WEBVTT - The Best of Eating While Broke 2024 Part 2

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<v Speaker 1>Piece of the planet, Charlamagne the God here and as

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<v Speaker 1>we come closer the closing out this year, I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to say thank you for tuning into the Black

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<v Speaker 1>Effect podcast Network. There have been so many great moments

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<v Speaker 1>over the past year. Take a listen to some of

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<v Speaker 1>those captivating moments in this special best of episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey guys, welcome to another episode of Eating While Broke.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm your host Colleen Wit and today we have very

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<v Speaker 2>very special guests, DC Young Fly What it do?

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<v Speaker 3>What it do? I thought we was already recording. Oh

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<v Speaker 3>that was crazy. You was putting on a twenty five

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<v Speaker 3>minutes and I just knew it. I was like, what

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<v Speaker 3>is good?

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<v Speaker 4>I want none of that.

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<v Speaker 5>She's gonna get used. Oh my lot, So what are

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<v Speaker 5>you gonna have me intoday?

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<v Speaker 6>You're kind of like, what's the what's the school they

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<v Speaker 6>go to to go to be a shif?

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<v Speaker 5>Culinary school?

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<v Speaker 3>No, not color, it's culinary, but court on blue.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it's like to stage right before cut on blue,

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<v Speaker 7>like show me it did?

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<v Speaker 3>Like, Oh that's that? So you whip back? Did put

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<v Speaker 3>it with the noodle? You caught it on blue?

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<v Speaker 5>That motherfucker?

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<v Speaker 3>But what kind of sauce will you get? I would

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<v Speaker 3>have told you to get this sweet baby raid. But

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<v Speaker 3>it's all good will.

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<v Speaker 5>All this time, and you just not realizing the missing

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<v Speaker 5>and creamy.

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<v Speaker 3>No one I realized what we were doing. I forgot

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<v Speaker 3>the extra. But now that I'm here, I'm like, damn,

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<v Speaker 3>it is a little bit more to it. But this

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<v Speaker 3>the man did.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, So what's the missing sauce?

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<v Speaker 3>He said, Sweet baby Rain, what is it?

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<v Speaker 5>Is that hot sauce sauce? Yeah, barbecue sauce. But wait,

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<v Speaker 5>you add that to ramen you don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>About, Sweet Baby Ray.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you really add that to your ramen?

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<v Speaker 3>You don't know about?

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<v Speaker 5>Sweet baby No?

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<v Speaker 7>I know every every listen, if you still eat hot sauce,

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<v Speaker 7>you are technically as sleep. We have been past the

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<v Speaker 7>hot sauce stage. That ship was with none of nine

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<v Speaker 7>to the two thousand. When back that ass up came in,

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<v Speaker 7>we own sweet Baby Ray.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, he got some motion. He got this sweet chilny.

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<v Speaker 3>That really the one to eat.

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<v Speaker 5>This Atlanta based or something.

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<v Speaker 7>Sweet Baby Okay, sweet baby Nation ride as soon as

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<v Speaker 7>you go on the barbecues.

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<v Speaker 3>He got a whole six. It ain't just like like

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<v Speaker 3>a little like shill. She would have got shell shell shill,

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<v Speaker 3>come on down.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you look at the whole hour, You're like, who

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<v Speaker 2>this Sweet Baby Ray?

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<v Speaker 8>They all him.

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<v Speaker 3>No, you gotta add that on top of that. And

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<v Speaker 3>sweet Baby Ray good with steak chicken, just.

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<v Speaker 5>A good little you know what I'm saying, little little

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<v Speaker 5>little additive. You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>You could put into whatever you got.

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<v Speaker 4>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I really wish I would have tried it

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<v Speaker 2>with the sweet baby right now.

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<v Speaker 5>You ain't never had sweet baby well, not with ramen

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<v Speaker 5>and cookie show.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know what, you will be the first

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<v Speaker 2>guest to ever do ramen with hot dogs with Sweet

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<v Speaker 2>Baby Ray.

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<v Speaker 5>It would have been It would have been legendary.

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<v Speaker 3>See sweet need to go on hand. They put me

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<v Speaker 3>in the commercer.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, at this point, no cap the first thing come up.

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<v Speaker 5>Ain't out a half sweet baby?

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<v Speaker 3>What?

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<v Speaker 5>So I'm gonna show you what I'm gonna do with

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<v Speaker 5>it though, here's a buttern.

