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2naSalit

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72. Oh yeah...

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:27 PM

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I won't have gravy or dressing with the organs, won't eat them from any animal, ick. And they taint whatever they're cooked with and ruins the whole thing. We had to train my mom, my brother and I. Unfortunately our eldest sister liked that stuff.

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