You're The Judge

[Music] [Music] careful he look I got it how'd you do it invited my cooking Partners to the party so they wouldn't eat it in class so we eat tomorrow night but what about men hi the one on the left is me is I anyway I'm Sally let me tell you the problem faith and I decided to give a little party tomorrow night you know some food and a few records and well everyone accepted everyone accept the two reasons why we decided to give the party in the first place namely Bill and Frank they're going bowling obviously we have to change their minds and in a hurry if we don't trap them before they get off the school grounds All Is Lost I mean you can't call a boy home can you hey I wonder if there's anything to this way to a man's heart business maybe I should give this to Bill I'd like to give it to Frank you know where come on one last try turn on the charm here they come ah TT they're the girls now don't you weaken me I'm a man of resolve we bowl tomorrow night you bet we do Bill I won't beat around the bush I'm here to bribe you to our party with this Delicious lemon cake which is just a sample of tomorrow night's groovy menu look at all these recipes I don't bribe I I do bowl and I don't like lemon cake okay so starve this weekend what with your mother away I cook okay I'll get along men are awful Cooks oh oh oh the worst all the famous chefs are men his next cliche will be if you can read you can cook men love that bill don't bite well it's true if you can read you can cook well that leaves you out Frank the rest was easy soon even Frank was poo pooing cooking and protecting manhood finally we suggest did they put up or shut up and the BET was on we'd each cook identical menus for the party and find a judge they bed a bit but we convinced them they had nothing to lose and if we lost we'd pay for their bowling next Saturday night to top it off we let them pick the menu choose your weapons pan fried chicken super duper biscuits and All American apple pie fried chicken biscuits and pie it is party's at 7 okay a man of resolve 34 cup sugar sugar six medium cooking apples six medium apples cinnamon have that plenty of sugar and flour too okay oh and we need some shortening or butter or lard or something for the crust and biscuit you shorten it oh say I'm almost out buy some oh we're okay there Mom we can use some this oil instead no Sally for salads that's fine for your job you stick to solid vegetable short but why when we have this well for one thing the recipe calls for it you start substituting your pie crust might not be as tender and Flaky as you'd like and it's all purpose and because you've used it since you were a Blushing Bride well it does look white and creamy it is creamy Blends beautifully which makes your dough so easy to work with all purpose the we can fry the chicken in it too you bet a good vegetable shortening doesn't have any Taste of its own so you can be sure your Fried Chicken won't taste greasy sold greasy chicken is not on the menu okay now we've listed chicken and milk that's it let's make like Shoppers say maybe we should shop for the boys since Bill's mother's away I mean to be fair well who wants to be fair ingredients lined up utensils ready let's start with the pie crust okay bye hun bye I cook up a storm girl okay dad looks like a good start incidentally dad you've been named the impartial judge in our cooking contest impartial but I'm your father the boys accepted you anyway since you're also a man logical I guess what along okay pie crust what's first two cups of sifted flour this says it's pre- sifted sifted anyway even pre-sifted flour packs down in storage so sifting unpacks the flow and adds air so you get the same amount every time you measure and always sift just before you measure and besides these are tested recipes and we agreed to follow them it says sift so sift I'm sifting next measure two cups spoon sifted flour into measuring cup without shaking or backing down level off top with spatula combine the flour with one teaspoon of salt one teaspoon there now add 34 cups shortening do not use a liquid measuring cup as you cannot level off shortening Scoop from can to cup with scraper press into cup firmly level off level she is one4 cup now for the half cup and that does it with a pastry blender or two knives cut in shortening until uniform oh if you dip the blender in the flower first Sally the shortening won't stick to the blender blades okay says mixture should be fairly coarse why don't you start with the apple pie filling while I do this okay [Music] how many cups uh two cups of flour and a teaspoon of salt say bill this biscuit recip is almost the same as the Pine crust why not make them both at the same time save sweat good idea male efficiency uh shortenings next when are you hiding who [Music] knows hey this will do how much uh 3/4 of a cup of the pie crust 1/3 cup of the biscuits say that's oil not shortening what's the difference they're all fats lard butter margarine oil it says shortening same [Music] thing uh three teaspoons of baking powder for the biscuits none for the [Music] pie it's that added little touch that makes a great [Music] [Music] chef [Music] hey which one has a baking powder uh the one that will rise hopefully the biscuits this is a pie crust I'm sure of it I form that into a doughball while I get the stuff to roll [Music] it hey Bill getting a little bowling in after all [Music] um next you're supposed to flower the board yes sir wherever you are this beautiful Saturday afternoon I hope you're having fun F you in yes sir I hope you're having fun well he was right