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<v Speaker 3>Y'all got beef. Let me show you something.

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<v Speaker 5>We have beef and chicken. Don't worry about We're gonna

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<v Speaker 5>mix it up.

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<v Speaker 4>We're gonna get both.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know if you have enough water.

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<v Speaker 3>We got no water.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not big no that, I'm gonna stay out the

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<v Speaker 2>kitchen so thoughtful.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't need all that if we're gonna get it right. Beef,

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<v Speaker 3>you can't even be next to I'm gonna chove it up.

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<v Speaker 3>We got chopp like you gonna do this real beef

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<v Speaker 3>cut at the head. Okay, then you got a butterfly.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh you got a butterfly.

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<v Speaker 9>Butterfly sticky in the middle, so we can burn in

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<v Speaker 9>the middle. All right, to all my real noodle uh uh,

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<v Speaker 9>pioneers out there.

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<v Speaker 3>What's the first thing you do with the with the noodle?

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<v Speaker 3>What you do with the noodle?

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<v Speaker 5>You break it alight? Did you know did something before?

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<v Speaker 10>Don't no matter?

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<v Speaker 4>Eat long lass over.

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<v Speaker 5>I don'tbody know how that puts a ship.

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<v Speaker 4>We want to do to be right here, nigga.

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<v Speaker 9>You seeing her here twisting it this shit and I

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<v Speaker 9>just put ass on.

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<v Speaker 4>Man, we want last noodle.

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<v Speaker 5>Man. I never seen someone cut the hot dogs before

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<v Speaker 5>the boiler.

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<v Speaker 3>You gotta cut the hot dogs. You see the pet

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<v Speaker 3>who you gotta save it?

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<v Speaker 9>When you see it how full it is, You're like, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 9>that's a lot of South.

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<v Speaker 3>All the young kids know that South.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to have you some South for they beef South, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>which one better beef chicken chicken?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, I'm an anti beefer and you know what I'm

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<v Speaker 5>over here, trip.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't eat chicken.

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<v Speaker 5>It's just a I'm still up here about to kid myself.

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<v Speaker 5>But this show, but there's no chicken in it. No, yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>but I'm saying so to remove the flavors.

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<v Speaker 9>So this really but no, but this has been like

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<v Speaker 9>put to the side, being prepared like it was gonna

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<v Speaker 9>be chicken.

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<v Speaker 3>So we gotta throw like it was chicken.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, damn, why I'm gonna mix the sauce.

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<v Speaker 4>I almost did it again.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all good. You don't put that in there right

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<v Speaker 3>out eye. That's that's what you calls. Okay, okay, all right, you're.

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<v Speaker 9>Doing sometimes when you crush them up too much, you

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<v Speaker 9>look stupid.

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<v Speaker 3>And now they look like frosty flake. They just in

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<v Speaker 3>the little noodle.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Then we're gonna talk these like in him like there's

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<v Speaker 3>some oysters and you let that cool.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, So take me back to what was going on

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<v Speaker 5>when you were eating ramen consistently. All right, let's focus

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<v Speaker 5>on what for me.

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<v Speaker 11>Okay, I'm gonna keep it very very very basic and

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<v Speaker 11>I'm gonna do some spaghetti with the signature ground turkey

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<v Speaker 11>that I.

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<v Speaker 3>Grew up that my mom used to use signature.

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<v Speaker 11>I mean, I guess everybody's ground turkey now, but we

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<v Speaker 11>when I was growing up as a kid in Chicago,

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<v Speaker 11>my mom she was you know, we didn't really eat

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<v Speaker 11>a lot of beef and pork. So years ago, in

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<v Speaker 11>the seventies, we ate turkey, ground turkey, turkey bacon. So

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<v Speaker 11>that's why my love for turkey come from. So that's

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<v Speaker 11>why I cook everything with not everything, but a lot.

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<v Speaker 11>I do a lot of other things good. But see

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<v Speaker 11>the streets.

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<v Speaker 4>The streets.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm sorry, you're gonna have.

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<v Speaker 4>The streets. What did you say?

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<v Speaker 2>You screamed the streets, Jerry, I'm gonna say it now,

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<v Speaker 2>legendary Jerry Clark scream streets.

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<v Speaker 5>Are you married right now? I don't want to say

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<v Speaker 5>that if you're married.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not married, streets. I was married before. I was

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<v Speaker 4>married before.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, the streets got streets have anything to do with

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<v Speaker 2>the possible ending?

