Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #60 on: November 21, 2007, 09:00:27 AM » by SC

Quote from: homesteadmommy on November 21, 2007, 08:48:20 AM

Anyone have a recipe for:
pumpkin pie - with a good whole wheat crust - I have some health food cynics coming for Thanksgiving
butter horns or hot rolls that are whole wheat and good. Thanks!

Martha has a few good ideas Wink

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.fc77a0dbc44dd1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=1289c0b266e35110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=maple%20pumpkin%20pie&rsc=ns2006_m1

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #61 on: November 21, 2007, 11:03:41 AM » by faith

I have a question about the giblet gravy posted by Whiterock last year.
Do you put any spices or parsly onion in the broth to cook the gizzards in? What is the flavor. I am going to make this gravy also along with the Turkey drippings gravy I will make it today since I have all the giblets out of the turkey already is that okay?? Will it be good tommarrow?
I can't wait to try it. Let me know if I need to put any thing else in!
Thank you Faith

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #62 on: November 21, 2007, 12:32:30 PM » by Whiterock

Quote from: faith on November 21, 2007, 11:03:41 AM

I have a question about the giblet gravy posted by Whiterock last year...

Mom doesn't put any other spices in it. But we always eat it over cornbread dressing and that has other spices in it. And since it's all eatten together mom said I should tell you how she makes her dressing too. ("Recipe" below)

I don't know how to describe the taste. It's not like any other gravy I've had. Most people either love it or hate it. We all love it.

You can make the gravy ahead of time and just reheat it with a little extra milk before serving.

EDIT: I forgot to tell you that mom said if there was a neck in with your turkey gibblets, then boil it with the rest and when you take it out, take all the meat from it, chop it up fine, and add it to the gravy with the giblets. She said that if there was no neck then it won't hurt anything but if there was, then it was a bonus. Grin

Here's how she said she makes her dressing. This makes a lot of dressing; like two good-sized casserole dishes full.

Boil some chicken with the skin on, save the broth and let the chicken cool. Take the skin off, take the meat off the bones, and tear it into largish pieces.

Meanwhile, make a big cake of cornbread - NOT sweet cornbread. And she uses white corn meal but she said you can use yellow (I think the white meal makes it moister). Now, how big is a big cake of cornbread? Um, not sure what to say, but think large cast iron pan.

Crumble the corn bread in a large mixing bowl and pour enough broth over it to make it really soupy. How much is that? I don't know. Add one medium onion chopped fine, 5 eggs, 1/8 to 1/4 tsp of sage, and salt and pepper to taste. Then she said to mash with a potato masher to brake up all the lumps and thouroughly mix together. At this point it should still be fairly liquid in consistency -- about like pancake batter, if it's thicker than that then add more broth.

Pour into casserole dish(s) and drop pieces of chicken into it here and there. Top with pats of butter and cook at 350º 'til golden brown on top and firm to the touch.

HTH,
WR

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #63 on: November 21, 2007, 01:16:30 PM » by faith

Whiterock!
It is delicious!!!!! But did I make it too thin? it is very watery but tastes wonderful. Should I do more butter and flour? To make it thicker or is it supposed to be thin?

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #64 on: November 21, 2007, 01:26:13 PM » by Whiterock

Yes, it should be a tad bit thicker than that, but it depends on what you like. If it were me, I'd probably take out some of the gravy, stir some flour into it to make a thin paste, and then stir that back into the pot and heat 'til it's as thick as I like.

WR

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #65 on: November 21, 2007, 02:02:06 PM » by kper

All right, I'm making the mashed sweet potatoes with the maple syrup. I'm making roasted carrots with a maple syrup glaze so I'll already have what I need. THANK YOU!!!!!

