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| 106. But I love fruitcake! |
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I've loved it all my life! I can't wait to make it every year.  |
| -Fruitcake, Greenbean casserole... Typical Yeachh recipes you like to hate. |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-15-08 07:56 PM |
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I have loved fruitcake for 58 years, give or take a few weeks. |
123infinity |
Nov-15-08 08:00 PM |
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Dear god. |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-15-08 08:03 PM |
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My whole family likes fruitcake, 4 of us. |
madmom |
Nov-15-08 08:08 PM |
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FREAKS. lol. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-15-08 08:57 PM |
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Well yeah... but that's beside the point! : ) |
madmom |
Nov-15-08 09:15 PM |
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Actually some people make their own and it is quite good. nt |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 08:39 PM |
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I saw a fruitcake wedding cake once. |
igil |
Nov-15-08 10:18 PM |
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To me, it sounds like most of the guests have only ever had "bad" fruitcake |
kentauros |
Nov-15-08 11:14 PM |
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Was this at the Timberline? |
XemaSab |
Nov-15-08 11:32 PM |
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My kneejerk guess is that you've never had a truly good fruitcake in your life! |
kentauros |
Nov-15-08 11:10 PM |
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Thanks for posting that! |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Nov-15-08 11:57 PM |
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You're welcome! |
kentauros |
Nov-16-08 01:09 AM |
#94 |
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Good fruitcake is a wonderful thing. |
Left Is Write |
Nov-16-08 04:44 PM |
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I think my mom has one on a closet shelf somewhere that she'd be happy to send ya. n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Nov-15-08 08:05 PM |
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Great! Have her send it to Tse-ta-sa Laikta Sotsu-Hsia at General Delivery |
123infinity |
Nov-15-08 08:33 PM |
#26 |
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Love some with my morning coffee. |
emilyg |
Nov-15-08 09:04 PM |
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yep. Me too. Smothered in Brandy & tossed down with a glass of sherry. Yum |
crazylikafox |
Nov-15-08 10:16 PM |
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Cheers! |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Nov-15-08 11:50 PM |
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Is fruitcake really that bad? |
AspieGrrl |
Nov-15-08 08:02 PM |
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I love fruitcake |
Madam Mossfern |
Nov-15-08 08:04 PM |
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HATE HATE HATE fruitcake. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-15-08 08:56 PM |
#42 |
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Yeah you prolly like raw fish |
123infinity |
Nov-15-08 09:25 PM |
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The standard, boxed fruitcake is vile |
csziggy |
Nov-15-08 08:06 PM |
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You mean it ain't Kosher? How is that possible? |
123infinity |
Nov-15-08 08:26 PM |
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I dunno, I guess it's just a Christmas thing? |
AspieGrrl |
Nov-15-08 08:44 PM |
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Hey, no sweat. There are a bunch of things I've never had and the reasons weren't even |
123infinity |
Nov-15-08 08:48 PM |
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Good fruitcake made with bourbon, brandy or rum and good, sweet dried fruit |
Left Is Write |
Nov-16-08 04:48 PM |
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Fruit Ambrosia and Broccoli Casserole |
csziggy |
Nov-15-08 08:03 PM |
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I gotta tell ya.... |
grasswire |
Nov-15-08 08:07 PM |
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I think "fruit ambrosia" & "heavenly hash" are one in the same. |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-15-08 08:09 PM |
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What my sis-in-law calls Ambrosia does not have whipped cream or Cool Whip |
csziggy |
Nov-15-08 08:18 PM |
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I love ambrosia - haven't had it in years |
jpak |
Nov-16-08 04:58 PM |
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Not a recipe, but: SOYJOY tastes realy bad, like old fruitcake. I've had over a dozen people try |
mondo joe |
Nov-15-08 08:03 PM |
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Creamed tuna on toast. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Nov-15-08 08:03 PM |
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creamed corn |
GloriaSmith |
Nov-15-08 08:04 PM |
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Hey I like the green bean casserole - but only if you use fresh green beans |
bob_weaver |
Nov-15-08 08:04 PM |
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That's what I do, |
Blue_In_AK |
Nov-15-08 09:42 PM |
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I agree frozen works well. |
michele77 |
Nov-15-08 09:53 PM |
#68 |
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My kids (who are all adults now) would be really upset |
Blue_In_AK |
