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“Pan scrapings!” announced G. Kenneth Sams. “When you come down to it, that is what has brought us all here tonight—pan scrapings.”
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“Pan scrapings!” announced G. Kenneth Sams. “When you come down to it, that is what has brought us all here tonight—pan scrapings.”
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