1 00:00:01,202 --> 00:00:02,734 [narrator] This time on Master Distiller. 2 00:00:02,736 --> 00:00:04,803 -You're running. -[narrator] It's a Thanksgiving throwdown... 3 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:07,306 The first Thanksgiving was 1619 4 00:00:07,308 --> 00:00:08,707 in the state of Virginia. 5 00:00:08,709 --> 00:00:10,409 [narrator] ...Virginia style 6 00:00:10,411 --> 00:00:12,011 That's a fact, Jack. 7 00:00:12,013 --> 00:00:13,412 [narrator] ...and the main course... 8 00:00:13,414 --> 00:00:16,215 You're going to have to have your run done... 9 00:00:16,217 --> 00:00:17,649 [narrator] ...it's not turke 10 00:00:17,751 --> 00:00:20,953 ...in the time it takes me to smoke a nine-pound ham. 11 00:00:21,055 --> 00:00:23,122 [narrator] ...as three returning champions 12 00:00:23,124 --> 00:00:25,224 turn their favorite holiday flavors... 13 00:00:25,226 --> 00:00:26,291 Y'all have a seat. 14 00:00:26,293 --> 00:00:29,528 [narrator] ...into a shot at the prize pig. 15 00:00:30,865 --> 00:00:33,632 [narrator] Across the countr a handful of distillers 16 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:36,735 are heirs to a centuries-old tradition 17 00:00:38,606 --> 00:00:41,306 Some operate on the legal side. 18 00:00:41,308 --> 00:00:45,344 Others practice their craft beyond the reach of the law 19 00:00:45,413 --> 00:00:47,846 We're all three searching for that winning jar. 20 00:00:47,915 --> 00:00:50,516 And lucky for all of us, I brought my smoker. 21 00:00:50,518 --> 00:00:52,684 [narrator] Now they're putting their own spin 22 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:54,420 on an American tradition... 23 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:57,322 -Candied yam casserole, like, a sweet potato casserole. -Whoo! 24 00:00:57,324 --> 00:01:00,292 [narrator] ...as they make a meal out of the competition... 25 00:01:00,294 --> 00:01:01,560 Never really tasted anything like it. 26 00:01:01,662 --> 00:01:04,530 [narrator] ...for the ultima Moonshiners feast. 27 00:01:21,949 --> 00:01:25,150 [Tim] Amanda, Richard and Dan, 28 00:01:25,219 --> 00:01:27,152 good to see you all, guys. 29 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:30,956 Welcome to the first Master Distiller Thanksgiving Throwdown. 30 00:01:30,958 --> 00:01:33,225 Most people think the first Thanksgiving 31 00:01:33,227 --> 00:01:36,562 was Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, 1621. 32 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:38,063 But most people are wrong. 33 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:41,100 I know and I'm from Virginia. 34 00:01:41,102 --> 00:01:44,403 The first Thanksgiving was 1619 in the state of Virginia. 35 00:01:44,405 --> 00:01:45,437 [Amanda Bryant] Interesting. 36 00:01:46,207 --> 00:01:47,339 That's a fact, Jack. 37 00:01:49,310 --> 00:01:50,943 Tickle, tell us all about it. 38 00:01:50,945 --> 00:01:52,511 Tim, certainly. 39 00:01:52,513 --> 00:01:55,147 Tickle from yesterday, tell us all about it. 40 00:01:55,216 --> 00:01:58,283 Native Americans have been celebrating the fall harvest 41 00:01:58,285 --> 00:02:01,420 with feasting and parties since way before 42 00:02:01,422 --> 00:02:03,522 Europeans stepped foot on America's shores. 43 00:02:03,524 --> 00:02:06,792 Most Americans learn that the first Thanksgiving 44 00:02:06,794 --> 00:02:09,328 celebrated by European settlers in the US, 45 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:12,464 was at Plymouth Rock in 162 46 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:14,900 when English pilgrims and the Wampanoag 47 00:02:14,902 --> 00:02:17,102 shared an autumn harvest feast. 48 00:02:17,104 --> 00:02:20,839 However, on December 4th, 1619, 49 00:02:20,941 --> 00:02:24,309 38 British settlers sailed to Berkeley Hundred 50 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:27,346 on the banks of Virginia's James River. 51 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:28,814 When they got off their boat 52 00:02:28,816 --> 00:02:30,816 they celebrated what they called, 53 00:02:30,818 --> 00:02:34,153 "A day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God" 54 00:02:34,254 --> 00:02:36,355 for getting them there safel 55 00:02:36,423 --> 00:02:38,423 I'd be thankful I landed in Virginia, too. 56 00:02:38,425 --> 00:02:40,259 It's my favorite. 57 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:43,495 To this day, the Thanksgiving celebratio 58 00:02:43,497 --> 00:02:45,230 is a time to gather togethe 59 00:02:45,232 --> 00:02:47,032 with your family and friends, 60 00:02:47,034 --> 00:02:51,503 share a meal and toast to your blessings. 61 00:02:51,505 --> 00:02:54,406 [Henry Law] We're here to celebrate Virginia Thanksgiving, 62 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:57,843 and you're here to bring us the Thanksgiving spirit for the table. 63 00:02:57,912 --> 00:02:59,845 You've each brought your own mash, 64 00:02:59,914 --> 00:03:02,814 and I look forward to drinking three different spirits. 65 00:03:02,816 --> 00:03:04,950 [Tickle] The winner of this challenge is gonna receive 66 00:03:05,019 --> 00:03:08,754 this very Virginia trophy. 67 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,455 [Amanda] Daniel and Richard they really know what they're doing, 68 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:11,657 so it's anyone's game. 69 00:03:11,725 --> 00:03:13,058 But I really want that pig trophy. 70 00:03:14,028 --> 00:03:15,427 It's cute, right? It's just so cute. 71 00:03:15,429 --> 00:03:17,329 To me, it's just not Thanksgiving 72 00:03:17,331 --> 00:03:19,264 without a Virginia smoked ham, 73 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:22,734 and lucky for all of us, I brought my smoker with me. 74 00:03:23,938 --> 00:03:25,938 Now, instead of giving you all 75 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,307 four hours to make your run... 76 00:03:29,243 --> 00:03:31,743 ...you're gonna have to have your run done... 77 00:03:33,214 --> 00:03:35,247 ...in the time it takes me 78 00:03:35,316 --> 00:03:37,416 to smoke a nine-pound ham. 79 00:03:40,821 --> 00:03:43,622 And I'm fixing to go get that started right now. 80 00:03:45,359 --> 00:03:46,558 [Henry] All right. 81 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,761 [Tim] Well, you heard Tickle. I know he can cook a ham. 82 00:03:49,830 --> 00:03:52,030 You all ready? Got all your ingredients? 83 00:03:52,032 --> 00:03:53,465 All right. 84 00:03:54,101 --> 00:03:55,667 Your time starts now. 85 00:03:55,669 --> 00:03:56,968 -Good luck. -[Henry] Good luck. 86 00:03:56,970 --> 00:04:00,138 Really prepared for a four-hour run for this time, 87 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,940 and then Tickle comes out and tells us 88 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:04,009 that we only have enough time to smoke a ham. 89 00:04:04,011 --> 00:04:06,011 I don't know how long that is, 90 00:04:06,013 --> 00:04:07,412 but I'm gonna lay it to it. 91 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:10,315 [Richard Landry] We were abl to bring our own mash. 92 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:12,417 Something that I bought from home, just my little specialty, 93 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:15,354 something that I know I can make a real good alcohol with. 94 00:04:15,455 --> 00:04:18,056 [Daniel Maner] My mash is a yellow corn white corn 95 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:20,826 [Amanda] Mine is a tradition corn mash with malted barley 96 00:04:22,329 --> 00:04:24,363 It is kind of a neat competition, though, 97 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,698 cooking a ham and making a batch of moonshine. 98 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:29,835 I mean, think that you're going to have alcohol ready 99 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:32,404 to go with the meal ready at the same time, 100 00:04:32,406 --> 00:04:34,306 like, we're going to eat in two, three hours. 101 00:04:34,308 --> 00:04:35,807 We're gonna have it all together at the same time. 102 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:38,744 [Tickle] I've got some apple, some hickory... 103 00:04:39,647 --> 00:04:41,713 ...a little bit of cherry. 104 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,315 These big chunks right here... 105 00:04:44,118 --> 00:04:45,617 ...I got these from Tim Smith. 106 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:48,820 These are oak chunks 107 00:04:48,822 --> 00:04:51,523 that have been lightly scorched 108 00:04:51,525 --> 00:04:54,092 and they age liquor. 109 00:04:54,094 --> 00:04:56,128 And once they're done, 110 00:04:56,130 --> 00:04:58,864 I get 'em, and I like to smoke food with them. 111 00:05:00,134 --> 00:05:02,701 All right. All right. 112 00:05:09,543 --> 00:05:10,542 All right. 113 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:12,844 Now we wait. 114 00:05:17,051 --> 00:05:18,050 [Richard] Hmm. 115 00:05:18,952 --> 00:05:20,619 Man, y'all quiet, what's wrong? 116 00:05:21,422 --> 00:05:23,155 Hey, we're in the zone, baby. 117 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:24,323 [Richard chuckling] 118 00:05:24,325 --> 00:05:26,224 Amanda ain't saying nothing. 119 00:05:26,226 --> 00:05:27,726 [Amanda] You know how I roll, Richard. 120 00:05:27,728 --> 00:05:29,661 -[Richard] I know. -[Amanda] I don't let you distract me. 121 00:05:29,763 --> 00:05:31,563 [Richard chuckles] 122 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:33,398 What kind of flavor are you doing, Richard? 123 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,933 [Richard] I'm going to do, like, a... 124 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:37,502 ...what I would call... 125 00:05:38,706 --> 00:05:40,605 ...a candied yam casserole. 126 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:43,008 -Like a sweet potato casserole in a drink. -Ooh! 127 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:44,275 Interesting. 128 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:47,346 I love to bring things that have flavor into distillation, 129 00:05:47,414 --> 00:05:49,047 and what I'm going to do is I'm going to do 130 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:50,716 my most favorite thing at Thanksgiving, 131 00:05:50,718 --> 00:05:53,151 gonna distill a candied yam cocktail. 132 00:05:53,253 --> 00:05:54,419 It should be good. 133 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:56,421 Feel that heat, Dan, you got that thing high. 134 00:05:57,224 --> 00:05:59,424 [Daniel] That's what I want. [grunts] 135 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:00,826 How about you, Daniel? What are you doing? 136 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:03,462 [Daniel] I'm gonna make a... 137 00:06:04,631 --> 00:06:07,432 ...a cranberry-flavor moonshine. 138 00:06:07,534 --> 00:06:09,334 I'm gonna bring a flavor here that 139 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:11,636 is directly with Thanksgiving. 140 00:06:12,373 --> 00:06:13,505 I'm making a mess on the floor, 141 00:06:13,507 --> 00:06:15,707 -but then I'm good. -[Richard] Mmm-hmm. 142 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:17,209 The cranberries I've shined, 143 00:06:17,211 --> 00:06:18,610 they're a little bit bitter 144 00:06:18,612 --> 00:06:20,145 [Richard] You'll be able to take care of that? 145 00:06:20,247 --> 00:06:22,180 [Daniel] I think so. 146 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:24,616 [Amanda] My technique here is going to be really appropriate for Thanksgiving 147 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:27,252 I'm gonna infuse pecans during distillation 148 00:06:27,321 --> 00:06:29,121 into my base spirit that I'm going to build off of. 149 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:31,356 My name is Amanda Bryant, 150 00:06:31,458 --> 00:06:32,657 I'm 32 years old, 151 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,359 and I'm from the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. 