the afternoon had been fun and we had something to show for it the biscuits and the pie were ready for the oven since we were serving the pie cold cold we could bake it ahead of time 400° in a preheated oven about 30 to 40 minutes to tell you the truth it had been a cinch we'd followed a tested method and the recipes step by step for the pie crust after mixing in the water a spoonful at a time we worked the dough into a firm ball by hand then divided it in two one for the top crust one for the bottom we were careful not to overflow the pastry cloth on the board so we wouldn't add excess flour to our mixture just enough so the dough didn't stick or tear the bottom crust was first we rolled the dough from the center to the outside evenly until we had the right uniform thickness finally the dough was about 1 and 1/2 in larger than our pie plate we then ease the dough into a 9 in pie plate as the recipe called for then we trimmed the edges even with a plate and added the apple filling dotted with butter and moisten the rim of the bottom crust with water after rolling the top crust on the pie it went and we trimmed it 1/2 in Beyond the Edge of the plate so we could fold the top Edge under the bottom crust to seal the edges so the juices wouldn't Escape The moistened Rim helped make this seal tight Faith the artist made the fanciest fluted Edge the way we learned in food class then I made an artistic a design to identify the pie as apple and to let the apple juices Escape without blowing up the pie that was it the biscuits were just as easy after measuring the sifted flour we added the salt and the baking powder to make the biscuits light and we cut in the shortening until the mixture looked like coarse meal then we Blended in the milk and kneaded the dough lightly about 10 times then rolled it a/2 in thick we used a flowed biscuit cutter next and put them one by one on an ungreased baking sheet we separated them because we wanted crust all the way around they'll only take about 15 minutes so we'll put them in after the party starts meantime a piece of wax paper and Refrigeration will keep them from drying out now to dip the very last beautiful piece of chicken in the milk shake it all up with the flour salt and pepper voila all ready for frying I'll put this right here by the fry pan so we don't goof tonight with all the excitement there how's the pie oh it's beautiful good that's worth 15% come here look you're the judge uniform Brown Crest with attractively finished Edge 15% medium thin and crisp crust 10% we better give that to Dad he's the judge well I better go do something with my hair or I won't get 15% for an attractively finished Edge yeah I wonder how the boys are doing yeah it's getting late I just hope they've [Music] started did we do all this in an hour it wasn't easy hey give me that fork so I can flot this flipping pie will you for bill I think we should have stuck a little closer to the recipes oh now we tells me here put the pie and the biscuits into the oven will you I'll start frying the chicken yeah the oven isn't preheated add the temperature on to the other end what temperature does it say it says 400° with a pie of 425 for the biscuits make it 412 1/2 412 1/2 think they give them tranquilizers instead of chicken your boy still not here not yet M that smells good you wouldn't give your old father a sample would you you're not my father you are the judge out oh Sally I don't think you're supposed to cover that after Browning Chicken in 1 and 1/2 to two cups of shortening for 10 to 15 minutes cover reduce to low heat unquote we want it tender don't we well is there enough shortening in there you don't want it to stick to the pan never add shortening after you've started frying fa it lowers the temperature and prevents crisping there 25 minutes more and we eat if you want it really crisp remove the cover the last 10 minutes what's that for a crying towel for your father after he tastes the boy's food paper towels to drain the chicken on as if you didn't know say um maybe I should walk over to bills I mean well they they may need help [Music] traiter you said you'd watch it while I got dressed yeah well you shouldn't have listened yeah and I shouldn't have listened either when you told me which dough had the baking powder in it me you the one who was so off fired sure you were the one who was such a big hurry not me I'm sorry yeah I'm I'm the one who can read but didn't I think I'm going on a diet tonight hey the party's jumping the judge Waits I know my folks will be home tomorrow so who needs sleep come on let's go we're all hungry here goes nothing I can't even gloat it all looks so awful and that's the only 12 in 9in pie I've ever seen and the floppiest too oh I'll take it in be right back all right everybody now don't tell me which end is whose cuz I want to be fair don't look you can cut it all right biscuits crisp pie yes [Music] apple crisp juicy liy very life nice crust tender delicious this end wins hands down whose side was it it's Bo the boys the boys come on we didn't win our stuff looks awful yours is great nonetheless you won you know how you men stick together well I'll admit you're prettier than any male Chef I've ever seen for that I'll help you with the dishes dance in a minute okay okay you are really too much first you let them win and then you let them trap you into doing his dishes with that phony compliment trap so who's bowling but we're going to have to pay for their bowling next Saturday night and who's going to have to go along with them so we can pay so who won and who lost you're the judge [Music] Sally