When he got back, he turned on the TV, scooted up real close, as close as he could, and ate his dinner with a soup spoon.

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Spoon the succotash onto warmed dinner plates.

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During lunch and dinner, customers peruse plastic-coated menus for classic greasy-spoon selections like hamburgers, French fries and club sandwiches stacked high with meat and iceberg lettuce.

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