1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:01,502 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:01,585 --> 00:00:03,962 - Daddy, don't forget the popsicles. 3 00:00:04,046 --> 00:00:06,048 - We were supposed to bring popsicles? 4 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:10,010 You are not my child. 5 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:17,976 Before kids, you have a strong sense of identity 6 00:00:18,060 --> 00:00:20,145 based on, you know, your hobbies and interests. 7 00:00:20,229 --> 00:00:22,231 - ASTRID: The bands you like or your job. 8 00:00:22,314 --> 00:00:23,690 - JAMES: But as you focus on raising kids, 9 00:00:23,774 --> 00:00:27,361 it feels like you become more generic. 10 00:00:27,444 --> 00:00:29,947 - ASTRID: People see you as just another mom or dad. 11 00:00:34,076 --> 00:00:36,870 Mrs. Jellinek wrote an entire recipe book? 12 00:00:36,954 --> 00:00:38,705 This is so elaborate. 13 00:00:38,789 --> 00:00:40,249 This kid made enchiladas? 14 00:00:40,332 --> 00:00:41,375 VIV: That's Gerardo. 15 00:00:41,458 --> 00:00:44,795 He stepped on my shoe but he wants to get married. 16 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,755 - Just tell Gerardo to slow his roll. 17 00:00:46,839 --> 00:00:48,423 You hope some part of your identity 18 00:00:48,507 --> 00:00:49,883 lives on through your kids, 19 00:00:49,967 --> 00:00:52,302 your ethnic and cultural heritage for example, 20 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:54,137 but, uh, even that can get lost. 21 00:00:54,221 --> 00:00:56,557 All these recipes are so traditional. 22 00:00:57,683 --> 00:01:00,644 And we made Rice Krispie Treats. 23 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:01,770 Viv? 24 00:01:01,854 --> 00:01:02,938 What? 25 00:01:03,021 --> 00:01:04,857 - Why does it say you're Indigenous, 26 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:06,024 you're part Indian. 27 00:01:06,108 --> 00:01:08,193 - VIV: We don't use that word anymore. 28 00:01:08,277 --> 00:01:09,570 We are Indian. 29 00:01:09,653 --> 00:01:12,364 - You're not supposed to say that. 30 00:01:20,038 --> 00:01:21,456 Hey, Felix, great game. 31 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:22,457 Hey, what do you say, Felix? 32 00:01:22,541 --> 00:01:23,959 - Thanks, coach. - Yeah. 33 00:01:24,042 --> 00:01:25,878 You know, I'm really--I'm really surprised we beat Green 34 00:01:25,961 --> 00:01:28,338 because, you know, they're a lot better than Red. 35 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:30,299 Well, they didn't have Felix. He's our secret weapon. 36 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:32,384 Yeah. Secret weapons, they run in our family. 37 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:34,678 I was pretty good. My dad was a homerun king 38 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:36,555 and Mom, very athletic. 39 00:01:36,638 --> 00:01:38,307 Felix's mom, not my dad's mom. 40 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:40,267 But she can jump really high. 41 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:41,351 - Dad. - Yeah. 42 00:01:41,435 --> 00:01:42,728 You know, we have the same batting stance. 43 00:01:42,811 --> 00:01:44,271 He knows it's all in the legs. 44 00:01:44,354 --> 00:01:45,564 - It goes like this. - Okay. 45 00:01:45,647 --> 00:01:47,191 See you next game, slugger. 46 00:01:47,274 --> 00:01:49,776 - Yeah, yeah. We'll see you. We'll be there. 47 00:01:49,860 --> 00:01:51,737 Hey, what do you think about Berney bats for us... 48 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:53,488 and just call each other that 49 00:01:53,572 --> 00:01:55,532 like, like Joey Bats, you know. How's that sound? 50 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:56,867 - FELIX: Dad? - JAMES: Uh-hmm? 51 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,160 When is baseball over? 52 00:01:58,243 --> 00:01:59,786 What? What do you mean when's baseball over? 53 00:01:59,870 --> 00:02:02,456 - Season just started, pal. - My tummy hurt the whole game. 54 00:02:02,539 --> 00:02:04,333 - You get two homeruns on a bad tummy, 55 00:02:04,416 --> 00:02:05,834 that's like the Jordan flu game. 56 00:02:08,712 --> 00:02:10,339 Hey. 57 00:02:10,422 --> 00:02:12,382 You know, I had a bad tummy too before games sometimes, 58 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:14,635 - you know what really helped? - Um, not playing? 59 00:02:14,718 --> 00:02:16,011 Something more delicious. 60 00:02:16,094 --> 00:02:19,014 - Ice cream! - Yeah! Small scoop though. 61 00:02:19,097 --> 00:02:21,266 Sensitive gut also runs in the family. 62 00:02:21,350 --> 00:02:23,101 Let's go, buddy! 63 00:02:23,185 --> 00:02:25,521 - All right. What are we reading tonight, huh? 64 00:02:25,604 --> 00:02:26,813 Something with a real story, 65 00:02:26,897 --> 00:02:28,732 something that's not about a licensed toy? 66 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:31,401 - Read my cookbook! - Ah, your cookbook. Yes. 67 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:33,195 I've been meaning to talk to you about your cookbook. 