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<v Speaker 11>No, No, not that I'm a square. I'm a quiet square, real,

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<v Speaker 11>a quiet square guy.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna cook.

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<v Speaker 2>I find that hard to believe you you're legendary and

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<v Speaker 2>music exact, you work with all these Southern rappers.

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<v Speaker 4>And yes, so what does that have to do with

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<v Speaker 4>me being in the streets? Colon.

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<v Speaker 2>By the end of the interview, I'm gonna we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>determine if you if you was for the streets or

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<v Speaker 2>if you are a square.

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<v Speaker 5>We shall see no.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know what, technically you can be both.

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<v Speaker 5>You could be that's someone that's from the streets.

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<v Speaker 4>But say that you could beat both.

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<v Speaker 11>Okay, but you look, I have not to cut you

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<v Speaker 11>off and have some mom wheat noodles that I like

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<v Speaker 11>to use.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I noticed that you were very particular. What's up

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<v Speaker 5>with the wheat? I didn't even know they sold wheat

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<v Speaker 5>until you said wheat?

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<v Speaker 4>Come on calling you stop?

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<v Speaker 5>I was like, ship, how do you tell? I literally

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<v Speaker 5>looked at the noodles. I said, how do you tell?

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<v Speaker 5>Which ones are weak?

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<v Speaker 2>And then I saw some that look like wheat, and

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<v Speaker 2>I saw some that said wheat, And I said, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>there is such thing Colin.

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<v Speaker 4>You had never heard of wheat noodles.

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<v Speaker 5>I eat protein noodles. Have you heard of protein noodles? Exactly?

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<v Speaker 4>Just like you got white bread, you got wheat bread.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's anything you can.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, what's your obsession with these wheats? They taste better?

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<v Speaker 11>Nah, just like their little healthy And I'll eat some, mom,

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<v Speaker 11>I'll eat some where do you tell I'll eat some Mom,

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<v Speaker 11>I'll eat.

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<v Speaker 4>Some white noodles?

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<v Speaker 7>Okay?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, I will.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And you took all that spaghettiod for two yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Can I die?

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<v Speaker 3>All right?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 11>I look, I'm I'm I'm talking and cooking.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm not.

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<v Speaker 11>I never usually do that, and I really don't cook

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<v Speaker 11>a lot. Feel you should?

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<v Speaker 4>I feel very special you should. Okay, so you definitely should.

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<v Speaker 5>You cook it.

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<v Speaker 2>Take me back to what was going on during this

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<v Speaker 2>time of spaghetti noodles with ground turkey.

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<v Speaker 4>I had a very simple upbringing. Uh.

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<v Speaker 11>My parents were married before before my father passed in

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<v Speaker 11>twenty sixteen, they were married for forty five years. So

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<v Speaker 11>I had a good, solid upbringing. Uh, three siblings. I'm

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<v Speaker 11>second in the pecking order, so I watched a family

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<v Speaker 11>you know growing up. My mom was big into uh, well,

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<v Speaker 11>my parents were big into you know, having dinner. No

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<v Speaker 11>matter what we had, whether it was practice or you know,

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<v Speaker 11>moving around, we had to have dinner, whether it was

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<v Speaker 11>five ten minutes before we you know, every night. So

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<v Speaker 11>all that to say, I I came up in a

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<v Speaker 11>in a variant, I'm a p very appreciative of coming

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<v Speaker 11>up in.

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<v Speaker 4>A very stable, solid upbringing, cause I look at shit, now.

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<v Speaker 5>Shit was it middle class or oh.

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<v Speaker 12>No, we ain't had no money? Okay, we ain't had

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<v Speaker 12>no money. Okay, we was in Chicago. We moved to Oxville, Tennese.

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<v Speaker 12>For a quick minute, and then we moved down south. Well,

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<v Speaker 12>we moved farther south to Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, And.

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<v Speaker 11>That was the best decision my parents could have ever made,

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<v Speaker 11>because I loved this city. It was I you know,

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<v Speaker 11>of course, being a black Mecca. I was able to

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<v Speaker 11>go to high school here and just really grow okay

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<v Speaker 11>and spread my wings. And here I am in this

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<v Speaker 11>great city of Atlanta City here with you, Colaid, cooking

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<v Speaker 11>some spaghetti with ground turkey.

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<v Speaker 2>Did the economics change in your family when they moved

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<v Speaker 2>to Atlanta?

