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Band 7+: What is your favorite food to cook or eat and why?

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I don't, I'm not really able to cook a lot of food because I wasn't taught how to. But there's this one recipe that my mom taught me. It's very simple. It's literally just buttered rice. So it's basically just rice, butter, egg, cheese, and soy sauce. The reason why this is my favorite type of food to make is because it's just so simple, and I can make it in like five minutes. It's so convenient for me, and ever since I was a kid, this has been my favorite food because I was a really picky eater, so I couldn't eat a lot. All of the ingredients are all of my favorite foods.

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I don’t, I’m not really able to cook a lot of food because I wasn’t taught how to But there’s this one recipe that my mom taught me. It’s very simple. It’s literally just buttered rice So it’s basically just rice, butter, egg, cheese and soy sauce and The reason why this is my favorite type of food to make is because it’s just so simple and I could just make it in like What five minutes and it’s so convenient for me and ever since I was a kid this was my favorite food because I Was a really picky eater so I couldn’t eat a lot and All of the things all of the ingredients are all of my favorite foods

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favorite: 3

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