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #66 on: November 21, 2007, 02:30:46 PM » by faith

Whiterock,
Thank you I did that and now it is thicker.
Can I make the corn bread casserole without the chicken or should I save that for another day? We already are doing 4 turkeys and a ham. Two fried and two in the oven. They are small around 14 lb each. We are having 25 to 30 people. I would like the casserole but I think I am done with the meat. lol

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #67 on: November 21, 2007, 03:20:25 PM » by Whiterock

Quote from: faith on November 21, 2007, 02:30:46 PM

Can I make the corn bread casserole without the chicken

Sure, you just need store-bought chicken stock.
WR

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #68 on: November 21, 2007, 04:21:34 PM » by kper

I just made the most AWESOME dressing! I used a recipe from the food network and doctored it a bit. My son can't have wheat, so instead of croutons, I used a loaf of dried spelt bread. It has dried cranberries, apples, and leeks in it. I omitted the pork sausage. YUM!

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #69 on: November 21, 2007, 04:54:58 PM » by CountyCork

Just put my wild rice casserole in the oven and want to cry, missing my mommy. They are in FL and this is her recipe. It makes the house smell like Thanksgiving.
1 cup wild rice
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 box slice mushrooms
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1 stick butter
saute all til soft
add 3 cups chicken stock
cover and bake in 350 oven for 1-2 hours til liquid is absorbed

And yes, that is ONE STICK of butter. So what, right?

My turkey is brining, the goose is thawing, pumpkin and pecan pies are done, cran/orange/apple relish done.

BTW - used Martha Stewart's recipe for brine and just had to note that her sweet 93 year old mother died last week.

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #70 on: November 21, 2007, 06:34:12 PM » by nexis777

Quote from: ShabbyChic on November 24, 2006, 10:41:05 PM

Carrots and spinach dip or cheese and crackers while we wait (okay more like while we're teased with the wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen...)

Turkey and gravy
Mashed potatoes
Creamed corn
Cranberry jello mold (my favorite since I was a kid!!)
Stuffing
Yeast rolls
Yams
Broccoli
Green Bean casserole (the kind with onions... a waste of good beans...)
Lentil salad
Mac & Cheese (from scratch) for the kids
Pickled okra, cucumbers
Deviled eggs (only we call them angeled eggs, don't want to give him credit for anything)

And chocolate fudge pie, chocolate mousse pie, chocolate pecan pie or chocolate chip cookies for dessert (it's no wonder I turned out to be a chocoholic... Roll Eyes

)

Shabby, your thing with angeled eggs made me smile because that's what we always called them in my family too!! (I realize it was a year ago that you posted that, but still). I actually was raised calling them angeled eggs, so it's kind of weird for me to see other people calling them deviled.

As for traditions around here:
Turkey
LOTS AND LOTS of gravy ( I crave this ALL year)
Mashed potatoes
Stuffing
Warm buttered rolls (usually brown and serve)
Yams... usually candied with marshmallows etc
Corn (sometimes)
C"an" berries (is there any other kind? grin)
Black Olives
Celery stuffed, some with peanut butter, some with pimento cheese
Angeled Eggs
Jello fruit salad
Apple pie and sometimes mincemeat pie

Hubby's tradition that HAS to be there is red peppers with French Onion dip.
His family never did the stuffed celery thing, and we went to his house one year for Thanksgiving and they asked if there was anything we had always done that wasn't there. I mentioned the celery. They looked at me cross eyed, but let me get it anyway. For some reason the turkey did not cook up at the intended time so everyone started snacking... guess what went first? EVERYONE dug into the celery and I had to make more twice I think. Grin

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #71 on: November 21, 2007, 06:40:37 PM » by herbs girl

Heres what we are having at our Thanksgiving meal tommarow..

turkey
mashed potatoes
gravy
stuffing (yummy with celery, eggs, onions,ect)
green bean casserole with french fried onions
sweet potatoes
bread or rolls
7 layer salad topped with creamy sour cream/mayo dressing, bacon and cheese
cranberry salad
pumpkin pie
peanut butter pie

Hmm...I am really going to have to not eat too much to keep losing wieght!

