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Quick and Easy Southwestern Fish Tacos (ft @freshchile)
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Apr 25, 2025
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0:00
hey welcome into camp And what are we
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talking about today one of Shan's
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favorite recipes but one I have grown to
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love too And that is what fish tacos I'm
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talking about went out there and caught
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me some catfish You can use any good
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white flaky fish you can to make this
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This is worth wrapping a lip
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around Good looking catfish them is
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right there But before we go any further
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I have a special guest I'd like to call
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into account Jenna get on in here sugar
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How you be sweetheart good It's good to
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see you darling It is So y'all y'all may
0:40
not know who Jenna is but hey we know
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who she is They run the Fresh Chili
0:44
Company over there that we all have seen
0:46
us use so many of their products of And
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Jenna I have been in her house with her
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mother and dad and we have blowed up the
0:54
kitchen making some enchiladas If you
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might have seen that video some many
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times
1:00
ago Too much pressure
1:03
brother You know what I mean but Jenna
1:05
has come out with her own line of
1:08
jellies and jams right wait This has got
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what Hatch Valley is known for and that
1:13
is some good chili in it So you've been
1:16
helping Robert right come up with all
1:17
this So we're going to be using your
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amazing jellies and jams to put on this
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fish But also I need you to help me here
1:24
in the kitchen today Hey that'll be all
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right All right All right We're going to
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get after
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it Good white flaky fish It's good and
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tender And I really do like to use a
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catfish I mean it's a good white meat
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that we've caught here but also bass
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crappie walleye You can get this at a
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lot of your grocery stores but if you
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can't get you a fishing pole go out
1:52
there and catch your fish Take the whole
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family It'll make it even better So
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Jenna I got you some chili powder right
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there Yep We're going to dump in some
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cumin some smoked
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paprika a little bit of garlic
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powder and some crushed red pepper
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because I think it might need a little
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bite If you'd stir that up for me sugar
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I'd really appreciate it One thing you
2:15
do need sugar let me get it for you
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We've come out with a new design on our
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aprons And I think you need you have we
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have to take hat off Is that all right
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we'll get There we go We'll get this
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around here She's official now Yeah
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Is that too tight nope All right What do
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you say thank you Kent Hey you're more
2:38
than welcome sugar We want to make sure
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that you pat this fish dry Now you'll
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see us in a minute when we coat this
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with oil And you'll think to yourself
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why did I pat it dry if we're going to
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put oil in it well a water base that
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you're sitting there that seasoning on
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there it won't adhere good But when you
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can give it a little oil base to it and
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we ain't talking about pins oil or WD40
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We'll use olive oil or avocado oil
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something like
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that So we're going to give them a
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little dab of oil And it don't take much
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Just a little light coating
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We'll turn him over
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You reckon you could just get us a
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little pinch of that and go sprinkling
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it on that fish yeah I can I'd
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appreciate it We'll pat it dry Pat it on
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there where it sticks pretty good But
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just make sure you got them all covered
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And if we run out we'll mix up some more
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A well seasoned cast iron skillet is
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probably one of the best things you can
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do when you're going to cook fish like
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this Now we're not deep frying this fish
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We're really just searing it really good
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on both sides Get it done to where it's
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good and still and flaky But little
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butter little bit of olive oil in there
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We are ready to go
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I like to hear that
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sound Hi Mage You like fish tacos when I
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get to thinking about it and I've seen a
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lot of fish tacos there's not that much
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fish in a fish taco They get to we're
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thinking maybe they didn't have no luck
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fishing that day We got three pieces
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here which we can cut in half which is
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going to make six good pieces to put on
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a fish taco But really this is just
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going to sear on both sides Probably
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going to take maybe two to 2 and 1/2
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minutes the side We'll flip it
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over Hey Jenna how you think I'm doing
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over here is it all right yeah I did a
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good job Okay I'm glad somebody thinks
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I'm doing a good job cuz usually it's
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just major in the pups Now if Shan will
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zoom in here and you can see you begin
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to see a little color coming across the
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edge of this fish on the edges Now this
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guy and this guy here they they swam a
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little slower than this other fell
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because he ain't near as thick But you
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can just pick one up to
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see cuz I want that skin to get crispy
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Now when you're doing this don't
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overcrowd to where fish is touching fish
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You want to give room to where that
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butter and everything can seep up there
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on them edges It's going to help it
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brown faster So make sure you have a big
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enough vessel to cook in Make sure it's
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well seasoned You're probably never
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going to get any hotter than on medium
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heat
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Now a lot of y'all might have cooked
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fish like this in sort of like a shallow
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fry in a way or more of a sear But when
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you go to turn your fish half your fish
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gets stuck to your skillet and then you
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think "I don't know what I'm going to
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do." Don't tell nobody it happened You
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just go ahead and scrape it out Already
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your fish is minced ready to go in your
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fish taco But the thing that really
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saves that is a well seasoned piece of
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cast iron But another trick that's going
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to get there add you about a tablespoon
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and a half of butter and about 2
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tablespoons of olive oil It's going to
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keep the butter from burning but you're
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going to get that nutty flavor that the
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butter is going to bring out in here And
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really we're sort of just floating there
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on edge Now I don't think this one is
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ready but we're going to turn it just so
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y'all can see it It is pretty close We
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got us some crispiness going here on the
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edge That was the thinnest of all of
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them So we'll just keep right on going
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So when that fish sets up gets that nice
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crust that's when you can flip it But
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also make sure you have a really good
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spatula because a lot of times if you
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just got a little thin something and you
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try to get under there fish is going to
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fall apart before it ever gets out of
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there
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Jenna sweetheart I'm going to tell you
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something I don't like cilantro Do you
