Recipe Renegades In The Sarvice Of The Lard
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00:00Recipe Renegades in the Sarvice of the Lard
00:03Getting drunk with the mayor in the middle of the day wasn't in my job description, but it wasn't my fault, not entirely.
00:10The dessert was clearly marked Bourbon Street Pecan Pie, and he did ask for seconds.
00:15I found the old southern cook responsible for the pie and asked her how much bourbon she put in the filling.
00:20She said with a smile, I don't measures, I just pours.
00:25Spirit animals show up when you least expect them.
00:29Jerry's diner was a 24-hour greasy spoon complete with a legendary lunch and dinner buffet.
00:35At the end of the golden steam table lived a fruit cobbler that was 5% fruit, 5% crust, and 90% butter.
00:44You could watch the lake form.
00:46I met the ladies responsible for that cobbler at a family barbecue, and I asked them how much butter went into those things.
00:53The answer was, you really don't want to know.
00:56If cooking is considered art and baking is considered chemistry, then southern cooking should be considered legalized blasphemy.
01:04Recipe books make great housewarming gifts or doorstops, but copious amounts of lard and love make a real biscuit.