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Fresh Food Friday

I grabbed the groceries from the back of my trunk and carried them into the kitchen. "Here let me help with that!" Said Gunner grabbing a few bags from my arms. "Thanks. So you ready to be on my channel?" I asked as I started to put away the groceries. "Yeah I'm excited to see the type of work you do." "Well tonight we will record me making dinner with you guys and cooking and then we will play video games and record that." "You do a lot of filming so how many hours do you do editing?" "I've honestly lost track." I laughed almost bitterly. "Long nights?" I nodded as I got out the ingredients that I would need for cooking. "So what are we making tonight?" Tanner asked as he walked into the kitchen with Woods. "Cider-braised pork chops with mashed potatoes and corn and Yellow Hammers for drinks." "Seems like a lot of work." Tanner said. "And then to film it all." Gunner added. "Well that is why all of you will be helping out in a part. Woods you will be in charge of making the Yellow Hammers, Tanner you will be in charge of boiling the corn and making the mashed potatoes and Gunner you and I will make the pork chops. I set up the camera and the mic and everything. As we all stand at the island across from the camera. I hit the record button on the remote and start my intro. "Hey what's up you guys it's Julia! and today for our Fresh Food Friday we have some special guests joining us for dinner. We have Woodland DeMars my brother, we have the charming Tanner Malmedal his friend, and we have Tanner's best friend Gunner Gomez. Now all of their links will be in the description so feel free to check it out! Now I always have a rule in my kitchen which is if you want to eat you have to work for it and that is exactly what we are going to be doing. So Gunner and I are going to be making Cider-braised pork chops with apples and onions while Tanner boils the corn and makes the mashed potatoes. Woods will be making our drinks for tonight so let's get started and we will be checking up on everyone as they go. So first Gunner we are going to make sure each side of our four pork chops is covered in salt and pepper so why don't you get started on that while I am going to head over to the stove and using a skillet I will be heating up about a teaspoon of olive oil. After that heats up we will be cooking our pork chops in the skillet for about 2 minutes on each side or until it browns." Gunner brings the pork chops over and sets them in a skillet while keeping an eye on them. "Alright and while he is doing that Tanner what are we working on?" "Well right now I am just shucking the corn. I have set a pot on the stove with water in it to boil and that is where the corn will go after it is shucked. Then I have a smaller pan in the back filled with water set to boil for the mashed potatoes."  "Looks great." I help him shuck two of the corn on the cobs before heading over to Woods at the bar. "Okay woods so tell me a little bit about the drink we are making what is it and what is in it?" "Okay so we are making the Yellow Hammer cocktail. It has Vodka, Rum, Amaretto, Orange Juice, Pineapple juice and ice and that's about all the ingredients you will need. So we are going to start off setting our glass of ice into the freezer to chill while we mix this drink. So first we will take 2 oz. of Vodka, 2 oz. of Rum, 1 oz. Amaretto, 4 oz. of orange juice, 7 oz. of pineapple juice and mix it all up." He place all of the alcohol into a shaker and mixes it up. I grab the glass of ice and he pour the drink over the ice before garnishing it with a pineapple wedge. "Those look amazing!" He hands me one and I sip it. "They taste amazing too! So Woods is going to continue making more drinks for all of us while I head back over to Gunner. Okay Gunner so now what are we doing?" "Now we are adding in 1/2 cup of the hard cider and 2 cloves of minced garlic and we are going to let that simmer for about 3 minutes turning the pork chops over every now and then. Now we are adding 1/2 cup of chicken stock and we are going to cook this for about 10-15 minutes." "While he does that I am going to head back over to Tanner and see how things are going." I walk over to Tanner and I see him putting the corn into the boiling water. "So how's it going?" "It's going pretty well now we are just going to let the corn boil until tender and we are going to add the ready made mashed potatoes to the water and after stirring we will add milk and butter." He adds the mashed potatoes and I grab plates and start to set the table. Woods helps me as he puts everyone's drink on wherever they are sitting. After a couple more minutes of cooking the food is finally done and the boys bring it out to the dining room table while I end my video. "Well that is going to be it for tonight guys all of the recipes will be in the description below. Hope you guys try this out and if you do send me a picture of it on instagram. Hope you guys have an amazing night and always remember home cooked meals are always better shared. Bye guys!" I end the video and join the guys in the dining room. "That was actually fun because I like how off camera you had the recipes for us to follow which were really simple and now we are learning how to cook too." Tanner said. "Well I also though the morning work on making the dessert for tonight." "Sweet!" Woods said. "I always like Friday nights because we get to have friends over and we get to cook really good food so it makes me happy." Woods said. "Well I'll cheers to that!" We all held out our glasses and cheers and drank them. We all ate and talk and laughed as we spend the rest of the night enjoying each other's company. After dinner was done I washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. Then I headed upstairs with Gunner and Tanner and prepped them for our next video.