure that everybody
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gets an equal amount. Then we're going
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to take it right over there to the fire.
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going to give you an instant quick
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reading just like that. And today, that
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piece of meat that's on the grill or
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product, great people. Now, remember, if
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you're doing this in the house, you have
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already preheated your oven. Me, I'm
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doing it out here on the Hasty Bake.
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This thing is very versatile to cook on.
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big enough that you can cook direct or
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indirect, but you can lower and raise
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your heat so easy with this thing. So,
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we got this on the indirect end of
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cooking. That means there's no fire
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directly under here. Now, we're going to
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try to maintain that temperature pretty
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hot, pretty close to about 375 to 400°.
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So, we're going to go ahead and shut
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this lid.
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We're going to have to maneuver just a
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little.
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That is just a fit. it is. I got the
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vents open on this end. I do. Now, I'm
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not putting anything in there for smoke
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flavoring. Now, folks, I will tell you
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there is a rival meatloaf that rivals
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this one that Shan made, and it is a
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smoked meatloaf. If you want to do that
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version, you go back and watch that
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video. We'll let this warm back up. Try
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to hit that target temperature, 375 to
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400. In the house, going to take you
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about 50 minutes. Out here, we're going
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to say 45 minutes to an hour. We're
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going to be checking it here after a
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while. We're going to use our chef's
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temp to do that. We're going to want
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that target temperature to be at 160°
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when it's done.
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But just where did the TV dinner come
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from? Let's take a look back. Now, back
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in 1953, the Swanson Company found
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themselves sitting on 260 tons of
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leftover Thanksgiving turkey. That's
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right, tons. They had so much turkey
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they had to store in 10 refrigerated
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train cars that circled the country just
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to keep it from spoiling. Then along
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comes a salesman named Jerry Thomas who
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had the spark of cowboy ingenuity. He
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remembered how the airlines packed up
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them meals in compartment trays for
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passengers and thought, "Why not do that
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for folks at home?" So he designed an
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aluminum tray with three neat little
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sections. One for turkey, one for mashed
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potatoes and gravy, and one for peas.
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Sealed it up, froze it, and called it
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dinner. When Swanson rolled them out in
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54, they cost 98. And the box even
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looked like a little television set,
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complete with little dials printed on
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the front. They figured if America was
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gathering around the TV every night, why
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not make supper that fit the picture?
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Swanson sold 10 million of those dinners
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in the first year. Housewives loved the
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convenience. Kids love the novelty. And
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before long, every freezer in America
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had a stack of them. By the mid60s,
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there was over a thousand kinds. from
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Salisbury steak to fried chicken and
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spaghetti with meat sauce. But what
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really made it take off was timing. The
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television boom was in full swing.
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Families were buying TVs faster than
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they were buying refrigerators. And the
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living room became the new dinner table.
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And for a lot of the busy mothers back
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then, it was a small bit of freedom.
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Supper could be done without hours of
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work. This was not only convenient, it
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was economical at the time. But hey, I
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have eaten my fair share of them frozen
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dinners. I have come in, I was in a
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hurry, throw one in the microwave, and
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just get after it. But folks, I still
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think we need to spend more time sitting
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at that kitchen table, sitting down to a
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homemade meal, bringing everybody
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together, take your hats off, let's
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bless it, and then let's thank God for
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all the things that we've done and eat
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it up before it's gone. So, let's talk
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about them mashed potatoes, you don't?
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Now, when I'm talking about mashed
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potatoes, I think the thing that makes
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the best mashed potatoes is Yukon Gold,
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but you can even mix a russet or two in
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there if you need to. But them Yukon
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Golds, they just really to me get more
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creamy. They're a little softer texture.
