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Throughout the years I have set up my own rules about eating food: Never eat anything you can't pronounce. Beware of food that is described as, Some Americans say it tastes like chicken.

Erma Bombeck

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
Column Author
Journalist
Writer
Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
Americans
Beware
Taste
Tastes
Food
Chicken
Anything
Described
Years
Chickens
Never
Throughout
Like
Rules
Eating
Pronounce

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