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<v Speaker 5>Also?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, yes, now it did get better than in Chicago.

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<v Speaker 4>We didn't have no money. Knoxville, we didn't have no money.

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<v Speaker 11>But when we gave them Atlanta things, you know, got

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<v Speaker 11>a lot better financially for my parents. So of course,

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<v Speaker 11>you know that made a big difference.

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<v Speaker 5>Were your parents in the industry in any capacity?

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<v Speaker 11>No, No, but my uncle was, uh, the late Gray

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<v Speaker 11>Stanley Bethel was. He was in the music business, and

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<v Speaker 11>that was my first foray into the music business cause

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<v Speaker 11>he used to take me to the different conventions, the

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<v Speaker 11>Jack the Rapper conventions, br conventions, Impact, and I just

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<v Speaker 11>fell in love with To be honest, I first fell

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<v Speaker 11>in love with the glamory and the glitz of just

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<v Speaker 11>being in the mix and being around him.

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<v Speaker 4>He taught me a lot because he.

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<v Speaker 11>Was in the industry for years, and he used to

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<v Speaker 11>tell me, and I got to see it from myself

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<v Speaker 11>that this fit is very fickle and phony, but you

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<v Speaker 11>have to find something to keep you grounding.

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<v Speaker 2>Lex And from poor minds is in the building. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>really excited to have you both, and I'm more excited

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<v Speaker 2>about what I'm about to eat.

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<v Speaker 5>So what are you about to cook up?

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, So today we're gonna be making some rowtail dip,

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<v Speaker 6>which I feel like is like a staple in black family.

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<v Speaker 9>It is.

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<v Speaker 6>It really is, like we make it for the baby showers,

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<v Speaker 6>football games, birthday parties, everything.

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<v Speaker 12>Growing up.

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<v Speaker 6>My mom used to always make these, my aunts, my

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<v Speaker 6>uncles was at every family gathering.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I've actually never had the rotail dip. Really really excited.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw a bunch of cheese and guey stuff.

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<v Speaker 5>Huh, and I was happy. I was happy. I'm with it.

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<v Speaker 5>So what are all the ingredients in the rotail dip?

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<v Speaker 10>So rotael is it's a cheese dip essentially, So you

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<v Speaker 10>gotta have your velvey to cheese. You got your cream cheese.

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<v Speaker 10>We have Italian sausage. You can use any kind of

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<v Speaker 10>meat that you want to brown beef, but we.

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<v Speaker 5>Use Italian and it's the Turkey Italian Italian sauce is.

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<v Speaker 10>So we have onions, you know, whatever kind of dresses

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<v Speaker 10>you like, So you kind of look at it as

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<v Speaker 10>like a fancy kind of taco dip. So you really

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<v Speaker 10>can throw whatever you want person in there. This is

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<v Speaker 10>just what we like in ours.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I like to use a few different cheeses. Some

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<v Speaker 6>people just like to use just Belvita by itself. But

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<v Speaker 6>I have cream cheese, Velveta and pepper jack cheese.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, see I don't know what that green pepper is

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<v Speaker 5>called valpo. And then you have these what are these

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<v Speaker 5>green ones?

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<v Speaker 6>Green chili, green chilies and the tomatoes, and then that's tomatoes.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, are you cooking all of those ingredients? Yes, okay,

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<v Speaker 5>well I'm gonna cook.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm gonna actually like kind of well, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm probably not gonna saltate actually, but I'm just gonna

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<v Speaker 6>put it all in once the cheese is melted.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm excited. So get to get to cook in

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<v Speaker 2>even breakfast nothing.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, it's gonna.

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<v Speaker 10>Be a good little line.

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<v Speaker 5>It is.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, So I'm gonna cook the meat first, so let

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<v Speaker 6>me go ahead and turn this on.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, man, I played y'all because usually I try to

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<v Speaker 2>preheat the heaters before you guys start, So it's like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't.

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<v Speaker 10>Know, authentic the whole process. People being in the comments

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<v Speaker 10>asking every little thing, well, what did you put this on?

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<v Speaker 5>What is right? So now y'all can see they see

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<v Speaker 5>it by stuff.

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<v Speaker 10>It's on medium heat, y'all.

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<v Speaker 6>So do we have any like butter or oil or

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<v Speaker 6>cooking spray?

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<v Speaker 5>You know what the most I have is that butter.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, this will works.

