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Ahhh! It's gotta be Pumpkin Brioche Bread Pudding! Anything that can be made into a bread pudding is fabulous!

I didn't make it past "tube steak eating research".

For some reason my girlfriend absolutely hates sloppy joes. I know that they aren't anything to get excited about but when she is out of town the kids go crazy because they know they will get to have sloppy joes and tater tots! Talk about easy to please.

My dad never cooks. Except for bacon and home fries. Ever since I was tiny he has always made that for me every Saturday morning. The first Saturday morning after I got out of BasicTraining and could come home, he woke me up and we ate together out on the porch. It was the best bacon I had ever had.

This is the only way to get the kiddos to eat them at my house. However, if they are gone or I am in the mood for grown up brussel sprouts I toss them in butter, garlic, and balsamic and roast them. Mmm.

I love, love, love Campbells Cream of Asparagus. It smells dreadful but tastes great if you add a lot of cayenne pepper. Plus - the kids won't touch it so it is always there when I want it!

I am southern, raised in Alabama, living in the armpit of Georgia (Columbus). I can say for sure that not all of Paula Deen's accent is fake but she does embellish it quite a bit. Also - she makes all the waiters, waitresses and staff at her restaurant really pour the sugar on their accent. Here is a great Paula Deen story. Years ago when the boys were very small and she was still with their dad she lived in Albany next door to my accountant. Because she could not get the boy's dad to help at all with putting together their Christmas presents, she asked my accountant to help her because she knew he was Jewish and he was not in the middle of celebrating anything. When he finished, she blurts out, "Okay - show it to me." He is totally puzzled. Whe he asks her what the hell she is talking about, she says that she was always told that Jewish folks had horns and tails and she wanted to see them.
Sadly, not the first time that I have heard a person from the deep south ask that question.
About Tony. I love him. He is snarky about everything and everyone. It's equal opportunity hating.

Okay - this is similar to the ketchup/bbq/mayo mix but I love Arby's sauce mixed with mayo on my fries! Yet I hate ketchup with the heat of a thousand suns!