Way back in 1991, the crew at Cornerstone TeleVision in Pittsburgh had just finished building the set, stocking the kitchen, and recording the very first episode of a new TV cooking show called “At Home With Arlene Williams.” Nobody could have guessed how God would use this program and the people who worked on it to touch the lives of millions with His love.
In the very first episode of the show, Arlene only makes one recipe: homemade lemonade. She shares it with her friend Linda Wilson, as the two reminisce about all the events that led up to the creation of At Home. Working together on different TV shows at Cornerstone, they learned that the audience loved seeing Arlene every time she went on camera to help prepare food and crafts for special Christmas shows. This led to the inspiration for a new kind of year-long cooking show that wasn’t just about food; it was about sharing the love of God with others.
For over twenty years and a total of 18 seasons, Arlene Williams shared delicious recipes, homemaking advice, and encouraging words with viewers. And although she passed away in 2017, her show remains a favorite with people all over the world. This little episode from 1991 is how it all began!
Homemade Lemonade
This is the very first recipe Arlene ever made on At Home!
Ingredients
- 4 cups hot water
- 6 lemons
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 4 cups cold water
- 2 cups ice cubes
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan Heat 4 cups of water on the stovetop, until hot but not boiling. Soak whole lemons in water for 15 minutes. (This makes them yield more juice).
- Cut lemons into halves. Using a citrus juicer, juice lemons until you have approximately 1 cup of juice. Pour into a medium-sized pitcher. (Feel free to strain seeds and pulp with a colander, but you don't have to.)
- Add sugar to pitcher, and stir or whisk vigorously until sugar is dissolved. Add cold water and half of the ice to the pitcher. Use the remaining ice in drink glasses. Pour and serve. Enjoy!
- Note: You can adjust the strength and sweetness of the lemonade by changing the amount of juice, water, and sugar to your tastes.
Transcript
- Ah, this is a reality. Look at this, the set is finally a reality. All the nice things, first class things, Lord, I just thank you so much for everything I see. It’s beautiful, and a refrigerator that works. It’s wonderful. Self-cleaning, boy do I need a self-cleaning oven. Ah, my gosh. KitchenAid, oh, everything to equip this wonderful set. It’s great. Oh, beautiful, how can I ever thank everyone for all the work they’ve done? My goodness, and look at this dining room. The cherry curio, oh it’s beautiful. Oh, my heart is so full today, Lord. Thank you so much, thank you Lord for everything I see. Thank you, Lord.
- [Narrator] Here’s today’s At Home hint. Before squeezing a lemon, submerge it in hot water for 15 minutes. You’ll get more juice from it. The rinds of lemons make excellent flavorings for muffins, cakes, and frostings. If you’ve got a helpful hint that you’d like to share, we want to hear from you. Send it to At Home Hints, CTV, Wall, Pennsylvania 15148-1499. That’s At Home Hints, CTV, Wall, Pennsylvania 15148-1499.