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<v Speaker 5>It's so funny because I saw it and I said,

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<v Speaker 5>they don't need butter.

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<v Speaker 3>A little bit, just a little.

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<v Speaker 10>Were from the South, we put we want the fattiest

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<v Speaker 10>and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I live and die by butter. I go through like

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<v Speaker 2>a stick every two days. Really, it's terrible.

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<v Speaker 5>Did you ever go through a phase where you ate butter?

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<v Speaker 2>My two year old is actively using butter like it's

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<v Speaker 2>a snickers. Really, she like coming to kids and should

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<v Speaker 2>be like butter. She dips your little fingers in it.

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<v Speaker 2>She'll bite it like that's crazy. And then I'll see

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<v Speaker 2>her and I have this face of like, and then

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<v Speaker 2>she'll look at me.

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<v Speaker 5>Like when I was younger.

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<v Speaker 10>I got really really sick one day, and my mom

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<v Speaker 10>and my sister they were so confused. And while I

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<v Speaker 10>was sick, and then my mom went to the sink

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<v Speaker 10>and she saw because I used to eat butter and

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<v Speaker 10>rice together, you.

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<v Speaker 5>Did, yes, And I had put like a whole stick

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<v Speaker 5>of butter.

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<v Speaker 10>And I was so sick. And she went to the

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<v Speaker 10>sink and saw this bowl and it just had butter,

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<v Speaker 10>this stick caked on the bottle. She's like, that's why

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<v Speaker 10>your ass you can get from it. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 10>guess because I ate so much. One city, like I

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<v Speaker 10>just I was not feeling good.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not gonna lie.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm one of those parents like I give into everything

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<v Speaker 2>my daughter does. So when she's like screaming for butter,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, you know what, just handed to it, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you ain't nothing else. So but I never let my

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<v Speaker 2>friends hear that, because my friends be always checking my

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<v Speaker 2>parents and like, yo, she running you, And I'll be like,

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<v Speaker 2>so I.

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<v Speaker 10>Be handling your baby a stick of butter is crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes sometimes I gotta do what I got, what you want,

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<v Speaker 2>but I do it in silence.

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<v Speaker 5>I've never confessed that to anyone. I'm sure, like, pick

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<v Speaker 5>a butter in your purse? Just I really should?

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<v Speaker 3>You know?

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<v Speaker 10>Nah, But I let her.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll let her.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll let her take off a little piece of butter,

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<v Speaker 2>a little whatever is left, you know.

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<v Speaker 5>But in my mind, you know, one of my other

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<v Speaker 5>homegirls said that, I'm like, look, man, he don't eat nothing.

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<v Speaker 5>At this point.

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<v Speaker 2>If she wants donuts for breakfast, I'm with it, like

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<v Speaker 2>calorie is a calorie because it's.

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<v Speaker 10>Better than having right, that's true, that's true.

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<v Speaker 6>I understand that it was a very peaky eater as

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<v Speaker 6>a child, so I totally understand.

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<v Speaker 3>But this is one of the things that I love.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was I was a skinny mini person, and

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like this is God's way of punishing me.

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<v Speaker 5>All the taxes my mom told.

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<v Speaker 2>To try to get us to gain weight, and now

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<v Speaker 2>I get to experience what it's like to watch your

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<v Speaker 2>kid never eat. Yeah, but take me back to what

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<v Speaker 2>was going on in the air of roadtel did.

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<v Speaker 8>My parents came from Mexico and we always ate Metxican

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<v Speaker 8>food every single day, and my mom was a homemaker.

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<v Speaker 8>But when mom was in the kitchen cooking and we

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<v Speaker 8>were hungry or would have you, we had to go

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<v Speaker 8>to the fridge. She was left over what have you?

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<v Speaker 8>But this right here is what we turned to. Like

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<v Speaker 8>after school, we're hungry, can't wait till dinner? Is some

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<v Speaker 8>cheap bread, the most non nutritious bread on the planet,

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<v Speaker 8>white bread. There was a place called Weber's in San Fernando,

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<v Speaker 8>and being with eleven kids my parents, it was like

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<v Speaker 8>on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, they would sell the day old

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<v Speaker 8>bread for ten cents a loaf, and they had bunches

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<v Speaker 8>of it. So, for example, my mom would go with

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<v Speaker 8>a buck a dollar and buy like ten loaves of bread.

