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Slice of life at the grocery deli: I passed a test

June 20, 2021
About once a week now since I’ve started back shopping, I’ve had a craving for fried chicken tenders from the deli at the grocery store I go to a lot. In fact, I’ve been going to this same store pretty regularly since about 1998. So it’s an old friend. I used to hardly ever go…
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