- Well, welcome to At Home. We’re so glad you joined us today for our very first program. We trust that in the many weeks to come, you’re gonna learn a lot of things about cooking, about crafts, about relationships. It’s just gonna be a program that we trust will be a blessing to you. And today I’m gonna start out making some lemonade because it’s this time of the year when everybody’s looking for something good to drink. I’ve had some lemons soaking in some hot water for about 15 minutes. And now, we’re just gonna chop them in half, and these things are great, aren’t they? These little juicers are just great because it gets the pulp and everything else out, and you don’t have to keep messing with it. Um, this was probably developed a long time ago and I don’t think they’ve come by with too many more utensils that do the job as well as this does. So what we’re gonna do, is just take the juice of these lemons, and really the recipe calls for a cup of fresh lemon juice. That’s probably about four, four or five, big, good-sized lemons. And like I’ve said, I had this in the water, and that makes the juice come to the fort. Don’t keep them in the refrigerator if you’re gonna be making lemonade because the cold tends to restrict the juice, and you know, just by putting the hot water and rolling them a little bit, it really makes them juicy and good. Now, so far I have I think three. I’ll probably do a little more than that. And, um, I thought I’d fix something today because I’m gonna have a very special visitor here a little bit that I want you all to meet. You’ve met here before a lot of times but she’s a good friend and I hope she’s gonna drop by because she and I have a lot to talk about and we want you to hear it. Now, let’s see, that’s probably about enough. Wipe my hands here. And I’m gonna put this juice into my pitcher. Now, some people strain out the little lemon seeds and I do sometimes, sometimes I think they do alright leaving them in there ’cause they tend to settle to the bottom anyway. I’m gonna add just a little bit more lemon to that ’cause that certainly isn’t a cup. Don’t think that, uh, I have enough here. I’ll go one more. Let’s see… it’s fun, it’s always fun to do things out of the way. You know, it’s easy to go and grab a can of frozen and thaw it down and add some water and some ice to it. And it’s easy to get the lemon juice in a jar, and there’s nothing wrong with that, you know if that’s what you have. But if you go that extra little bit just to make it special, it tastes better for some reason. I don’t know why, but it just does, okay? So to this then, we’re gonna add about three fourths of a cup of sugar. ‘Cause you have to sweeten, from the sourness, you have to sweeten it. And that’s gonna, gonna mix that up real well. This is a nice pitcher, pretty glass pitchers are so nice. I know plastic’s in, and if you have children, that’s alright, but sometimes it’s nice to get out the pretty things and use them. Not just on holidays, but all kinds of days. Okay, now to that, we’re gonna add about four cups of water. I hope all this fits in here, I think it should. Yeah. Does it smell, if I could have you smell how good this lemon smells, there’s nothing that can compare with this, particularly if you like lemon flavor, you’ll love this. Looks like lots of seeds in there, but they’ll settle and they’ll be fine. Let’s see, get some glasses ready, I need to get some ice. Hey, who’s there? Come on in. Hi Linda, come on in, nice to see you. How ya doin’?
- Oh, this is beautiful.
- Wonderful, just look at this is.
- This is beautiful.
- Just amazing, isn’t it? Come on, pull up a seat. You’re just in time, I’m making lemonade.
- Alright.
- I’m gonna put some in…
- Oh, one of my favorite drinks.
- Whoa, lost that one.
- Okay.
- Slid right across it, sorry.
- I do that all the time.
- Yeah, me too.
- Only my puppy gets it.
- Well, at least there’s someone to clean up, you know?
- Oh, Arlene this is beautiful.
- Isn’t this wonderful?
- This is wonderful.
- Linda, you know, for a long time we’ve talked about doing things for ladies that we enjoy doing. Mainly, cooking programs and crafts and all of that. Taste that, see what it tastes like. And so, you know we really have this–
- Should I go
- Is it good?
- Oh, it’s wonderful. It really is good.
- Wish you folks could be here to have a little taste of this because–
- I’ll take their share.
- We um, this is a reality to us now.
- It really is, after many years. Many years.
- five years, wasn’t it?
- Mmhm.
- It was at least five years. I remember us doing the first Christmas program on Getting Together, do you remember that? And we didn’t really know what we were doing, I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t. But, we put it together, booked our guests.
- [Linda] We’d both spent too much money.
- We sure did, and we thought that it should be Christmas from the Heart.
- [Linda] That’s right.
- And do you remember who was on? I think Olene Igil, Joan–
- [Linda] Olene hosted.
- She hosted.
- [Linda] Anita Robertson.
- [Arlene] She made those gingerbread houses, didn’t she?
- [Linda] Oh, they, everybody in the family made a gingerbread house.
- [Arlene] Even her husband.
- [Linda] Mmhm. Even her husband.
- [Arlene] And uh, who else was in it?
- [Linda] Bobby Morrow had all kinds of crafts for children, for adults, for gifts, for decorations.
- [Arlene] She is, she’s fantastic, and she came back several years as I remember.
