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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to save your protection of iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 2: I'm Annie and I'm more in Vogelbaum and today we

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Speaker 2: have a probably mini episode for you. You never know how

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Speaker 2: these things go about weird holiday marketing, our savor holiday tradition.

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Speaker 1: And what a tradition it is.

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Speaker 2: Yes, because who doesn't love a corporate tie.

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Speaker 1: In, especially around the holidays.

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Speaker 2: Warms your heart and your shareholders.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, this is becoming a bit of a tradition. Also,

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Speaker 1: I have so many ideas for these these short ones,

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Speaker 1: but we have still not nailed down quite what we

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Speaker 1: call them. I think we bounce around over a couple

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Speaker 1: of fears. Yeah, we do it a different way every time. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, just with it cool, I think probably. Obviously

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Speaker 1: we are not sponsored by anything we're talking about. Nope,

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Speaker 1: that could change, I doubt it, but currently we are

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Speaker 1: not sponsored by anything though currently not no, no, yes,

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Speaker 1: So I feel like this year didn't have as many fun,

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Speaker 1: strange holiday things as past year. The episode we did

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Speaker 1: last year, there was a lot of stuff that people

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Speaker 1: were listening that was like, I don't feel like that's strange.

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Speaker 2: It's not weird enough. Yeah, it's just a favor it's

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Speaker 2: just like hot cocoa flavored exactly exactly.

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Speaker 1: But there were a couple of things that stood out. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: And one of the big things was for me that

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Speaker 1: this is the year of Elf Food Elf the movie,

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Speaker 1: because it is the twentieth anniversary. If you haven't seen it,

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Speaker 1: which I believe you have never.

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Speaker 2: Seen this film. No, Will Will Ferrell is, to be honest,

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Speaker 2: not my favorite comedic actor. A hot take, I suppose,

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Speaker 2: but yeah, but yeah, I'll see it eventually. I guess.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's kind of funny because I it came I

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Speaker 1: remember when it came out, because it came out the

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Speaker 1: same day as Matrix Reloaded, or like really close to

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Speaker 1: when Matrix Reloaded came out, and my friend group split

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Speaker 1: over who go see Elf and who went to go

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Speaker 1: see Matrix Reloaded? And I went to go see Matrix

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Speaker 1: we loaded. Of course, So I didn't see Elf until

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Speaker 1: within the last like five seven years. But now it

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Speaker 1: is one I watch pretty much every year. Yes, but

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Speaker 1: in it it's a very classic. Like the iconic scene

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Speaker 1: is that Will Ferrell's buddy, the Elf explains to this

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Speaker 1: human family who does not believe he is an elf.

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Speaker 1: There are four food groups candy, candy, corn, candy cane,

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Speaker 1: and syrup, and he is determined to make breakfast for

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Speaker 1: the family. So he makes spaghetti angel hair pasta and

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Speaker 1: then puts like a maple syrup and candy and whipped

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Speaker 1: cream on it and like makes them all these tupperwares

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Speaker 1: to take. Of course, they're like this is gross, but

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Speaker 1: they're trying to hide it. But he's like living his

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Speaker 1: best life. Yeah, so delicious. So with that baseline out

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Speaker 1: of the way, I saw a couple. One is a

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Speaker 1: couple of tie ins with this. One is Goldfish Graham's

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Speaker 1: Elf maple Syrup. Yeah, so this is the snack that

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Speaker 1: Smiles Back is introducing a limited addition maple syrup flavor

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Speaker 1: that gives Swirlly Toorly gum drops a run for their money.

