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4th of JULY FIRECRACKER POKE CAKE
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Welcome back everyone. I'm Catherine.
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>> I'm Thomas. If
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>> y'all don't know, he's my husband. He's
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usually behind the other side of the
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camera, but we got him inside the front
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end of the camera because we are going
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to make a fireworks Fourth of July poke
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cake. It's a blueberry flavor. It's
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going to be really delicious. And y'all
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probably saw the thumbnail that showed
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that beautiful fireworks on the cake.
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All right, you guys. We're going to make
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it really simple.
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>> Mhm. How are we doing that
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>> right here?
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>> We're using a box cake mix. Thomas is
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going to empty out the box and put it
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into a medium to large size bowl. And
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then we're going to add the ingredients.
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Now, there's two different ways you can
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do this. You can use the ingredients
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listed on the back of your cake mix box,
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or you can make it bakery style, which
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just changes the three ingredients just
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a little bit. But it makes it more
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fluffier. It gives it a better flavor to
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it. Now, it's going to be delicious.
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Now, this is a blueberry cake, and since
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it's a fireworks cake, and we need red,
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white, and blue for Fourth of July,
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we're using the classic white cake. Or
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you can try to use the French vanilla if
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you want to do that. Just anything
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that's going to give you a white look to
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the cake. Ah, he did it. Yeah.
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>> Yeah. Wow.
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>> He works well with others.
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>> That was hard.
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>> Now, we're gonna make it bakery style.
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So, the first ingredient that it calls
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for is one cup of water. We're going to
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change that
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to what?
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>> One cup of milk.
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>> One cup of milk
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>> going in.
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>> You do the eggs.
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>> I do the eggs. Okay.
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We got four eggs. Now, the box calls for
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three. Yep. All right.
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Boom. There you go. I'm going to crack
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them all into my bowl here. And then I'm
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going to put the shells in here. That
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way we can make sure there's no shells
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going inside of our mix there.
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Y'all have any plans for the Fourth of
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July?
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I think ours is just sitting in front of
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the TV that night listening to all the
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fireworks.
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>> All the money going up in smoke.
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Literally.
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How many of y'all buy fireworks?
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I used to. I don't do it anymore.
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>> Yep. We did when we had the kids were
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younger, but they're no longer here, so
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they got their own plans.
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>> We had one flip over on its side and was
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shooting stuff everywhere. It was fun.
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>> I know.
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All right, we're going to add four eggs
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to the mix.
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>> Is gone. Oh, this is your owl one.
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>> Yeah, my owl. One, two, three, and four.
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And then it calls for half a cup of
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vegetable oil.
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>> We going to use butter.
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>> Butter.
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>> Okay, that won't scramble the eggs.
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>> Nope. When you melt your butter, which
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is half a cup or one stick, make sure
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you cool it down just a little bit. I
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would do that before you start
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everything else. That way you can take
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the heat off of that butter because
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it'll scramble your eggs and we don't
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want that.
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>> That won't be good. Chunky eggs in a
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cake. No, that's not good.
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>> There we go. There we go. We're good.
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>> Give me that power tool.
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>> We're going to use an electric hand
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mixer and we're going to blend that all
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together. Now, to get a really fluffy
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batter, we're going to beat this for
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about two minutes to get it well
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combined and very fluffy.
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And then we'll be back. Look at that
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fluffy batter.
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We are done with that. Let's go ahead
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and start getting our baking pan ready.
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Grab a 9 by13.
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I got a pretty deep one here, which is
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probably what you're going to need if
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you've got one of those. Now, I'm going
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to take some cooking spray, and we have
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one that has flour in it. And we're
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going to spray the whole baking dish
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with it.
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That way the cake can come out of the
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baking dish here.
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Woo! Hold your breath.
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There we go. We'll be back.
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Just kidding. Smells buttery.
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>> All right. Now, you're going to take all
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your batter with your blue spatula and
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your blue bowl. Turn the door down. Here
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we go. And then you're going to place it
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into the baking dish. Oh, look how
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fluffy that looks.
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>> Yeah, I did good. Huh? You
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>> did.
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>> All right. Get all of it out. That's a
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piece of cake in there.
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>> That's your piece of cake in there.