- [Linda] Yes, she did.
- [Arlene] And um, you and I, I remember this. You and I had this whole big table full of things that we showed, gifts from the kitchen.
- [Linda] That’s right, and oh, I’ll tell you, it was the most beautiful spread.
- [Arlene] Linda, I baked for two days on that. I remember because we put the program together so quickly, there wasn’t time to plan, and I remember saying to the general manager Olene, “Do you think I could take the two days and bake these?” She said, “Go ahead and do it, Arlene.” And I worked morning ’til night, morning ’til night, and we, I mean the whole table was full of so many different types of things. It was amazing.
- And it was beautiful. It was the nicest spread.
- Didn’t it set your spirit for Christmas though?
- Yes, it really did.
- It really was Christmas from the Heart because all the things that we showed were things that people had made and given of themselves and projected into the crafts and the articles. It was a wonderful time.
- Well, that’s really the way it should be because that’s the spirit of Christmas.
- Well, sure, and not only that, our partners got so involved. The viewers, they bombarded us for recipes.
- Oh, I will never forget that.
- You remember it because you were the one stuffed all the envelopes and sent them out.
- I folded and stuffed, and folded and stuffed, until I could fold and stuff no more.
- I remember, that was amazing, it really was. Then the next year, we thought we’d do it again, right? Because their response was so great. And this one was called, this was 1987, right?
- [Linda] That’s right.
- And it was called, Christmas with Norma.
- [Linda] Christmas with Norma ’cause Norma hosted that year.
- [Arlene] Normal hosted the whole program and who was on?
- [Linda] Her friend, Vi, can’t remember her last name. But wasn’t Vi on with her?
- [Arlene] Yeah, Vi, that’s right. And she did decorating tips and she did centerpieces as I remember.
- [Linda] Centerpieces, pieces for your mantle with candles, and they were gorgeous.
- [Arlene] There were other people on, but the thing I remember most about that was you making cinnamon bears, do you remember that?
- [Linda] Oh, yes I do. Yes I do. ‘Cause I remember puttin’ my hands in the cinnamon and stuff, and it was–
- [Arlene] It was applesauce and cinnamon.
- [Linda] Applesauce and cinnamon.
- [Arlene] And you need to make a dough or something out of it, right?
- [Linda] That’s right.
- [Arlene] Spoon the dough, and the applesauce into the cinnamon.
- [Linda] Until it gets really thick like a real, and it sticks together.
- [Arlene] Right, and you can’t really do that with a spoon, you have to get your hands–
- [Linda] No, you really have to get your hands in it.
- [Arlene] But the question is, how did you get it our from under your nails?
- [Linda] Oh.
- [Arlene] And your hands smelled…
- [Linda] Wonderful. They looked terrible but they smelled really good.
- You know what I remember too, was you making that a few days ahead of time, and in our office, you had the little bears drying, and the whole office smelled like apple pie. And people kept comin’ in sayin’, “What’s in here? Is that applesauce in here? Are you baking apple pie? What do I smell?”
- And you know what, we still have ’em and they still smell.
- Every year, you bring them out and we decorate the office and they do, they still smell.
- [Linda] That’s right, still put ’em on our tree.
- That was great. That was 1987. And then 1988. What happened then?
- [Linda] Let’s see.
- The…
- Sharing the Gifts.
- I remember, Sharing the Gifts. And Norma and Loretta Scott, they co-hosted. That was a fun program. I remember that one well.
- [Linda] That was a nice program.
- [Arlene] Do you know why? Because I worked my fingers to the bone makin’ sweatshirts. That was the year the sweatshirt rage was real big.
- [Linda] That’s right, with the wonder under, and you made all these designs and I didn’t know you were doin’ it until you brought in the office, and filled the office.
- [Arlene] They were everywhere, and Loretta was so overwhelmed by, because I think we had some that had bunnies on them and some that had bears.