68 00:02:33,278 --> 00:02:35,113 - I'm in a real book, like Barbie. 69 00:02:35,197 --> 00:02:36,240 Or like a scientist. 70 00:02:37,366 --> 00:02:38,325 Okay. 71 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:41,495 So I'm part Indian, which again, is different than Indigenous. 72 00:02:41,578 --> 00:02:43,372 And because I'm part Indian, 73 00:02:43,455 --> 00:02:45,165 that means that you're part Indian too. 74 00:02:45,249 --> 00:02:47,417 People from India are Indian. 75 00:02:47,501 --> 00:02:49,962 - Dad is Indian? - ASTRID: No, not Daddy, 76 00:02:50,045 --> 00:02:52,673 but Felix and, and Dawn auntie and Corey. 77 00:02:52,756 --> 00:02:54,800 - Uncle Bo's a citizen of the world. 78 00:02:54,883 --> 00:02:56,510 - Yeah. Uncle Bo's also from Winnipeg. 79 00:02:56,593 --> 00:02:57,636 - And I'm from India. - ASTRID: Well, you're not 80 00:02:57,719 --> 00:02:59,137 from India exactly. 81 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:00,556 Nanima was born in England, 82 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,474 but her parents were born in India. 83 00:03:02,558 --> 00:03:04,643 And you and me are part Indian. 84 00:03:04,726 --> 00:03:06,103 I thought we were Canadian. 85 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:07,271 ASTRID: Yeah, we are. 86 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:09,982 It also is important where your family lived. 87 00:03:10,065 --> 00:03:13,151 So if Charlotte from Karate lived in India, 88 00:03:13,235 --> 00:03:14,570 she would be Indian too? 89 00:03:14,653 --> 00:03:17,531 - Charlotte from Karate lived in India for like 10 years, 90 00:03:17,614 --> 00:03:18,782 and then did a lot of paperwork. 91 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:20,951 She could technically become a citizen, I guess. 92 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,953 But being Indian is... 93 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:26,123 not skin color. 94 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:27,374 If you like spicy food? 95 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:31,128 - Sure. Yes. Yup. Let's go with that. That one. 96 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,921 So a quick recap, 97 00:03:33,005 --> 00:03:37,050 you are English, Scottish, and East Indian, and Canadian. 98 00:03:37,134 --> 00:03:38,886 And I'm a cat named Ocean. 99 00:03:40,095 --> 00:03:42,139 - Indian Ocean? - VIV: No. 100 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,277 - So the ethnicity talk went well? 101 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:56,904 I confused us both so much. 102 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:59,239 - Viv forgot she was even human. - Uh-hmm. 103 00:04:00,532 --> 00:04:02,242 - ASTRID: What's that for? - Felix. 104 00:04:02,326 --> 00:04:04,912 Our big guy is carrying the whole team on his shoulders 105 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:06,788 - and it's upsetting his tum-tum. - Yeah. 106 00:04:06,872 --> 00:04:08,749 He barely even touched his dinner, poor guy. 107 00:04:08,832 --> 00:04:10,292 - Pre-game jitters runs in the family. 108 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:12,711 All elite athletes get them. 109 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:15,339 - Do all elite athletes also get knee pain from driving? 110 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:17,633 - We are both sensitive stomached athletes. 111 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:18,717 It happens all the time. 112 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,220 Cowboy Cerrone, he puked before every big fight. 113 00:04:21,303 --> 00:04:23,347 Glenn Hall, notorious pre-game vomiter, 114 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:25,599 and Bill Russell the goat, he hurled before every big game. 115 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:28,310 - But those people are paid to puke. 116 00:04:28,393 --> 00:04:29,895 Felix is supposed to be doing this for fun. 117 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:33,857 - And throwing up makes room for all the fun. 118 00:04:33,941 --> 00:04:35,442 Don't say that to our kids. 119 00:04:39,071 --> 00:04:40,697 - MS. JELLINEK: Out you go, Viv. Sorry you had to wait. 120 00:04:40,781 --> 00:04:42,574 Took her a while to find her coat. 121 00:04:42,658 --> 00:04:44,701 - Yeah, that's not her coat, or her shoes. 122 00:04:44,785 --> 00:04:45,827 Oh no. 123 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:48,163 Viv, go find your things. 124 00:04:49,164 --> 00:04:51,166 - She does that sometimes. - It's cool. 125 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:52,709 Some of the stuff she brings home is pretty nice. 126 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,127 - She also pretends to feed sandwiches 127 00:04:54,211 --> 00:04:55,337 to her shoes sometimes. 