When Marsha broke her ankle last year, I stepped up as head nurse. Obviously she couldn't walk for many, many weeks so I gladly assisted her as best I could. One of those ways happened to be cooking her something every once and a while.
Well, making her something.
One evening we decided I should make Cornflake Candy. Not that one needs an excuse for CC, but it does have special happy powers and the patient was definitely needing some during that dark time.
Having seen Marsha make this treat many times over the course of our friendship, I hopped up, went to the kitchen, and gathered the ingredients.
As the story goes when Marsha tells it, all of a sudden she tuned in to what was happening in the kitchen and this is what she heard:
"Ok guys! Now we are going to take the sugar and Caro syrup, pour it in the little pot, and bring it to a boil!"
And it continued:
"Ok guys! NOW we are going to pour the peanut butter mixture all over the cornflakes!"
Slowly but surely, I OK GUYS-ed myself through a whole little Cornflake Candy-making cooking show. And ever since my series premier, I have the habit of going into full-on Food Network star every time I am around at least two ingredients that are going to be combined in some way.
"OK guys! Now I am going to pour this milk over this cereal!"
It really happens.
I share this story to set the stage for my pure excitement over what occurred out at the Hagan's on Sunday afternoon.
Last week Marsha told me that a college guy we know through our dear Rebecca was filming a cooking show for one of his classes and wanted to use their kitchen. She agreed, and on Sunday Brett and Sarah came over and started setting up for the first REAL cooking show to be filmed in the Hagan kitchen.
We've come a long way since the humble beginnings and the Cornflake Candy.
Lucky for Brett, his sister just happens to be a chef and was a prime candidate to help him with his video assignment.
We instantly loved Sarah.
And let it be said that we were extremely impressed with the set-up. This was no MacBook Pro filmed movie.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Maybe one day we can film Alan's commercial with something like this...
Although she has been my co-host many times, Phoebe was very concerned and confused about what was happening in her casa.
She kept looking around like, "What in the name of treats is going on here?"
When we revealed that Sarah was going to be cooking, she was immediately on board.
"Don't let this fat belly fool you...I haven't eaten since like an hour ago."
Sarah is a trained professional, so it was so fun to watch her get set up.
She had beautiful ingredients and shared with us that she was going to be making several appetizers.
Getting everything set up....
I was the stand in for a little bit so Brett could check the cameras. It felt like I was looking into my destiny.
Pretty soon it was time to get started!
Sarah began the show by putting together some Roasted Red Pepper Canepes.
I could have had her stop right there with the olive oil drizzled, sea salt sprinkled baguettes. Which is why my cooking show would never make it off the cutting room floor.
This was actually Sarah's first time being filmed in this way, so she was understandably a little bit nervous.
Because of this, I sat on the stairs in her view so she could talk to me instead of the cam - and I could pretend to be a real live, hungry human being. No acting ability needed there.
It was so fun being in the studio audience.
Finally after much hard work behind and in front of the camera - success!
Let me just tell you - everything was SOOOO good.
And beautiful!
At the end of the video Jake, Brett, and I got to join Sarah in front of the camera as we pretended to be her party guests. I thought this was going to be my breakthrough role, but I don't think the Academy usually recognizes actresses who don't have lines and who work to get spinach out of their teeth the whole time their on screen.
Sarah, you're awesome!
OK guys! That's how you make a cooking show!