- [Linda] Right, and you had some that had flowers on ’em, and everybody in the whole staff wanted one, of course.
- [Arlene] I remember that. In fact, I remember making them almost up until Christmas Eve because you don’t realize how long it’s gonna take.
- [Linda] That’s right.
- [Arlene] And all of a sudden, you’ve got all these orders.
- [Linda] They were beautiful.
- [Arlene] And that was such a fun time. There was some other people on that program too that were on with, uh, remember Mandy Matthews and her mother made those fancy little socks.
- They were beautiful, I bought some for my daughter.
- Right, and Christie work them, and Mandy is now grown up, she’s a young lady now. And a girl from Minerva’s Bakery. Minerva Bakery has always been so good to us. But she was there.
- She made the cake.
- [Arlene] She baked the cake and decorated it with, what was on the top?
- Poinsettias.
- Oh, it was beautiful.
- [Linda] And it was a beautiful cake.
- And people wrote again, “Can we have the recipes? Can we have the recipes?” And I think it was at that time that you and I started saying, “You know, we oughta have a program like this all the time.” All year long for women, not just–
- That’s right, because the response, the women were interested in that. And people who’d never watched were flippin’ across the dial and seein’ it.
- Sure, and the amazing thing too was that every year, the number of people that responded kept growing and growing, so they were telling their friends. And the mail, you know how we enjoy reading the letters from our friends?
- Yes, that’s, that probably was the most enjoyable thing, was reading the letters from the ladies that wrote in.
- And say, “Oh, you know you challenged me, I’m gonna do this for my family this Christmas.” Or, “I’ve decided instead of us doing, going out and spending all this money, we’re gonna make things, and our whole family’s sitting around the table in the evenings.” And that’s what it’s all about, family. That’s what it’s all about. So, what year was that? That was 1988.
- I think that, right, that was ’88.
- Then because of that response we said, “Let’s make this a whole week.” Linda, I told you after that week, “If I ever say that again, break my legs or somethin'” because we didn’t realize how much work–
- Because the one show was a lot of work, a lot of preparation.
- But five shows, that was…
- And we were just foolish enough to go along with it.
- Why not, right? And I remember Olene hosted that.
- [Linda] That’s right.
- Again, and it was called The Art of Celebration. It was taken from Jack Hayford’s book, saying how, that people need to learn how to celebrate the holidays, and the birth of Christ.
- And it was a different aspect of celebrating every night.
- But the funniest part, let’s see, who else, oh, that’s when we did the feasting table.
- Right, and the staff prepared the Christmas dinner.
- Dia Richard was on, she made a strawberry shortcake.
- It was like a strawberry angel cake, looked really good.
- Yes, it was great.
- Caesar salad, someone made a Caesar salad.
- And uh, somebody else made vegetables.
- The Hicklings.
- [Linda] I’ll never forget, Tom Hickling and a tomatoes.
- [Arlene] Kathy kept sayin’ they looked like eyeballs, try to cut them ’til they don’t look like Christmas tree ornaments or eyeballs. But, the top, the hit of the show, was Steve Johnson. Steve Johnson made mashed potatoes. Yo, Steve are you there? Yeah, Steve’s the director of our new program.
- [Linda] Oh, I will never forget those mashed potatoes.
- [Arlene] But a lot has happened since then. Because Steve got married and now somebody’s making those mashed potatoes for him.
- Oh, thank the Lord.
- Steve, huh, can we see… I mean this was incredible how he did this. For a bachelor never to have made potatoes before. He took a poll around the studio asking people how to do it. And finally, uh, he conglomerated everybody’s opinions, and he made potatoes, he boiled them from 6:00-7:00, and brought them to the studio, and mashed them at a quarter to nine. So, you can imagine it was more like paste.
- [Linda] I remember the mixer, standing up.
- Do you remember Olene’s face?
- Standing up in the mashed potatoes all by itself.