128 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:57,631 As long as no one's eating glue, I feel pretty good. 129 00:04:57,714 --> 00:05:00,259 - Yeah, totally. She's, she's also really cool 130 00:05:00,342 --> 00:05:02,386 and smart, and strong, right? 131 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:04,012 She's great. 132 00:05:04,096 --> 00:05:06,682 - Love the class recipe book, by the way. 133 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:08,350 I just had one small issue. 134 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:11,562 - Sometimes an eggplant emoji just means eggplant, you know? 135 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:12,729 Uh, no. 136 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:16,191 I think--I think Viv told you that she was Indigenous. 137 00:05:17,734 --> 00:05:18,819 She's not. 138 00:05:18,902 --> 00:05:21,029 I just--I would hate for anyone to be offended. 139 00:05:21,113 --> 00:05:23,949 So if you wouldn't mind, reprinting Viv's page-- 140 00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:27,244 - Can I be real with you? I paid for the printing myself. 141 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,497 Crazy, I know, but we are severely underfunded. 142 00:05:30,581 --> 00:05:32,875 Did you get my email about donating pencils 143 00:05:32,958 --> 00:05:34,710 - and spare Kleenex? - It's just one page. 144 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:36,879 - Exactly. Parents are only gonna read 145 00:05:36,962 --> 00:05:38,463 their own kid's page, right? 146 00:05:38,547 --> 00:05:40,424 You probably can't even name another recipe from the book. 147 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:43,343 - Well, the pasta puttanesca really stood out. 148 00:05:43,427 --> 00:05:46,471 That's Italian for pasta of the prostitutes. 149 00:05:46,555 --> 00:05:48,724 - Yeah. - Look, maybe we just remove 150 00:05:48,807 --> 00:05:50,434 Viv's page from the book. 151 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:52,352 - What? - ASTRID: Hey, 152 00:05:52,436 --> 00:05:54,104 nice coat. It's a keeper. 153 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:56,607 I wanna be in the book. 154 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:57,900 All right. New plan. 155 00:05:57,983 --> 00:05:59,985 If I pay for the printing, 156 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:02,404 can you make sure that gets to all the other parents? Please? 157 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:06,241 - Can you sweeten the deal with, say, some Kleenex? 158 00:06:06,325 --> 00:06:10,037 - Yes. We failed you as a society. 159 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,246 Hmm. 160 00:06:18,795 --> 00:06:20,547 - ASTRID: Is it gonna be much longer, Dawn? 161 00:06:20,631 --> 00:06:21,548 DAWN: Not much, 162 00:06:21,632 --> 00:06:24,593 but it's important to prepare sushi properly. 163 00:06:24,676 --> 00:06:26,970 I heard about a man who developed an infection 164 00:06:27,054 --> 00:06:30,098 from eating tainted sushi and had his arm amputated. 165 00:06:30,182 --> 00:06:31,308 I'm gonna eat my own arm. 166 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:32,726 COREY: Knowing the history 167 00:06:32,809 --> 00:06:36,146 feeds the stomach and the mind. 168 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:38,524 - Speaking of super authentic meals, 169 00:06:38,607 --> 00:06:40,484 I was actually thinking that I should teach the kids 170 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:41,777 one of our traditional family recipes. 171 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:44,112 Rice Krispie Treats? 172 00:06:44,196 --> 00:06:46,990 They were your favorite. The secret's the Rice Krispies. 173 00:06:47,074 --> 00:06:49,034 - Uh, no. I was thinking chana bhaturas. 174 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:50,410 - NISHA: And smell up the house with frying? 175 00:06:50,494 --> 00:06:51,703 Just order from Little India. 176 00:06:51,787 --> 00:06:53,080 Hey, Viv, dining room. 177 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:54,623 - Okay. - BO: Yo. I help Corey 178 00:06:54,706 --> 00:06:55,791 with his cooking videos. 179 00:06:55,874 --> 00:06:57,209 I can teach you to make a mean aloo gobi. 180 00:06:57,292 --> 00:06:58,210 - Nope. - Big no. 181 00:06:58,293 --> 00:06:59,586 How are we supposed to pass on traditions 182 00:06:59,670 --> 00:07:01,129 if we don't know what they are? 183 00:07:01,213 --> 00:07:03,549 - Oh, please. Soon, everybody will intermarry 184 00:07:03,632 --> 00:07:05,217 and everyone will be the same shade of tan 185 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:06,718 and everyone will eat nutrition pills. 186 00:07:06,802 --> 00:07:08,387 That sounds terrible. 187 00:07:08,470 --> 00:07:09,596 Except for the pills part, 188 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,640 I would literally eat anything right now. 189 00:07:11,723 --> 00:07:12,683 I mean it. 190 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:13,976 Look at us. 191 00:07:14,059 --> 00:07:16,186 Hey, that's a family tradition. 