152 00:06:34,428 --> 00:06:35,827 I won Master Distiller last year 153 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:38,230 on the Nut Liquor episode with a hazelnut spirit. 154 00:06:38,232 --> 00:06:40,165 I was also on the Tournament of Champions 155 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:42,601 Being a Master Distiller was probably one of the things I'm most proud of. 156 00:06:42,603 --> 00:06:44,569 It's always nerve-wracking to come and compete, 157 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:47,205 but I'm proud to represent women and, 158 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:49,941 and just younger people in general and going out of the box. 159 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:53,311 If I can overcome my fears and compete with these big wigs... 160 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:55,313 ...no one should really be afraid to pursue their dreams. 161 00:06:55,315 --> 00:06:56,815 If you love something, pursue it. 162 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:58,550 You won't regret it. 163 00:07:01,121 --> 00:07:03,422 [Richard] Crank this thing all the way up. 164 00:07:03,424 --> 00:07:05,690 I'm Richard Landry, I'm 51 years old, 165 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:07,459 and I'm from New Iberia, Louisiana. 166 00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:09,194 [Tickle] Get in there close, Richard. 167 00:07:09,196 --> 00:07:11,329 That cow, she prefer working down. 168 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:13,832 [Richard] I've been on Master Distiller quite a few times. 169 00:07:13,901 --> 00:07:16,601 I call this home. This is not Master Distiller this is home to me. 170 00:07:16,603 --> 00:07:17,903 [laughter] 171 00:07:17,905 --> 00:07:20,038 [Richard] I got a good bit of milk out of this cow, man 172 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:22,507 I've competed against literally everyone here. 173 00:07:22,509 --> 00:07:24,843 Professional distillers, every moonshiner. 174 00:07:24,945 --> 00:07:27,646 I've been up against the best every time I've been here. 175 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:28,914 I put a lot of effort into this. 176 00:07:28,916 --> 00:07:30,649 I have a lot of sleepless nights. 177 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:32,617 I want to know the science behind this. 178 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:34,319 I want to know how can we make this better. 179 00:07:34,321 --> 00:07:36,421 It got hot in here real fast, didn't it? 180 00:07:36,423 --> 00:07:38,657 This is different being here on Thanksgiving. 181 00:07:38,725 --> 00:07:40,559 They take me in like I'm really family here. 182 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:43,128 That makes me feel special to be on Thanksgiving Day 183 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:46,164 doing this with my new moonshine family. 184 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,333 I guess I belong here because it sure feels like I do. 185 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:51,803 This is, like, the coolest Thanksgiving ever, right? 186 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,137 We're all from different states, 187 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,207 -but here we are doing a run together. -[Daniel] Yeah. 188 00:07:55,209 --> 00:07:57,642 And we find out that it didn't happen in Plymouth. 189 00:07:58,412 --> 00:08:00,111 -[Amanda] Right? -Wow. 190 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:01,613 [Daniel] They say the first Thanksgiving 191 00:08:01,615 --> 00:08:03,615 happened in Virginia all that. I don't believe that. 192 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:05,217 First Thanksgiving was in Tennessee. 193 00:08:05,219 --> 00:08:07,319 -[Richard] You think so? -Hell, yeah, it was. 194 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:08,820 My name is Daniel Maner, 195 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:11,256 I'm 43 from Sevierville, Tennessee. 196 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:13,725 This is not my first time here at Master Distiller. 197 00:08:13,727 --> 00:08:16,528 I've run a lot of 'stills and I've mixed a lot of flavors 198 00:08:16,530 --> 00:08:19,264 in all these competitions, and I really enjoy it. 199 00:08:19,299 --> 00:08:22,033 So, I think I've got just as much of a chance 200 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:23,501 of winning it as anybody. 201 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:25,203 [Richard] This ain't competition when you're with a man 202 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,304 -like this right here. -[Daniel laughs] 203 00:08:26,306 --> 00:08:28,507 This competition, it'll be pretty special 204 00:08:28,509 --> 00:08:31,109 because of old memories of Thanksgiving 205 00:08:31,111 --> 00:08:33,044 and the people you used to share it with. 206 00:08:33,046 --> 00:08:36,414 And now I'm going to get to share it with two competitors. 207 00:08:36,416 --> 00:08:38,049 I mean, yeah, we're going to be in competition, 208 00:08:38,118 --> 00:08:39,818 but if I would have been told that 209 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:42,320 I was going to be at the Moonshiner table 210 00:08:42,322 --> 00:08:44,623 with the legends on Thanksgiving 211 00:08:44,625 --> 00:08:47,392 several years ago, I would have probably said, 212 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:50,428 "It's possible," but then after a little time spent 213 00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:52,731 doing what I do, yeah, I'm going to be there. 214 00:08:52,733 --> 00:08:55,300 No doubt in my mind, because I really enjoy what I'm doing 215 00:08:55,302 --> 00:08:56,735 just as much as they do. 216 00:09:00,274 --> 00:09:01,439 [Tim] Is it marshmallow or mothballs? 217 00:09:03,010 --> 00:09:04,175 [Richard] Marshmallow. 218 00:09:04,177 --> 00:09:06,811 Marshmallows in that sweet potato. All right. 219 00:09:06,813 --> 00:09:08,413 [Henry] He's just gonna put enough stuff in his, 220 00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:09,714 he could have a full dessert. 221 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:10,949 [Amanda] You got anything to stir it? 222 00:09:11,852 --> 00:09:12,851 [Richard] Yeah, you need something? 223 00:09:13,654 --> 00:09:15,120 Like, a long spoon. 224 00:09:15,122 --> 00:09:16,655 Oh, you got a spoon? 225 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:18,423 -Voila. -We can share. 226 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:20,125 -[Richard] Cool. -Thanks, Richard. 227 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:21,826 Well, I'm thankful for you, brother, 228 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:22,961 and this spoon right here. 229 00:09:23,964 --> 00:09:25,730 [Richard] In Louisiana, we'd be frying a turkey, 230 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:28,300 I'd be frying the turkey, I'd have turkey rolls, 231 00:09:28,302 --> 00:09:29,701 I'd probably cook a gumbo. 232 00:09:29,703 --> 00:09:31,803 Like, that's a staple for Thanksgiving. 233 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:33,505 You have gumbo on Thanksgiving? 234 00:09:33,507 --> 00:09:34,606 And Christmas. 235 00:09:34,608 --> 00:09:35,640 -[Amanda] That sounds awesome. -Yeah. 236 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:38,944 I can really remember my grandmother 237 00:09:38,946 --> 00:09:41,513 making the cornbread casserole 238 00:09:41,515 --> 00:09:43,415 and just her homemade dressing. 239 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:45,350 I just, I'd soon eat it as the turkey, 240 00:09:45,419 --> 00:09:47,819 -because it was so good and it's something I love. -[Richard] Mmm-hmm. 241 00:09:47,821 --> 00:09:50,622 Every Thanksgiving, my grandfather would carve the turkey 242 00:09:50,624 --> 00:09:52,524 and I would, like, hover over him. 243 00:09:52,526 --> 00:09:54,025 You know, he always pulled the wishbone on the turkey. 244 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:56,127 -[Daniel] Yeah. -And, like, we would break it. 245 00:09:56,129 --> 00:09:57,929 -[Daniel] Yeah. -Like, make a wish together. 246 00:09:57,931 --> 00:10:00,031 -[Daniel] Yeah. -I'll never forget that. 247 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:01,800 They just put stuff in the thumb and just talking. 248 00:10:01,802 --> 00:10:02,934 They're gonna run out of time. 249 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,302 They're talking a whole load of smack over there. 250 00:10:04,304 --> 00:10:05,403 [Tim] They're gonna run out of time. 251 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:07,038 [Henry] They're gonna run out of time, for sure. 252 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:09,107 Tickle's out there just cooking away. 253 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,609 Thing about Tickle, he would say the same thing. 254 00:10:10,611 --> 00:10:12,410 You don't fool with Tickle when he's cooking. 255 00:10:12,412 --> 00:10:14,613 [Tim] No, it's legendary. 256 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:16,448 That's what he knows how to do. 257 00:10:16,516 --> 00:10:18,950 That's what he loves to do. That's it. 258 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:22,621 I hope you guys are about done 259 00:10:22,623 --> 00:10:24,456 'cause that ham, it's smelling good. 260 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:25,723 You just about to. 261 00:10:25,726 --> 00:10:27,258 [Richard] You're not finished with that ham yet? 262 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:28,759 Just about. 263 00:10:28,761 --> 00:10:30,662 -You better hurry up and finish with that liquor. -[laughing] 264 00:10:32,532 --> 00:10:34,099 And that ham's gonna be good. 265 00:10:34,101 --> 00:10:35,200 Tickle can really cook, y'all. 266 00:10:35,202 --> 00:10:36,401 -Like, Tickle... -Can he? 267 00:10:36,403 --> 00:10:37,635 [Richard] Oh, my God. 268 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,504 This is definitely an untraditional Thanksgiving. 269 00:10:39,506 --> 00:10:40,838 [Richard] This is good. 270 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,374 You know, you're supposed to be with family on Thanksgiving, 271 00:10:42,376 --> 00:10:43,441 and we're doing it. 272 00:10:43,543 --> 00:10:45,210 Thanksgiving is like a day to be with family, 273 00:10:45,212 --> 00:10:47,612 so I've never got to run liquor before on Thanksgiving. 274 00:10:47,614 --> 00:10:50,048 Not that I'm complaining, I think it's really fun. 275 00:10:50,050 --> 00:10:52,217 -That's like-- -[Daniel] Well, I reckon that's what we are. 276 00:10:52,219 --> 00:10:54,119 -[Richard] Yeah. Yeah. -[Daniel] We're kinda family. 277 00:10:54,121 --> 00:10:56,154 -You're running? -[Amanda] Oh, shoot. 278 00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:00,959 [Amanda] It's way too fast. 279 00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:02,894 [Daniel] You didn't charge your thumper, did you? 280 00:11:02,896 --> 00:11:05,130 [clicks tongue] No, I did not. 281 00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:07,298 That's why you come out of the holes fast. 282 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:08,500 I know how long it's gonna take me 283 00:11:08,502 --> 00:11:09,934 to get to my heart's, right? 