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #72 on: November 21, 2007, 07:15:21 PM » by hsink

You're all making me hungry...sounds like good ole comfort food to me Grin

We will be in a hotel at the beach for tomorrow so we will probably get a simplified version...all I know of is turkey and dinner rolls...we will thoroughly enjoy it and I will think of all you with your stuffing and gr. bean casserole Grin

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone...may your day be focused on the God who blesses each of us in His own special way!!!

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #73 on: November 22, 2007, 01:36:50 AM » by SC

Quote from: SC on November 21, 2007, 08:51:00 AM

Quote from: kper on November 21, 2007, 08:07:41 AM

HELP! I need a sweet potato recipe that uses fresh sweet potatoes by 5 PM CST TODAY! Shocked

It needs to be easy, without the marshmellow topping, and can feed 14 people. Are you up to the challenge? Grin

Thanks in Advance!

I have two. I've used the first as a main dish, but it could be made into a side dish. I'm thinking about trying the second.

Baked Sweet Potatoes
Scrub potatoes clean. Bake in a 350 F oven until done. Serve with butter, cinnamon & honey drizzled over. YUM! For extra flavor, toss some diced apples into the oven to bake with the potatoes. If you want, you could halve or quarter the potatoes for making smaller portions

This next recipe is simple, but can be labor-intensive if you grate the potatoes by hand. (Good for keeping kids busy Wink

) It comes from a local publication by our electric company.

Sweet Potato Pone

4 raw medium sweet potatoes, washed, unpeeled
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 cup xylitol (or agave nectar[3/4 cup], or honey [3/4 cup], or Maple syrup to taste, or 3/4 cup brown sugar & 1/4 cup granulated)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
(I plan to use arrowroot or some other thickener)
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grate the sweet potatoes with the fine side of the grater. In large bowl, using a wooden spoon, stir together sweet potatoes and eggs. Stir well. Add vanilla. Stir well, Add following ingredients separately, sitrring well after each :Almond extract, sweetener, flour, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg. Butter a shallow 9" x 13" baking dish. Bake uncovered 1 hour and 15 minutes or until browned. Serves 8-10
This makes a dense type of cheesecake/coffecake loaf

UPDATE: My Sweet Potato Pone is cooling now & I am sampling it. I know. I know. I am bad Sad

But this stuff is GOOD

I tossed in some raisins. For my sweetening, I used about 1/2 xylitol and 1/2 maple syrup. I skipped the almond flavoring and used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Flour.
SOooo much BETTER than that old sweet potato soufflé (I think).
Mr. Bird should be done by the time we finish breakfast.

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving everyone!
Love,
SC

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #74 on: November 22, 2007, 11:30:23 AM » by naturalgirl

Here's a creative way to use sweet potatoes:

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/bljelly8.htm

Next thing y'all will be doing is starting a thread about leftover Thanks Giving food! Cheesy

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #75 on: November 22, 2007, 01:20:17 PM » by kper

Quote from: naturalgirl on November 22, 2007, 11:30:23 AM

Here's a creative way to use sweet potatoes:

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/bljelly8.htm

Next thing y'all will be doing is starting a thread about leftover Thanks Giving food! Cheesy

GREAT IDEA! Who goes first? Grin

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #76 on: November 23, 2007, 03:30:25 AM » by Helpmeetmom

waiting for the "leftovers' thread

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #77 on: November 23, 2007, 12:18:00 PM » by ndmomof6

Quote from: Helpmeetmom on November 23, 2007, 03:30:25 AM

waiting for the "leftovers' thread

Me too! While we wait, here's what I did last year...

I put my leftover stuffing on the bottom of a pan, covered it with leftover turkey. I poured some gravy over that, spread some cranberry sauce over it, topped it with mashed potatoes and put it in the oven til it was warmed through and the potatoes were starting to brown. YUM!