- I’ll tell you, we have laughed, that has brought such joy, and the letters from the folks that were watching saying, “That’s alright, tell that young man not to worry. I didn’t know how to make biscuits or anything else when I got married.” So there was hope for Steve, Steve got married, and now his wife makes such good potatoes, right Steve?
- [Steve] You know it.
- Well, anyway, that was so enjoyable.
- Oh, that was.
- And the viewers sent, if I remember, we were talkin’ thou-, several thousand.
- Yeah, there were several thousand, I think.
- Requests for recipes and things, and every year, we just knew, in our hearts, that we had to keep doing it, we needed to do it again and again. And then, last year, I guess in 1991, I’m sorry, 1990. We’re in ’91 now. Um, I ended up at a, everybody was out of town that normally hosts a program, and so, we did kind of the essence of Christmas, didn’t we?
- Right, because every program kind of was starting with an S.
- Yeah, it was what? The Spirit.
- The Spirit of Christmas, The Sounds of Christmas, which was all music, The Sights of Christmas, which were all the decorations and everything.
- Smells.
- The Smells of Christmas.
- Remember that wonderful buffet that Lisa Beth–
- Lisa fixed up. Uh, the Sharing. The Sharing of Christmas, which were gifts that you make.
- And, um, the one where we–
- The first program that we did was on the Spirit of Christmas, ’cause you wanted to start with, that’s the real essence of Christmas.
- It is. And we had a national, well kind of a nationally known guest, Joe DeNardo, who came over from Channel 4, and it was, we had a good time with him. We had folks from the Salvation Army.
- That’s right, and Presents for Patients.
- Yes.
- Every organization in the area, Salvation Army, everybody that were giving, because that was the Spirit of Christmas.
- And um, I remember CTV very generously donated to each of those causes, and we were able to present a check with, you know, from us to them. And all of them, the people that were there that night were just so appreciative and none of them knew they were comin’ to get a check, they were just coming to talk about what they were doing in their particular ministries, yeah. And uh, it was just nice to meet Joe DeNardo. And then later in that week, we had the night that we cooked, and Dean and Mary Brown.
- [Linda] That’s right.
- They were here. Crazy Dean and Mary Brown. We had so much fun with them. And Mary told me, she said, “Arlene, I wanna make pecan pie.” I said, “Wonderful.” Because they’re from down South–
- [Linda] And that’s what she makes and gives to all of her neighbors at Christmastime.
- So, and Dean of course, he had to help.
- [Linda] I’m not sure how much help he was.
- Remember that, he was picking little things out of the eggs and saying, “Oh we can’t have this, we can’t have that.” It was so funny. And I remember we made this cake, I’m sorry this pie, and she, we had one baked already, and then she said to me, “Arlene, now look. This was ready to go in the oven.” But we didn’t have an oven here at the studio at that time, and so, she says, “Take this home and bake it.” Well it was dark until we got home, yeah. And I had this in a box that I thought was very secure. Well, going home, it ran over the edge of the pie crust. It was all over the place. I, not knowing it was in the dark, I got to my home, picked the box up, I had the contents of the pecan pie straight down the front of my dress.
- It tasted really wonderful.
- It was wonderful, yes. It just doesn’t wear well, you know?
- Little sticky.
- But those were special times, and that year, people, well who else was on that week? Let’s see. We had the Riders here, Tish Rider played trumpet, and Lois’s mother sang.
- And his mother was here, and Robie Tulel.
- Robie Tulek played the piano. We had, uh, the girls that came from, uh…
- Living Light. All the girls did all the fashions, that was a fun program.
- That was, um, there was, they made potpourri, and the girl that made the potpourri–
- Glenda Lynnwood, and oh, Joy Scalzo, we had so many.
- And everybody wanted those recipes, and it was always such a pleasure for us to compile them, ’cause we were as excited that they were calling and writing for them, as they were to receive them. And you were still getting a request for those, when? February?
- March, I was still getting.. And every once in a while, I still get another one. But we had almost 4,000 requests.
- Isn’t that wonderful?
