Food for Thought
Episode One Pilot
Episode 1 | 26m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Jeff and JA embark on a culinary adventure around Charleston.
Jeff and JA embark on a culinary adventure around Charleston, searching for intriguing ingredients to prepare a dinner party for their friends. As they travel from one location to another, selecting the finest local foods, they exchange ideas about the evening's menu.
Food for Thought is a local public television program presented by SCETV
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Food for Thought
Episode One Pilot
Episode 1 | 26m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Jeff and JA embark on a culinary adventure around Charleston, searching for intriguing ingredients to prepare a dinner party for their friends. As they travel from one location to another, selecting the finest local foods, they exchange ideas about the evening's menu.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ I'm J A Moore.
- And I'm Jeff Bradley.
I'm a financial advisor and a lifelong foodie.
♪ <Rep.
J.A.
Moore> - I'm a professional chef with a degree from Johnson and Wales.
♪ <Rep.
Jeff Bradley> - I'm a Republican and chair of multiple committees as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from District 123.
<Rep.
Moore> I'm a Democrat and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, District 15.
<Rep.
Bradley> We formed an unlikely friendship, <Rep.
Moore> across party lines.
<Rep.
Bradley> See, you're already wearing my apron today.
<Rep.
Moore> Well, you, you have on mine.
<Rep.
Bradley> Together we enjoy discovering foods <Rep.
Moore> and beverages, <Rep.
Bradley> cooking for our friends, and talking politics <Rep.
Moore> on our adventures across South Carolina.
♪ <Both> So, here's some food for thought.
♪ ♪ upbeat music ♪ ♪ <Rep.
Bradley> Good morning.
<Rep.
Moore> Jeff, how we doing, brother?
<Rep.
Bradley> Good.
<Rep.
Moore> Good to see you man.
<Rep.
Bradley> Good to see you.
<Rep.
Moore> Man I'm looking forward to this man.
<Alright> It'll be exciting.
<Rep.
Bradley> We got a group of folks coming over tonight.
<Yeah> What do you wanna feed 'em?
<Rep.
Moore> I think you should do some kind of fish.
I'ma let you do your creative, you know, vibes.
<Rep.
Bradley> Alright, how about this?
How about some fish with some lobster, scallops and shrimp on top?
<Rep.
Moore> Oh, wow.
<How's that sound?> That sounds great.
That sounds great.
I mean, you, so like, we're, we're talking a eight ounce piece of fish.
About 20 shrimp.
<20 shrimp?> 20 shrimp.
Man, I'm thinking, you know what?
There's a great place.
We're in Charleston man.
It's, it is been around for a long time.
It's called Captain Don's Seafood.
We should check it out and get some great fish man.
<Rep.
Bradley> Alright.
Captain Don's, here we go.
<Rep.
Moore> You're in for a treat, brother.
And we're at Captain Don's man.
We're gonna get it.
<Rep.
Bradley> Yep.
Look at that.
Look at that.
<Rep.
Moore> Look at all this.
This salmon.
We got some shark.
<Rep.
Bradley> Yeah, we need some shrimp.
<Rep.
Moore> We can get some shrimp, man.
Hey, how are you?
<Lynette Mitchum> I'm Good, how are you?
I'm Jeff.
I'm J.A.
How are you?
Hi I'm Lynette.
I'm doing good.
<Rep.
Bradley> It all looks good.
What do you got here?
Tell us what you got.
Right across the board.
<Lynette> Alright, we got whiting filet, skin on whiting and off whiting, salmon, swai, right, then flounder.
catfish, catfish with the bone still in, and shark.
<Rep.
Bradley> What's the story with the cut of this piece of meat for the shark?
<Lynette> This is a bigger shark that's like, this is a small shark.
So this is a bigger one cut in half.
<Just a bigger shark> So they had to cut it in half.
<Rep.
Bradley> Did I ever show you my megalodon tooth?