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Speaker 1: And no, we aren't sitting on a throne of lies

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Speaker 1: when we say the snack comes in iconic shapes from

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Speaker 1: the movie like Buddy the Elves hat and a bottle

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Speaker 1: of maple syrup, and a lot of people that's sort

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Speaker 1: of the what the company says about it. A lot

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Speaker 1: of people joking. We were like, these shapes aren't clear,

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Speaker 1: we don't know what they are, but uh, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean sure, quotes from the movie in that short urb.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll and I'll say that the maple and

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Speaker 2: Graham's like Graham crackers, sound like a good combination. I'm

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Speaker 2: not I'm not viscerally offended by that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, the shapes are kind of funny. I recommend

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Speaker 1: looking at One more is Missus Butterworth's Elf Pancake Mix. Okay, okay,

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Speaker 1: so here's this description about that one. If you aren't

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Speaker 1: into spaghetti and maple syrup for breakfast, these festive sugar

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Speaker 1: cookie pancakes are a great second choice. Include pancake mix, frosting,

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Speaker 1: and sprinkles. This kit will help you whip up the

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Speaker 1: most tasty holiday treat. You can even pairrot with Missus

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Speaker 1: butterwors Elf syrup for the ultimate health breakfast experience. After all,

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Speaker 1: everyone needs one of the main food groups in their meal.

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Speaker 2: Wow. Sure, okay, I what in the actual heck is

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Speaker 2: elf syrup. I'm looking this up right now. So this

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Speaker 2: is a live read here we go. Syrup is our favorite.

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Speaker 2: Make it your favorite too with this Elf Movie special

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Speaker 2: edition Missus Butterworth's Original Pancakes Syrup. Enjoy the thick, rich

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Speaker 2: deliciousness of our original breakfast Syrup with the fun filled

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Speaker 2: collector's bottle featuring special edition ELF movie character graphics. Take

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Speaker 2: it to Buddy's level by pairing it with our ELF

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Speaker 2: sugar Cookie pancake kit for a festive spin on a

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Speaker 2: favorite breakfast food, whether you prefer topping pancakes, waffles, French toast,

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Speaker 2: or even pasta treat every day like Christmas with Missus Butterworths.

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Speaker 2: After all, syrup is one of the main food groups.

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Speaker 1: Well. Well, in the movie there is a scene where

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Speaker 1: Buddy mistakes whiskey for syrup. Oh, goes just about as

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Speaker 1: well as you can imagine. No, yeah, actually it probably

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Speaker 1: goes better than you. But I did notice some local

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Speaker 1: businesses around Atlanta, including a local theater near us was

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Speaker 1: playing Elf and they were having they had the spaghetti all.

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Speaker 2: Right, right, one of those like like dinner and a

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Speaker 2: movie pop ups that will be like food pairings with

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Speaker 2: every with every scene or like every act in a film,

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Speaker 2: Like every time that there's an iconic food in a film,

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Speaker 2: they'll like bring out.

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Speaker 1: That dish exactly. Yeah, I just can't. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure it can't be awful or else. Why would

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Speaker 1: you sell it. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I mean to be honest, like, aside from

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Speaker 2: murder everyone else on my way out, like that sugar

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Speaker 2: crash would be gnarly. But but angel hair pasta with

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Speaker 2: maple syrup actually sounds good. Okay, I like pasta, I

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Speaker 2: like maple syrup. Sure, yeah, like I'm not mad about it.

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Speaker 1: Well, listeners, let us know I've tried this or made

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Speaker 1: this because people have recipes for it. I would love

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I might leave the candy and whipped cream off

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Speaker 2: because that that's going to a place.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm sure it could work.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure that I think the whip cream could work.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure if candy is that it would depend

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Speaker 2: on the candy. I'm thinking texturally how that would work out.

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Speaker 1: I think in the movie it's Eminem's it looks like, yeah.

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Speaker 2: That's my that's my disapproval noise. But okay, all right,

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Speaker 2: So we cannot forget about the other famous elf of

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Speaker 2: Christmas marketing Elf on the Shelf, because that phenomenon has

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Speaker 2: also started co branding. For example, a Frozen Farmer put

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Speaker 2: out some branded ice cream products with Elf on the shelf,

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Speaker 2: including pints of Santa's Cookies ice cream, which is like

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Speaker 2: a vanilla ice cream with red and green sugar cookie crumbles,

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Speaker 2: and then some ice cream sandwich is made out of

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Speaker 2: Pillsbury has co branded with Funfetti cookie mixes in flavors

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Speaker 1: A little bit.

