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The Frito Salad
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The Frito Salad

So it turns out there is no Frito Salad recipe in the salad book.

What got me excited about it was the memory of having REAL snack food at dinner. You see, we weren’t allowed to eat real snacks and as a kid it was the most depriving thing in the world. We were the kids with no fun food at their house.

Starving after school? Have some carrots. An apple would be fine,. Some celery with peanut butter would stick to our ribs, and well, you know, celery has snack-crunch.

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