192 00:07:16,270 --> 00:07:17,646 White husbands. 193 00:07:17,729 --> 00:07:19,815 Am I a fetish? 194 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:21,483 - Don't you feel like we're dropping the ball 195 00:07:21,567 --> 00:07:23,819 - on our heritage? - Your name is Astrid 196 00:07:23,902 --> 00:07:25,487 from Scandinavia. 197 00:07:25,571 --> 00:07:27,990 I'm named after Tony Orlando's backup singers. 198 00:07:28,073 --> 00:07:29,700 We're not the ones who dropped the ball. 199 00:07:29,783 --> 00:07:32,160 - Well, you know what? I--I'm picking the ball back up. 200 00:07:32,244 --> 00:07:34,955 I'm going to teach Viv how to make chana bhaturas 201 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:38,125 and other important things. 202 00:07:38,208 --> 00:07:39,459 Hey, Felix. 203 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:42,045 When is your baseball game tomorrow? 204 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:44,131 Baseball's boring. 205 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:45,591 - No. Wait, wait. What do you mean? 206 00:07:45,674 --> 00:07:47,301 We're, we're having such a great time together, 207 00:07:47,384 --> 00:07:49,303 and you're so good at it. He's amazing. 208 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,682 - Fine. Let's go to stupid baseball. 209 00:07:56,018 --> 00:07:57,519 It's tomorrow, pal. 210 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:00,272 Stupid baseball is tomorrow. 211 00:08:02,858 --> 00:08:04,735 - ASTRID: You feed your kids to help them grow 212 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,361 and because you're legally obligated. 213 00:08:06,445 --> 00:08:07,863 But there's no law that makes kids 214 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:10,741 eat the food that you serve, so a lot of it gets wasted. 215 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,453 - JAMES: There's so much science about which foods 216 00:08:14,536 --> 00:08:16,663 have what nutrients, but you can make a whole food pyramid 217 00:08:16,747 --> 00:08:18,248 - of the stuff, they won't eat. - ASTRID: Oh, God. 218 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:19,458 Food that touched on the plate 219 00:08:19,541 --> 00:08:21,293 and uneaten snacks from school lunches. 220 00:08:21,376 --> 00:08:23,712 Stuff that was too hot, or too green, or too mushy. 221 00:08:23,795 --> 00:08:25,380 - JAMES: Stuff they didn't eat, but we saved them 222 00:08:25,464 --> 00:08:27,716 to eat later but then forgot about and it went bad, 223 00:08:27,799 --> 00:08:28,842 - and that one's our fault. - ASTRID: Yeah. 224 00:08:28,926 --> 00:08:30,469 You make chicken tenders and fries 225 00:08:30,552 --> 00:08:32,137 three nights a week because they love it. 226 00:08:32,221 --> 00:08:33,805 JAMES: Nope. Viv hates that. ASTRID: Oh. 227 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:37,935 - NISHA: Oh, ho, ho, ho. You're missing Corey's talent show. 228 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:38,936 I know. 229 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:41,396 Uh, Mom, I was serious about making the chanas. 230 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,190 - Can I have the recipe? - There's no recipe. 231 00:08:43,273 --> 00:08:45,234 I can tell you the ingredients and how to cook it. 232 00:08:45,317 --> 00:08:46,568 - That's literally what a recipe is. 233 00:08:46,652 --> 00:08:48,320 - Yeah. But no, no, it won't be right. 234 00:08:48,403 --> 00:08:50,405 I don't know measurements, you taste as you go. 235 00:08:51,532 --> 00:08:52,824 Why don't you come over with the kids? 236 00:08:52,908 --> 00:08:54,284 We'll spend the day together cooking and, 237 00:08:54,368 --> 00:08:55,994 and Corey can turn it into one of his videos. 238 00:08:56,078 --> 00:08:57,246 No, God. No, no, no. 239 00:08:57,329 --> 00:08:58,705 I didn't want it to be this big thing. 240 00:08:58,789 --> 00:09:02,042 I just want it to be this-- this very special intimate, 241 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:04,211 passing down family wisdom moment 242 00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:07,297 that Viv can look back on years from now and think, 243 00:09:07,381 --> 00:09:09,508 "God, she was a good mom. What a good mom." 244 00:09:09,591 --> 00:09:10,592 Do you have any of those 245 00:09:10,676 --> 00:09:12,344 what a great mom memories with me? 246 00:09:12,427 --> 00:09:13,720 - Uh-hmm. 247 00:09:13,804 --> 00:09:15,097 Recipe, please. 248 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,516 - Bitoo, Indian-cooking is all about instinct. 249 00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:19,476 I'm Indian. I have instincts. 250 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:24,398 Overshot the wasabi. 251 00:09:24,481 --> 00:09:25,816 Oh, my brain! 252 00:09:27,192 --> 00:09:28,068 Yeah. 253 00:09:29,236 --> 00:09:30,612 Look at that aim. 254 00:09:30,696 --> 00:09:31,738 Heads up. 255 00:09:34,032 --> 00:09:36,076 Do I have to play baseball? 