284 00:11:09,936 --> 00:11:12,604 But I don't know how long it's gonna take Tickle to smoke a ham. 285 00:11:12,606 --> 00:11:14,105 Temperature looks good. 286 00:11:15,409 --> 00:11:17,108 Hmm, let's see what we got. 287 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:19,210 Oh! 288 00:11:22,516 --> 00:11:25,116 We're all three searching for that winning jar. 289 00:11:25,118 --> 00:11:26,718 [Richard] I see it well. 290 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,354 [Daniel] And Amanda's gonna have two or three before we get one. 291 00:11:29,456 --> 00:11:31,656 Hell, yeah, I'm just getting to the worm. 292 00:11:31,725 --> 00:11:33,725 You're right behind me. Come on, guys. 293 00:11:33,727 --> 00:11:35,160 -[Daniel] Look here. -[Amanda] Did they just start? 294 00:11:35,228 --> 00:11:37,028 -[Richard] Yeah. I'm running. -[Daniel] Rich is dead. 295 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,630 Mine's not got there yet. 296 00:11:38,632 --> 00:11:39,998 No, it's gonna, though. 297 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,232 -Yeah. -[Amanda] It will be. 298 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:44,035 [Richard] I've made a marshmallow moonshine, 299 00:11:44,137 --> 00:11:46,104 I've made a sweet potato vodka, 300 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,607 and I've dealt with pecans and nuts and distillation also. 301 00:11:49,609 --> 00:11:52,811 So, I'm just gonna take all that experience and marry it down into one 302 00:11:52,813 --> 00:11:55,914 and turn in a real good candied yam casserole. 303 00:11:55,916 --> 00:11:57,849 See if I can smell marshmallows in here. 304 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,386 Yeah, I think I can. 305 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:04,322 [Daniel] Okay, here we go. We're off to the races. 306 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:07,358 -[Amanda] You rolling? -[Daniel] And she's just now hitting the worm. 307 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:16,134 -What do you think? -It's bitter as hell. 308 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:19,437 [Richard] I mean, this is almost, you know, 309 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:22,941 a peaceful Thanksgiving, and this is a smooth run, man. 310 00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:24,509 How long have we been running? 311 00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:26,444 -[Daniel] Uh... -[Richard] At least an hour. 312 00:12:26,513 --> 00:12:27,812 [Daniel] Yeah, something like it. 313 00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:29,380 [Richard] Think Tickle's gonna take his time cooking this, 314 00:12:29,382 --> 00:12:30,515 -or he's gonna cut a rush? -[Daniel] No. 315 00:12:30,517 --> 00:12:31,816 -He's gonna rush? -[Daniel] He's gonna roll it. 316 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,819 [Tickle] Oh! 317 00:12:34,821 --> 00:12:36,221 Tell you what, they better be getting 318 00:12:36,223 --> 00:12:37,322 close to the end of their run. 319 00:12:38,325 --> 00:12:40,358 God, I could just take a bite out of that. 320 00:12:42,229 --> 00:12:44,329 Mmm! Damn, it looks good. 321 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,500 [Amanda] Yes, we're here to have fun, 322 00:12:48,502 --> 00:12:49,934 but you don't compete to los 323 00:12:50,036 --> 00:12:52,036 I take every competition pretty seriously 324 00:12:52,038 --> 00:12:53,605 because it's me showcasing my skills 325 00:12:53,607 --> 00:12:55,740 and proving why I belong here. 326 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:01,880 [Tickle] Y'all hit your hearts yet? 327 00:13:01,882 --> 00:13:04,215 -[Richard chuckling] -[Tickle] You better be. 328 00:13:04,217 --> 00:13:06,251 'Cause that ham, boy, it smells good. 329 00:13:06,352 --> 00:13:08,052 It's got a piece of my heart. 330 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:09,521 We're hungry. 331 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,027 -Amanda, how's it going? -Pretty good. 332 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:17,629 Don't show any leaks or anything? 333 00:13:17,631 --> 00:13:19,931 [Amanda] No, sir. Been going pretty smooth. 334 00:13:19,933 --> 00:13:21,599 -Is that number six? -[Amanda] Yes. 335 00:13:21,601 --> 00:13:23,501 -What's it, uh... -Give that a smell. 336 00:13:23,503 --> 00:13:24,936 We were looking, Tim and I was looking a minute ago, 337 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:26,704 looked like you put some kind of nuts? 338 00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:27,806 Pecans. 339 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:30,141 Oh, I can smell it. 340 00:13:30,777 --> 00:13:31,910 Are you a fan of pecan pie? 341 00:13:31,912 --> 00:13:33,711 -Yeah, I love pecan pie. -Okay. 342 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:35,513 I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. 343 00:13:35,515 --> 00:13:37,115 [Henry] Are you getting down to where you proof it yet? 344 00:13:37,117 --> 00:13:38,216 [Amanda] Um, almost... 345 00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:40,618 I'm waiting to get to my sweet spot, right? 346 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:43,421 And, uh, I feel like I'm just about to get into my heart's. 347 00:13:43,423 --> 00:13:45,557 -[Henry] Good. That's great. -Smooth and steady. 348 00:13:45,625 --> 00:13:47,091 [Henry] Richard, what's going on, buddy? 349 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:49,727 Looked like you had sweet potato and marshmallows. 350 00:13:49,729 --> 00:13:51,729 Yeah, I'm gonna add some nuts to it later on, 351 00:13:51,731 --> 00:13:53,331 to get some flavor out of it in post and... 352 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:54,599 Can you put it all in your thumper, right? 353 00:13:54,601 --> 00:13:56,301 Not in the mash by itself? 354 00:13:56,303 --> 00:13:58,803 I... no. I'm gonna thumper with that, right? 355 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:00,305 Cool, you know, Tickle will be coming here quick. 356 00:14:00,307 --> 00:14:02,140 -[Richard] I know, man. -You got to get the job done. 357 00:14:02,209 --> 00:14:03,942 I think Tickle's gonna move faster just 'cause, 358 00:14:03,944 --> 00:14:05,309 Just so he can screw with our brain. 359 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:07,579 Probably. I see a man over here look a little nervous, too. 360 00:14:07,581 --> 00:14:09,814 -What you got going over here? -[Daniel] Afraid to death. 361 00:14:09,816 --> 00:14:11,583 -[Henry] What's going on, Daniel? -[Daniel laughing] 362 00:14:11,585 --> 00:14:13,818 Looked like you had cherries or something you just put in here? 363 00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:15,119 I did. I put cranberry. 364 00:14:15,121 --> 00:14:17,222 -Cranberry? -Yeah. 365 00:14:17,224 --> 00:14:19,023 -Let me smell that? -Flavor. 366 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:21,726 I'm gonna tell you right now, you know, those Virginia guys... 367 00:14:21,728 --> 00:14:24,062 ...you've been fooled about Thanksgiving heritage here. 368 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:25,163 -You better have it right. -Yeah. 369 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:28,333 -I hope I do. -[chuckles] 370 00:14:28,335 --> 00:14:29,400 Smells good, man. 371 00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:32,337 You know how we like a strong drink with our hands. 372 00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:35,707 Hey, even though I'm gonna turn down a flavor jar, 373 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:38,343 I'm gonna try to get you a hundred proof flavor jar. 374 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:39,810 That's what we're looking for, 375 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:41,145 -something that got that little burn, you know that? -Mmm-hmm. 376 00:14:41,147 --> 00:14:44,048 -Now, good luck, bud. -I hope, I hope we have good luck. 377 00:14:44,084 --> 00:14:45,450 [chuckling] 378 00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:52,523 All in all, I really think it's, um... 379 00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:55,326 we want something to be thankful for, like it's Thanksgiving. 380 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:56,594 -[Amanda] ...flavor, so... -Can I taste yours? 381 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:59,230 Yeah, go ahead. 382 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:02,100 I'd like to see what kind of competition I'm up against. 383 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:04,836 I've competed against Amanda before, 384 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:07,906 and, uh, Amanda's hard to handle. 385 00:15:07,908 --> 00:15:09,841 She's damn good with her flavors, 386 00:15:09,943 --> 00:15:12,143 and, uh, I'll just go ahead with heat. 387 00:15:13,013 --> 00:15:14,212 Golly! 388 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:17,548 I believe there's a stink bug in that pot. 389 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:19,117 [laughing] 390 00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:20,618 That's Daniel Maner's game, man. 391 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,420 He likes to poke at the bear. 392 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:23,788 Just kidding! 393 00:15:23,889 --> 00:15:26,624 It's good, you got exactly in there what you was looking for. 394 00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:28,226 I mean, I understand it's a competition, 395 00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:31,729 but it also needs to be about fun and Thanksgiving. 396 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:33,031 All right, y'all. 397 00:15:33,033 --> 00:15:34,299 A little over three hours. 398 00:15:34,301 --> 00:15:37,702 About 3 hours and 20 minutes, that ham is done. 399 00:15:37,704 --> 00:15:39,604 That liquor needs to be done, too. 400 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:41,005 These guys got jars ready. 401 00:15:41,007 --> 00:15:42,340 [Tickle] They got jars ready. 402 00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:44,442 Mmm-hmm, I don't know what they tastes like, but... 403 00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:46,411 [Tickle] They got the best liquor, though. 404 00:15:46,413 --> 00:15:48,112 Yeah, I got the best jar in my hand right here. 405 00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:49,480 [Amanda] I'm hungry. I wanna eat. 406 00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:51,549 You're hungry? Yeah. 407 00:15:55,021 --> 00:15:57,121 [Tim] We're gonna taste it, we're gonna look at it. 408 00:15:57,123 --> 00:15:59,557 This is gonna put you in order to go to the Farmstand 409 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:01,926 and get you ingredients for post flavoring. 410 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:03,728 [Tickle] And now also, 411 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,130 whatever ingredients y'all get to post flavor this liquor... 412 00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:08,399 ...you're gonna have to make a sauce 413 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:11,502 and see how well it'll pair with this thing. 414 00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:13,538 Way too much talking. You guys need to get on out here 415 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:14,706 so we can do some tasting. 416 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:16,708 -Good deal. -See ya. 417 00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:20,411 I think all of them look good. 418 00:16:20,413 --> 00:16:21,746 I think we need to get drinking. 419 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:23,514 Well, slide 'em on down here to me. 420 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:25,516 You know, we got three beautiful jars 421 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:27,118 to be thankful for there. 