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haele

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50. 11 years old and asked to make the TV dinners while

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 02:21 PM

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Mom and dad were coming home from an appointment. Banquet dinners, 5 for a quarter...
I was to follow the instructions exactly as written - not my fault the back never really said to remove the tinfoil trays from the package.
I prepped everything per the back, then put them back in the box to bake. No fire, but we did have some pretty smoky tasting turkey dinner with apple cobbler that night.

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