“Hi! I don’t know how it got to be the heart of the cooking hour this soon after lunch, but that is the way things go around here.” Deirdre put down her spatula with a thump on the counter. “I am supposed to do something like a good will gesture that the Chairman can take credit for. Accordingly, I have reached out to the people hanging around the conference table on how we will extricate ourselves from the afternoon naps.”

She turned next to the middle of the Conference Table to gesture with the remote control against the North end of the room. “I’m not sure I need to actually do the recipe cards for these things. I got a note from Wyoming Pure about a nice package deal on which I am sure the Chairman would approve if he knew.”

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But the special is something remarkable.
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“My problem is that this delightful food almost cooks itself! If you want to try the cheesy sliders, it is just a question of skillet and flipping. With the pot roasts, it is more like shaking the spices together before a vigorous rub-down and into the slow-cooker to let the aroma build over the afternoon. At 350F.

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