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(whoosh sound)
Anthony: You know, there's several different
flavors of Spam, but we are operating and
Peggy: Turkey Spam.
(base guitar music)
(hip hop beat)
Anthony: I'm Anthony Anderson and
I'm on a mission to find the best
home cooks in America.
(hip hop beat)
We are in Upland, California
and we're here to see Peggy Lipton.
(buzzer)
(laughs) Peggy Linberg.
Anthony: Peggy Linberg.
(beep)
Anthony: Peggy Feinberg.
(buzzer)
(beep)
Dammit! Peggy what?
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Anthony: We are here to see Peggy Linberg,
LA County Fair winner,
and cook of Spam!
Canned meat!
I can't help but notice all of the blue ribbons
from the County Fair.
Peggy: Well, I started competing
about 30 years ago.
One of the contests was Spam
so that's what got me into
creating dishes where you can ...
Anthony: Spam.
Peggy: Highlight the Spam, but also
kind of, we play "hide the Spam".
Anthony: In my research of Spam,
Peggy: Mm-hmm?
Anthony: Soldiers in the army
called it Special Army Meat.
Spam.
Which brings us to the dish
that we're making today.
Peggy: Right.
Anthony: And what's the name of the dish?
Peggy: California Kulebiak.
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I think it's a Russian dish.
My husband and I were in Paris
taking one of the river boat trips
down the Seine and one of the dishes
they brought us was this Salmon Kulebiak.
It was fabulous and so I kind of
remembered it and then when the contest
came around at the Fair,
I decided, "Let's see if we can do it,
but with Spam instead."
Anthony: Oh, so you're trying to make
this Spam fancy?
Peggy: There you go.
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Anthony: So what is it that we're putting in here?
Peggy: We're frying up the spices right now ...
Anthony: What spices? Hold on, hold on ...
Let me see if I can ...
You have star anise in there?
Peggy: I have star anise, good nose, yeah.
Anthony: Who is the best cook of your children?
Peggy: Oh, my daughter.
Anthony: Has she competed against you?
Peggy: She beat me one of the times.
Anthony: Just once?
Peggy: Just once.
My dad was in the army, so we moved all around.
Anthony: Oh, so he knows about
the special army meat?
Peggy: My dad is born and raised in Hawaii
so we know from Spam.
It's definitely a Hawaiian treat and
you make Spam Musubi and ...
Anthony: It's crazy out there because ...
In fast food chains, Spam is on the menu.
Peggy: Yeah, it's on the menu.
Anthony: Spam burgers.
Peggy: Spam and eggs for breakfast.
Anthony: Spam and eggs.
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Peggy: Will you start shredding the Spam for me?
There's a fork there for you and
you've got to have the noise of it.
(slurping sound)
The plop ...
(hip hop beat)
Peggy: There you go! All right!
Anthony: So this is what I do, Peggy.
Peggy: All right.
Anthony: Mmm! There's nothing like
the smell of Spam in the morning!
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Peggy: That's bearnaise sauce,
and then we're going to add a little
sour cream and Vermouth to kind of
kick it up a little bit.
Anthony: Really?
I thought I was coming to work.
I didn't know I was coming to a party!
Peggy: Oh yeah.
Anthony: How do we assemble this?
Peggy: We're going to get some puff pastry,
that's in here in the frig,
then we're going to put spinach,
then the mushrooms and the shallots ...
Anthony: And then you have Spam here.
Peggy: Yup.
Anthony: This looks like a big burrito.
Peggy: (laughs) And then about half of
the bearnaise sauce, so that puts
some of the flavor ...
Good, there you go.
Anthony: There we go, you see that?
What about the egg?
Peggy: Thank you.
Anthony: Peggy ...
Peggy: Thank you.
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Anthony: Now where did you grow up, Peggy?
Peggy: I was born in Japan and
grew up in a lot of different ...
Anthony: Army brat
Peggy: Army brat ... Lot of different states
and then I went to college and
my parents went to Iran ...
Anthony: Wow.
Peggy: ... And they were there for four years,
so I've had cuisines from all over.
This is an egg yolk mixed with about
a tablespoon of cream so it will
brown up the puff pastry very nicely.
Anthony: Why did you look me dead in my eyes
when you said, "Let's brown up?"
(laughter)
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Anthony: I'm going to tell you
it looks and smells delicious.
Do you think I got some Spam on there?
(hip hop beat)
Mm! This is so delicious I can't
even taste the Spam.
Peggy: And actually, we could have put
a little bit of the sauce ...
Anthony: I see why they call you the Spam Queen.
Right now, I'm going to eat this Spamacopia.
Peggy: (laughs) That's a better title.
I like that.
Anthony: Spamacopia, right?
That bite is calling my NAME!
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Anthony: Oh!
Peggy: Cool!
Anthony: All right, do we pinch the corners?
Peggy: Yeah, we pinch ...
Anthony: Pinch the ends?
Peggy: Yeah, pinch the end ...
Anthony: Family show ...
Peggy: Pinch the ends ...
Anthony: Family show ...
Peggy: And you tuck it under ...
Anthony: Okay, pinch the ends and tuck it under,
I'm familiar with that.
(whoosh sound)
(door slam)