256 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:37,619 - No, you don't have to play baseball. 257 00:09:37,703 --> 00:09:39,162 I just thought maybe you wanna play catch, 258 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:40,372 but only if you want. 259 00:09:40,455 --> 00:09:41,665 Okay. 260 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:44,168 - Okay. Actually, I don't know if I can play baseball 261 00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:46,003 because I have a little crink in my back and it's bothering me. 262 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:47,546 Wait. 263 00:09:47,629 --> 00:09:50,257 What? What's that? Heads up. 264 00:09:51,341 --> 00:09:52,467 So Felix Berney. 265 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,971 Fans wanna know. Baseball. 266 00:09:56,054 --> 00:09:58,599 Do you hate it, and is it your dad's fault? 267 00:09:58,682 --> 00:10:01,685 - I don't hate baseball. - Yes, it's fun, right? 268 00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:03,353 I guess. It's just... 269 00:10:03,437 --> 00:10:05,189 Sometimes I wanna do other things. 270 00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:07,774 - Right. Like how Dennis Rodman 271 00:10:07,858 --> 00:10:10,110 would wrestle for the WWE just for a change of pace. 272 00:10:10,194 --> 00:10:11,445 Who did what? 273 00:10:13,322 --> 00:10:14,406 Sands of Time, 274 00:10:14,489 --> 00:10:16,408 buried a lot of unique treasures. 275 00:10:18,202 --> 00:10:19,411 My point is, I don't wanna force you 276 00:10:19,494 --> 00:10:20,579 to do something you don't wanna do, 277 00:10:20,662 --> 00:10:23,165 but also I don't want you to give up something 278 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:25,250 that might give you years of pleasure 279 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:27,127 just because you're like a little bored of it. 280 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:30,756 Oh, my God. 281 00:10:30,839 --> 00:10:32,216 Did you see that? That curve. 282 00:10:32,299 --> 00:10:34,468 - Curve dance. - JAMES: Yeah. There we go. 283 00:10:34,551 --> 00:10:35,928 Now we're having fun. 284 00:10:36,011 --> 00:10:37,638 Okay, high heater coming in. 285 00:10:39,598 --> 00:10:40,682 Felix? 286 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:48,941 Do they sell freezies? 287 00:10:49,024 --> 00:10:50,734 What's all this weird stuff? 288 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:53,111 - It's not weird, sweetie, it's Indian. 289 00:11:01,370 --> 00:11:02,579 Uh, excuse me. Can you help me? 290 00:11:02,663 --> 00:11:04,873 Um, I'm looking for ground cilantro. 291 00:11:04,957 --> 00:11:06,166 Oh, wait, that's not the right word. 292 00:11:06,250 --> 00:11:08,377 It's not coriander. 293 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:10,379 Tip of my tongue. 294 00:11:10,462 --> 00:11:11,588 Dhaniya. 295 00:11:11,672 --> 00:11:13,298 Ground dhaniya, where can I find that? 296 00:11:13,382 --> 00:11:15,175 I don't know. I don't work here. 297 00:11:15,259 --> 00:11:16,885 - I'm sorry. I just thought-- 298 00:11:16,969 --> 00:11:18,470 I know what you thought. 299 00:11:18,554 --> 00:11:22,307 [speaking foreign language] 300 00:11:22,391 --> 00:11:25,227 - I wasn't being racist. I was just being stupid. 301 00:11:26,436 --> 00:11:28,981 Like wearing a red vest at a store you don't work at. 302 00:11:30,065 --> 00:11:34,027 Oh, what you get there, my little bitoo? 303 00:11:34,111 --> 00:11:36,864 Something for Nana G? 304 00:11:36,947 --> 00:11:38,699 Can I buy these big chips? 305 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:47,374 Meow. Meow. 306 00:11:47,457 --> 00:11:50,460 - Excuse me. Where's the international aisle? 307 00:11:50,544 --> 00:11:51,962 Next one over? 308 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:53,172 You work here, right? 309 00:11:53,255 --> 00:11:54,631 Yeah. 310 00:11:54,715 --> 00:11:56,884 - ASTRID: Yeah. Some people are just vest people. 311 00:11:58,260 --> 00:12:03,182 Uh, so do they have ground dhaniya, cori--cilantro? 312 00:12:03,265 --> 00:12:05,142 Damn it. Is it all over there? 313 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:07,394 All spices are in the international aisle, 314 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:09,146 except for these. 315 00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:11,607 - ASTRID: Salt, pepper, and everything 316 00:12:11,690 --> 00:12:13,358 bagel seasoning. Yup. That tracks. 317 00:12:16,195 --> 00:12:18,113 All right, Kitty. Let's travel abroad. 318 00:12:27,331 --> 00:12:28,624 - Hey. - Hi. 319 00:12:28,707 --> 00:12:30,375 - I thought you were going to an Indian grocery store? 320 00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:32,252 - Yeah, I did. - Well, 321 00:12:32,336 --> 00:12:34,963 - but this is from Gero's. - Uh, doy, James? 322 00:12:35,047 --> 00:12:37,341 I got this stuff from Gero's because we're a Gero's family. 