Chicago Street Food!! 5 MUST EAT FOODS You Can’t Miss in Chicago, USA!!

just Aroma is amazing is this can we safely say this is the aroma of Chicago oh yes welcome to Chicago a city guaranteed to make you hungry and one of the best

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cities in the United States they are huge today come on? On a

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tour of E five of Chicago's most iconic Street Foods, that's the right thing to eat when you're in Chicago. I have never tasted something so soggy and so delicious in my life and you are about to experience all the delicious action. I'm currently dating my brother-in-law Derek, a Chicago native and the person you want to be with when you eat in Chicago.

We're starting this food tour with what is probably the most important meal of all. from Chicago you can't go to the right place for the hot dog thank you thank you and all you want Chicago yes please so it comes with

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ard it's that condiment yes the condiment goes with onion and onion tomato okay , pickle, okay, throw the pepper, oh. yeah oh nice and uh they're called those hot peppers H yeah sport pepp sport Peppers oh sport Peppers okay go with hot dog okay awesome we've only been here 48 years yeah since 1975 75 okay and they say we have the best fries in the city ​​oh okay welcome to Byron's hot dogs they've been here since 1975 and they TR hey what's up man and they've been here a long time.

I also come here to eat my food sometime, amazing, God, BL, amazing, pray for this rest. It will be here for the next 100 years, amazing and it is a true Chicago classic, a staple serving Chicago style hot dogs and one of the things I want to say I was most looking forward to eating is when it is called dragged through the garden and they put it in a pile. all the toppings, all the vegetables and this is a true Chicago icon, oh man yeah what do you get for yourself? All of them, oh, there's ketchup in there too, oh, here we are and now, would you say this is a representation of Chicago on a bun 100% so 100% this is the traditional iconic Chicago hot dog dragged across the yard.

I love it, that's one of the coolest food quotes ever. dragged hot, not just any hot dog, dragged across the garden and while being dragged. the garden and accumulated all these vegetables and that's actually of very interesting interest because the hot dog in Chicago is a result of the Great Depression and it was, I mean, cheap takeout food for a lot of factory workers and it actually survived for everything In hard times, this hot dog is a Survivor, it's a Survivor and I think what I was reading from a hot dog historian here in Chicago is that it was dragged to the Garden because it came with all these vegetables on top that could almost be considered a complete meal um I mean like and and that would be bought for five cents for 5 cents for 5 cents you could take a hot dog to the garden with all the necessary vitamins, colors and vegetables plus the hot dog and a Bun, I mean, that's all the main food groups you would need in a meal, so I wish we could still get them for a highly nutritious meal.

This would be like my only meal if I could get it for a nickel still today and it's a Survivor. but it's not about surviving what is about to happen. I will say that, so we have the bright neon that potentially glows in the dark. Nice to have, we have

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ard, sport pepper, first tomatoes, pickles, onions Spears mhm mhm MH oh yeah. There's nothing like them mhm, I mean, I don't think I've ever eaten a hot dog with so many ingredients and so much green, there are many colors, without a doubt, it's like a salad with a little meat dragged through the garden.

The pickled liqueurs are delicious, I got the taste of that Vienna beef dog mhm and that um something like an extra vitamin from the mustard. The mustard is delicious, oh man it bites too, oh you can't you can't let the peppers fall, sports peppers, mhm, Chicago. For me, it's been named one of the best hot dog cities, if not the best hot dog city in the United States, if not the world, and I think this is why I love it here. I think it's fantastic. Tomatoes enjoy pickles. onions mhm okay, while I was checking we got the fries, they said they had been rated some of the best fries in town, you can see they are very thin fries, deep fried and quite crispy right?

I like the excellent hot dog which is amazing. Try Godzilla. I know next time we'll get a letter in the mail from who's who in America. It's good that we're nominated to be there, so we wait to see if we choose or not. Oh, I like that you were here. 40 years, amazing, amazing, working together, it's been great I love it wow I love it I love it open mhm L I was on the corner wow 4 hours every day wow every day to the corner wo W I'll never do it 40 years I love it amazing okay oh yeah they are good and salty, nice crunch with lots of salt, you can't go wrong with that thin cut to get all that crunch.

