Wash and peel the pears, and cut the flesh in half-inch pieces.

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Once the shark is removed from its lair, the flesh is cut into strips and hung to dry for several more months.

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Roast the nectarines at high heat until the flesh swells and the cut sides caramelize in spots.

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Athough she didn't know it at the time, it was because of that cut that Aimee Copeland contracted the flesh-devouring bacteria, Aeromonas hydrophila.

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If he actually weighs 110kg he will be eating 3, 080 calories to maintain his extra flesh and he thus needs to make a permanent cut of 786 calories from his daily diet if he is to get back to the 70kg desideratum.

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Jake Gyllenhaal grazes off walls in parkour style, but the movement is cut into tiny pieces and reassembled through editing, and it loses the beauty of parkour in the flesh.

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Cut the ginger lengthwise in strips and arrange it on top of the fish so the flavor can permeate the flesh.

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