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Speaker 2: More weirdly, Kellogg's Cereal has some branded Elf on the

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Speaker 2: shelf Cold Cereal in three flavors Hat Cocoa, sugar cookie,

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Speaker 2: and snow cream okay, or snow crem. It's not cream,

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Speaker 2: it's crem snow crem.

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Speaker 2: I see, I don't understand what that means, but yeah.

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Speaker 2: All three cereals are in festive star shapes and also

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Speaker 2: contain many marshmallows. The marketing copy on that one is

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Speaker 2: Scout Elves bring Christmas Magic to your breakfast. Cereals serve

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Speaker 2: celebrate your Scout Elves return or perhaps your elf will

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Speaker 2: stage a good morning surprise and deliver these special treats

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Speaker 2: for you to try.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, a good morning surprise. I feel threatened.

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Speaker 2: I okay, two things. A. I love things that would

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Speaker 2: make Kellogg role in his grave. And this certainly counts

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Speaker 1: So your episode about that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, b man, whatever y'all get up to for the

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Speaker 2: holiday season, I want you to do it. I personally

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Speaker 2: find elf on the shelf creepy. And it's a lot

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Speaker 2: of work. Very I mean, like like like the work part,

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Speaker 2: doesn't like share it like it's the holidays, like you know,

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Speaker 2: you're trying to make stuff special for your family. But

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Speaker 2: but I'm like, but like is really like is really

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Speaker 2: the Panopticon like like police state, like the way that

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Speaker 2: you want to celebrate the holidays? I don't I don't know,

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Yeah, in any case, yeah, creepy narc

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Speaker 2: doll sold separately in all of these cases.

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Speaker 1: Well, uh, from that, I did wanna. I found that

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Speaker 1: mccormicks has this limitedsh line of holiday donuts doughnut bytes.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I yeah.

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Speaker 1: From what I read, you can get these at a

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Speaker 1: restaurant in New York. Again, listeners, right, in, but I

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Speaker 1: did want to read the descriptions that they're offering. Please

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Speaker 1: do okay, all right, it's all gravy. No holiday meal

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Speaker 1: is complete without gravy and stuffing. Our unique take on

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Speaker 1: the classics will redefine your perception of sweet and savor.

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Speaker 1: Retreats crafted with McCormick brown gravy and pew stove and

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Speaker 1: elevated by a touch of maple cheesecake filling with notes

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Speaker 1: of ground black pepper. This donut is topped with a

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Speaker 1: brown gravy glaze, ground sage and black pepper stuffing crumbles

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Speaker 1: sprinkled with garlic powder cranberry craze for a side dish.

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Speaker 1: Cranberry sauce gets the spotlight in a doughnut recipe that

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Speaker 1: is as stunning as it is delicious. With a burst

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Speaker 1: This doughnut features a vibrant cranberry and rosemary puree glaze,

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Speaker 1: and the creamy filling. The sweet treat is topped with

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Speaker 1: a pumpkin glaze, rolled in Pecan's trusl crumbles, and garnished

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Speaker 1: with a mouthwatering meringue doll up sprinkled with ground cinnamon.

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Speaker 1: That's quite a spread.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, okay, I think that those get less bonkers

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Speaker 2: I love sweet and savory to other I that is

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Speaker 2: not a problem that I have. And like when when

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Speaker 2: you say like cheesecake with black pepper, that actually sounds great, right,

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Speaker 2: I kind of want to try that. When you start

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Speaker 2: talking about gravy and fused dough, I don't know what

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Speaker 1: It's hard to envision. It's kind of a big ask

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I also like, I understand the words brown

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Speaker 2: gravy and I understand the word glaze, but when you

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Speaker 2: And I can imagine quite a lot so that I

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Speaker 2: can't quite I can't quite picture the flavor. I I

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Speaker 2: hope it's delicious.

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Speaker 1: I I hope.

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Speaker 2: I mean the other the other two sound good, like

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Speaker 2: I mean, like like a little bit of rosemary and

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Speaker 2: your cranberry sauce is delicious.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been pumpkin to talk about. I had to

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Speaker 1: read because the name shame. Yeah, what am I to do? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, yeah, that's that's normal, That's fine. The

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