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #78 on: November 23, 2007, 03:17:30 PM » by KADETMmom

Quote from: Helpmeetmom on November 23, 2007, 03:30:25 AM

waiting for the "leftovers' thread

Does serving pie for breakfast today count? Grin

(I rationalized it as a somewhat rich pumpkin bread/muffin Wink

-- and I used half the sugar in the apple slices and no corn syrup in the pecan pie -- thank you for the brown sugar recipe!)
Now we have just half the pecan pie to finish tonight. Can you tell I'm not worried about the *dinner* leftovers, just the three pies amongst 8 of us in two days! Tongue

The leftovers casserole sounds yummy to me! Unfortunately my family vetoed my suggestion to have tky dressing on our menu Huh

~melanie

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #79 on: November 24, 2007, 06:35:35 PM » by Whiterock

I made Turkey A La King (served over homemade biscuts) from the leftover turkey. And potato pancakes from the mashed potatoes.
What did the rest of you creative ladies come up with?
WR

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #80 on: November 24, 2007, 06:55:34 PM » by makingchanges

I served turkey pot pie with the turkey and veggies. Plus today I made turkey tortilla soup. It was good on the cold day. I only have a few rolls left. We are having deer backstrap tonight. They are tired of turkey. Plus the turkey is finally gone.

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #81 on: November 24, 2007, 09:39:11 PM » by BJ_BOBBI_JO

Sweet potato fries:

INGREDIANTS:
-sweet potatoes either peeled or not
-oil ( I prefer olive oil)
-whatever spices you want ( examples salt, cayenne, garlic, pepper, cumin etc)

INTRUCTIONS::
Cut the sweet potatoes into length wise wedges like giant long fat french fries.
Throw the wedges into a bowl with the spices and oil so that they get coated.

BAKE:
Lightly oil the baking pan or cookie sheet

Put wedges on the cookie sheet in a single layer.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

Bake until edges are crisp and potatoes are cooked through.

Serve right away.

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #82 on: November 25, 2007, 10:20:23 AM » by naturalgirl

Quote from: kper on November 22, 2007, 01:20:17 PM

Quote from: naturalgirl on November 22, 2007, 11:30:23 AM

Here's a creative way to use sweet potatoes:

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/bljelly8.htm

Next thing y'all will be doing is starting a thread about leftover Thanks Giving food! Cheesy

GREAT IDEA! Who goes first? Grin

Quote from: kper on November 22, 2007, 01:20:17 PM

Quote from: naturalgirl on November 22, 2007, 11:30:23 AM

Here's a creative way to use sweet potatoes:

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/bljelly8.htm

Next thing y'all will be doing is starting a thread about leftover Thanks Giving food! Cheesy

GREAT IDEA! Who goes first? Grin

Quote from: Helpmeetmom on November 23, 2007, 03:30:25 AM

waiting for the "leftovers' thread

Leftover ideas, anyone?

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #83 on: November 25, 2007, 11:32:11 AM » by Whiterock

There's been a few already posted here, but there's also a new thread all about leftovers.
http://www.welltellme.com/discuss/index.php/topic,13500.0.html

WR

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #84 on: November 25, 2007, 02:06:31 PM » by naturalgirl

Quote from: Whiterock on November 25, 2007, 11:32:11 AM

There's been a few already posted here, but there's also a new thread all about leftovers.
http://www.welltellme.com/discuss/index.php/topic,13500.0.html

WR

Oops. Forgot to post the new link/thread under my last coment, which was the whole idea of posting it Roll Eyes

. I started the "Leftovers" thread (guilty! Wink

) Thanks Whiterock for posting the link for me.

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #85 on: November 25, 2007, 07:14:35 PM » by Whiterock

Quote from: naturalgirl on November 25, 2007, 02:06:31 PM

Quote from: Whiterock on November 25, 2007, 11:32:11 AM

There's been a few already posted here, but there's also a new thread all about leftovers.
http://www.welltellme.com/discuss/index.php/topic,13500.0.html

WR

Oops. Forgot to post the new link/thread under my last coment, which was the whole idea of posting it Roll Eyes

. I started the "Leftovers" thread (guilty! Wink

) Thanks Whiterock for posting the link for me.