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All right. Once you get all of your
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batter into the baking dish,
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we're going to smooth it out nice and
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even. We're going to bake the cake per
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the directions on the back of the
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package. And ours is going to go in for
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>> uh goes in at 350 for 23 to 28 minutes
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for 13 by9.
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>> There you go. Now, once the cake is
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done, there it is. Once the cake is
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done, we're going to cool it down
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completely and then we're going to come
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back. We're going to poke holes in it.
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We got a few ingredients to put inside
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of the poke cake to make it blueberry
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and then we're going to have some fun
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icing it to get it that
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firework.
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>> There we go. All right, you guys. We'll
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be back. All right, we have the mystery
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bowl.
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The cake is out of the oven. We've
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cooled it down completely. I've given
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Thomas a tool.
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He's going to use the end of it. You
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want to get a large
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kitchen utensil that has something on
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the end that can
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poke a lot of holes through your cake.
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I'm going to bring y'all up here so
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y'all can see what he's doing. Just like
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this.
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Just go down and kind of twist and then
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come up.
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We're going to do that throughout the
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whole cake. We're going to leave about
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one inch between the holes
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because we got some good stuff going in
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there. Yeah, he's got it, you guys.
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>> No, I don't. I'm good at faking it.
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>> Now, when he gets down to the end, I'm
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going to show you the two ingredients
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that we're going to mix together that
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we're going to pour on top.
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And you're going to need these holes
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pretty large there.
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There you go.
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>> That's what it looks like.
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Have Thomas open these up. These should
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be really easy to open. We got the pop
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tops on them.
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>> One is a sweetened condensed milk, which
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is 14 oz sweetened condensed milk.
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We'll get that into a medium bowl. And
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we're going to mix that together with a
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21 oz size can of blueberry pie filling
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and topping.
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Well, I'll switch you out with you.
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There you go. This stuff's good. I'm not
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going to lick it. Nope.
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>> Yeah, I didn't either.
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>> Oh, you lied.
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>> Oh, that was good.
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>> You hurt my feelings.
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>> Well, this one. No, we don't want any
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now.
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>> Who both can?
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>> Yep. Can you imagine both of those put
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together?
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All right. Oh, you got the spatula.
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>> We're going to blend these two together.
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Look at this.
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Look at that. As I'm tripping over my
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dog down here.
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>> Yeah, she's good at making you trip. And
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then what we're going to do once we get
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that all mixed together is we're going
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to bring over the cake with the holes.
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And then we're going to
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pour on top
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everywhere.
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And I'll see if Thomas wants to spread
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this around. You want to spread it?
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>> No. I want to lick the bowl.
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>> He wants to lick the bowl.
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All right. We'll give him enough that he
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can lick the bowl.
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>> There you go.
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>> What do you want the spatula, too?
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>> Yes.
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>> Oh, boy.
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>> I'm greedy.
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>> Now, I'm going to smooth this out and
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just kind of press the blueberry mixture
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into the holes of the cake.
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>> Tell you what, that's good.
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>> Are y'all watching him?
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Just press
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>> press. Good.
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>> I better stop.
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Now, what I'm doing is just pulling it
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across,
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getting it into the holes there.
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All right. You can see how they're just
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falling right into the holes as I'm
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scraping it along. See? And then we're
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going to create one single layer here.
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Do I get that?
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>> Yes, you can have it.
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>> I'm trying that right now. Now, the next
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step is we're going to take a tub of
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Cool Whip, thaw it out, and we're going
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to pull it right out of the refrigerator
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right now. It's going to be nice and
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cold, and we're going to spoon it
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or dollop it all over the blueberry pie
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filling mixture here.
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>> And they don't make it easy, do they?
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Got it.
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>> There we go. My good.
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>> And this is 8 oz.
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>> So, I'm just going to spoon it
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everywhere I can.
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>> That way, it'll be easy to spread
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and we'll be able to decorate.
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And what you don't want to do is mix the
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Cool Whip with that blueberry layer
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there too much. Try not to.
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And I hope you have an offset spatula.
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That will really help. Here's my offset
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spatula. If you don't know what one is,
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go get it. It really helps with icings
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and that. So, what I'm going to do is
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just create a single layer
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very carefully. And now what I'm going
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to do is just kind of smooth it out.