They're like the kind of chips you could sit there and eat a whole bag without even knowing it. Addictive. Addictive style. French fries, okay? We're on the last bite and I just wanted to mention that they also have Dogzilla, but since we have a lot more to eat today, that's why we went with the regular, the absolute classic, the old 5 Cent food in Chicago, but the last one. bite, come on MH, that's Chicago, right there, if there's a single place that, like me, I'm absolutely most excited to try and the one dish I wouldn't want to

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, this is it and I'm talking about Italian beef , which, uh, if I understand correctly, I mean, it's an Italian beef sandwich, but it's so famous in Chicago that they literally just call it beef and you can order just beef and every Chicagoan will know about it. what are you talking about.

You can call it beef and we. are here at one of the real extreme foodies DieHard will tell you that Johnny's is the place where the line is getting longer, but I mean, they have some seats, they have some tables, um outside, I don't think there are seats inside , but they do have. Some standing room inside, I think, eh, but it's been called a well-oiled machine. It's been called a shrine to Italian meat, but we're going to line up, we're going to walk, we're going to order. I can't wait, my favorite sandwich is the combo which is beef and sausage, uh dry because I don't like the juice of the bread and the sweet peppers because they are peppers, but it's not too spicy, sweet dry combo, they also have tamali, those are all. your options those are all your options oh yeah, yeah, the tamale is pretty good too, so I usually make a combination of dry sweet with tamale and if my kids are with me, I'll buy them Italian ice.

Yes, nice to meet you, okay, thank you very much. Thank you very much, what was your name? Oh, Gary, Gary, okay, and Gary it's nice to meet you, Mark, it was nice to meet you. We also got to the front of the line, Derek, are we ready to order? I think so. I'm ready to order, see how this goes Hi, okay, let's get it, can we dip two meats? Any pepper, uh, sweet and spicy mix, yeah, juicy, sweet and spicy, one more meat, uh, with juice on the side, no sauce on the side, no sauce on the side so make it dry, yeah, okay , a fried dried pork, no, although the peppers are mixed in too, wait for you to put it away, there are three sandwiches here, okay, oh, they're ready, right away, so they said it would be quick once you get on the row and do. your order but I didn't even turn off the camera like we placed our order I was literally still paying and he handed me the bag and I thought it was someone waiting for his order but it was our order. extremely fast again, it's an extremely well-oiled machine, you go in there, you have to know what you're ordering, know your combination and I mean, there's not that many options, but you have to know your choice, know it before you do while you're in line and just they will fly into your order, literally, I mean, you can choose your juiciness, but literally, when you dip it, when you get juice.

The juice is wet, it is as if it was submerged. Yes, they completely submerge it. A dive. It's an immersion. in the meat juice the baptism of the meat baptism of the meat we have a heavy bag of Italian meat oh oh I'm excited is that okay oh you this is oh it started to soak the paper is that but we did it I made it dry one, I I wonder which one is dry, although I hope they put the dry one on top, it must be this one, well, they are all quite juicy, okay, here we go, cooling, falling apart, falling apart, oh, the juice is soaking in, oh.

It smells so good, it smells quadruple wrapped in paper as soon as you get past that second paper you can smell the onions and peppers. Now you're supposed to completely untangle it, completely untangle it or yes, you're supposed to completely untangle it, just get ready to get like that. some more wet wipes something like that it's here it's coming out it's coming out of the oh oh look at that so when you open it on the paper it's like butterflies open the bread totally saturated in meat juice and surprisingly this I think it's to pick up, maybe at less for a few bites, let's try to pick it up, come on, I picked it up, I got it juicy, we're good, okay, you get the pizza, oh wow, a little bit of sweetness from the peppers. from the heat of the peppers, literally the bread just melts along with the right, along with the descends, no need to chew the bread, those onions give you a nice hint of flavor, that's what it's called from what I read. the ultimate ripping fat bomb ever devised by mankind and that's the truth, oh it's so good, it's so juicy, it's so meaty, the meat is welded with spices, you taste that kind of oregano herb flavor, maybe to rosemary, but then cut into such thin slices. then combined with those peppers that give it that acidity.