323 00:12:37,424 --> 00:12:38,550 - Hey. I thought we talked about this. 324 00:12:38,634 --> 00:12:39,593 The doys are for others. 325 00:12:41,053 --> 00:12:43,347 - Where's Viv? - She's using the litter box. 326 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:46,350 - You know, I am respecting her commitment. 327 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:48,101 - I know. - Well, well, how do we-- 328 00:12:48,185 --> 00:12:49,561 what can--how can I help? Where--what--how I-- 329 00:12:49,645 --> 00:12:50,854 I don't know. 330 00:12:50,938 --> 00:12:52,940 I think what I'll do is just access 331 00:12:53,023 --> 00:12:55,025 the deep well of information from my ancestors 332 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,360 from around the world. 333 00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:59,613 - Google. I see. - Google. 334 00:12:59,696 --> 00:13:01,740 - You know what? I hear is an excellent resource. 335 00:13:01,823 --> 00:13:03,367 Delicious Corey's kitchen. 336 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,285 - Let's do that. Yeah. - Uh-huh. 337 00:13:07,246 --> 00:13:08,497 Today, me and daddy 338 00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:11,625 are gonna make authentic Indian aloo gobi. 339 00:13:11,708 --> 00:13:13,418 - Namaste, Corey. - Namaste, Daddy. 340 00:13:13,502 --> 00:13:15,254 - I hate it. No. - Sorry. So sorry. My bad. 341 00:13:15,337 --> 00:13:16,421 - I think I'm just gonna wing it. 342 00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:18,048 - Yeah. - Me, Viv, 343 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:20,342 our Indian instincts making chana bhaturas. 344 00:13:20,425 --> 00:13:22,052 - And I'm gonna follow my instincts 345 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,012 by having the phone tell me the directions to Felix's game. 346 00:13:24,096 --> 00:13:25,722 - I believe in you. - Nah you. 347 00:13:29,935 --> 00:13:31,520 - NISHA: Hello? - Hi, Mom. 348 00:13:35,774 --> 00:13:38,151 Okay. Let's do this! 349 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,363 Time to go, pal. What's happening? 350 00:13:41,446 --> 00:13:43,198 You in the zone? 351 00:13:43,282 --> 00:13:45,576 - Am I distracting you? - My toes are itchy. 352 00:13:45,659 --> 00:13:47,786 - Okay. I think that's a solvable problem. 353 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:49,246 Let's get out there and scratch them toes. 354 00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:54,293 You sure that's all that's bothering you, buddy? 355 00:13:54,376 --> 00:13:57,087 - I just don't feel like playing, Dad. 356 00:13:57,171 --> 00:13:59,548 - Okay. Okay. I understand that. I do. 357 00:13:59,631 --> 00:14:01,175 But perseverance is also important 358 00:14:01,258 --> 00:14:02,509 and we've never beaten Blue before, 359 00:14:02,593 --> 00:14:03,594 and they're very smug. 360 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:07,222 So I just wanna make sure that you're sure. 361 00:14:08,307 --> 00:14:09,349 Are you mad? 362 00:14:09,433 --> 00:14:11,852 No, no. Son, no. 363 00:14:13,228 --> 00:14:14,646 I just want you to find something that you love, 364 00:14:14,730 --> 00:14:16,064 doesn't have to be baseball. 365 00:14:16,148 --> 00:14:18,192 Could be dancing. 366 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:19,443 I wanna drive a tank. 367 00:14:21,486 --> 00:14:23,530 - Okay. I'll see if there are lessons for that. 368 00:14:23,614 --> 00:14:25,115 - Let's just go home. - Okay. 369 00:14:25,199 --> 00:14:26,909 - Okay. I gotta just quickly tell your coach 370 00:14:26,992 --> 00:14:28,619 - that we're not coming. - Hey, guys. 371 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:30,954 We're gonna beat Blue today. I can feel it. 372 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:32,164 My guy. 373 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,376 - You know, let's just go straight home. 374 00:14:38,337 --> 00:14:41,423 - Okay. The base of all good Indian cooking is the masala. 375 00:14:41,507 --> 00:14:43,091 Great. What is in that? 376 00:14:43,175 --> 00:14:45,594 Tomatoes, onion, jeera. 377 00:14:45,677 --> 00:14:47,554 - As far as quantity is concerned, 378 00:14:47,638 --> 00:14:50,098 I know we're using our instincts and my instinct 379 00:14:50,182 --> 00:14:53,685 is telling me a quarter teaspoon of ground jeera. 380 00:14:53,769 --> 00:14:56,146 Half a teaspoon. One spoon. Give me a clue, woman. 381 00:14:56,230 --> 00:14:58,065 - I'm half-Indian. 382 00:14:58,148 --> 00:14:59,316 You don't say. 383 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:00,943 Okay then, half. 384 00:15:01,026 --> 00:15:03,529 - That's very cute. She's actually a quarter. 385 00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:05,113 So is it actually a quarter? 386 00:15:05,197 --> 00:15:06,698 - Dawn, I need you to chop more ginger. 387 00:15:06,782 --> 00:15:07,699 DAWN: On it. 388 00:15:07,783 --> 00:15:09,451 So exciting. 389 00:15:09,535 --> 00:15:12,913 Do I smell a crossover with Delicious Corey's Kitchen. 