<Rep.
Moore> No, man, I need to see that.
<Rep.
Bradley> 28 million years old.
<28 million> 28 million years old.
<Rep.
Moore> It's about the same age as you.
[laughs] <Rep.
Bradley> So what else you got?
<Lynette> Oh, we have mahi.
It's right back here.
<Rep.
Bradley> Lets go take a look at the mahi.
<Rep.
Moore> Oh yeah man.
♪ <Rep.
Bradley> Oh, here we go.
We got some mahi right here.
Got some lobster tails.
That's exactly what I need.
We're gone fry these up.
We'll put some lobster on there.
Little scallops.
And we need some shrimp.
<Rep.
Moore> How many you thinking about doing with the scallops?
<Rep.
Bradley> Three per, <Three> Three per dish.
<Rep.
Moore> How many shrimp?
<Three> Three?
You sure that's enough man?
<Rep.
Bradley> That's eight ounces right there.
How much do you need?
<Rep.
Moore> I need more than eight ounces.
<Rep.
Bradley> How many shrimp do you think we need?
<Rep.
Moore> I'ma eat 10.
<Rep.
Bradley> You're gonna eat 10.
[laughs] 10!
♪ So, Lynette, what do you think?
How much do you think the average person eats?
<Lynette> Really figure a half a pound per person.
Eight ounce.
<Rep.
Moore> Oh, so I'm eating, my portions are too big.
<Lynette> Right.
<Rep.
Moore> Oh my goodness.
<Rep.
Bradley> Like your mouth.
[laughs] So how'd you do portion control at at Johnson and Wales?
<Rep.
Moore> So, at Johnson and Wales, what I always did, I always went against the grain.
The chef was, <I can't imagine> the instructor was like, to your point, They was talking about portion control.
I was like more shrimp, more lobster, more scallops.
What is over here with some crab?
<Rep.
Bradley> We got some Blue crab going on over there.
<Oh man> They're still alive.
<They're beautiful> Yeah, they are.
<Rep.
Moore> Hey buddies.
How are y'all?
Hey.
He speaking to you Jeff.
What is he saying?
<Rep.
Bradley> He's saying eat me.
Eat me.
[laughs] So we got six people.
So we need 18 shrimp.
<Rep.
Moore> 18 shrimp.
Give us all this shrimp.
You sure that's enough man?
<Rep.
Bradley> How many of you think we need?
<Rep.
Moore> Let's get 50.
<50> [laughs] Two pounds.
<Lynette> Making two pounds?
<Rep.
Moore> Yeah.
You cool with that?
<That's fine> We gonna eat whatever we don't put on the plate.
That's what I say.
<That's true> [laughs] <Lynette> Two pounds is gonna be about 60 shrimp.
<Rep.
Moore> Oh, look at it.
You have it down to a science.
♪ How long has your place been here?
<Lynette> Since 1977.
<Rep.
Moore> Oh my goodness.
<Rep.
Bradley> And you said it was your dad's?
<Yeah> <Rep.
Moore> Captain Don.<That's right> I wasn't born in 1977.
<Rep.
Bradley> You know, lobsters are just big shrimp.
<Rep.
Moore> Whoa!
We should get some boiled peanuts.
<Why wouldn't we?> Can we get some boiled peanuts?
Can we add that to it?
<Sure can> <Rep.
Bradley> Alright, thank you ma'am.
Appreciate it.
-Captain Don, 1977.
I love that.
Thank you so much.
-Thank you, Lynette.
- Take care.
-Thank you.
This is great, man.
- Don't, don't be dripping that stuff in my car.
Let me eat some of 'em.
Lemme eat some so that, so that there's less of 'em for the car.
- That's right.
<Rep.
Moore> I have this really good recipe that I do.
It's a cabbage, collards and kale with some onions and some other seasoning.
It's the Ali Bell blend.
It's named after my grandmother.