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like cilantro no Okay I don't Shan loves
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it I like dried cilantro But to me if
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you just take a bite of this you know
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what it tastes like i don't know Soap
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That's what it tastes like to me Jenna
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you don't like it
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not really I don't like
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That's why I love you Cuz me and you got
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the same taste bud Sugar Well we have to
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have it for the pictures Yes we do We'll
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put it on there for the picture but
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before me and you eat it we'll rake it
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off Okay Say I want y'all to leave us a
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comment I need to know if there's some
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more people like me and Jenna that don't
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like cilantro I think it tastes like
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soap Somebody said it is a hereditary
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gene that you have I don't know but I
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don't mind dried but I sure don't like
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fresh
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You got all that cilantro chopped up
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didn't you yeah I did I appreciate that
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I did because that way I didn't have to
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handle it I mean it's just one of them
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deals Uh you know we're going to fry up
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corn some corn tortillas We got that
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fish just like we wanted it So we got
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this over medium heat Just go ahead and
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lay us two out there Jenna And I think
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while them are cooking I think it that
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nerd wants to do the what you call it So
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we're going to roll him over that away
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So I need to find out a little more I
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know you've been in the Special Olympics
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for a long time right yes And uh that's
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not just like running a race That's
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little everything Swimming Mhm What else
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boowing Bowling Basketball Basketball
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Hockey Hockey There's a rumor going
8:45
around that you can beat your dad Is
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that right yes Pretty is it pretty easy
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to do yes Okay Well I No it ain't a I
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beat you in freestyle but on the
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butterfly no candy We're proud of you
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girl for that But I'm just going to grab
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a jar right here cuz I just need them to
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know Now this this this stuff is so good
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But you can put this on a hamburger ice
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cream biscuits anything in the world And
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when you buy a jar a percentage of the
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proceeds goes to the Special Olympics to
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help out Jenna and her friends So it is
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a win-win situation all the way down the
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road When you cook this stuff there's
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special incentives that
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happen
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So me and you going to get a bite to try
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before anybody else does
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So much flavor there Really good Oh my
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gosh You get the moisture off that fish
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by cooking it that way but the seasoning
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but the seasoning just brings it all
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together
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We've got to have your special jam and
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jelly sauce that goes over the top So
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out of all of these I want you to pick
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your favorite and you're going to put on
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one and I'm going to pick my favorite
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and put on the other Okay So which one
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do you think you want strawberry bananas
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Strawberry But say that to me again
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Strawberry banana on a fish taco Yep Oh
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my gosh the lid's on there really tight
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Jenna I think I'm going to go with the
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mango because when I made them the other
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day and I had some of this I'm thinking
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you don't need the fish You don't need
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nothing Just put this on the on the corn
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tortilla and eat
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it I think we have done a good job And I
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think your jams and jellies that we put
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on top is going to like throw it over
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the top of the ladder But if you don't
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mind Jenna I'm going to take this off of
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mine because I really don't think
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there's no need for me having it on
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there Do you you don't like it either do
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you no It looked good on camera Well you
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know there's a little bit I can't get to
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so it's just going to have to stay in
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there But
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look good on mine
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I
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think we can wrap that up You can see
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everybody stayed in
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place And let's just have a bite You
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want to mhm
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You like that mhm I do too It makes me
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want to dance What about you huh
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makes me want to
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dance Girl go for
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it Uhhuh Do that happy dance Yes Good
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Yes She's been working on her moves
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So I knew the fish was good And we took
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the cilantro off so that helped But the
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jam and jelly I think is what does it
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don't you yep There's just a little bit
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of heat that sneaks over the top and
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touches on the back of your tongue that
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just sort of brings it all together
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Don't you think wait Let's just have
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another bite You want to
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randy why don't you come on in here
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because I hear you say that you like
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cilantro so we're going to let you have
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mine and Jenna's part of the cilantro I
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always like to try and find people that
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have the same moral values that I have
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but also have a great taste of life and
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food put together And that's my dear
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friend Randy right here who owns a fresh
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chili company You think we ought to feed
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him
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huh i don't know Answer that would be
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yes Yes Okay So we're going to give him
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a little little bite here Which one are
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you doing well we're going to He's going
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to have a combo flavor Oo Oh my gosh
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You know I never would have thought of
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this on a fish taco
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Yeah it's pretty good eating Wow Yeah
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Hey you done good girl Nicely done Yeah
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you done good Jenna I want to thank you
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and your daddy both so much for coming
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over here But most of all thank you for
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bringing this line of your jellies and
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jams because you know not only does it
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have great flavor but folks when you buy
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some of this like I say you're helping
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out the Special Olympics too And uh you
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got anything you'd like to add to this
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eat more chitty There you go You know it
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is with great pride honor and privilege
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that I tip my hat to all the servicemen
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and women and all the veterans that have
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kept that old flag a waving over camp We
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commend you all We do Rest of you get on
14:14
in here We going to give you a great big
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old hug God bless you each and all and
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we'll see you down the jam and jelly
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trail
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Hey thank y'all for stopping by Not
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stopping
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Get away I forgot what we supposed to
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say
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What's your f favorite thing to eat meat
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Meat Good answer I You're You're my kind
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of girl You are No cilantro
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She can wait on us J to go ahead
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and Haven't eaten nothing in a week
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