I'm dripping with grease, you're ready, don't grab it, don't grab it, here we go, just stick your face in it, it's like imagining how it holds together and at the same time, At that point it should completely collapse, it kind of collapses , but at the same time you can get it to your face before it completely collapses. It is a work of art. This is a milestone. What do you think about the heat? I love them because you're like the guy who loves the heat, is that enough? I love them, I love those hot peppers, they have a little kick to them, yeah, they have a little bit of B, you can kind of feel them. the spiciness a little bit around your lips, but then it doesn't burn your mouth too much, yeah, um, but you also have the sweet peppers, we have a right combination that also gives it a good balance of flavor, literally, like in the middle of the sandwich and everything is about to fall apart MH mhm, this sandwich right here in your hands is worth coming to Chicago because oh, I'm just covered in a layer of Italian beef oil, you buy cold bread, it's one of those sandwiches that when you take a big bite you actually have to close your eyes so they don't get splashed on you, they can't eat that much.

I have never eaten something so soggy and so delicious in my life. I wasn't going to leave him. but I'll risk the last few bites and leave it to try something you also have to order here. I think everyone orders the frozen Italian lemonade here. Italian ice. Oh yeah, wow, that hits the nail on the head. What a combination, no wonder everyone asks for it. so refreshing, the ice is so finely shaved, oh, and it turns into slushies as I continue to sit here mhm, I made it with the last accumulated bite, actually, there is so much juice, here we go, amazing.

Ultra satisfying, everything I hoped and dreamed of in Chicago. Street food tour, we have arrived at one of the most typical dishes in Chicago. I'm so excited, oh, this is one of the biggest meals in all of Chicago. Welcome to Jim's original and as the story goes, there is a plaque here about James Jimmy quotes. dates back to 1939 and was IM came from Europe started working at his aunt's hot dog stand which is originally on the corner of Maxwell and House Dead Streets he took his aunt's hot dog cart to the next level and created what's legendary in Chicago is what's called the Polish sausage sandwich and eventually Jim became so well known that he became a

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food legend in Chicago.

I love what the website says, there has perhaps never been a greater pleasure than taking a bite of one of Jimmy's original sandwiches. Starting at that corner of Maxwell Street, things eventually progressed, the city began to develop and eventually, due to the expansion of the city, Jym's original needed to change location and since then they changed several locations to its current location, the iconic yellow and red giant brick. building with Jim's original giant sign that is completely full and is known for its Polish sausages. Derek, tell us about Jim's Original Polish Sausages, do you want me to talk about my breakfast after dropping my mom off at work?

Yeah that's what I did so my mom worked at Rush University Medical Center here it's about a mile up the road so occasionally when I used her car in high school I usually dropped her off around 6:00 a.m. m. and then I pass by here andget two or three polishes for me, so you order and pay, it's extremely fast. I mean, almost everyone comes here for the Polish sausage, but they have hot dogs, they have fried pork chop sandwiches and there's really only a couple of ingredients, you get mustard. this mountain of steaming sweet onions that caramelize on the hot plate, so you load it up with onions, the Polish sausage goes in and then you also have the option of some of the chili peppers, the pickled chili peppers and oh man, it's a it's a piece of work of art, let's open the package, see what we have, we have the polish very hot, oh, I love how that juice seeps through the paper, it's hot, it's fresh, it's just always here for you, man, oh, look at that, look, that's a scent you wouldn't mind becoming your your scent, your scent for life, load it up with some of these peppers, oh look, that's beautiful, cheers, oh wow, oh, perfect crunch. that's all I was hoping for, a perfect crunch in that sauce, it broke when you take that bite, it breaks, the onions are so sweet and flavorful, oh and the pickled sedanos are delicious and give it a nice spiciness, that That's what I was wondering what to do. you think about the excellent heat, yes, I feel like these onions are literally roasted for days and days to come out, this taste is fresh, the flavor keeps building and building, they just sit there absorbing juices and they like it until they are like sponges. the onions are just Polish flavored biscuits and those peppers are hot, oh man that's perfection, the ultimate hot, so I got a little, sweat a little, but yeah, it's just as phenomenal as the simplest thing and Lo I've been doing it the same way for almost 90 years, yeah wait, 85, a landmark, an institution, a relic of Chicago, it's even more than I expected, I love it, I'm glad you're enjoying it, Chicago and another chili, oh yeah, wow, that's incredibly addictive.