Nov-15-08 10:14 PM |
#74 |
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Same here |
sasquatch |
Nov-16-08 06:09 PM |
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Yams swimming in brown sugar syrup and marshmallows. |
bob_weaver |
Nov-15-08 08:06 PM |
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OMG! Really. I had forgotten that one. |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-15-08 08:13 PM |
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And yams are already sweet to begin with. They don't need much sweetening. |
bob_weaver |
Nov-15-08 08:31 PM |
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Yes. |
igil |
Nov-15-08 10:22 PM |
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That is my most unfavorite Thanksgiving dish. I hate that stuff. |
ocelot |
Nov-15-08 08:51 PM |
#38 |
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Same with me |
bob_weaver |
Nov-15-08 08:55 PM |
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I hated 'em too |
fortyfeetunder |
Nov-15-08 09:48 PM |
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dh insists we have it on christmas. |
mopinko |
Nov-15-08 11:27 PM |
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Amen. |
peekaloo |
Nov-16-08 11:00 AM |
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That would be my least favorite too, ... |
surrealAmerican |
Nov-16-08 02:27 PM |
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I never understood the fascination with green bean casserole..I always thought |
TK421 |
Nov-15-08 08:06 PM |
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I totally agree with U - greenbean casserole - UGH! |
Chipper Chat |
Nov-15-08 08:16 PM |
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double UGH!! |
TK421 |
Nov-15-08 08:40 PM |
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The "chunky vomit" secret ingredient is |
Habibi |
Nov-15-08 08:21 PM |
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I remember the first time I had this stuff, and I HATE HATE HATE onions! |
TK421 |
Nov-15-08 08:41 PM |
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I'll eat a lot of things and will try new things, but I draw the line at intestinal byproducts |
elocs |
Nov-15-08 08:15 PM |
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I watched some show about fruitcake once |
junofeb |
Nov-15-08 08:17 PM |
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I think they have the same half-life as U-235 n/t |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-15-08 08:20 PM |
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Oyster stuffing for the turkey - yeach!!! |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 08:37 PM |
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Hey. I ordered up a quart of fresh Apalachicola oysters yesterday |
123infinity |
Nov-15-08 08:49 PM |
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Maybe I've never had it done right . . . ? |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 09:04 PM |
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Apparently! You aren't anti-oyster, which is great...but of course will send you to Hell. |
123infinity |
Nov-15-08 09:22 PM |
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Broccoli and cheese salad!!! -ugh! |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 08:40 PM |
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## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
Nov-15-08 08:44 PM |
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OMG!!!! I was just endorsed by the Grovelbot! |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-15-08 08:45 PM |
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They have lost favor, thankfully, but Jello molds with cabbage & nuts & peach slices & mayo in them |
Bluebear |
Nov-15-08 08:47 PM |
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A former acquaintance |
MountainLaurel |
Nov-15-08 08:55 PM |
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Oh my stars. |
Bluebear |
Nov-15-08 08:58 PM |
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Yeah, that was her reaction too |
MountainLaurel |
Nov-16-08 12:12 PM |
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That's the WORST thing I've heard of!! Beats my list all to heck! |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 09:11 PM |
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. |
XemaSab |
Nov-15-08 11:37 PM |
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lime jello with cottage cheese |
shanti |
Nov-15-08 10:05 PM |
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Yeach foods. |
luv_mykatz |
Nov-15-08 08:53 PM |
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Cranberry sauce that slides out of the can in one gelatinous hunk. ew. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-15-08 08:57 PM |
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DEPRESSING stuff! |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 09:19 PM |
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My fruitcake is great and, yes, the bourbon is too. |
Libertyfirst |
Nov-15-08 09:08 PM |
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LOL... I'd love to try your fruitcake and prove my opinion wrong. |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-15-08 09:54 PM |
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I thought there was only one fruitcake in existence that keeps getting |
Progs Rock |
Nov-15-08 09:09 PM |
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Succotash |
lwfern |
Nov-15-08 09:11 PM |
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A few years back, a friend made succotash using edamame in place of the lima beans - quite good. |
kath |
Nov-15-08 09:42 PM |
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Our one Border Collie LOVES succotash |
