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Six months pregnant and now all I want is to be eating this. 😍Will be making this weekend.

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I hope so!

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I totally love how you give options at the bottom. Really let's everyone make it their own. ♥️

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Or, I'm trying to cut people off the pass so they don't DM me, "Does it matter which butter I use, can I use oat milk instead of cow's milk, can I use goat's cheese instead of shredded cheese?"

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Hope you get some sleep/rest soon! <3

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Thank you!

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Luqillo_en_mi_alma / danielseda@earthlink.net

Thought i was on the list but don't have the list of spots to eat in Puerto Rico. Need that badly because.... hungry and retired. If anyone has a trick for peeling yucca, let me know.

You're the bomb Illyanna!

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Hi illyanna, I’m a paid subscriber—my IG handle is @dmagsf and my email is dmagnawa@gmail.com

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Added!

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yum! just the recipe I was looking for. Hopefully I can find some frozen yuca. Never had pastelon growing up. My mom always made piñon and used french style green beans in the meat. I guess it is a thing but I rarely see that haha, and she never used cheese.

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The green beans in piñon is definitely a thing. I’ve seen someone use the “French” style once and it was because they couldn’t find regular.

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I don’t know what the word is for this condition, but I frequently get confused and think it’s a day later in the week. Like the time I was late to work on a Friday because I woke up convinced that it was Saturday.

Subscribed as tela@alumni.utexas.net and IG is ellecorazon.

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Added! Thank you so much!

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Am I on the list? @poodlenose IG and zanngates@gmail.com? I see a star but it isn't green. Wait, it's a blue check mark. LOL. When I click on "subscribe", I see a nice meaty video. :-) Should I add more money?

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You've BEEN on the list for so long! LMAO!

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@thegonzos1 is my ig.

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Added! Thank you so much!

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OK, a few things ...

1. @suzisteffen and suzisteffen at gmail. THOUGH I did just delete IG from my phone because f*ck Z*ck and all of the privacy violations. Sigh. I guess I'll always have Safari or Firefox tho.

2. I'm in Oregon, not the other coast, but would love a live cooking demo in November or December.

3. I don't eat meat, but my partner does, so I could definitely see this recipe happening in our house (MAYBE with one of those fake meats for me - I don't hate them but I don't usually make "meat dishes" with Impossible Burger or whatever, just make different things ... like habichuelas!! Definitely one of our go-tos with pinto beans etc. now; thank you for that recipe! It has fed us, friends, and many community fridge/pantry users this year. Er ... tangent!).

4. I grew a lot of cilantro this year in the garden (one went to seed and is, I HOPE, going to get us some cilantro in mid-winter as well); am going to try to get my local plant place to get culantro next spring.

5. Er, anyway, thank you for being awesome.

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I'm sure you could make this pastelon with lentils or garbanzos instead of beef. Added! Thank you so much!

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Yeah, I'll be making this after the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. and this is the recipe that finally makes me get the instagram videos.

crmcmann@gmail.com

@chicagodogsandpunkrecords

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Added! Thank you so much!

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Meredith.Blythe.smith@gmail.com

@merblythe

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Added! Thank you so much!

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melissabfernandez@gmail.com

@melissabfernandez

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Added! Thank you so much! Dude, why did you wait so long to tell me you weren't on the close friends list?

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I have no logical reasoning for this

But stoked to be seeing burger/road trip content again!

Gracias!!!!

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mike@gloverpark.com

@mbenshirreffs

I want my green star.

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Added! Thank you so much!

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@2bclutch

nina@caballeroconsulting.org

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Added! Thank you so much!

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Oh hell yeah pastelon. @roandwhatnot is my IG and rosemary.asquino@gmail.com is my subscriber email

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You were already on the close friends list.

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LOL shows how often I've been on IG lately... oops

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