It was like my family's recipe.
I got a surprise for you man.
<Talk to me> My family, you know, they found out we were doing this party and they want to bless us with this surprise.
So we'll pick it up later, man.
What are you thinking for dessert, man?
<Rep.
Bradley> I know what we need to do for dessert.
We need to do a peach cobbler.
<A peach cobbler> -I can make a wicked peach cobbler.
Where we headed now?
<Rep.
Moore> We're going to Rukes to pick up some, all of the fresh vegetables.
<Sides> Yeah.
For your fresh peaches, for your cobbler.
The Ali Bell blend.
You are gonna love this place.
We can pick it ourself.
<Rep.
Bradley> One of the things that I enjoy about being in the House is how everybody gets along.
I mean, we disagree on the floor of the House and we disagree on how to accomplish things.
<Right> We walk out of the door and this is what happens.
That's what makes South Carolina so unique is that we, everybody in those two rooms, in that body of politic is all focused on trying to make the state of South Carolina better.
Genuinely make the state of South Carolina better.
And that's, that's awesome.
<Rep.
Moore> Yeah, we at Rukes.
Here we go, man.
<Rep.
Bradley> Looks like a roadside stand, but on steroids.
<Rep.
Moore> Let's check this place out man.
I need to get some cabbage, collards and kale, do this Ali Bell blend.
Look at this man.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
<Rep.
Bradley> Hey, how are you this morning?
<Good how you doing?> Good, good, good.
This your place?
<It is> -Awesome.
<Rep.
Moore> Can you show him the proper way to tell how good a watermelon is.
<Velvet Brown> Oh yeah.
Gotta listen for the sound.
<Let's see> [patting sound] That's a hollow sound.
That's a good one right there.
<Just like the drums> Exactly.
Exactly.
You gotta listen for that sound.
♪ <Rep.
Moore> I would love to hear the story about this place.
And then the name, like Ruke's, <Velvet Brown> Right?
Ruke's.
That's my uncle.
He started this place.
<Wow> That's his nickname.
He started over 30 years ago.
He started actually with watermelons out the back of his truck.
<Wow> And then once he started it, he came, he built it.
<Rep.
Bradley> Was Ruke a nickname or is it... <Velvet> That's his nickname.
Ruke's.
Then my dad took over after he passed away.
<Rep.
Moore> Oh wow.
That's great.
That's similar to this Ali Bell blend I was telling you about.
Man, it's the family legacy.
It's that cabbage, collards let see, she have some red onions over here.
<Let's pick it> Yeah man, we're excited.
We excited.
<Rep.
Bradley> You need a big one or you need a little one?
<Rep.
Moore> I mean, see this little one is good man.
You know, you could probably juggle these, you think?
<Rep.
Bradley> Gimme that one.
Let's see if I do this.
No, they're too heavy.
<Rep.
Moore> Look how beautiful this cabbage is.
Where's this cabbage from?
<Velvet> All my things comes from John's Island <Rep.
Moore> Oh yeah.
That's fantastic.
<Velvet> A lot of local farmers.
<Rep.
Bradley> How many of these do we need?
<Rep.
Moore> Let's get, we got six people.
You know me, I like to go overboard.
♪ We need some onions.
Yeah, we definitely need some red onions.
♪ <Rep.
Bradley> Peaches, peaches, peaches.
Look at there.
Look at there.
That works for me.
<Velvet> These the other good peaches.
<Rep.
Moore> Those are really great.
You know, it's crazy because like people think that Georgia produces more peaches, but it's South Carolina.
It's right here.
<It's our thing> That's right.
<It's our thing> ♪ <Rep.
Bradley> As slow as some of his votes.
[laughs] ♪ <Rep.
Moore> Right Under six pounds, huh.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Appreciate it.
See ya.
Yeah.
<Rep.
Moore> I told you man Ruke's man.
That's where it's at, brother.
<Rep.