- From this past Christmas.
- And I think then, management, I think the management always with the thought something like this type of a program could go. But it’s just, the timing of God, and it’s uh, what’s available, you know, what space is available in our studio, which is not much. But, we saw everything kind of fall into place the beginning of this year.
- The timing was right, right. And all the planning, and everybody just came together.
- And you know, Linda, there are a lot of people that, that is, that are making this program possible. I mean, people who God just let us come across our path, you know, like the Jordan Banana company. They’re providing wonderful, wonderful produce for us to do this program. Then, there’s the Wholey Balcony Cookware, down the strip. Mr. Wholey’s such a joy, what a wonderful man.
- I noticed all those gorgeous cookware that I don’t even have in my own kitchen.
- You know, isn’t it just like God to provide better than what we have? Better than what we can find?
- See, I think that has probably helped you know that this is what God wants.
- And people, and Value City, gave us the wonderful hutch back, they’re just gorgeous.
- [Linda] I noticed that when I came in.
- Yeah, and the flowers have been donated. My church had a burden for this program and gave us 1,500 dollars to equip the set and God has equipped it himself. I mean, it’s just amazing when you see what’s happened. And it kind of gives you the knowledge and the secure feeling inside that it is God’s time to do this.
- That’s right, and you know you’re walkin’ just where he’d want you.
- Right, and basically, what this program, what we want to develop, and I’m glad that you’re gonna be my producer for this because um, we’ve worked so closely together. And you kind of know me, and I know you, and you know my weaknesses, and you know my strengths, so you kinda support, and I’ve always appreciated that and I think that God has put us together as a team.
- Well, I’m looking forward to it ’cause I think it’s gonna be exciting.
- I am too and I, I want the ladies out there to please, if you, anytime that you feel like you have a suggestion, you have an idea, jot it down, and send it to us. We’d love to hear your ideas because that’s the only way we know what people want to see and what they want to hear. But we’re gonna cook some great things, we’re gonna get some great guests.
- I know the crew can hardly wait.
- Well, I mean, everybody wants to work on the– I wonder why that is Linda. That’s just like those Christmas shows. We always had a lot of people here in the studio.
- Can’t imagine why.
- Probably those smells that are wafting away, right.
- [Linda] It was all that good food, wonderful.
- But in the upcoming weeks, we’re gonna have, some national guests are gonna stop by. We’re gonna have some local pastors who are coming to cook for us. We’re having local chefs and professional people. I’m gonna be doing a lot of cooking. We’re gonna have Norma, she’s gonna come and cook. Olene’s gonna come on and cook, we’re gonna have, oh…
- Our whole staff is volunteering left and right.
- Do you remember when we had the staff cooking before one time on a telethon?
- Oh, I remember that.
- It actually–
- Kim Bloes and the–
- Yes, he actually gave his blood for the bangs. But we’re gonna try not to have that happen again.
- Cooking is always fun, ’cause for me the kitchen is always–
- The center of the activity isn’t it? And there’s just something about saying to someone, “I’ve taken the time to prepare this for you, and I care that much about you, that I want you to share it with me.”
- It’s your expression of love.
- And you know, that’s the way it’s always been. You break bread together, there’s just something about it. It’s not just, well here’s a piece of something to eat or here’s a piece of bread. There’s something about breaking bread together that it bonds you, it just bring you together in a oneness, and that’s kind of the things that we want to be doing on the program. We’re also going to develop into crafts.
- Oh, good.
- We’re gonna do some of the crafts, Bobby Morrow, I’m sure wilL be coming back. We have lots of plans for the future for this program, and to make it something that you won’t want to miss next week, you’ll wanna see it. Be sure you set down your times, so you just see it every week.
- Oh, I know. Nobody wants to miss it.
- I know. And you know, people have been calling me, saying, “Hey, we would like to be on your program.” And this is the first program, so I don’t even know how they know, but they’re excited about it.