It's such a simple thing but I think it's the quality of that glaze, it's the snap, it's the mustard, it's the sweet caramelized onions, it's those pickled hot peppers and I think they're healthy, but oh man, it's the sum of all the ingredients. what does something. extraordinary oh yeah onions dripping fat dripping happiness final bite that's the right thing to eat when you're in Chicago oh oh those are good mhm a little crunchy on the edges soft and chewy inside oh yeah that was all I thought it was going to be and more fulfilled all my polish sausage dreams absolutely delicious so tasty so iconic I mean, I think what I love about Jim's original is that it's something that everyone can enjoy regardless, I mean, you'll see people from here, from every people from Chicago's Walk of Life, this is a place for everyone and it's friendly, it's tasty, it brings back memories, it is without a doubt one of the things, one of the best meals that you can't

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when you visit Chicago, we are in the south of Chicago, yes. and from what I understand, this is the best chicken.

Well, I mean, we'll let Derek tell us everything. Harold's Harold's Chicken Shack Chicken Shack, so without a doubt, this is the best fried chicken you can get on the south side of Chicago. I would do it. just say in town uh but yeah three piece iconic mild sauce or hot sauce or you can do a mix of both uh and then it comes with chips and bread and here they specifically fry it and beef fat so that It's a little crispier. There are some things like on the menu that say exactly the same thing, but the recipes can change from place to place.

But they are numbered throughout the menu. city ​​too, and they're individually owned, so everyone has their favorite place for The Taste, so here we go, Herald's Chicken Shack, this is, I mean, it has a lot of meaning. I know, on the south side of Chicago, this place is. how cool number 35 Harold's Chicken Shack uh fried in beef fat you walk in here it smells so good I love the logo uh there's no seating here so it's takeout only normally the chicken wings are what you normally get, what you normally get, what you normally get it's like a four piece uh with fries and bread um or you can get you can get like a half D but it's the chicken wings with mild sauce right it has to be a mild sauce or you can do both so you can make a combination of mild and spicy sauce, but somehow people really love mild sauce, right, yeah, mild sauce is the best, which is like a barbecue SL uh, kind of like hot sauce with a little bit of vinegar, I guess that's the best way to say it, but okay, I appreciate it, oh, thank you very much, have a good time and stay safe, thanks to you too, that's great, oh, that's a layup there, thank you very much, okay, so here we go, my first time at Harold's.

Chicken Shack, a whole package, the reveal, yeah, are you excited?, oh, yeah, oh, it's been years, oh, so, it's soaked in the mild sauce, oh, everything, it's all soaked in the chicken in the mild sauce, oh, it's so juicy, so we have 25. fried wings a pile of fries a mountain of fries freshly dipped in the mild sauce m and a little extra mild sauce on the side just in case there wasn't enough oh I feel like you should start with the fries first, let's get to the fries I love it oh it's so sloppy and juicy and moist oh man something about Chicago and the food is moist and juicy yeah that wonderful little one sweet and smooth sauce, before even taking my butt, I inhaled and got that vinegary aroma down my throat and then it hits you. with the sticky sweetness oh that's addictive it reminds me of uh almost like bittersweet but not so not so sticky that sounds weird I don't even know any other way to heat it up maybe thicker but not as sticky yeah and not as sweet but still sweet mhm it's you absolutely have to lick your fingers because that sauce is so sticky oh that's delicious yeah okay let's move on to the wings mhm I want one of those on top covered in the sauce oh man oh yeah wonderful crunchy texture to that smooth sauce You're going to like to soften it up a little bit, okay, wait, oh wow, just like I remember, oh, that's so tasty, yeah, just saturated in that smooth but crunchy sauce at the same time, we get to see a little bit, we get to see through. the glass just has this little opening that you can see on the back of the and they were welcomed to see you there.