Bradley> Alright, so what is the secret we're dealing with here?
<Rep.
Moore> Man, look, the secret is we're going to meet my family and they've made red rice.
<Awesome> You know, it's a Charleston staple.
We're gonna meet them over at my family's church at Mother Emanuel.
<Rep.
Bradley> Mother Emanuel.
<Yeah man> Those people are amazing.
The way they forgave was, I mean, it struck me like nothing I've ever experienced.
The ability of those folks to forgive was just staggering to me.
Well, your sister was one of the people that was killed that day.
<Rep.
Moore> My sister Myra Thompson was teaching Bible study that night <Unreal> and, it changed my life.
It made me realize how short life is and whatever your purpose is, you had to do it now.
But forgiveness, <Rep.
Bradley> Is that how you got into politics?
<Rep.
Moore> That was the catalyst in a way.
It helps me realize the importance we all have to serve other people.
The concept of service above self.
And it's a way, honestly, for me to grieve.
If a person votes a way that you wouldn't vote.
It's easy to forgive, but when it's something so dramatic and horrific and and awful, it really tests your faith and your core values.
You know, I think it would be good for to hear from our folks is, 'cause I know we have a diverse group coming, is like mass shootings in general, man.
<Rep.
Bradley> Well this is probably what we ought to talk about with our folks tonight.
So, Lillian is one of your sisters, right?
<Rep.
Moore> Yeah, she's family man.
And she is just an incredibly sweet, kind, thoughtful woman.
And her red rice is legendary.
<Can't wait> Yeah, man, It's legendary man.
<Rep.
Bradley> I gotta learn how to do red rice.
You must be Lillian.
<Lillian D. Coakley> Yes I am.
<Rep.
Moore> Oh my God, thank you so much.
<Thank you so much> Oh my goodness.
So appreciate that.
Good to meet you.
Thank you so much.
Oh my God.
I told him about your legendary red rice.
<Rep.
Bradley> And I can't wait to get into it.
<Lillian D. Coakley> Okay, enjoy.
<Thank you> Yeah.
You might have to teach him a class on making red rice.
I will.
That's wonderful.
Thanks ma'am Thank you so much again.
<Lillian> You are welcome.
Don't lose my pot.
[laughs] <Rep.
Moore> I won't.
I promise.
See you later.
<Rep.
Bradley> Don't tell, don't tell anybody.
[laughs] ♪ <Rep.
Moore> I ain't de-veining your shrimp for you brother.
<Rep.
Bradley> Well, you the one that wanted so many of them.
[laughs] ♪ <Rep.
Moore> No fatback man.
<Rep.
Bradley> What's wrong with fatback?
It's not kale or collards or greens If it doesn't have some fatback in it.
<Rep.
Moore> Man, look, we're not doing fatback today, man.
<Why not?> Fatback is not healthy, brother.
And so, no fatback in these greens.
[sizzling sound] Hey Jeff, can you do me a favor?
Can you take some of those onions, red onions, a little bit of those white onions and saute 'em for me please?
<Absolutely> Thank you brother.
[sizzling sound] You know, us having like this diverse group of people coming, is just a great opportunity to get their opinion.
How do you think we bring it up, man?
<Rep.
Bradley> Like a freight train?
Just right straight up front.
I don't see any sense in doing it any other way.
I think we need you to give them permission to talk about it, because I think everybody's gonna be a little sensitive with your personal experience.
<I understand.
Yeah> If you're gonna get a frank conversation from 'em, I think they need to feel like it's okay to talk about the topic in front of you.
<Like a safe space> <Rep.
Moore> Mass shootings are very complex and they have a number of different ingredients.
And it takes... <Rep.
Bradley> It does, it does take a lot of different ingredients.
<Yeah> You've got, you got a bad home life.
You end up with maybe a loner who's had mental health issues, access to some sort of firearms.
[water pouring sound] [water boiling sound] See, you're already wearing my apron today.