Ohhhhh... <smacks head> now I get it.
WR

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #86 on: November 26, 2007, 11:58:39 PM » by healthybratt

Quote from: BJ_BOBBI_JO on November 14, 2007, 05:14:53 PM

How do I go about cooking up that diabolical looking neck?

There's very little salvageable meat on the neck, but my grandmother always boiled it with the giblets and then used the broth for gravy.

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #87 on: November 27, 2007, 12:02:01 AM » by healthybratt

Quote from: kper on November 21, 2007, 08:07:41 AM

HELP! I need a sweet potato recipe that uses fresh sweet potatoes by 5 PM CST TODAY! Shocked

It needs to be easy, without the marshmellow topping, and can feed 14 people. Are you up to the challenge? Grin

Thanks in Advance!

Sorry, I'm late, but you can just boil them and put butter, salt and sugar on them and they are yummy. You can add pineapple, brown sugar, or whatever and they are pretty fail safe. I add the salt after I cook them, because it cuts the "too-sweet" taste. Personally, I think mashed sweet taters would be good too, but I've yet to try it. You can also fry them. Katy*did told me to boil them first, slice'em thick and fry and serve with butter and garlic if I remember correctly. My MIL fries them and eats'em plain. They are almost as versatile as white taters. Grin

Oh, you can also substitute boiled and mashed sweet potatoes into your favorite pumpkin pie or pumpkin bread recipe.

Here's my recipe for sweet potato bread - it's scrumptious.

http://www.welltellme.com/discuss/index.php/topic,3004.msg29365.html#msg29365

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #88 on: November 27, 2007, 12:09:52 AM » by healthybratt

My grandmother's pumpkin pie recipe. It's Libby's but modified because none of our family has any particular fondness for cloves.

1 unbaked 9-inch deep dish pie shell (I use the recipe in the Better Homes cookbook, but I use 1 T of white vinegar and add a pinch of salt before I put in the ice water).

2 eggs
1 can (16oz) Pumpkin
3/4 c sugar
1 tsp salt
1 1/2-2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp nutmeg (save 1/2 for top sprinkle)
1/2 tsp all spice
1-2 tsp vanilla
1 can (12 fluid oz) Evaporated Milk

Preheat oven to 425. Beat eggs lightly. Stir in remaining ingredients in order given. Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp nutmeg over top. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake for another 40-50 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

This pie is a hair less spicy than the typical recipe and the vanilla really livens it up. Grin

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Re: Thanksgiving: Meal Planning & Recipes
« Reply #89 on: November 11, 2008, 09:09:20 AM » by Kitty

I bet Floydian makes these! Wink

I made them when we were in MT and they are wonderful!

Sweet Potato Biscuits presented by Ashley Inn Bed & Breakfast

Sweet potatoes are a staple food of the south, and there's nothing more southern than homemade biscuits. This recipe calls for mashed sweet potatoes. Try baking the potato then scooping it out to mash. The flavor is much sweeter than boiled mashed potatoes.

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter (or margarine)
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder

In large bowl, mash potatoes, sugar and butter. In separate bowl combine dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to potato mixture mixing well. Cover, let stand at room temperature at least four hours.

Roll out thick (1 inch) on floured board. (If dough is too sticky, work in more flour). Cut with biscuit cutter. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake in preheated oven at 400° for 15-20 minutes.

Serve hot with orange butter (see recipe below). Makes 2 dozen biscuits.

Orange Butter
1 stick butter, softened
2 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons grated orange rind

In small bowl, combine all ingredients. Press into a small serving container. Garnish with fresh flowers. On special occasions at the Ashley Inn, we garnish our butter with handcrafted butter roses.

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