390 00:15:12,996 --> 00:15:14,206 - Looking good, bitoo. - ASTRID: Mom, Mom. 391 00:15:14,289 --> 00:15:16,667 - You gotta wait for me. - Chulas wait for no one. 392 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:19,461 - Okay, Viv, what's next? - Um, let's see. 393 00:15:20,796 --> 00:15:21,880 These. 394 00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:24,383 - What is that? - Chilies, and garam masala. 395 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:26,134 - DAWN: Bo makes some spicy mango cocktail 396 00:15:26,218 --> 00:15:28,345 - with garam masala. - Oh, that sounds horrible. 397 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:29,596 - It's not great. - ASTRID: But hold on, 398 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,723 can we just--because I--Mom, I need to know the amounts 399 00:15:31,807 --> 00:15:32,766 and you're going too fast. 400 00:15:32,850 --> 00:15:34,601 Can I put these in? 401 00:15:34,685 --> 00:15:36,520 - NISHA: Yup. Go ahead, bitoo. - ASTRID: You don't--Mom, 402 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:38,105 this whole thing would be a lot easier 403 00:15:38,188 --> 00:15:39,898 if you bothered to teach us when we were kids. 404 00:15:39,982 --> 00:15:43,360 - Wow. I'm glad I'm the one holding the knife. [groans] 405 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:46,196 - VIV: I want to put Rice Krispies in. 406 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,031 - Viv, we gotta follow the recipe, 407 00:15:48,115 --> 00:15:49,658 - whatever the hell that is. - But to be fair, 408 00:15:49,741 --> 00:15:52,244 - she did try to teach us. - No, she didn't. 409 00:15:52,327 --> 00:15:55,414 - Yes, I did, but you girls never wanted to learn. 410 00:15:55,497 --> 00:15:57,499 Every time I said we were having Indian food, 411 00:15:57,583 --> 00:15:59,251 there'd be such moans and groans. 412 00:15:59,334 --> 00:16:01,461 You said you wanted hotdogs and macaroni and cheese 413 00:16:01,545 --> 00:16:03,046 - like your friends. - Not all of the time. 414 00:16:03,130 --> 00:16:04,965 - When are we making Krispie Treats? 415 00:16:05,048 --> 00:16:06,091 - Wait. Viv, not now. - No, no, no. 416 00:16:06,175 --> 00:16:08,010 We would have Indian food once a week, 417 00:16:08,093 --> 00:16:09,761 but you were embarrassed of the smells 418 00:16:09,845 --> 00:16:11,263 and the yellow fingernails, 419 00:16:11,346 --> 00:16:13,599 and said you wanted to eat normal food. 420 00:16:13,682 --> 00:16:15,434 So, one day I just stopped. 421 00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:19,813 - Viv, Viv, Viv. No. Don't, Viv... 422 00:16:31,325 --> 00:16:33,702 - NISHA: Leave it. We can start over. 423 00:16:33,785 --> 00:16:35,454 ASTRID: Let's just forget it. 424 00:16:35,537 --> 00:16:37,998 It's not like Viv is gonna eat the chanas anyway. 425 00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:39,583 Why would she? 426 00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:42,127 Most Indian thing we have is chai. 427 00:16:42,211 --> 00:16:44,379 - It's from Starbucks. - It's not a big deal. 428 00:16:44,463 --> 00:16:45,839 Maybe not for you, Mom. 429 00:16:45,923 --> 00:16:48,008 You go out in the world and people know who you are. 430 00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:49,635 Those people at the Indian store 431 00:16:49,718 --> 00:16:51,220 did not even know that I was Indian. 432 00:16:51,303 --> 00:16:53,180 And they did think that I was racist. 433 00:16:53,263 --> 00:16:55,474 - Calling them those people doesn't help. 434 00:16:58,769 --> 00:17:01,480 I get called exotic. 435 00:17:01,563 --> 00:17:03,607 Which means pretty but not quite why. 436 00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:05,526 - Well, that describes me to a T. 437 00:17:05,609 --> 00:17:07,736 - You think I don't have to prove myself, 438 00:17:07,819 --> 00:17:10,364 a brown woman in the Western world? 439 00:17:10,447 --> 00:17:14,451 Beta, who cares about everybody else? 440 00:17:14,535 --> 00:17:17,913 I know exactly who you are, my daughter, 441 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:21,166 strong, independent, 442 00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:23,085 unable to cook in two cultures. 443 00:17:23,168 --> 00:17:26,213 - Well, I burnt pad thai, so, make that three. 444 00:17:30,342 --> 00:17:33,470 Excuse me. I gotta go apologize to a cat. 445 00:17:36,974 --> 00:17:38,183 Hey, Viv. 446 00:17:45,023 --> 00:17:47,234 Meow. Meow, meow. 447 00:17:49,278 --> 00:17:50,988 Well, I guess Viv left. 448 00:17:51,071 --> 00:17:53,574 Oh, well, at least I get to keep all her toys. 449 00:17:53,657 --> 00:17:56,118 No, you can't. I'm right here. 450 00:17:56,201 --> 00:17:58,620 - There you are. - I'm sorry I messed up. 451 00:17:58,704 --> 00:18:00,664 Hey, you didn't. 452 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:02,583 I'm the one who made a mess of things. 453 00:18:05,419 --> 00:18:07,171 Rice Krispie Treat? 