I do not care what you say, sweet potatoes with marshmallows are the best thing that ever happened to this holiday.
Growing up I had ONE JOB during the two-day spectacle that was Cooking Thanksgiving. I watched the marshmallows.
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My task started with right after the grocery store run — I guarded bags of jumbo jet-puffed 'mallows so that none of my cousins got into them. (Being a total lame-ass kid, I was pretty good at that part.)