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<v Speaker 8>But that only lasts about a week. Yes, you got it,

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<v Speaker 8>So we would buy Weber's Bread back then. I don't

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<v Speaker 8>even know if they're still, you know, in business, but

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<v Speaker 8>Wonder was the second choice, and then Skippy was. Luckily

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<v Speaker 8>for us, we got to have a name brand peanut butter.

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<v Speaker 8>I don't know why, because most everything in the house

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<v Speaker 8>was the cheapest we could find.

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<v Speaker 5>That's what my thea cereal.

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<v Speaker 8>All invitation cereals. When the government was given the powdered

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<v Speaker 8>milk and the government cheese. You never thought you would

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<v Speaker 8>get tired of real cheese, but yeah, we got tired

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<v Speaker 8>of it because they used to give it in big

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<v Speaker 8>old blocks. But anyway, so here we are. But this

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<v Speaker 8>is the one that is my favorite. This is something

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<v Speaker 8>that my daughter made and it's a marmalade, a lemon marmalade.

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<v Speaker 8>And my daughter cooks, and my mother's no longer with us.

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<v Speaker 8>She was a homemaker. She cooked from scratch every day,

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<v Speaker 8>and she actually would make a lot of things from scratch.

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<v Speaker 8>She would in frascot you say it in Spanish. She

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<v Speaker 8>would jar things, pickle this, and pickle that, and jar this.

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<v Speaker 8>So she actually used to make some jelly once in

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<v Speaker 8>a while. If we had all the ingredients, she'd get inspired.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm gonna make some jelly strawberry what have you?

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<v Speaker 12>So?

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<v Speaker 5>Were any of your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches just

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<v Speaker 5>peanut butter and bread?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was nervous when Gabriella brought the big peanut butter

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<v Speaker 2>and the wonderbread. I was like, oh my gosh, we're

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna have jelly today. And then I was happy

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<v Speaker 2>to see the jar of marmalade. I've never had this soul,

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<v Speaker 2>not the peanut butter. I've never had the marmalade. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's go ahead and start.

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<v Speaker 5>Doing peanut butter and jelly, the og classic.

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<v Speaker 8>All right, let's start with some bread.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just curious, out of those eleven eleven of

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<v Speaker 2>you guys, how many of you guys were boys?

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<v Speaker 8>It was almost even as even as you can get.

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<v Speaker 8>It was six girls, five boys. I'm the youngest. All

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<v Speaker 8>the girls got all the brains and looks in the family,

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<v Speaker 8>and us boys we had to kind of like deal

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<v Speaker 8>with what we got. But no, I say that because

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<v Speaker 8>I love my sisters. I love my brothers. But my

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<v Speaker 8>sister used to help me with my math homework. I

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<v Speaker 8>became an engineer, but back in those days. My sisters

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<v Speaker 8>were born in the forties and fifties, so by the

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<v Speaker 8>time they were graduating from high school, it was the

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<v Speaker 8>sixties and society and even my parents went along with it,

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<v Speaker 8>were convincing them that they should just get married and

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<v Speaker 8>you get a husband who'll take care of you. My

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<v Speaker 8>sisters could have all gone and got PhDs and things

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<v Speaker 8>of that nature. So it really pains me to know

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<v Speaker 8>that the person who helped me with my math helped

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<v Speaker 8>me when I was struggling and I became an engineer,

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<v Speaker 8>she didn't become an engineer and things like that.

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<v Speaker 5>So your sisters essentially ended up.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, no, look, they have a wonderful life. They have

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<v Speaker 8>beautiful children, you know them and their husbands would go

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<v Speaker 8>to work and they everybody was able to own a

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<v Speaker 8>home on first generation. My generation is first generation college

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<v Speaker 8>on both sides of my family. My mother and father

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<v Speaker 8>are from Demastian Hali School Meeko, which is this little

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<v Speaker 8>dirt town. When they were little boys and girls, there

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<v Speaker 8>were no formal schools like we have here in the

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<v Speaker 8>United States. When they got married, my father being twenty

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<v Speaker 8>my mother being eighteen, they looked around and said, well,

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<v Speaker 8>nothing's changed. If we want the next generation to have opportunities,

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<v Speaker 8>we got to get out of here. So they came

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<v Speaker 8>to California and then stayed here. You know, had us

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<v Speaker 8>eleven kids until they passed away. So this is what

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<v Speaker 8>we made for ourselves. My mom made a stack of

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<v Speaker 8>homemade tortillas every single day, a big pot of beans

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<v Speaker 8>every single day, made some fresh rice and something else.

