Paula Deen interview about the movie Elizabethtown

.................... Chuck the Movieguy interviews Paula Deen for the movie Elizabethtown .................... Country Pork Chop and Potatoes with Black Pepper White Gravy Recipe Ingredients Black Pepper White Gravy: 4 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 1/2 cups whole milk Dash freshly grated nutmeg Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Potatoes: Nonstick spray 4 large Yukon gold potatoes, well scrubbed and cut into 1/4-inch slices 1 large shallot, minced Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Pork Chops: 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 center-cut pork chops, about 3/4-inch thick Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Chopped fresh parsley, for serving, optional Directions For the gravy: Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once the butter is melted and foamy, stir in the flour and cook until pasty, 1 to 2 minutes. Slowly whisk in the milk, making sure there are no lumps. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Season the sauce with nutmeg, a pinch of salt and black pepper. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. For the potatoes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9- by 9-inch casserole dish with nonstick spray. Layer a third of the potatoes into the casserole dish. Top with a third of the shallots and sprinkle lightly with salt and black pepper. Repeat with the remaining potatoes and shallots, a third at a time. Cover the potatoes with the black pepper white gravy and bake, covered in tinfoil, for 25 minutes. For the pork chops: Heat the vegetable oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Combine the flour, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne together in a pie plate. Sprinkle the pork chops on both sides with salt and black pepper, and then dredge them through the flour mixture. Add the pork chops to the hot oil and brown on both sides. You do not want to cook them all the way through. Remove the casserole dish from the oven and lay the chops on top of the potatoes. Bake until the potatoes are soft and the pork chops are cooked through and browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Serve with some chopped parsley sprinkled over the top if desired. .............................. Paula Deen There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people. I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard. You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills. I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It's not all about the cooking, but the fact that I can contribute by using my influence to help people all over the country. In the last two years, my partners and I have fed more than 10 million hungry people by bringing meat to food banks. There's not one food that causes diabetes.What causes Type II diabetes is being overweight... I've just come to grips, over the past four or five months, with my diabetes. We have made a commitment to feed 20-million people over the next two years. We are somewhere around 10 million. But I can promise you that we are not going to stop at 20 million. Because hunger, there is almost no cure for it. You can take care of the problem today, but it is a recurring problem.