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So, that is my choice for today. Now,
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make sure when you're prepping them
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potatoes, and I've done them with
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peeling on and peeling off. That's up to
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y'all. But, cut them into even pieces
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when you put them in there to boil. That
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way, everything's getting done at the
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same time. something ain't tough or
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something's already mushed. Make sure
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they're the same size. We got them ters
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done. They are fork tender. Just take
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them over, drain them, and what? Put it
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back over there on low heat on the
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burner because we got to get all that
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steam off them potatoes. We got to get
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rid of that because that's going to give
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us a really good fluffy mashed potato
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that's going to whip up so good. Make
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sure you steam that water off of it. And
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also, I really like to add some whipped
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cream cheese in there. When you get all
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this mixed up in there, it's just got
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that little bit of cheesy flavor, but it
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gives it, I think, just a whipped effect
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like thinks, "Oh, this is dessert right
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here." Next up is the corn. Now, when I
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was examining the little banquet, the
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little dab of corn they had hemmed up
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over in a corner. Looked like they just
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opened up a can of corn and just poured
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a little bit in there and said, "That'll
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do." No, won't do. Here, it won't. We're
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going to make mama's creamy corn. We
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are. And folks, it's really easy, but I
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like to start out with frozen corn. Just
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dump that right over in your little
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saucepan that you're going to use. Add
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you some cream. Add you some butter. Let
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all that melt and get incorporated well.
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Then we're going to sweeten it with some
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sugar and a little flour at the end to
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thicken it. It has graced our
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Thanksgiving table and Christmas table
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every year that I can remember.
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Last but not least,
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dessert. What we're fixing here is the
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simplest thing ever for dessert, but
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also it has been a ranch favorite for me
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for cowboys for as long as I've been
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cooking on ranches. My mother used to
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make them when we was little bitty and I
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thought it's the grandest thing ever.
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Get you a honey crisp, one of them
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gayla, maybe even a Fuji, but just make
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sure you get them peeled.
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Little sauce pot full of water. In go
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the apples.
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A little brown sugar.
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We're going to call that pretty close. A
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little white sugar.
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We're going to call that pretty close. A
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shake or two of cinnamon. So, we're
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going to give it a shaking.
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If you want to, you can even add a
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little dash of nutmeg in there with
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them. But it's a perfect fall dish to go
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for a dessert. So, I'm going to stick
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them over there on the fire, let them
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come to a good rolling boil. Then, I'm
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going to turn it down just a little to
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where they're just simmering. Add me
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some butter in there, and just let them
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apples cook till they get tender.
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Probably going to take 10 minutes, maybe
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12, something like that. But it's almost
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banquet time.
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Now, I still ain't down on these folks
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cuz I've eat a lot of them. But I know
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if I'm coming to the table right now,
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I'm going to pick this one right here.
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And I think I'm going to start with
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Shan's meatloaf right off the bat. This
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bite right there.
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I mean, that's a good looking plate.
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I'm going to go ahead right now.
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This is the complete meal. The Sunday
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dinner, the evernight dinner. Sure,
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these folks brought us to a new age and
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a new era. And I tip my hat to them,
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too, because I still eat a lot of frozen
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dinners. But if I got the choice, every
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time I'm saddling up to the table, I am
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going to get this one right here. Shanzi
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meatloaf, homemade mashed potatoes, my
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mother's cream corn, and stewed apples.
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Hey, we're so glad y'all had time to
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join us today cuz we had a good time. We
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did. We even reminisced over some TV
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dinner. Yes. But I'd like to say a big
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thank you to Chef's Temp for sponsoring
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cuz Christmas is coming up and they make
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great stocking stuffers. But it is with
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pride and great honor that I tip my hand
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to all our servicemen and women and all
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the veterans that have kept that old
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flag of flying. We commend you all we
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do. Rest of you, I need to tell you
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something. Hey, may be some hard times
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down the road, but they're always going
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to be good times. So remember, just keep
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stepping out there. You're going to step
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in the right place. But if you see a
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green pile laying there and you think
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it's fresh, dodge that one. So get on in
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here close. I'm going to give you a
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great big old hug. God bless you each
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and every one. And I'll see you down. I
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done fancied up and cowboyed up the TV
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dinner trail.
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