- Well, people come to me, “When, is the program gonna start? When are you gonna… we can’t wait!”
- I know, I know. I know that people will be tuning in and be looking for some of the folks that maybe they rub shoulders with, you know, on Sunday at church, who knows? And we’re gonna have professional people but I think the key is we don’t want to do anything At Home, that the people at home couldn’t do. This not gonna be complicated gourmet. I’m not a professional chef. I just like to cook. I’m a lady that likes to cook. And you know, Linda, that from the time that I was about nine years old, my mother made it very easy for me to learn to cook. Now, this is a rare individual. She’d say, “Arlene, if you cook, I’ll clean up.” Now, I know Linda, you’ve never said that to Christie, have you?
- Oh, no.
- Because she’s a whirlwind in the kitchen–
- She sure is.
- But my mother created and atmosphere for me to want to learn. And she would say that all the time, “If you cook, I’ll clean up.” And she, and I’m not one of these that I take a pan, and then I clean it on, and… if there’s five pans, I’ll probably use them all, that’s just the way I, you know, in a hurry or whatever, you know. But my mother, she cultivated that in me. And so, I was never afraid to try something, I was never afraid to fail, because if the cake flopped, she’d say, “Well, what did you do this time that maybe next time, you shouldn’t do?” Was the oven hot, was this, and so, she allowed me to learn. And she didn’t demand perfection at the beginning, and that’s a key.
- So that’s what you’re doin’ with the ladies at home too.
- Right, so it’s not that I am any, have not gone to school, culinary school, anything like that. But I have prepared meals since I was a child, and my, my dad, you know he enjoys good cooking, and my husband, my husband’s family, his mother was a baker, so when we got married, you know, it just kept going, keeps going on and on.
- [Linda] Well, you’re a good cook, that I know.
- Well–
- And I’ve learned a lot from you.
- I know, ’cause we’ve talked and shared cookbooks and things, and I think that your interest in cooking has developed just since we’ve been talking about…
- I’m finally learning how to cook.
- Well, you know, in a day and an age where everything is so fast, and it’s easy to run to that McDonald’s and get that greasy burger that has no nutritional value, as far as the things your children need, and the things that you need, you know, as adults. It’s easy to do that, they make it so easy. But there’s some kind of a satisfaction that you get when you have spent this time to prepare this meal, and you present it to your family, and they enjoy it with such relish, “Oh, this is so good.” It just gives you such a good feeling.
- And of course, I like the way you present your meal. I mean, I’ve never been to your house, but what, there’s napkins and you know–
- Well that’s part of it.
- And china, and you know, it’s–
- Let me paint a little scenario for you. If I cook this meal, and then I said, “Oh Linda, grab a plate over there, get a paper plate ’cause we don’t wanna dirty the dishes, and let’s just put some of this on, sit wherever you want.” That’s, see that’s not worthy of my time and preparation of that meal. It’s a whole look, it’s a whole preparatory thing, that, once you have prepared it, then you put it on that table for, and your eye appeal is some of the greatest part of enjoying a meal.
- So, you’re gonna show us all how to do that, I hope.
- We’re gonna show all of this. In the next couple of weeks, we have, girl’s coming, she’s gonna show us how to do a complete Sunday dinner.
- Oh, that’s gonna be interesting.
- And she’s gonna do in a half hour ladies, so there’s no excuse gettin’ home from church and not being able, saying, “I can’t make it.” You can do it, we’re gonna show you how. And watermelon baskets because fresh fruits are so in season right now, we’re gonna do that. And, we’re gonna be making lasagna, we’re gonna have guests, we’re gonna have a good time. We’re gonna have a whole program on salads, all kinds of salads, not just the green salads, but other kinds of salads.
- It’s easy to get stuck in a rut with salads, just the plain ole salad, you get tired of salad.
- It is, it is. Thanks for being here today, Linda. Really enjoyed having you. And you also. Please be sure to join us next time because it just wouldn’t be the same without you, here At Home.
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