No other TV show comes close to being as oddly perfect as Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner
Party.
It's equal parts weird, educational, and hilarious.
A gangsta rapper pairing up with a grandmother and businesswoman might have seemed like a
recipe for failure, but the opposite couldn't be more true.
The show, with its rotating list of celebrity guests, has proven to be a ratings blockbuster
and hit with critics, even earning an Emmy nom.
The show returned for its second half of Season 2 in August 2018, and we couldn't be hungrier
for whatever these two are cooking up next.
But to quench your thirst between episodes, here's what you need to know about Martha
and Snoop.
"Just to clarify, I'm not high right now.
But whoever gave us this show, they musta been.”
Real deal friendship
The idea of a cooking show with co-hosts Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart definitely sounds
absurd.
And, sure, they might be like oil and water on the surface, but their friendship is 100
percent genuine.
The pair have had a fondness for one another ever since Snoop was a guest on Martha back
in 2008.
"Is this Parkay or margarine?”
“No no.
This is butter.”
“Unsalted butter.
And look…”
“I used to like that commercial...Par-kaaaay."
Over the years, their friendship has grown into what Snoop calls, quote, "a natural combination
of love, peace, and harmony."
"He was funny, he was amusing, he was nice, he has great intelligence, and I thought we
could get along, and he thought he could get along with me.”
Watch a single episode and it's immediately obvious that the two have great chemistry.
Producer SallyAnn Salsano said,
"…I think it feels so good because you have two people that genuinely love each other
and respect each other, for real."
"People woulda never thought that we could have a relationship and have a friendship.
But that's what's wrong with people.
Stop judging the book by the cover."
Legalized Snoop
Saying that Snoop Dogg enjoys weed is an understatement.
And he isn't just playing a character either, he's very much the stoner buddy to his strait-laced
sidekick, and enjoys being high once the cameras start rolling.
"Hit it Snoop.
Hit it Snoop.
Hit it Snoop.”
“Say go-go-go shorty, it's your birthday.
We gonna party like it's your birthday"
Stewart joked to the Washington Post,
"He comes onto the set pretty high, and leaves pretty high.…That's the way he lives."
And cooking under the influence seems to almost be a necessary ingredient for Snoop.
Why else would he put delicious potato chips and a dash of Colt 45 in a fried chicken recipe?
"Notice how I ain't used one utensil.
This would be considered east side Long Beach style.”
He told the paper,
"Sometimes I may smoke one, sometimes I may smoke 100.
It depends on what's necessary for me to do what I'm doing."
"I wanna add the truffle topping.
It's like a mushroom.”
“It's like a mushroom, do it do what mushrooms do, cuz if it is, I'm a fan of truffles now.”
Martha feels the vibes
Stewart might not start her day by toking up with her co-star, but that's not to say
she hasn't come into contact with the stuff.
"Martha, have you ever tried a edible?”
“No of course not.
I’m square.”
“Have you smoked with Martha?
Did Martha eat a edible yet?”
“I am square.”
Apparently, the smoke is sometimes so prominent on the set, she told The Hollywood Reporter,
"I get kind of high from secondary smoke.
I'm not a smoker myself, but the smoke is quite thick around the set."
But it's not the first time the rapper's habit has rubbed off on Stewart.
"Let's get to the reason I'm here tonight, which is to give Justin Bieber some tips for
when he inevitably ends up in prison.”
Stewart told Seth Meyers that while sitting next to Snoop during the taping of Justin
Bieber's Comedy Central roast, she got a contact high during the four hours it took to film
it.
"I was totally high by the...by the time I got...to that microphone.
Aye yie yie.”
Snoop recounted the roast on the Howard Stern Show, saying,
"By the time she gets up there to tell her jokes…”
“She’s whacked out of her head.”
“She's whacked out of her head but she steals the f---ing show."
And just in case you need some proof:
"I walked into the chow hall, picked out the biggest bull d---, and I stuck her.”
Tossing one back
"I'm gonna pour one out for my homie.”
Snoop and Stewart might not be sharing, but that doesn't mean the two aren't celebrating
their success, and come happy hour, Stewart's all about wetting her whistle.
"Just a little bit of vodka, a tad of vermouth, and shake."
Snoop admitted to Jimmy Kimmel,
"She forces me to drink alcohol everyday on the show with her."
The rapper doesn't seem to be fudging the truth either.
So far, fans have seen the pair enjoy anything from beer to champagne, and bloody marys...on
the show.
"You gave me that before, didn't you?”
“No.”
“Sangria?”
“Never.”
“Well gimme some now"
Snoop admitted he has mostly given up drinking, but he obliges when he's offered a beverage
from his co-host, telling Kimmel,
"I don't drink anymore, but with her I have to drink"
"So Martha will get you a little drunk, but it doesn't go the other way?
We're workin’ on that"
The Dogg can cook
Followers of Stewart know that she can cook like nobody's business, but when it comes
to the Doggfather, Martha says he can hold his own.
"Drip it, drop it, drop it, drip it.
Drip it.
Drop it.
Drip it."
She told CBS,
"His Cornish game hens that he made yesterday were the best thing so far on this show."
Snoop admitted that recipe came from his mother, but was quick to point out that working alongside
Martha has only made him more confident in the kitchen, telling AARP,
"Martha taught me how to make a pizza.
I'm talking about from scratch!"
A cookbook fo' shizzle?
"The first trick to the trade is you take some tata chips...we won this s--- already
yo."
If you regularly watch the show and salivate over Martha Stewart and Snoop's creations,
you're in luck.
A cookbook from the duo could soon be on the way.
"Everyone likes to get their freak on, right?”
“Where is this comin’ from Martha?
We haven't even ate yet.”
Let's be honest: who else is going to put out a cookbook that could potentially include
both truffle pizza and pork chops with a malt liquor glaze?
Stewart told the LA Times,
"We publish good, tested recipes.
That's important to me."
"By the way, unagi is an aphrodisiac.”
“So is Viagra in that?"
The show has proved that just about anything is possible with these two, so who knows what
the future will hold.
But we can all agree that a Snoop and Martha cookbook would be, as Snoop might say, "off
the hizzy."
"For shizzle.”