Americans will eat anything if it is toasted and held together with a …

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Americans will eat anything if it is toasted and held together with a couple of toothpicks and has lettuce sticking out of the sides, preferably a little wilted. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.303, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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Americans will eat anything if it is toasted and held together with a couple of toothpicks and has lettuce sticking out of the sides, preferably a little wilted. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.303, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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