422 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,720 All right, that's Rich. 423 00:16:28,722 --> 00:16:29,686 [Amanda] How do you feel about your run? 424 00:16:29,688 --> 00:16:30,655 [Richard] It should be pretty good. 425 00:16:31,758 --> 00:16:34,058 Potatoes and, uh, and it's not a vodka. 426 00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:35,626 That's... that's the truth. 427 00:16:35,628 --> 00:16:38,930 Usually I use potatoes to make something, 428 00:16:38,932 --> 00:16:41,099 but this time I'm just flavoring it with potato. 429 00:16:41,101 --> 00:16:42,500 That'll be a good base spirit 430 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,202 to do the flavoring with, I think. 431 00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:46,938 I think Rich is definitely on 100 proof. 432 00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:48,306 That's what we like. 433 00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:50,942 I think Tim got twice as much as we got. 434 00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:52,143 -[Tickle] You know, he did, didn't he? -Mmm-hmm. 435 00:16:52,212 --> 00:16:54,112 That's the way it normally works. 436 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:56,514 -Uh, you know, uh-- -It's a good smell! 437 00:16:56,516 --> 00:17:00,151 It does got a good smell. I was afraid, with the sweet potatoes 438 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:02,320 it was going to lend a vodka note, 439 00:17:02,322 --> 00:17:03,654 but I'm not getting that at all. 440 00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:05,056 I think he did a real good job, 441 00:17:05,058 --> 00:17:07,058 but I'm not tasting a sweet potato. 442 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,626 I'm getting more of the marshmallow taste. 443 00:17:08,628 --> 00:17:10,328 I'm just really smelling the sweet potato. 444 00:17:10,330 --> 00:17:13,264 I'd love to see the sweet potato carry over a little bit more. 445 00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:15,199 Yeah, Rich is... Rich is pretty good. 446 00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:16,901 -Let's try another. -Yeah, let's try another. 447 00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:18,302 -Yeah. -[Tim] Amanda. 448 00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:20,538 I was really happy with how mine smelled and tasted. 449 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,907 -[Richard] Pecans came out, yeah? -They did, yeah. 450 00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:25,009 [Amanda] They're stronger th some other nuts, so, 451 00:17:25,011 --> 00:17:26,310 it got a little tricky, you know? 452 00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:29,213 I wanted to add enough flavor that it tastes good, 453 00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:31,849 but still get that proof in there 454 00:17:31,918 --> 00:17:33,651 'cause no one wants to drink something that's low proof. 455 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:34,919 [Henry] I think it's a little bit lower. 456 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:36,254 [Tim] I'm thinking about 90. 457 00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:39,457 [Henry] I mean, mine's empty. 458 00:17:39,459 --> 00:17:42,460 -And this is Amanda's. -This is Amanda. Pecan. 459 00:17:42,529 --> 00:17:45,663 Yeah, I'm getting a sweet note, on the nose. 460 00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:49,734 [Henry] I sure do love pecan, I know that. 461 00:17:49,836 --> 00:17:52,437 Yeah, I'm tasting it in here, and I... 462 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:54,038 -Pecan tastes good. Smell. -[Tickle] Mmm-hmm. 463 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:55,540 [Henry] It wouldn't hurt if the proof was a little higher. 464 00:17:55,608 --> 00:17:58,309 A little punch. Just a little. 465 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:00,745 It's got a little bit of strong bite to it. 466 00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:03,014 Like, like she might have run it a little bit too fast, maybe. 467 00:18:03,016 --> 00:18:04,015 She got to keep in mind, 468 00:18:04,017 --> 00:18:05,616 I mean, she's already a little low now, 469 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:09,053 and she's got to add a little flavor to it that's going to cut it even more. 470 00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:11,122 -And dilute it down. -I ain't mad at it either one of these. 471 00:18:11,124 --> 00:18:12,623 Very close. 472 00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:13,824 Um, the only thing I will be mad at, 473 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,226 is if Tim don't hurry up and pour me another shot. 474 00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:16,561 [Henry] That's what I'm waiting on. 475 00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:18,563 [Tim] Yeah, I got one more jar here. 476 00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:21,999 Lucky seven. Daniel's jar. 477 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:24,402 I charged the thumper with a bunch of fresh cranberries... 478 00:18:24,404 --> 00:18:25,603 [Richard] Some good cranberries. 479 00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:27,038 ...and you, they tasted really good, 480 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,706 but now you wouldn't think that they would 481 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,708 carry flavor over, but they did. 482 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:32,343 -That's pretty good, isn't it? -[Tim] I'm thinking 90. 483 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:34,011 Pretty much the same with Amanda. 484 00:18:34,013 --> 00:18:35,413 [Henry] It should be good and smooth, then. 485 00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:37,014 He was using cranberries. 486 00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:38,950 -[Tickle] Yeah. -[Tim] Light on the nose. 487 00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:40,151 [Henry] It's very light on your nose. 488 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:41,853 It's good. 489 00:18:41,921 --> 00:18:44,622 I mean, it's very clean. 490 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:48,059 Everybody knows cranberries got sort of a tart taste to it. 491 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:50,261 You know, you've got to be really good to be able to put that 492 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:52,530 in that thumper and come out with something this smooth. 493 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:54,098 [Richard] But I can't wait to make this sauce. 494 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:55,800 I really want to make this sauce. 495 00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:57,535 There's three good jars right here. 496 00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:58,903 [Henry] It's going to be tough, man. 497 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:00,605 [Amanda] We could all be kind of thankful that, uh 498 00:19:00,607 --> 00:19:02,707 that they trust us enough to handle these curveballs, right? 499 00:19:02,709 --> 00:19:06,110 -[Richard] Yeah. Or get hit by one of 'em. -[Daniel] Mmm-hmm. 500 00:19:06,112 --> 00:19:07,712 -Hopefully not. -[Richard] Hopefully not. 501 00:19:07,714 --> 00:19:09,647 I believe I about know where I'm at on. 502 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:13,951 -All right, guys, we all agree? -[Henry] Yeah. 503 00:19:14,053 --> 00:19:15,052 -[Tickle] Yeah. -[Henry] Yeah. 504 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:17,021 All right, I'll go get them. 505 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:21,559 All right, if y'all go grab your jars 506 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:22,693 and head to your places. 507 00:19:31,104 --> 00:19:32,502 [Tim] All right, guys. 508 00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:34,438 Well, you did exactly what we thought you was going to do. 509 00:19:35,608 --> 00:19:37,808 All three of you bought us 510 00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:39,510 a good Thanksgiving jar of moonshine. 511 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:40,912 Daniel, 512 00:19:41,447 --> 00:19:42,713 spot on on the proof. 513 00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:44,615 It was a real, real good taste. 514 00:19:44,617 --> 00:19:46,684 Cranberry is coming right through. 515 00:19:46,686 --> 00:19:48,152 I don't get it on the nose, 516 00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:51,088 I do get it on the taste. I'm surprised at that. 517 00:19:51,090 --> 00:19:53,291 But it tastes like a good brandy. 518 00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:54,525 And I love a good brandy. 519 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,360 Did you add the seeds of those cranberries? 520 00:19:56,396 --> 00:19:57,461 Believe it or not, 521 00:19:57,463 --> 00:19:59,363 those cranberries didn't have a seed in one of 'em. 522 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:01,399 I couldn't taste a pit, and I was concerned about that. 523 00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:03,668 But it really turned out real well. It was a good job. 524 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:04,535 [Tim] Richard... 525 00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:06,871 ...you know, sweet potato casserole, 526 00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:09,140 you know, it's real smooth, 527 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:10,508 uh, proof is good. 528 00:20:10,510 --> 00:20:11,943 I don't taste sweet potato, myself. 529 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,512 I'm getting the marshmallow, 530 00:20:14,514 --> 00:20:16,147 but I don't get the sweet potato, 531 00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:17,515 when I know you had big old sweet potatoes. 532 00:20:17,517 --> 00:20:19,317 You was chopping them up and putting them in there. 533 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:21,352 I could smell the sweet potato, 534 00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:23,554 but the flavor didn't really pull through, 535 00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:26,691 which I'm sure with you're going with sweet potato, 536 00:20:26,693 --> 00:20:29,026 you're hoping there's some sweet potatoes out there on the Farmstand. 537 00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:30,394 Yes, sir. 538 00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:31,629 Amanda. 539 00:20:33,032 --> 00:20:36,200 Pecan pie, clear jar, good looking jar. 540 00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:37,802 We saw you put the pecans in there. 541 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:40,871 And I can, I can taste some of the pecans. 542 00:20:40,873 --> 00:20:42,940 I don't smell the pecan, but I tasted it. 543 00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:44,942 And Amanda, pecans, I love pecans. 544 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:47,511 Your proof was just a tad low. 545 00:20:47,513 --> 00:20:49,614 Let's just look at it this way. 546 00:20:49,682 --> 00:20:51,983 All y'all made a good jar of liquor. 547 00:20:51,985 --> 00:20:53,818 What order you go to the Farmstand, 548 00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:55,453 it's just what order you pick what you want up in. 549 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:57,955 [Tim] You've heard what we had to say. 550 00:20:57,957 --> 00:20:59,290 Good job. 551 00:20:59,292 --> 00:21:01,826 We put you in order, as Daniel's number one, 552 00:21:01,828 --> 00:21:04,695 Richard's number two, Amanda's number three. 