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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The turkey is golden and steaming. The ham is in the oven. The prime rib is resting on the counter. The goose, so to speak, is cooked. At your holiday dinner, it is the entrée that is the star attraction. It is what gets the attention and garners all of the obviously well-deserved praise. But something seems unfair about that. Undemocratic. The mashed potatoes and green bean casseroles do the heavy lifting, yet it is those elitist beef wellingtons that bask in the glory. We say it is time to stand up to this abuse. Time for vegetables of all shapes and varieties to come together in peas and ha…