Each time, the acceptance letter came as part of a thick package with fat brochures and congratulatory notes.

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To get beyond Eggleston's Freudian couch, swine also need a 2-inch-thick layer of exterior fat along the belly and back.

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Drawn in by easy-to-digest prices and a traditional take on fish and chips, cabbies are known to queue up here for thick slices of fresh cod, fried skin-on in beef fat.

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