<Rep.
Moore> No, you, have on mine.
You know you got here first and you put on the blue apron.
I may be converting you.
<No> [laughs] <Rep.
Bradley> Good luck with that.
♪ [boiling sound] How's it looking over there?
-Man, this man, we're almost there man.
Add a little bit of pepper.
I saw you tasting it.
[knocking sound} You expecting somebody?
-No.
You?
No, no.
I wonder who's here?
Oh my goodness.
<Hi> Oh my gosh.
My housewife.
<Yes> What are you doing?
This is my seat mate.
Good to see you.
<Rep.
Shannon S. Erickson> I was in Charleston this morning babysitting grandchildren.
<Rep.
Bradley> This little seafood bisque.
This is a special of his grandmother.
<Rep.
Moore> Yeah, my grandmother's Ali Bell blend.
So it's cabbage, collards and kale, onions, no fatback.
He won't let me put fatback in it.
<Rep.
Erickson> Friends don't let friends eat imported shrimp.
<That's exactly right> I'm going back to the babysitting gig.
You guys try to behave yourselves in Charleston please.
<We're gonna do our best> Alright.
Enjoy.
Smells wonderful.
Can't wait to see it all finished.
See ya Thanks for coming by.
Thank you so much.
I appreciate it.
Good to see you.
Tell the kids hello.
Will do.
♪ <Rep.
Moore> I'm so glad she stopped by man.It's always good, <She's awesome> And again, like I said, we may disagree on issues but, We all kind of love each other.
Yeah man.
Well, you know, we're all South Carolinians at the end of the day, man.
That's the most important thing.
We all, we all want to do the best we know how for the people.
♪ <Rep.
Moore> Ali Bell blend is done brother.
<Awesome.
Awesome> How can I help?
<Rep.
Bradley> Do you mind doing these scallops?
<Rep.
Moore> You bring them over brother.
<Rep.
Bradley> Alright, what I got is I got sugar on the top side.
<Okay> And we wanna cook that side first.
<Alright> And if you don't mind doing that for 90 seconds.
<Ok> [sizzling sound] What do you, how do you think we find common ground, Jeff?
On mass shootings?
How do we...
I think we just gotta talk about it.
We gotta listen to one another.
That's the key.
Just listening.
That's perfect.
♪ When I get through with this, you gonna think peach cobbler's forgiveness.
[laughs] I'm looking forward to, to definitely trying it man.
And if this is another way to heal, man, I'm all for it.
♪ Alright, here we go.
Here we go.
Daniela.
Thank you so much.
You're most welcome.
Look at there.
Boom.
Alright.
How are we doing?
Good.
I'm ready to dig in.
This looks awesome.
Thank you guys for coming.
We're delighted to have you.
<Rep.
Bradley> You wanna talk a little bit about what the food is?
<Rep.
Moore> We have a bed of red rice, my dear, dear sister Lillian prepared it for us.
We have a Ali Bell blend, which is cabbage, collards, kale.
<Ooh> Little red onions, little garlic, a little boom, little bow.
<Rep.
Bradley> And then we have the mahi mahi, which is blackened.
It's got a special blend on it.
My special blend.
And then we have scallops and shrimp and lobster on top of the fish.
Fresh from, Don, Captain Don's Seafood.
Captain Don!
Captain Don.
Bon appetit y'all.
<Sally Gardocki> Oh, that is so good.
<Rep.
Bradley> You know, J.A.
's sister was at Mother Emanuel when that happened.
And we got talking about mass shootings and we thought what we'd like to do is get your input on what causes it, what we can do as a society to try and combat that.
<Rep.
Moore> Y'all have a really diverse group of experiences.
In fact, like Brad, we've known each other for 30 years.
<30 years> You know, and, Brad's a really good person.
<Rep.
Bradley> What's he doing hanging out with you?
Ahh man.