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And then we're going to get a paper
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towel, go around the edges, clean it up,
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and then we're going to decorate. Now,
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we're going to decorate it with
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fireworks. And I found a design that I
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really wanted to try. And you just need
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some blueberries and some strawberries.
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And
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I'm going to be using some Ready Whip to
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end it all with. We're just gonna end it
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all. So, all right. So, the first thing
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we're going to do is we've got
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blueberries
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and we've got some strawberries. And I
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don't think we're gonna need all these
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strawberries because they're just going
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to be the tops of the firework there.
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We've already cleaned these off. So,
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we're going to start with the
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blueberries and we're going to decorate.
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I'm going to show you how we're going to
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do that. And then we'll end with the
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strawberries and then we'll do the
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outside
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design there. All right, y'all. Come on
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up. I'm scared.
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Now, while I'm putting the blueberries
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on the cake, Thomas is going to slice
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some of these slice strawberries here.
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He's just going to take off the top and
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then slice them. You probably get about
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four slices long ways on these
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strawberries here. All right, you guys.
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Let's go. We're going to make our
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fireworks. So, I'm going to take some
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blueberries.
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I'm going to start right here about one
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inch away from the edge there. And we're
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going to come in like you know the
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fireworks. Woo. Just like that. All
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right. And as we're getting over here,
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we're going to start making them a
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little bigger.
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>> Oh,
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strawberries are good.
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>> And don't go all the way to the edge.
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Remember, we have to leave that one
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inch, but we need to put strawberries
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there, too. So, I'm going to be coming
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through with just a single right here.
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We go. So, hang on to your blueberries.
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And then we're going to take the
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strawberries.
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And we're gonna start right here. One,
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two,
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three.
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Need some extra here. Four.
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And then we're going to put five right
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here.
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Right there.
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Then we're going to put some blueberries
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right in the center.
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There we go.
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Four and five. And then we'll put some
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blueberries right in there.
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There we go. One over here. All right,
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y'all. Look at that. Is that cool or
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what? Can y'all see it? Okay, there they
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go.
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Right
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now, I'm going to get my
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whipped topping.
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Now, you want to keep it very close to
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the edge here. And we're going to go.
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Just like that.
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Leave about an inch in between. And then
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Thomas is going to follow up behind me
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with a blueberry right in the center.
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>> I am.
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>> He is. I didn't know that.
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>> Yep.
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>> Let me see if that's in my contract.
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>> Just a little dollop, you guys.
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There we go. Now, I have a firecracker
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bunt cake that I did. Y'all go check
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that one out. Oh my goodness, that was
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awesome.
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And um if I think about it, I'll link it
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down below, but
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I don't know, you guys. All right, then
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we're going to show you the finished
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product here.
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I impressed myself.
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All right, you guys. What do you think?
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There it is. There's my fireworks Fourth
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of July blueberry poke cake using boxed
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cake mix. As easy as that. There you go.
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Y'all see that? Fabulous. I could have
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done the flag, but I've done the flag
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for y'all several times. I wanted to do
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fireworks.
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>> Yep.
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>> All right, we're going to chill this in
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the refrigerator to kind of pull it all
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together, and then we're going to come
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back. We're going to take a piece, give
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it a try for you. Look at those layers
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right there. Oh my gosh.
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Look how delicious that looks.
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There it is.
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Look at those layers.
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All right, Thomas and I are going to
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give it a try for you.
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I can't wait to try that.
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Here we go.
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I made a mess.
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>> She's good at that.
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>> That sweetened condensed milk with those
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blueberries.
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Over the top. Over the top delicious.
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>> Yep.
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>> Wow.
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That cake.
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Mhm.
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They're good.
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>> It's delicious, you guys. There's so
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many robust flavors in there.
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Yep. It holds up so well. Thumbs up on
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this one. Thumbs up to this guy here for
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helping.
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All right, you guys. Happy Fourth of
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July coming up. I hope y'all enjoy it.
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Let us know what you're making.
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I don't think we're making anything.
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>> Nope.
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>> We're just going to sit back and chill.
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>> We're just chilling.
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>> All right. Make sure that you hype this
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video, share this video, comment. Okay,
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and then we'll see y'all on the next
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episode. Happy 4th. Bye, you guys.
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>> Bye.
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