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Submitted to Contest #55
The macaroni and cheese did not taste right to me. It was not like my mom made it. Carol did not rinse the macaroni but used the cooking water as part of the cheese sauce. My mom said the macaroni should be rinsed with cold water after it was cooked. Her cheese sauce was made with milk. Everything about being in this home was strange to me. There were several children here. I was not sure why I was among them. It felt foreign to me, so foreign that the night I was supposed to sleep over I became sick to my stomach and ...
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