553 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:06,897 And Tickle will be taking you out to the Farmstand. 554 00:21:06,899 --> 00:21:09,967 And don't forget, you got two things you gotta do. 555 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:13,204 One is your flavoring for your alcohol for us to drink, 556 00:21:13,206 --> 00:21:14,972 and one is for your sauce. 557 00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:18,042 So, that sauce is to enhance Tickle's ham. 558 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:20,111 [Tickle] All right, well, if y'all are ready, 559 00:21:20,113 --> 00:21:22,513 leave your jars here because we've been known 560 00:21:22,515 --> 00:21:24,682 to drink them on the way to the Farmstand, 561 00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:26,017 and y'all head on with me. 562 00:21:26,019 --> 00:21:28,519 Be a doggone shame if y'all didn't have nothing to plate. 563 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:35,559 Y'all fellas know what part of the pig you can't eat, right? 564 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:37,128 -Ain't but one part. -[Daniel] The squeal. 565 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:38,696 [Tickle] Yes, sir, that's about it. 566 00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:41,499 The squeal. That's the only part you can't. That's exactly right. 567 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:44,702 All right. We're here at the Farmstand. 568 00:21:44,704 --> 00:21:46,937 There's all kinds of good stuff in there. 569 00:21:46,939 --> 00:21:48,939 Y'all don't forget, not only do you have 570 00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:51,008 to post flavor of y'all's moonshine, 571 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:53,411 but you've got to make a sauce for my ham. 572 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:54,945 Yeah. 573 00:21:54,947 --> 00:21:57,248 But don't go ruining my ham, so make us up a good sauce, all right? 574 00:21:58,051 --> 00:21:59,216 -Daniel... -[Daniel] Sir. 575 00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:01,519 -...you're up first, all right? -[Daniel] Yeah. 576 00:22:01,521 --> 00:22:03,988 You're gonna have three minutes in there. 577 00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:05,423 Your time starts now. 578 00:22:05,425 --> 00:22:07,625 -I better hurry, then. -[Tickle] You better hurry up. 579 00:22:07,627 --> 00:22:10,227 [Daniel] So, I'm gonna bring a cranberry shine to the table. 580 00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:12,563 -[Daniel] What in the heck's a currant? -[Tickle] Uh-oh. 581 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:14,565 [Daniel] On the spur of the moment, I was just thinking, 582 00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:15,966 "You know, that's something I really like, 583 00:22:15,968 --> 00:22:17,968 is cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving time." 584 00:22:17,970 --> 00:22:19,202 [Tickle] Uh-oh. 585 00:22:19,204 --> 00:22:21,605 -[Tickle] You got cranberry juice? -[Daniel] I have. 586 00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:23,674 [Daniel] ...so, I'm gonna try on the fly. 587 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:26,711 This will make it one time in front of my competitors. 588 00:22:26,713 --> 00:22:28,212 Keep in mind, whatever you make, 589 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:29,814 you've got to make a sauce, too. 590 00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:32,049 I need to get all these sweet taters. 591 00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:33,417 [Tickle] You need to get all those sweet taters? 592 00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:35,419 -[Daniel] Yeah. -Well, you got 15 seconds left 593 00:22:35,421 --> 00:22:36,954 -no matter what. -That some yam. 594 00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:38,322 [Tickle] And some yams. 595 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:40,324 Yes, sir. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. 596 00:22:40,326 --> 00:22:43,361 Uh, Daniel, are you done screwing Richard? 597 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,696 -Yeah? [laughing] All right. -[Daniel laughs] 598 00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:47,465 Looks like Daniel's got a strategy. 599 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,667 Get everything y'all need. Oh, yeah, 600 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:52,236 But, uh, Richard, you're up next. 601 00:22:52,305 --> 00:22:55,606 -Mmm-hmm. I got this. -All right, three minutes starting now. 602 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:58,209 [Tickle] Come on, Rick. Oh, lord. 603 00:22:58,211 --> 00:23:00,010 He's picking out of Daniel's basket. 604 00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:02,113 -[Richard] We're going to do this really quick. -[Tickle] Uh-oh. 605 00:23:02,115 --> 00:23:05,216 Louisiana. We're going to put a glaze on everything. 606 00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:07,051 I mean, especially when it comes to a ham. 607 00:23:07,053 --> 00:23:10,187 [Tickle] He's learning from Daniel, it looks like. Uh-oh. 608 00:23:10,189 --> 00:23:11,355 Daniel taught me. 609 00:23:11,357 --> 00:23:13,090 I'm going to stick to what I have going on 610 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:15,726 with the candied yam casserole moonshine... 611 00:23:15,795 --> 00:23:17,128 [Tickle] Richard got a pie. 612 00:23:17,130 --> 00:23:19,363 [Daniel] I bet that's a pecan pie. 613 00:23:19,432 --> 00:23:21,065 [Richard] That's just 'cause I'm a little hungry. 614 00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:22,800 ...and make us some candied yam and sauce. 615 00:23:22,869 --> 00:23:24,802 [Tickle] Oh. All right, you got some sugar. 616 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:28,305 Keep in mind, y'all got to make a sauce as well. 617 00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:30,241 Minute and a half left, Richard. 618 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:31,709 I won't need no more of... 619 00:23:31,711 --> 00:23:33,144 You don't need no more time? 620 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:34,912 Well, you ain't walking out of there. 621 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:36,881 -[laughs] All right. -I'm walking out of there. 622 00:23:36,883 --> 00:23:38,349 [Tickle] Getting it quick, there. 623 00:23:38,351 --> 00:23:40,918 -[Richard] I sure did. The ones you left. -You got some sweet things. 624 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,121 Amanda, it is down to you. 625 00:23:44,123 --> 00:23:45,423 -Time starts now. -[Amanda] Thank you. 626 00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:48,626 Going into the Farmstand last is really nerve-wracking. 627 00:23:48,628 --> 00:23:50,795 I know that Daniel and Richard could take something that I need, 628 00:23:50,797 --> 00:23:52,963 and hopefully they'll share it with me if they get it. 629 00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:54,932 [Tickle] Well, Amanda's grabbing all kinds of stuff. 630 00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:57,201 [Amanda] Competition, it's not the time to experiment. 631 00:23:57,203 --> 00:23:59,203 I have to make a sauce for ham, 632 00:23:59,205 --> 00:24:01,505 so I'm going to make a really good raisin sauce 633 00:24:01,507 --> 00:24:03,340 that we make with ham on the holidays. 634 00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:05,342 I know it goes really well with salty ham. 635 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:06,944 It's a little bit sweet and tart, 636 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:08,879 and I have a feeling they're really going to like it. 637 00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:10,013 [Tickle] She's getting some oranges, too. 638 00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:12,516 Are all y'all just hungry? Is that what that is? 639 00:24:12,518 --> 00:24:14,318 [Amanda] There's not a lot that goes into the recipe. 640 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,121 It's mainly a currant jelly, some raisins 641 00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:18,622 and a few other super ingredients, 642 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:21,358 which I was able to find in the Farmstand. 643 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:24,428 -All right. You got everything you need? -I'm good. Yes, sir, I got it. 644 00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:25,796 [Tickle] All right. 645 00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:27,231 It's really hard to keep secrets, yeah, 646 00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:29,533 but I think, uh, my aunt Moira would probably 647 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:31,068 kill me if I told you how to make it. 648 00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:34,205 Let's get on back in there, so y'all can post flavor your liquor 649 00:24:34,207 --> 00:24:36,807 -and make us up a good sauce. -[Amanda] Sounds good. 650 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:38,008 [Tickle] But don't make it too good. 651 00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:39,610 I don't want it to be better than the ham, all right? 652 00:24:41,948 --> 00:24:43,614 Well, we made it back, fellas. 653 00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:45,416 It's about time you get back. 654 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,321 So we're going to give you one hour to flavor your product, 655 00:24:50,323 --> 00:24:52,323 make your sauce to go with the ham. 656 00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:54,825 And then we're all going to have a good time. 657 00:24:56,229 --> 00:24:58,329 You know what you're doing, it's very competitive. 658 00:24:58,331 --> 00:25:00,231 But we get thirsty and hungry 659 00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:02,199 and we can't drink anything, that y'all get done. 660 00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:03,334 Ready? 661 00:25:03,402 --> 00:25:05,503 -[Daniel] Ready. -The time starts now. 662 00:25:06,305 --> 00:25:07,438 [Amanda] Good luck. 663 00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:08,973 [Richard] Good luck, y'all. 664 00:25:08,975 --> 00:25:12,042 Now, normally they'd have an hour to flavor, 665 00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:13,811 but now they've got an hour 666 00:25:13,813 --> 00:25:17,615 to not only flavor their moonshine, but make a sauce, too. 667 00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:18,949 It's a pretty tall order. 668 00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:20,317 Richard's got a knife out of... 669 00:25:20,319 --> 00:25:22,319 [Henry] You got a can opener over there, Richard? 670 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:25,055 Nah, I got a can opener in my hand. 671 00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:26,924 I wonder how many moonshiners back in the woods 672 00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:29,593 back in the day said, "Man, y'all didn't bring a can opener here?" 673 00:25:29,595 --> 00:25:30,828 I bet not a one. 674 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:32,263 Not a one brought a can opener, 675 00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:33,797 but the cans got opened, didn't it? 676 00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:37,501 I think the judges do know what I can cook, and I think they expect 677 00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:40,004 a little bit more of me than just the typical dip. 678 00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:43,007 So I'm going to have to give them a little bit more than normal. 