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I made these for a Labor Day cookout today.<\/p>
Everyone liked them and my husband was glad to hear I saved the recipe.<\/p>
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Thanks for sharing this!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2010-11-22","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"RedBone"},"reviewBody":"A big hit!!!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-03-26","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OliveCarrot"},"reviewBody":"my family love it.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2010-08-01","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GoldRocket"},"reviewBody":"Well another hit out of the park! My family of pickey eaters loved this one too. Though I didn't add the cheese, I told you they were pickey. :)","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2010-09-03","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"CyanSushi"},"reviewBody":"I catered a wedding rehersal dinner and wanted something special to serve other than plain potatoes. There were about 50 people at the dinner and I made two huge pans of these potatoes. I didn't come back with any! 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