Binging with Babish: King of the Hill Special

Peggy Hill is many things: she's a mother. A boggle champ. A substitute teacher (substitute teacher of the year twice, in fact). A sculptor. A foot fetish model. A kidnapper. A survivor of a fall from 13,000 feet without a parachute. The mother of the 15th Dalai Lama. She is by her own admission, however, not a very good cook. Will her specialty dishes make it into the clean plate club?

Music: "Heart Ache" by Broke for Free

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[maximutatro]

Bold of you to assume that peggy wouldn’t add sugar to jarred sauce

[hotlinechernobyl]

"tastes like every spaghetti and meatballs your mother ever made" you sir, give my mother too much credit

[da_pikmin_coder]

The fact that he doesn't go over-the-top everything-from-scratch fancy in classic Babish style feels weirdly respectful. Like I feel like Hank Hill would be proud.

[TrolleyMC]

Confirmation: In S3 E21, Peggy brings frito pie to a potluck at a church. The pies cheese layer is shown to be yellow like american cheese. So yeah she does American.

[icantbiteice]

Peggy, that's the recipe for mustard gas!

[SavageGreywolf]

"And Peggy never makes any claims to be Italian so I'm guessing she's baking her meatballs instead of frying them" tbh Peggy would bake her meatballs instead of frying them even if she claimed to be Italian.

[aonbrogan]

You gotta give Peggy some credit. As un-humble as she is and how proud she is in being a strong woman she still takes her time to make her Husband and Child's favorites food. And none of them ever complain about Peggy's cooking being bad.

[pauldelong]

3:49 I can confidently say Peggy would boil the pasta no less than the exact recommended boiling time - I cannot imagine she would save any pasta water either

[rrm]

"This is a very forgiving recipe... And it will forgive you" why am I crying?

[trentgerein]

You forgot Peggy's secret ingredient to her famous "Apple Brown Peggy"; a tablespoon of orange juice.

[papa_squat]

"tastes like every spaghetti and meatballs your parents ever made"
Now babs, I like you, but if you ever said that to my Italian father he'd pop you right in the jaw

[jkjerbdhetheth]

I wouldn't be surprised if Peggy didn't just place an entire block of Velveta on top of her Frito Pie.

[AJ-gdhg]

Peggy hill doesn’t use butter! She only uses margarine !

[itsmebeter]

You know Hank’s favorite cheese. It’s good to know that you’re a true King of the Hill fan.

[jeffreyhymas]

Holy shit. My wife makes this thing she calls "Frito casserole" from time to time because its something her dad us to make. I did know it was a thing. I just thought it was the result of a desperate single dad with no cooking skills floundering in the kitchen.

[SuchaSofterSin]

it has been 4 years and we're still making that apple brown betty. It has become the dish we bring to dinners and potlucks and I still come back to this video because despite making it at least once a year, every year I always manage to forget something lol. You are 100% correct it is a forgiving recipe and thank you so so so much for uploading this Babish! ❤

[PhantomSavage]

From a Texan: When you make apple brown bettie, don't use regular bread crumbs, use yellow cake mix, and don't be afraid to use pre-made canned pie fillings... apple is great but my favorite is probably blackberry and my second favorite is probably peach (with Fredricksburg peaches), and don't feel bad about spending the extra dollar to buy quality vanilla ice cream over standard fare.

Cake mix makes all the difference in the world, and you actually don't even need to use the brown sugar mixture if you do, it has plenty of sugar in it already as does the filling if you make it yourself or use pre-made fillings. By far my favorite desert in the world, though we don't call it apple brown bettie, we call it a "crunch".

[Razzy]

Babish you clearly don't know midwestern folk like Peggy. They buy the ready made spaghetti sauce *and then* add sugar to it.

[anp]

I aint never had no frito pie that was smushed into a pie plate. it was just a pile of chili on fritos and cheese sprinkled on top

[morningcoffeeOW]

Fun Fact: American Cheese was created by a Canadian. Time to make our Canadian Cheese