The chicken goes into a dry, dry batter, dry flour, it's not wet at all, it's fried until crispy. the moisture comes with that sauce it's crunchy it's sticky it's spicy it sticks to your fingers at the same time the bone turns texture it's amazing i've missed you so much herold's fried chicken it's everything i thought it was going to be and more like dereck was mentioning this place in particular, they fry their chicken wings in beef fat, it gives it a little extra flavor, also a little deeper flavors when it comes to that beef fat, mhm, oh man, oh it's so good that I feel like you can do it.

You can't go wrong two wings four wings 20 wings 100 wings an entire catering tray like the ones we have I'll eat them all I mean, I was a little unsure about the mild sauce I've never ordered mild sauce in my life but you have to do it here Lo I understand it's addictive it's tasty it has all the balance of flavor it's such an addictive harmony yeah, oh look at that, this is Wing, that's why I'd be here, make sure you say that's why I was here, oh oh man, oh oh, a couple of bones, bones, bones, down, the birds will give them such an incredible texture, such an iconic flavor balance, oh look, Harolds, and that's why I was here three to five times a week growing up, because where else can i?

You get a delicious meal like this for a few dollars, I don't blame you, oh man, these chicken wings are so addictive, you can't stop, oh, I was eating the chicken wings from the top that are dipped in the most sauce, but as you go lower, there's less sauce and you get more of that crunchy flavor and that fried beef fat, but I think the perfect combination is half soaked in sauce and then half crispy. I'm so addictive, so good and just an absolute icon of South Chicago Phoenix is ​​not going to be the same, that's happiness, okay, I can eat one more and then I have to finish.

Oh, in the past I can't get enough of fried chicken cooked to perfection. Oh, this definitely wasn't the first meal in Chicago. that's up to my nose, but I have to be careful to bring wet wipes, it's going to get dirty, nicely covered in a mild sauce, oh, that's a fried chicken experience that no, you'll never forget, okay, we're On our way to the next place, we are still on the south side of Chicago and we are going to a place that does something so unique that it is a type of barbecue, but the way they do it totally defines Chicago barbecue.

This place is legendary, get out. from the car you could see the smoke coming out of the chimney they're having a barbecue right here it's standing alone you stand in line you place your order from the window oh I'm so excited welcome to lm's barbecue it was started by Bruce and Miles lemons back in 1954 , but the Lems family was originally the Lem brothers and their father William, who was enslaved in Alabama and their plantation where they worked was a lemon plantation and it says here that during Reconstruction the surnames of former slaves were often connected to their experiences and that's how his name became lemons, of course there are many more details, but the story continues, the recipe, the barbecue, the sauce was passed down and eventually the family moved from Indianola Mississippi, up north, here to Chicago, where they preserved the tradition and also created this new distinctive, I mean, and definition of Chicago-style barbecue.

I love everything about this place, I mean you can feel the history it has. It has so much heritage. It has so much that it oozes character. The fragance. The barbecue smells amazing and they are especially famous for the rib tips and hot links, but all the ribs and one of the things that are most unique and that has really defined the style of barbecue in Chicago is what is now called a smoker. aquarium We don't have access to it but you can see it from the glass windows and the aquarium smoker is a direct BBQ smoking technique where the fire is at the bottom, I mean it looks like an aquarium, it looks like a fish tank on the top .

This is the Chicago style and is something they do best here at LMS Barbecue. I thank you all, yes, oh, good thing we have the minivan. Hood can't wait, yes, literally. smoky like even if you're already full, that's the aroma that will make you hungry again absolutely oh oh lifting the lid oh they're steaming and they're just lathered in that sauce they look incredibly tender and juicy incredibly juicy and it's got a good little bit of bark also oh yeah, okay, I think let's open everything oh, it's the hot links oh oh oh, look at those hot links, oh my God, with fries on the bottom just dipped in the sauce.

