The "LDub's Cooking Show!" Story

It was an ordinary day. Paula Deen is cooking something really fattening with her son, Bobby, on the Food Channel. Not sure what it is, but it has 3 sticks of butter in it! Her son is with her just so she has another pretty face for the TV camera. I guess you have heard about Paula and her health problems. All that butter has taken it's toll and she has Type 2 Diabetes. Well, Bobby has cooked on his own for a few shows (Not My Mother's Cooking), but I'm not sure what qualifies him to be a cook except that maybe he loves butter. I told my wife after watching one of his shows one time that I think I should have my own cooking show. "Heck, I love butter as much as them," I said. "And, just what would you cook if you had your own show," she responded. "Well I could make something that my mom used to make like her famous potato salad of her fabulous chicken pot pie and call it "Cooking Just Like My Mom," was my comeback. I've already told you about the cookbook that we printed one time that was filled with all the family recipes. Any one of those would be just as good as what Paula's sons would cook. I could do my Aunt Lillian's cherry cake, which isn't really a cake but a really delicious dessert, or I could do her great macaroni salad which has to be just as unhealthy as any of Paula's meals could be. Maybe Aunt Bea's (yep, my wife really has an Aunt Bea just like on the Andy Griffith Show) Coconut cake or Uncle Albert's ice cream recipe would work. Then there's my cousin Judy's strawberry pie or my grandpap's oyster stuffing. Boy is that good with bread squares, a few eggs, onions, garlic, celery, fresh oysters and naturally a stick of butter. Never at a loss for a great recipe. "Wonder who I have to talk to about my cooking show I want to start," I asked her. Then she said, "Maybe you should just practice some of those recipes at home until you really get good. Try making YOUR world famous dinette cake a few times with granulated sugar instead of the 10X sugar that you used the last time!" Yeah I must admit that didn't turn out too good. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.