[laughs] <Rep.
Moore> But, your experience doing two tours of duty in Afghanistan and we, I think I speak for everybody.
Thank thank you for your service.
Yeah.
For, for protecting this country.
I mean Daniela of course, you know, originally being from Colombia.
<the country> - Colombia, Not South Carolina.
That's right.
Being an international attorney, going to Texas A and M, and getting your master's degree in international affairs.
<Rep.
Bradley> Well this is Sally Gardocki and she has a son who is a West Point graduate.
And this is my good friend Lee Lucier.
And Lee is a restauranteur.
So as I said, we were talking on the way down to Captain Don's about his sister and we kind of got on the angle of forgiveness.
I said, where are we going?
He said, we're going to get this red rice at the Mother Emanuel and I said, you know, it was amazing to me how those folks were able to forgive what happened.
We recognize that it's a multifaceted problem.
It's not a single issue that's gonna make this go away, but we are interested to hear what you have to say.
<Lee Lucier> I've found, and everyone we've talked to and with our families, everything in life revolves around food.
Typically.
This is where you can talk and I think we need more of that.
<Sally> I would just love to say to you how sorry I am for what happened as a South Carolinian.
I just felt for all of the families and I'm just so sorry.
Still, I think that when good people have the right intentions, good solutions can be had.
So I thank you both for inviting me here today and I appreciate meeting everybody here.
<Rep.
Bradley> One of the things that I thought was an issue in a mass shooting situation is the isolation of the individual.
How do we include these people in our society better?
<Brad L. Mitchell> Inclusion starts early on.
People start to feel outcasted.
I feel like around elementary, maybe even before sometimes.
<People picking on 'em and stuff> Yeah.
Especially with social media it's even like people are bullied even though they're home.
You know what I mean?
They start to feel that pressure early, you know, <Rep.
Bradley> Do you think we ought to set policy to stop social media from having the ability to bully other people?
<Brad> It's just so hard to probably get something like that in into legislation, but I mean, ideally you would like that, but, you know, with freedom of speech, it's kind of a slippery slope.
I guess it kind of boils back to the parents and regulating internet use and monitoring internet use and you know, kind of knowing your child and knowing when they're getting too much or when they're getting affected by it too much.<Right> You know.
<Rep.
Bradley> You bring up a good point.
I think the parents have a lot to do with this too, don't they?
<Brad> Absolutely.
<Rep.
Moore> Well, I mean, look, I mean, I think that is a part of it, but that's not all of it.
I think the statistics also show that the loners, people that have committed mass shootings aren't necessarily just fatherless people.
They're people that are without hope or people that struggle with mental health.
<Daniela Bonnet> Yeah, I agree with that.
People that usually like, kind of discharge that anger into a community and wanna be heard, wanna be, speak out loud.
And that's the way they do it because they don't have the best tools.
But we have to come back to the root of the problem.
And that's mental health, that's educating the community, educating the population.
<Rep.
Bradley> How do you feel about Daniela taking your guns away?
<Sally> Well that's not what she said.
[laughs] <Daniela> Thank you for clarifying that.
Right.
You see man, these Republicans, they'll make you think.
[laughs] <Daniela> Putting words in my mouth.
<Rep.
Bradley> There is a gun culture in this.
We have a very complicated relationship with guns in this country.
<Sally> It is multi, like the food, it is multifaceted.
It's so many different levels of what went wrong, where and how to stop the bleeding first.
So it's almost like playing triage.
What do we stop first so that we can then maybe get to the root?
Because to get to the root first I think would almost be impossible.
So, I really honestly think it's not a simple solution.
<Lee>We have a right to vote and we have a right to bear arms, and we have these polar opposite solutions to those.
If they're being bullied and being ostracized, they're gonna find a group that's not necessarily the right group to influence 'em.
But, our right is to be able to vote.
But we have to register to vote.
But we don't always have to register to have a gun.