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<v Speaker 8>That was the traditional food in our household. It was

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<v Speaker 8>a third dish. And then rice and beans and tortillas.

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<v Speaker 8>That was a staple every day.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 5>And then was it like meat was the.

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<v Speaker 8>Luxury of yes, exactly, that was the third dish. It

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<v Speaker 8>was either some chicken or some.

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<v Speaker 5>Ohated some kind.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah. Well the thing is, let me clarify. We never

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<v Speaker 8>lacked for what we needed in our home. Our mother

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<v Speaker 8>and father, my mom stayed at home. That was the deal.

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<v Speaker 8>They got married, high tailed it over here to California,

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<v Speaker 8>and my mother and father made a deal that my

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<v Speaker 8>mom mom wouldn't work outside the home, she would stay

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<v Speaker 8>home and be a homemaker, and my dad would work work, work,

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<v Speaker 8>and my dad, his average week was a six day

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<v Speaker 8>work week. And so my mom was an amazing cook,

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<v Speaker 8>thank god. But she made large quantities of everything every day.

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<v Speaker 8>But what we're eating here is what we used to

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<v Speaker 8>make for ourselves as kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Eleven kids, though, is like she I don't even think

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<v Speaker 2>even if she sort of even like, even if we

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<v Speaker 2>were intoday's times, if she wanted to go to work.

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<v Speaker 2>Eleven kids, is you need one parent to stay right?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my god?

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<v Speaker 8>Today a big family is you know, three four kids,

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<v Speaker 8>and that's more than a handful. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 8>constantly speak respectfully of my parents because I remember growing

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<v Speaker 8>up there were some people that when we're in the supermarket,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, there's three or four trailing my mom and

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<v Speaker 8>we're sitting at the checking stand, and I could understand English.

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<v Speaker 8>My mom and dad understood very very little English, and

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<v Speaker 8>I could I could hear the words of disrespect that

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<v Speaker 8>they spoke of my mom, like, you know, talking in

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<v Speaker 8>English to the other checker, like, oh, can you believe

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<v Speaker 8>how many kids or what have you? You know, they

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<v Speaker 8>probably can't even afford them, and stuff like that. But

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<v Speaker 8>that's not true. We never lacked for food. My parents

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<v Speaker 8>bought a home in nineteen fifty five and raised the

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<v Speaker 8>soul in that home until they passed away. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>I'm very very protective of the image that people have.

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<v Speaker 8>Immigrants come to this country and they have a bunch

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<v Speaker 8>of kids, and those kids are a bunch of good

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<v Speaker 8>for nothings or a bunch of troublemakers. N uh Not.

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<v Speaker 8>One of us eleven kids growing up in Pacoima, not

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<v Speaker 8>the you know, it's a low income community, a lot

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<v Speaker 8>of beautiful families there. Not one of us ever ended

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<v Speaker 8>up in a gang. Not one of us ever ended up,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, in the backseat of a police car. So

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<v Speaker 8>you know, to my parents, you know, and one of.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys ended up, Yeah, changing a lot for the community.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, well, yes, I say this one once in a while.

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<v Speaker 8>I speak truthfully about if you asked my brothers and

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<v Speaker 8>sisters when they were you know, when I was like

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<v Speaker 8>eight ten years old, and you asked them right down

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<v Speaker 8>on a piece of paper, where do you think Tony's

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<v Speaker 8>gonna end up? They probably would have said some not

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<v Speaker 8>mean things, but accurate things like, I don't know, he's

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<v Speaker 8>a big trouble maker, you know, he's I had the

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<v Speaker 8>hottest temper of all my brothers and sisters. I was

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<v Speaker 8>the one you could light me as like a match.

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<v Speaker 8>I was the one that would bawl my fist up

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<v Speaker 8>before I would think about what I'm gonna say. So

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<v Speaker 8>God is good because they gave me ten older brothers

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<v Speaker 8>and sisters to help keep me in line, and I

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<v Speaker 8>needed every single one of them. They gave me two

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<v Speaker 8>parents who were as strict as can be, so had

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<v Speaker 8>I not had the upbringing that I was given and

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<v Speaker 8>afforded by two amazing parents who were strict, ten brothers

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<v Speaker 8>and sisters were like, Oh, you can't do that. I

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<v Speaker 8>can't let you do that problem.

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