679 00:25:43,009 --> 00:25:44,942 -[Henry] Yam? -[Tickle] Yam's right there. 680 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:46,310 [Tim] I see. Yeah. 681 00:25:46,312 --> 00:25:48,879 But it looked like you just put the juice in, some marshmallows. 682 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,714 [Tickle] I mean, I was messing with him, 683 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,116 told him to get it, and he grabbed it. 684 00:25:52,118 --> 00:25:55,886 I don't know if he was messing back with me or what. 685 00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:58,789 [Richard] The glaze I'm maki is a candied yam glaze. 686 00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:01,458 I'm going to make it with sweet potatoes, 687 00:26:01,527 --> 00:26:03,961 brown sugar, marshmallows. 688 00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:06,063 It's going to be something that I'm going to be able to put over 689 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,699 the top of this ham and give it a real good flavor. 690 00:26:08,768 --> 00:26:10,200 [Henry] Dan's got a measuring cup, 691 00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:11,702 although he's drinking it, though. 692 00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:12,803 [Tim] How does that taste? 693 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,607 Well, I don't know. 694 00:26:17,710 --> 00:26:19,243 [Tickle] He keeps doing that with the liquor, 695 00:26:19,312 --> 00:26:21,145 -we might be in trouble. -[Daniel] We might, yeah. 696 00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:23,013 [Daniel] It'd be real easy to just go with it. 697 00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:25,349 -[Richard] You think so? -[Daniel] I believe it would. 698 00:26:25,451 --> 00:26:29,219 I love cranberry sauce, so I'm going to bring a cranberry sauce 699 00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,522 to the table for Thanksgivin 700 00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:34,425 And I hope people like it. 701 00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:37,628 So, like, uh, Amanda, we have working in two different pots now. 702 00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:39,163 [chuckles] 703 00:26:41,434 --> 00:26:43,500 [Amanda] Well, maybe simmer, simmer, simmer. 704 00:26:43,502 --> 00:26:46,236 Not a big fan of, of any type of flavored spirit. 705 00:26:46,305 --> 00:26:49,707 So coming into this, I want to leave it not overly sweet. 706 00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:51,875 I definitely want to leave it a high proof blend 707 00:26:51,877 --> 00:26:54,812 and just have it taste like real pecan pie. 708 00:26:56,816 --> 00:26:58,616 He sure is beating that jar, boy, I know that. 709 00:26:58,618 --> 00:27:01,719 Don't know what he's mixing up, he's beating it. 710 00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:03,420 You're doing a lot of shaking over there. 711 00:27:03,422 --> 00:27:05,823 What's, what's you're shaking up over there? Making milkshake? 712 00:27:05,825 --> 00:27:08,826 [Daniel] Well, my number one priority is to put you 713 00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:10,694 a liquor up there that you'll enjoy, 714 00:27:10,696 --> 00:27:12,162 a cranberry-flavored liquor. 715 00:27:12,164 --> 00:27:16,000 My second priority is to make this sauce that y'all are looking for. 716 00:27:16,002 --> 00:27:19,870 But this is a liquor challenge so I'm more worried about 717 00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:22,239 getting the taste of that liquor right than I am with the sauce. 718 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:24,942 [Tim] Some of the stuff, sometimes, you try to put it again and it clashes. 719 00:27:24,944 --> 00:27:26,410 It don't go together. 720 00:27:26,412 --> 00:27:28,979 You've got a perfect ham cooked, 721 00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:31,448 so they can make a sauce that can destroy your ham. 722 00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:32,916 No, they ain't need it. 723 00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:36,787 If they, if we spread it on there and taste it... 724 00:27:36,789 --> 00:27:37,988 No, no. 725 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:39,790 You're going to take a piece and you dip it in it. 726 00:27:39,792 --> 00:27:41,258 Don't you go to messing my ham. 727 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:43,527 But it's all going to blend when you chew it. 728 00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:45,062 Try it with beef. 729 00:27:45,631 --> 00:27:46,797 [Daniel] Richard? 730 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:48,532 -[Richard] Yes, sir. -[Daniel] How you feeling? 731 00:27:49,435 --> 00:27:50,601 [Richard] I feel good about this. 732 00:27:50,603 --> 00:27:51,802 Oh, pretty good. 733 00:27:51,904 --> 00:27:53,103 -[Richard] I guess. -Yeah. 734 00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:55,239 -I hope I could get it better. -What you got in there? 735 00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:57,975 -Sweet potatoes, and? -Sweet potatoes, uh, 736 00:27:57,977 --> 00:27:59,410 brown sugar, white sugar. 737 00:27:59,412 --> 00:28:03,247 A little bit of vanilla, some cinnamon, marshmallows. 738 00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:05,516 All right, guys, you got 30 minutes left. 739 00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:06,684 30 minutes. 740 00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:07,785 -[Tim] Yup. -Thank you. 741 00:28:07,787 --> 00:28:09,553 [Daniel] Half the time has elapsed. 742 00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:11,455 The half the time is gone. 743 00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:16,660 My major concern is that liquor. 744 00:28:16,662 --> 00:28:18,429 He had it too weak. 745 00:28:18,431 --> 00:28:21,098 -[Tickle] Mmm-hmm. -Put too much of that stuff in there and get it down 746 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:22,132 where it's like drinking water. 747 00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:24,101 You know, we like a little bite to our liquor. 748 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:26,070 -You're right. -I like a little bite in there, 749 00:28:26,072 --> 00:28:27,104 especially for my Thanksgiving dinner. 750 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,408 And they've been to proof, what, 90 and 100? 751 00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:34,078 -They don't have a whole lot to work with. -[Tickle] No, it's not. 752 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,180 You put a little bit of something in 753 00:28:36,182 --> 00:28:37,614 and they can really drop your proof. 754 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,717 They're going to have to watch that. 755 00:28:41,954 --> 00:28:44,555 [Amanda] So the high proof is a preference, personally, of mine. 756 00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:47,891 I couldn't drink anything sweetened or flavored at a really low proof, 757 00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:49,927 and I know that they all appreciate the same thing. 758 00:28:49,929 --> 00:28:53,130 It also doesn't hurt that, you know, a little bit of extra alcohol in there 759 00:28:53,132 --> 00:28:55,999 is going to help you digest all that food you ate at Thanksgiving feast. 760 00:28:56,001 --> 00:28:58,802 So, like a little dessert digestif. 761 00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:02,172 All right. Well, Amanda, what have you got going on here? 762 00:29:02,174 --> 00:29:05,542 I've pretty much finished my pecan pie flavoring, 763 00:29:05,611 --> 00:29:06,944 -[Tickle] Ooh. -I'm gonna filter it, 764 00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:09,113 -Yup. -and then add a little bit of that 765 00:29:09,115 --> 00:29:10,781 to some high proof spirit. 766 00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:13,417 Wel, I can't lie to you standing over this pot, 767 00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:15,519 that smells exactly like a pecan pie. 768 00:29:15,521 --> 00:29:17,721 -Nailed it. Okay. -[Tickle] It really does. 769 00:29:17,723 --> 00:29:19,189 That makes me feel better. 770 00:29:19,191 --> 00:29:20,724 You got two pots going on over here. 771 00:29:20,726 --> 00:29:22,359 -Yes. -That's your, uh... 772 00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:24,194 This is going to be my sauce for the ham. 773 00:29:24,196 --> 00:29:26,997 -The, um, pecan pie is going in the liquor? -Mmm-hmm. 774 00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:29,533 And then run... run through this again, what you got? 775 00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:31,668 This is called a blackcurrant raisin sauce. 776 00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:33,504 So this is black currant jam, 777 00:29:33,506 --> 00:29:36,306 -Mmm-hmm. -raisins and then a couple other little ingredients. 778 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:38,909 Like, a sweet sauce to go with, like a nice saltiness of ham. 779 00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:40,310 -So it's sweet salty, and... -Okay. 780 00:29:40,312 --> 00:29:41,411 Well, that sounds good. 781 00:29:41,413 --> 00:29:43,213 I'm very interested in trying it. 782 00:29:43,215 --> 00:29:45,616 But now you heard what Henry said. 783 00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:47,718 Be careful and don't get your proof down too low, there. 784 00:29:47,787 --> 00:29:48,919 -Yeah. -All right? 785 00:29:48,921 --> 00:29:50,220 -I'll remember that. Thank you. -All right. 786 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:52,122 -[Tickle] Richard? -Yes, sir. 787 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:54,324 What have you got going on here? 788 00:29:54,326 --> 00:29:55,692 I got some sweet potatoes. 789 00:29:55,694 --> 00:29:57,995 -Mmm-hmm. -Got a nice little glaze started for you. 790 00:29:59,231 --> 00:30:03,200 Yeah, that's got, got a really nice summer sweet potato souffle 791 00:30:03,202 --> 00:30:04,535 kind of smell going on. 792 00:30:04,537 --> 00:30:06,703 Yes, Lord, like my grandmother used to do. 793 00:30:06,772 --> 00:30:10,307 Okay, I will not be upset at that, 794 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:11,708 -that's for sure. -[laughs] 795 00:30:11,777 --> 00:30:14,511 Your pecans, I see you got some of them in here as well, right? 796 00:30:14,513 --> 00:30:15,913 I just need them to cook down a little bit, 797 00:30:15,915 --> 00:30:17,714 get some of those oils out of there. 798 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:20,317 -Good luck with it. Keep on rolling here, -Thank you. 799 00:30:20,319 --> 00:30:23,420 -and, uh, I'm gonna go check Daniel out. -Thank you. 800 00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:26,723 [Tickle] Daniel. 