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Quote by Ted Allen
The funny thing about Thanksgiving, or any huge meal, is that you

The funny thing about Thanksgiving, or any huge meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it and then chopping and cooking and braising and blanching. Then it takes 20 minutes to eat it and everybody sort of sits around in a food coma, and then it takes four hours to clean it up. – Ted Allen

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Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting Chopped, say, Im talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But thats not about the joy of food. Thats survival. – Ted Allen

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When I come home from a shoot, Id rather reheat food Ive made than eat takeout. – Ted Allen

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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day. – Ted Allen

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