<Rep.
Moore> Is there a need to register to own a gun.
<Brad> Yes, I believe you should have to.
It should have to be on record.
<Daniela> It's easy to get a gun here in the U.S. That's why statistics show that the U.S. have like highest rates of crimes, <violent> mass shooting massive crimes compared to other developed countries.
<Lee> The crime is unfortunately the murder or the mass murder and that's by the person, not the gun.
We have to deal with people and we have to, whether it's mental health, inclusion, or conversations and support, that's the difficult part is how do we get to the people first.
<Brad> So you feel that we would develop just as many mass shooters, even if less guns were available?
<Lee> No, I agree with registering the guns.
<Rep.
Moore> The challenging part here is, here in this country, which we all love so much, it's the second amendment.
And also it is a fact that disproportionately the victims of violent crimes, specifically with guns are African Americans, minority, low income folks.
<Rep.
Bradley> There's an awful lot of people who believe in the Second Amendment and they're gonna object and they're going to fight any sort of gun confiscation thing.
And I also think we need to be careful with the registration aspect of it.
'cause it does say we have the right to bear arms.
<Lee> The commonality of it is we want a solution.
<That's right> And that's where I think a lot of times it's encouraging to see guys like you come across and say, we can disagree, but we can agree.
You know, we all want a solution to this.
<Rep.
Bradley> It's gonna have to be built on multifaceted approaches.
We have to deal with mental health, we have to deal with isolation, we have to deal with the internet and social media and that sort of stuff.
I think we have to take great care on how we deal with guns in this country because of the culture of guns.
But again, it's a tool.
I think you can do as much damage with a handgun.
I mean, if you have three or four handguns and you walk into a school, you don't need an assault rifle.
<Rep.
Moore> Yeah, the tool itself is made to kill.
And you know, I'm still struggling every day with that concept of forgiveness.
<Sally> And in the south there are all these great peaches that grow all the time, so they're fresh.
<Daniela> Thank you.
<Sally> Whose recipe?
Whose recipe?
Yours?
<That's mine> That's yours?
<That's mine> Original.
<Daniela> It looks delicious.
<Rep.
Bradley> Final thoughts?
<Sally> Listen to each other, listen with open ears.
And even if you're from somewhere else, you have a different occupation, a different walk of life, listen, because I think the solution lies in the listening.
I really do.
<Brad>I think maybe implementing something in the school system, like I said early for kids and let them know, you know, about anxiety, about bullying, about, you know, the importance of people wanting to feel included.
<Rep.
Bradley> This is the chair of the special committee on education right there.
<Daniela> We make the community and the citizens feel safe in the community and the right of defending themselves.
<Lee> There's some horrible results and there's some horrible actions and there's horrible repercussions, but if you and the government, our elected officials can find that commonality and start nibbling at this, at the commonality, and then the broader, the broader spectrum I think becomes a little clearer.
<Rep.
Bradley> We just need to talk to one another and experience as much of this as we can so that we can share ideas and share cultures and, and move beyond.
And with that, I'm gonna have some more peach cobbler.
This was great, man.
Yeah, it was fun.
This is really good, man.
We gotta do this again.
Everybody was so willing to share their opinions, man.
It was, I enjoyed it.
I tell you what man, this peach cobbler?
That's forgiveness.
♪ closing music ♪ I mean, when I was a kid I used to eat a lot, too.
I can't eat as much anymore, [laughs] - Man.
I'm looking forward to this man.
You know, and you know how this really, if we do this seafood, man, I have this really good recipe that I do.
It's a cabbage, collards and kale with some onions and some other seasoning.
It's the Ali Bell blend.
It's named after my grandmother.
What?
Tell me about that - Ali Bell.
Yeah man.
It's like, it's like it's cabbage, The blend being the vegetables that are in it or, Yeah, yeah.
Right.
It's a blended of, of these green leafy power foods and it's really tasty.
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