801 00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:30,194 -What you got here? -Well, it looks like pig blood, it really does. 802 00:30:30,196 --> 00:30:33,096 [Tickle] It can, it does. It's definitely dark red. 803 00:30:33,098 --> 00:30:36,400 -I'm gonna try to make that the sauce. -Okay. 804 00:30:36,402 --> 00:30:39,536 It's mixed with cranberry and brown sugar, and I'm not going to tell 805 00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:42,539 what else in it, because I probably won't get somebody to try it. 806 00:30:42,641 --> 00:30:44,474 -Bet it'll be all right. -I'm gonna try it. 807 00:30:44,476 --> 00:30:46,977 But, you know, I've never made anything like it, but I'm... 808 00:30:46,979 --> 00:30:48,679 I'm... I'm going to fool with it and try it. 809 00:30:48,681 --> 00:30:49,880 I'll either make it or ruin it. 810 00:30:49,882 --> 00:30:51,915 Ah, well, one of the two. 811 00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:53,217 All right. Good luck to all of you. 812 00:30:53,219 --> 00:30:54,818 Thank you. We need it. 813 00:30:56,322 --> 00:30:58,789 All right, guys, you're down to 15 minutes. 814 00:30:58,791 --> 00:31:01,625 [Daniel] This is something I ain't ever used, Richard. 815 00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:03,327 -What's that? -[Daniel] Corn starch. 816 00:31:03,329 --> 00:31:04,628 -[Richard] Corn starch? -[Daniel] Nope. 817 00:31:04,697 --> 00:31:05,796 Thickening agent? 818 00:31:05,798 --> 00:31:07,231 [Tim] It's going to be a disaster, 819 00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:08,665 -abandon it, that's what it'll be. -A disaster. 820 00:31:09,969 --> 00:31:12,102 [Tim] Take it home to his mama. 821 00:31:13,606 --> 00:31:16,306 And Rich put the last little squeeze on something over there. 822 00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:17,875 [Tickle] Something. 823 00:31:17,877 --> 00:31:19,910 I think he might be straining something now. 824 00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:23,547 Top secret operation. 825 00:31:25,684 --> 00:31:27,451 [Daniel] I don't believe it's going to thicken. 826 00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:30,554 Nope. 827 00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:33,523 I can taste that ham now. 828 00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:38,262 But I want you to taste this ham with this glaze I'm about to put on. 829 00:31:39,531 --> 00:31:40,631 [Henry] We want it here. 830 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:53,710 [Tim] Five minutes, guys. 831 00:31:53,779 --> 00:31:55,112 [Richard] We're running out of time. 832 00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:57,514 Try to button it up, tighten it up, join up. 833 00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:58,782 Okay. 834 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:05,789 [Henry] It looks like Richard is jarring up a sauce. 835 00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:09,426 All right, guys, listen up. You got two minutes. 836 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:10,627 Two minutes. 837 00:32:12,564 --> 00:32:15,332 [Richard] Oh, I would say yes. Daniel. 838 00:32:16,302 --> 00:32:18,302 Better bring me some jars. Put them on the table. 839 00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:20,103 I'm good. 840 00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:22,539 [Tim] 30 seconds. 841 00:32:22,608 --> 00:32:23,874 [Henry] Is that all? 842 00:32:23,876 --> 00:32:25,509 Yeah, y'all keep fooling around. 843 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:28,812 Daniel, I can't fight it no more. 844 00:32:28,881 --> 00:32:30,247 All right, what you, whats you working with? 845 00:32:30,349 --> 00:32:32,449 This is my moonshine right here. 846 00:32:32,518 --> 00:32:34,051 This is a good Thanksgiving drink 847 00:32:34,053 --> 00:32:35,819 and this is a good sauce right there. 848 00:32:35,821 --> 00:32:36,787 All right. 849 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:39,690 [Amanda] Almost done? 850 00:32:39,692 --> 00:32:41,325 [Daniel] I've got one more thing to do here. 851 00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:43,260 -[Daniel] No rushing, I guess. -[Amanda] All right, guys. 852 00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:46,430 [Amanda] I got pecan pie and raisin sauce for the ham. 853 00:32:46,432 --> 00:32:47,531 [Tickle] Good luck to you. 854 00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:48,532 -Thank you very much. -[Henry] Good luck. 855 00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:53,170 [Tim] Ten seconds, nine seconds, 856 00:32:53,172 --> 00:32:55,339 eight, seven, 857 00:32:56,308 --> 00:33:00,210 six, five, four, 858 00:33:01,213 --> 00:33:05,882 three, two, one. 859 00:33:05,884 --> 00:33:06,917 -That's it. -[Daniel] How about that? 860 00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:09,219 [Tim] Stressing me out. 861 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:12,456 God, I'm glad you made it in one second. 862 00:33:12,524 --> 00:33:13,724 -Thank you, Daniel. -[Daniel] Yes, sir. 863 00:33:13,726 --> 00:33:14,825 -[Henry] Thank you, Daniel. -[Tim] All right, good luck. 864 00:33:16,295 --> 00:33:18,428 [Henry] Well, that smell prety good, isn't it? 865 00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:19,997 [Tickle] We've got our spirits here. 866 00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:22,666 We've got the ham and the sauces right here behind it. 867 00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,334 -See, that's Daniel's. -[Henry] Yeah. 868 00:33:24,403 --> 00:33:26,536 -[Tim] Very pretty. -It's got a Thanksgiving... Thanksgiving look. 869 00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:29,339 Nice presentation. Nothing floating in it. 870 00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:30,940 Smells like cranberries. 871 00:33:30,942 --> 00:33:34,611 -And I still smell some, some moonshine in there. -[Tim] I smell moonshine. 872 00:33:34,613 --> 00:33:37,781 I really believe with all my heart that, that was a hybrid 873 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:39,916 or something, because it didn't have enough seeds in it. 874 00:33:39,918 --> 00:33:41,918 -[Richard] It didn't have not one pit in it. -Uh-uh. 875 00:33:42,721 --> 00:33:44,054 It's got a little kick to it, too. 876 00:33:44,056 --> 00:33:45,722 [Tickle] It does got a kick to it. 877 00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:47,690 And he... 878 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:51,528 just like the color says, that cranberry is in there. 879 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:54,164 The thing with cranberries, is sometimes 'cause they're so tart, 880 00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:57,701 when you just flavor, like, a liquor, so tart, it'll taste like a wine. 881 00:33:57,703 --> 00:34:00,003 So when I tasted yours, I was like, is it going to taste like a wine? 882 00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:04,041 It gets, like, a dryness to it but it didn't actually have sweetness and tartness. 883 00:34:04,043 --> 00:34:05,575 I'm not upset with that at all. 884 00:34:07,446 --> 00:34:11,615 -Well, let's go on to this ham and this sauce here. -[Henry] Mm hmm. 885 00:34:11,683 --> 00:34:14,051 -[Henry] What's going on here? -[Tickle] Let's see, what's going on here? 886 00:34:14,053 --> 00:34:15,919 [Tim] I got some cranberry. 887 00:34:15,921 --> 00:34:17,721 -[Henry] Look how thick it is. -[Tim] Yeah. 888 00:34:17,790 --> 00:34:19,256 [Tickle] Yeah, he's made a nice sauce. 889 00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:21,525 It's got a got a nice thickness. 890 00:34:21,527 --> 00:34:24,361 And I'll have to say, I think it pairs very well with the ham. 891 00:34:25,697 --> 00:34:27,063 That's good. 892 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:30,233 [Tickle] Daniel claims he's never made a sauce before. 893 00:34:30,335 --> 00:34:33,203 -I knew he was lying. -But he's got a good thickness to it... 894 00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:36,406 ...and I like it. 895 00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:39,676 It's a good presentation and a great flavor. 896 00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:41,611 Okay, I'll move on to Rich. 897 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,214 Thanksgiving is kind of specific because we could have done 898 00:34:44,216 --> 00:34:48,085 anything we wanted to do when we were pairing before, but now we're kinda... 899 00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:50,087 [Amanda] Limited to our options? 900 00:34:50,089 --> 00:34:51,621 That's another curveball. 901 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:54,458 He used a cream in there. 902 00:34:54,526 --> 00:34:55,559 [Henry] Separating. 903 00:34:55,660 --> 00:34:57,727 And it's separating some. 904 00:34:57,729 --> 00:34:59,729 And Richard don't look too attractive there. 905 00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:00,997 It's got a kick to it. 906 00:35:00,999 --> 00:35:02,699 I'm going to make Tickle a little happy. 907 00:35:02,701 --> 00:35:04,501 I'm try to soften it up a little bit. 908 00:35:04,503 --> 00:35:06,436 I ain't gonna throw 90, 100 proof on him. 909 00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:08,305 I'm going to do what they ask me to do. 910 00:35:08,307 --> 00:35:10,407 You ask me to give you a dinner pairing 911 00:35:10,409 --> 00:35:13,343 It's got a good taste on the back note, 912 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:17,347 but to be a cocktail, it's a little high to eat with dinner. 913 00:35:17,449 --> 00:35:19,182 That's smooth, though. 914 00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:20,951 -Let's see what he got now. -Let's see what this sauce is like. 915 00:35:20,953 --> 00:35:22,719 This sauce, I'm pretty excited about. 916 00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:26,089 I can see some pecans and stuff like that in it. 917 00:35:26,091 --> 00:35:28,725 Yeah, that is pecan-y. 918 00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:32,229 I can taste the sweet potatoes in there and the pecans. 919 00:35:32,231 --> 00:35:33,730 -That one's really good. -[Tickle] Yeah. 920 00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:35,499 [Tickle] And goes good with the ham. 921 00:35:35,501 --> 00:35:37,534 -I guess it's down to... -Amanda's. 922 00:35:37,603 --> 00:35:39,069 ...the last one. 923 00:35:39,071 --> 00:35:40,971 [Amanda] I was trying to shoot for was, like, a brandy, 924 00:35:40,973 --> 00:35:42,405 like a bourbon proof, you know, 925 00:35:42,407 --> 00:35:44,174 right in the ballpark of, like, 75 to 80. 926 00:35:44,176 --> 00:35:45,542 [Tickle] Plenty of alcohol. 927 00:35:45,544 --> 00:35:47,344 -You know, grandma would love that one. -[Tickle] Mmm-hmm. 928 00:35:47,412 --> 00:35:48,878 [Tickle] I'm not mad at that at all. 929 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,814 -[Henry] A couple of drinks, she'd be on the way. -[Tickle] Mmm-hmm. 930 00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:52,949 It's kind of like, uh, 931 00:35:52,951 --> 00:35:55,252 a licorice piece was passed down to you. 932 00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:58,121 I believe the kinks was worked out of that a long, long time ago. 933 00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:01,191 -No argument. -[Tim] No. 934 00:36:01,193 --> 00:36:03,460 You know, Amanda said this was a family sauce, right? 935 00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:05,161 -[Richard] You got to fight heritage now. -[Amanda laughs] 936 00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:08,398 [Richard] We were just fighting her, but now we're fighting out her legacy. 937 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,700 You're going to love it. It's frickin' awesome. 938 00:36:10,802 --> 00:36:12,502 -[Henry] Sauce is good. -[Tickle] It's good. 939 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,204 -Thick, creamy. -[Tickle] Mmm-hmm. 940 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:15,939 Blackcurrant and raisin. 941 00:36:15,941 --> 00:36:17,207 [Henry] This doesn't have any chunks in it. 942 00:36:17,209 --> 00:36:19,442 They pair very well together. 