454 00:18:07,254 --> 00:18:10,966 - I know these aren't Indian but I really like them. 455 00:18:11,049 --> 00:18:12,968 - You know, my dad used to make these 456 00:18:13,051 --> 00:18:14,219 for me when I was little. 457 00:18:14,303 --> 00:18:16,889 - Was he Indian? Can dads be Indian? 458 00:18:16,972 --> 00:18:19,808 - My dad wasn't Indian, but--but some dads are, 459 00:18:19,892 --> 00:18:21,435 like, half a billion of them. 460 00:18:21,518 --> 00:18:23,562 They're my favorite. 461 00:18:23,645 --> 00:18:25,647 Mine too. 462 00:18:25,731 --> 00:18:27,482 When I used to make them with my dad, 463 00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:29,359 he would let me mix in all the marshmallows 464 00:18:29,443 --> 00:18:31,778 and sometimes we'd throw in some special treats 465 00:18:31,862 --> 00:18:33,655 like chocolate chips or licorice all sorts, 466 00:18:33,739 --> 00:18:35,115 which are disgusting. 467 00:18:35,199 --> 00:18:37,993 But the rainbow sprinkles, woo! 468 00:18:38,076 --> 00:18:39,828 Can we put cookies in? 469 00:18:39,912 --> 00:18:41,330 - We can throw whole chocolate bars in. 470 00:18:41,413 --> 00:18:42,998 Yes. 471 00:18:43,081 --> 00:18:45,000 - You know how I told you that you were English, 472 00:18:45,083 --> 00:18:47,252 - and Scottish, and Indian? - Uh-hmm. 473 00:18:47,336 --> 00:18:49,755 - Well, you are all those things. 474 00:18:49,838 --> 00:18:51,965 But I forgot to tell you that you are something 475 00:18:52,049 --> 00:18:53,550 that's totally different than me, 476 00:18:53,634 --> 00:18:54,843 or Daddy, or Nanima. 477 00:18:54,927 --> 00:18:56,386 You're you. 478 00:18:57,596 --> 00:19:01,141 And there's nobody on planet Earth who is like you. 479 00:19:01,225 --> 00:19:03,644 Becoming a parent is a massive shift in identity. 480 00:19:03,727 --> 00:19:05,771 You can't escape the tickle monster! 481 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:10,275 Your name changes to mom or dad like almost overnight. 482 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,655 Viv, I blamed your dad for eating these. 483 00:19:14,738 --> 00:19:16,532 - JAMES: Your life turns into talking about your kids, 484 00:19:16,615 --> 00:19:18,700 following them around, collecting pictures of them. 485 00:19:18,784 --> 00:19:20,536 - ASTRID: It's like being obsessed with a K-pop group. 486 00:19:20,619 --> 00:19:22,829 - JAMES: Yeah, it sucks to lose some of your identity. 487 00:19:22,913 --> 00:19:24,289 - ASTRID: But it's amazing to watch 488 00:19:24,373 --> 00:19:25,832 your kids develop theirs. 489 00:19:25,916 --> 00:19:27,876 - What are you doing? - Well, I'm busting a move. 490 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,044 What does it look like I'm doing? 491 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:31,755 - Stop, Daddy. - What? I can't--I can't stop. 492 00:19:31,839 --> 00:19:34,550 - What--what's happening? - You have to pop your hip. 493 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:36,301 - I have to the pop my hip? How do I do that, like that? 494 00:19:36,385 --> 00:19:38,011 - You're doing great. - Thanks, buddy. 495 00:19:38,095 --> 00:19:39,263 Now, shimmy. 496 00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:44,685 - ASTRID: Why are you limping? - I shimmied too hard. 497 00:19:44,768 --> 00:19:46,603 - So are we ordering pizza or what? 498 00:19:46,687 --> 00:19:48,605 DAWN: No need. Voila! 499 00:19:48,689 --> 00:19:50,816 - I added a little of this, a little of that. 500 00:19:50,899 --> 00:19:54,069 It's not what we were going for but it's pretty good. 501 00:19:54,152 --> 00:19:55,487 And it smells delicious. 502 00:19:55,571 --> 00:19:56,989 - The secrets the Rice Krispies. 503 00:19:57,072 --> 00:19:58,866 I want one. 504 00:19:58,949 --> 00:20:00,742 - What is--this is amazing. What do you call it? 505 00:20:00,826 --> 00:20:02,911 - I call them hot sloppy Nishas. 506 00:20:04,955 --> 00:20:07,791 All right, jaldee, let's eat before it gets cold. 507 00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:09,001 [snarls] 508 00:20:09,084 --> 00:20:10,127 [chuckles] 509 00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:14,006 - Hi, and welcome to Delicious Corey's Kitchen. 510 00:20:14,089 --> 00:20:17,134 Today, I'm gonna show you how to make pumpkin gnocchi 511 00:20:17,217 --> 00:20:20,470 with whipped ricotta and burnt butter cashews, 512 00:20:20,554 --> 00:20:23,056 alongside with my sous-chef, Mom. 513 00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:27,561 - That's right, Delicious Corey. 514 00:20:27,644 --> 00:20:31,106 There ain't nothing hokey about this gnocchi. 515 00:20:31,190 --> 00:20:33,525 Um, I couldn't find any ethically sourced cashews, 516 00:20:33,609 --> 00:20:35,444 so I had to substitute walnuts. 517 00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:40,908 I'm gonna need a minute. 518 00:20:40,991 --> 00:20:43,452 It's okay. I'm just gonna inhale, exhale... 519 00:20:43,535 --> 00:20:45,662 Um, we'll be right back. 520 00:20:45,746 --> 00:20:47,581 Bo. Bo, come quick. 521 00:20:47,664 --> 00:20:49,917 Corey is freaking out.