haruka3_2000 |
Nov-16-08 04:24 PM |
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Any recipe with raisens in it - Perfectly good bread pudding |
MadMaddie |
Nov-15-08 09:13 PM |
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Raisins make me very suspicious. I'm never quite certain what those small black bits are. |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 09:18 PM |
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Especially if you bit into one that's crunchy and it's always in a |
MadMaddie |
Nov-15-08 09:35 PM |
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Sometimes they're in the stuffing. I HATE that! |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 09:44 PM |
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I love bread pudding. |
Cleita |
Nov-15-08 09:19 PM |
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I love!! bread pudding - but NO raisins! |
patrice |
Nov-15-08 09:46 PM |
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Whatever you like. |
Cleita |
Nov-15-08 09:49 PM |
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HATE BREAD PUDDING and RICE PUDDING. It was a dessert that felt like punishment to us kids |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-16-08 10:32 AM |
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Rice puddin' rules - as does tapioca puddin' - and Indian puddin' |
jpak |
Nov-16-08 05:06 PM |
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The green bean casserole is a favorite of the family. |
Cleita |
Nov-15-08 09:15 PM |
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Flame away, but I love it, too. nt |
mycritters2 |
Nov-15-08 09:59 PM |
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No flames. I look at the expressions of enjoyment of |
Cleita |
Nov-15-08 10:02 PM |
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Any "American" food cooked by my mother |
Paula Sims |
Nov-15-08 09:44 PM |
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You don't like green bean casserole? |
vanderRock |
Nov-15-08 10:06 PM |
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Real Americans like that green bean casserole ... and that is why I'm glad I'm not a real American. |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 10:23 PM |
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Yeah! Don't cast asparagus at green bean casseroles! |
zanne |
Nov-16-08 04:59 PM |
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Liver, in any form. |
Swamp Rat |
Nov-15-08 10:23 PM |
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i love green bean casserole, maybe because it's really just a transfer vehicle for the fried onions |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-15-08 11:18 PM |
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I like it if it's done well |
kentauros |
Nov-15-08 11:22 PM |
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lemme know if you do, i'd love to know if it's better. Those fried onions are also |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-15-08 11:25 PM |
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I wear my big pants already! |
kentauros |
Nov-15-08 11:30 PM |
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Don't be talkin' smack about green bean casserole |
derby378 |
Nov-15-08 11:42 PM |
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I'm going to say it... |
PassingFair |
Nov-15-08 11:46 PM |
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Then give her this recipe... |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-16-08 09:26 AM |
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I love fruitcake - you haters never had any good stuff. |
old mark |
Nov-16-08 12:12 AM |
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It's the rubbery fruity hunks of 'stuff' I hate. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-16-08 10:35 AM |
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Cocktail meatballs. |
Chan790 |
Nov-16-08 11:10 AM |
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Green bean casserole made with cream of mushroom soup - |
Left Is Write |
Nov-16-08 04:47 PM |
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But I love fruitcake! |
hippywife |
Nov-16-08 04:53 PM |
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American chop suey, shepherd's pie made with tomato soup and green beans |
GreenPartyVoter |
Nov-16-08 05:49 PM |
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ok...I love green bean casserole, and it ain't thanksgiving without it. |
LaydeeBug |
Nov-16-08 06:00 PM |
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ok...I love green bean casserole, and it ain't thanksgiving without it. |
LaydeeBug |
Nov-16-08 06:00 PM |
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I have belatedly discovered "The Sneeze" |
DeposeTheBoyKing |
Nov-16-08 06:12 PM |
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NO!!!! I **ADORE, LOVE & RESPECT Fruitcake** !!! |
trueblue2007 |
Nov-17-08 04:16 PM |
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AMBROSIA! EFFING CANNED FRUIT SALAD WITH EFFING MINI-MARSHMALLOWS! AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH! |
Amerigo Vespucci |
Nov-17-08 04:20 PM |
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I love ambrosia. It's so light and tasty. MMMMMMM. Wish I had some now. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-17-08 05:28 PM |
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I like fruitcake |
tigereye |
Nov-17-08 05:15 PM |
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Is "heavenly hash" ice cream? |
redqueen |
Nov-17-08 05:20 PM |
#118 |
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I like fruitcake and I've never had greenbean casserole. |
azmouse |
Nov-17-08 05:24 PM |
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