There we go, oh, it's just drowning in its barbecue sauce oh the bread, look it's a whole slab oh man, the bread soaking it in woo, yeah, yeah, I think let's start with the tips of the ribs, this is why They are better known. I feel pretty good about it, look at the cartilage. all odds and ends oh and look but oh yeah oh man that's hot that's good look that amount of meat literally literally this came like 1 minute ago it was in the smoker it's outside they're on fire they're still boiling mhm wow M I love everything about of this oh that's amazing the smokiness a little excited there a little the smokiness the crust like Derrick was saying that crust that crunch on the outside of the ribs that's amazing the sauce that has vinegar and sweetness mhm a little bit of pepper it's tender it's smoky it's spicy it's a flavor you'll never forget oh man oh oh oh lower the gristle mhm oh wowow this one of those Chicago staples like rib tips is what Chicagoans love and are known for adding that with the hot links let's also move on to those like hot links uhhuh yeah I'm ready the feeder served on the fries actually there are fries on the bottom oh swimming in their smooth sauce with the hot links on top I love it grab a hot link yeah No, this is the best presentation you've ever heard.

Mmhm, it's like a bbq breakfast sausage, that's what it tastes like, but I really like a good ratio of fatty meat, crumbly and crumbly. in your mouth you have the smoky flavor, you have the snap of the skin and then again you just soak in that sauce, that mild sauce is incredibly, I mean, kind of similar to Harolds with the mild sauce, it's like that balance of flavor, that sweet and sour taste that is. oh, that sausage is good, you can see the juices, squeeze it, mhm, dip it in those fries and put them on the hot link, see, that's why it's open, so you just drop a couple of fries in there, the French fries completely soaked in barbecue sauce, oh I dropped it.

Oh there we are MH oh that takes humidity to the next level and you'll love it yeah and it's not like it's not called hot link because of the spices um oh okay in the extreme heat sense it's more still. The spiciness and flavors of the sausage itself, but it's not like burning your mouth. It's not very spicy, but you see some chili seeds in there and you taste the chili flavor, just not, but it's good. yeah, really really good, ready for the slab, then let's open the door, oh boy, look at this,wait, wait, just watch it's going to fall off the bone and then this one is a little dry if you go for the one below you. go for the bottom one there was another rib tip it was just hanging it's swimming it's swimming oh i totally forgot i totally forgot about the fries now oh yeah, they were under there a little hidden secret a spy from fr R if I can call it that I think this is a slab that we just need to bite off, literally.

I just grabbed it and like my finger went through the entire roof of the slab, I'm taking a full bite out of the slab. I guess I'll join you on a few more things. more satisfying in life than taking a bite out of a slab, okay, I'm ready, oh man, I just had a mouth full of bark and it tastes wonderful, it's so good, yeah, the skin, the outside edge, the ends, It simply comes off the bone, the bur. they end up crazy oh man that's insanely good and you really get a lot of that smokiness throughout it yeah yeah and it's cooked perfectly so it's ultra tender melting bone in your mouth that slides in and , however, at the same time it's like charred to perfection and you have that crust and that crust oh that fresh sauce when I took a bite and inhaled and through my nose mhm that vinegar went straight to my brain oh I love it we're almost done talking Here we have a lot of barbecue to eat, yes, and truly one of the best.

I mean, we're covering five of the absolute most local Street Foods that you'd be sorry to miss when you visit Chicago LMS BBQ, doing it since 1954 with so much history, so much culture. and this is the place you want to be when you come south of Chicago, we also have some hot sauce now. I think this would be something like maybe similar to a Louisiana style hot sauce mhm oh boy oh yeah mm oh wow oh yeah, a lot more chili than vinegar, yes, chili vinegar, yes, a combination of both together will be amazing, le give a little more Tang mhm, yes a lot more vinegar, this is pure bliss circling back to that bucket, it's like an endless bucket of rib tips, they are ultra tender falling off the bone dripping, sauce and grease, there's no doubt my hands will be sticky and smell good for the rest of the day if it weren't for my whole trip to Chicago which was amazing Taste so good uh Chicago you've been extremely delicious and I'm going to have these five places and the five dishes listed below in the description box below.

I mean, these are

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you don't want at all. to miss when you're in Chicago and I guarantee I'll eat them all every time I return. I want to say a huge thank you to my brother-in-law Derek Robinson, he roasts coffee for participating in this for being with me and eating in Chicago and if you haven't seen more videos in this Chicago food series, I mean, we're eating in this amazing city, there will be many iconic food dishes. dishes that were invented in Chicago things that you can't miss, be sure to watch the rest of the videos and I want to thank you enormously for watching this video, remember to give it a like if you enjoyed it.

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