943 00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:22,212 Just eat that ham and chase it with that sauce. 944 00:36:22,214 --> 00:36:23,446 Unbelievable. I mean, 945 00:36:23,448 --> 00:36:24,848 -I've never tasted anything like it. -[Tickle] Mmm. 946 00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:26,416 Tickle, go get them. 947 00:36:26,418 --> 00:36:28,251 I got a few things. I got to take care of. 948 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,187 -What now? -Why don't you go grab them? 949 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:32,789 And I got a few things I got to finish tying up. 950 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:34,024 What do... you got a pig, 951 00:36:34,026 --> 00:36:35,258 I know, you told me you're tying up some. 952 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,993 -You got a pig, don't you? -[stammers] 953 00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:38,461 Are you just gonna leave us? 954 00:36:38,463 --> 00:36:40,430 If I do, he'll be done kicked the back doors out of your truck 955 00:36:40,432 --> 00:36:42,065 by the time you get back, all right? 956 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:46,903 [Amanda] And I'm thankful to be like right here today 957 00:36:46,905 --> 00:36:48,438 You know, it's... never in a million years would I have expected 958 00:36:48,507 --> 00:36:51,041 to be here competing, 959 00:36:51,043 --> 00:36:53,610 distilling with people with the likes of you guys. 960 00:36:53,612 --> 00:36:56,413 I mean, I'm thankful for that for sure. 961 00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:59,616 To be able to work with good friends, 962 00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:01,718 which is family now. 963 00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:05,322 And we're a moonshine family. 964 00:37:05,324 --> 00:37:09,326 To be with you guys, I mean, Daniel has become like a brother to me. 965 00:37:09,328 --> 00:37:12,095 You know, I know he's a brother because he'll kick me in my ass. 966 00:37:12,097 --> 00:37:14,064 Tell me the truth about myself, 967 00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:15,498 and you'd do the same thing. 968 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:18,068 -And I'm-- -[Amanda] That's a good, that's a good family setting. 969 00:37:18,070 --> 00:37:19,603 [Richard] Yeah. I'm so thankful. 970 00:37:25,711 --> 00:37:29,779 -[Richard] Wow. -Welcome to a proper Virginia Thanksgiving. 971 00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:30,913 There you go. 972 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,816 -Y'all have a seat. -[Amanda] Thank you so much. 973 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:36,553 Well, you know, first off, we need to thank Tickle for such a presentation. 974 00:37:36,655 --> 00:37:38,088 I didn't know he was preparing all of this. 975 00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:40,123 I mean, I just thought you were smoking a ham. 976 00:37:40,125 --> 00:37:41,424 It's a pleasant surprise. 977 00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:42,592 -[Richard] Yes, sir. -[Daniel] Done a good job. 978 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:45,195 You all are very welcome. 979 00:37:45,197 --> 00:37:47,097 Well, let's talk about your jars. 980 00:37:47,099 --> 00:37:48,398 Let's talk about your sauces. 981 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,101 All three of you did an outstanding job. 982 00:37:51,202 --> 00:37:53,937 And it really was tough for us to make a decision 983 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,606 on one of you to get the little piggy to go home. 984 00:37:57,709 --> 00:38:00,710 Daniel, yours was cranberry all the way... 985 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,813 ...from the sauce to your 'shine. 986 00:38:03,815 --> 00:38:06,383 Look good, taste good. 987 00:38:06,385 --> 00:38:08,018 Proof is on the money. 988 00:38:08,020 --> 00:38:10,820 Richard, your proof's on the money, too. 989 00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:13,189 You did throw a little trickery in there. 990 00:38:13,191 --> 00:38:15,125 You threw me off a little bit with your sauce. 991 00:38:16,094 --> 00:38:17,827 Because I was looking for the marshmallow, 992 00:38:17,829 --> 00:38:19,696 you know, the yams, something like that. 993 00:38:19,698 --> 00:38:22,632 And then you talked it up, and when I tasted it... 994 00:38:23,902 --> 00:38:25,168 ...I got pecan pie. 995 00:38:25,170 --> 00:38:27,404 -[Richard] Mmm. -But it's good. 996 00:38:27,406 --> 00:38:29,406 -[Richard chuckles] -[Tim] Now, Amanda, 997 00:38:29,408 --> 00:38:31,141 she said she was going to bring something special. 998 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:32,309 She did. 999 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:35,211 She told us she had a family recipe with those raisins. 1000 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,614 I was looking for that pecan pie. 1001 00:38:37,683 --> 00:38:40,016 I tasted it in her 'shine. 1002 00:38:40,018 --> 00:38:42,886 She made something that we have never tasted before. 1003 00:38:42,888 --> 00:38:45,388 -She did an outstanding job. -Thank you. 1004 00:38:45,390 --> 00:38:47,524 I was real afraid that one of these sauces 1005 00:38:47,526 --> 00:38:49,526 was going to make my ham taste bad. 1006 00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:51,227 But it didn't. 1007 00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:54,130 Everything went so nicely together. 1008 00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:55,832 The liquor even went good with the ham. 1009 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:57,600 [Henry] We put the pressure on y'all. 1010 00:38:57,602 --> 00:39:01,071 We wanted a good hard liquor and a good taste to it, add that little burn to it, 1011 00:39:01,073 --> 00:39:03,840 which is what Virginia boys like, and the sauce. 1012 00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:05,508 It's unbelievable. Really and truly. 1013 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,510 I said, let's just give them all three. 1014 00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:08,745 You know, it's Thanksgiving. 1015 00:39:08,747 --> 00:39:12,382 We got to pick a winner and it's almost impossible. 1016 00:39:12,384 --> 00:39:14,684 It's very difficult to say who is the winner, 1017 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:17,320 but somebody gets their little piggy to go home. 1018 00:39:19,224 --> 00:39:21,057 And, Amanda, you get the little piggy. 1019 00:39:21,059 --> 00:39:23,893 -Really? Oh, thank you, guys. -[all applauding] 1020 00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:25,328 [Daniel] Congratulations on that. 1021 00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:26,563 Oh, my God. 1022 00:39:26,631 --> 00:39:29,499 -The family recipe was great. -It really was. 1023 00:39:29,501 --> 00:39:31,501 [Amanda] My life has changed immensely. 1024 00:39:31,503 --> 00:39:34,704 This family of men and women that I've met, 1025 00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:37,374 they were my heroes, and now they're my peers. 1026 00:39:37,376 --> 00:39:38,975 And they respect me like a peer. 1027 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:42,312 Thank you, by actually coming to Master Distiller in the first place. 1028 00:39:42,381 --> 00:39:45,215 Because if you hadn't have stepped up to the plate and come. 1029 00:39:45,217 --> 00:39:46,716 you wouldn't be sitting here tonight. 1030 00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:48,985 [Daniel] You know, you're not going to win every time. 1031 00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:50,720 You know that coming into a competition. 1032 00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:53,256 But still, yeah, you always give it your best shot. 1033 00:39:53,258 --> 00:39:56,059 And my buddy, Henry, a long-time friend. 1034 00:39:56,061 --> 00:39:58,528 It's been many years that we sat down together at Thanksgiving. 1035 00:39:58,530 --> 00:40:00,230 [Henry] Thanksgiving is really special to us. 1036 00:40:00,298 --> 00:40:03,299 I mean, every year... we've been in the liquor business so long. 1037 00:40:03,368 --> 00:40:06,069 Every Thanksgiving, for years and years and years, 1038 00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:08,505 it was always one of us gone. 1039 00:40:08,507 --> 00:40:11,608 And let me tell you, it was not on a picnic either. 1040 00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:14,511 You would be behind bars and have, have them at home. 1041 00:40:14,513 --> 00:40:16,012 Finally, after all those years 1042 00:40:16,014 --> 00:40:17,414 we have the whole family there. 1043 00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:20,417 I mean, really, Thanksgiving is really special. 1044 00:40:20,419 --> 00:40:22,685 Really got a family of moonshiners here. 1045 00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:25,922 [Tim] Really proud of you. Everybody, thank you for being here. 1046 00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:29,058 It's really symbolic for me to sit down on a table with them on Thanksgiving 1047 00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:30,260 and share this meal. 1048 00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:33,897 And thank Tickle, who made a such a great ham. 1049 00:40:33,899 --> 00:40:35,932 -[Tim] Good job, Tickle. -All right. 1050 00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:38,701 Y'all family here now. Y'all ready to eat? 1051 00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:40,370 [Richard] Yes, sir. 1052 00:40:40,372 --> 00:40:42,772 I know with these guys, truly know how grateful I am for being here. 1053 00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:44,707 I can't wait to try that too. 1054 00:40:44,709 --> 00:40:46,009 [Tickle] Oh, the ham ain't no good. 1055 00:40:46,011 --> 00:40:47,310 [Richard] Congratulations, Amanda. 1056 00:40:47,379 --> 00:40:48,778 [Amanda] Thank you. 1057 00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:51,014 [Richard] They accept me in their world. 1058 00:40:51,016 --> 00:40:54,517 I'm more thankful than these guys will ever know just to be in their midst. 1059 00:40:54,519 --> 00:40:56,419 [Amanda] It's definitely an honor to be sitting at the table 1060 00:40:56,421 --> 00:40:57,887 with all of you gentlemen. 1061 00:40:57,889 --> 00:40:59,689 Thank you, thank you. 1062 00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:00,990 It means more to me than anything just to sit 1063 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,525 -and have a meal with you guys. -[Tickle] All right. 1064 00:41:02,527 --> 00:41:05,795 Good to have you all here, it's special. Love y'all. 1065 00:41:05,797 --> 00:41:07,397 Glad to be here, brother. Love you. 1066 00:41:07,399 --> 00:41:08,898 -Dig in. -[Richard] Yes. 1067 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,167 -[Tim] We need to pass some in jars in here. -[Tickle] Mmm-hmm. 1068 00:41:11,169 --> 00:41:13,403 -Can I try your guys'? I want to try it. -Definitely. 1069 00:41:13,405 --> 00:41:14,604 [Daniel] Mmm-hmm. 1070 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:16,873 -Man, it's empty. -Here you go. 1071 00:41:16,875 --> 00:41:18,775 [Amanda] Cranberry, anybody? 1072 00:41:18,777 --> 00:41:21,711 [Daniel] You know, I was kind of scared to make that sauce. 1073 00:41:21,713 --> 00:41:23,079 [Henry] But it's good. 1074 00:41:23,081 --> 00:41:24,214 It was good. 1075 00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:25,982 You did a real good job. 1076 00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:27,383 It was real good.