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CityViewNC.com | 9 Claire Mullen can be reached at clairejlmullen @gmail.com. to one bag of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix, chopped hard-boiled eggs, sauteed celery and onion, all held together with turkey drippings and — would you believe it? — butter. A basket of yeast rolls comes from the grocery store freezer section. And you can't forget homemade cranberry sauce. en there's a heaping bowl of a family favorite that I would wager most people don't associate with anksgiving, if they've even ever heard of it at all. It's called Pink Cloud, and it's one of those dishes that most people who live below the Mason-Dixon line would classify as a "salad" and balk at anyone who dared consider it a dessert. Pink Cloud is an interesting concoction: a served-cold blend of Cool Whip, canned cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, chopped pecans, sweetened condensed milk and miniature marshmallows. As I said, it's a salad, and it cannot ever be absent from our holiday table. For dessert, there's always chocolate bourbon pecan pie with homemade whipped cream and my sister's famous pumpkin cheesecake. I realize that our buffet is missing a handful of anksgiving-y things that some folks might say are a sin to omit: mac and cheese, rice, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, apple pie. It's fun to engage in some occasional good-natured debate with family and friends over what fare absolutely belongs on the anksgiving table and what things should come nowhere near it. And, joking aside, it's touching to think about what everyone brings to our different tables, on anksgiving and beyond, and the important things like tradition and heritage that shape those dishes that we all gather to enjoy. Whether you like your turkey stuffed, spatchcocked (yes, that's a thing), roasted or fried, your sweet potato casserole topped with "pee-cans" or "pah-cahns," your cranberries jellied or relished, and your deviled eggs concocted with Duke's or Hellman's, we can all agree that our unique dishes, whatever they may be, are each made with the one ingredient that must always be added to the mix and is best when shared: a big, heaping spoonful of love. Voted BEST DENTIST three years in a row! 4140 RAMSEY STREET, STE 104 ● www.lewis-dentistry.com Call for your Consult ( Call for your Consult (910)488 88-0518 Steps to your NEW SMILE NEW SMILE with LEWIS FAMILY DENTISTRY LEWIS FAMILY DENTISTRY 5 Schedule a consultation with our cosmetic dentists, Dr. Dine and Dr. Lewis. Our dentists will use advanced techology to create your clear aligners. No impression material! L L FAMI MILY Y DENTI TISTRY LEWIS Wear your custom aligners all day except when you brush and floss. Visit the dentist regularly (every 5-6 weeks) to ensure your treatment is going as planned. 1 2 3 4 5 Success! Proudly wear your brand new smile! Lewis Family Dentistry includes complimentary teeth whitening gel and Vivera retainers with our Invisalign treatment to to keep your new smile looking great. L L FAMILY DENTISTRY LEWIS

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