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.