Make your own Chick-Fil-A sandwich at home

15crown00

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 3:35 a.m.

a big tadoo about nothing.if they choose not to like something that's their right.

Jay Thomas

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 7:46 p.m.

Another attempt to cost Chick-Fil-A business,,,,

Jake C

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 1:43 a.m.

if you can't take the heat.... get out of the kitchen

Kyle Nathaniel

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 7:33 p.m.

It's stories like this that remind me exactly why AnnArbor.com only prints twice/week. Not only do I find it disturbing that someone would want to try to re-create a fast food sandwich in their own home, but it also disgusts me that someone actually took the time to write this article from what has been long known to be one of the most gay friendly small town in the country. I don't think it's funny, I find it offensive. I hope you're embarrassed.

Jake C

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 1:28 a.m.

Um, I think many people view the purpose of this article as being: "Do you like this chicken sandwich, but disagree with the maker's business practices? Here's how to make it yourself so your money doesn't go towards a cause you disagree with!" Are you seeing it as something different?

Richard

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 4:48 p.m.

Rather average food to get so excited over. Who cares what the owner thinks ? Some of my gay friends who like the food at Chick fil A still go there. No one is forcing anyone to go or keeping anyone away.

Jake C

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 1:25 a.m.

Richard: You're quite right that no one really cares too much about what the owner *thinks*. It's about what the owner *does* that is the issue.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 10:44 p.m.

while they might not be "flogging gay customers" or "killing gay chickens (LOL so funny LOL) they give money to corporations who do much worse than that.

shutthefrtdoor

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 5:38 p.m.

For real! From reading these posts one might get the impression they are flogging gay customers or even worse...slaughtering gay chickens! Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! =D

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 12:25 p.m.

To all those who are using the "it's a first amendment issue" it is not... here's a very recent article that beautifully sums up some of the things I would like to tell you... "When gays get so angry about a chicken sandwich, it is because Chick-fil-A has given around $5 million to fight to discriminate against us. When we praise brave Eagle Scouts who give up their badges in protest of the Boy Scouts of America's prejudice, it's not about scoring political points; it's because there are kids in dens who are being taught to believe that they are less than equal. When we rant about the pastor who preaches that gays should be thrown into a concentration camp, we scream out of fear. And our fears are justified -- in the last seven days, a lesbian in Nebraska was carved with a knife, a gay man in Oklahoma was firebombed, and a girl in Kentucky was kicked and beaten -- her jaw broken and her teeth knocked out -- while her assailants allegedly hurled anti-gay slurs at her. I am your coworker, your frat brother, your cousin, your neighbor. And I am watching as you defend institutionalized discrimination. Eat all the chicken sandwiches you want. But, realize that behind this debate are real people -- kids like the girl in Kentucky who fear for their safety, women like Sally Ride's widow who are denied their spouse's Social Security benefits. Even if it doesn't seem like it, we want nothing more than to leave behind the angry debates on Facebook and on Capitol Hill. There are, after all, a lot of pictures of One Direction and grandkids we would rather be posting, sharing and 'liking.' " full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/conor-gaughan/chick-fil-a-homophobia_b_1711566.html this is not a fight over chicken or free speech

Jake C

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 1:24 a.m.

@Joe Hood: We have multiple problems in our country right now. 1) Single unwed mothers are having unwanted children, both in America and overseas. 2) Gay couples want to adopt/raise children just like most other couples. Ooh, I have an idea, let's allow committed monogamous gay male couples to adopt children from parents who don't want children! And let's allow committed monogamous lesbian couples to adopt or use scientific methods to birth their own children (via Y chromosome donors). It's a win-win situation! But seriously, if your only defense against gay marriage is that gay couples can't produce children, you should also support laws that would dissolve marriages of infertile couples. But you'd have to be some kind of monster to support that....

Joe Hood

Thu, Aug 9, 2012 : 3:09 a.m.

M_A: there, you've belittled marriage, calling it a little piece of paper. Really, marriage doesn't have that much to do with love, as far as the state is concerned. The state's interest is in stable families raising more children (hell, in the Balkan states, they pay you for having kids--other countries give you oodles of maternity leave). As a society, we need kids. The state has a vested interest in children and gives advantages to those that are set up to make more kids. There are same sex couples that can manage to raise children properly (I know some)( though there is not enough studies to document this and there are more balanced studies coming out that prove this may not be the case), but a same sex couple's success is on an unsustainable method and therefore the exception for a policy such as marital benefits (perhaps there is another way). I'm glad your ideal, at the least, involves two people because there is already a California congressman proposing marriage involve more than two people. There are many others that would like to re-define marriage in all other sorts of ways with little regard for consequences.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 11:09 p.m.

and I never said I "hated marriage" or was even against it in any way. If you want to go by "the way of the bible" marriage could mean you trading your daughter (aka: slave/property) for foreskin or gold. Simple minded conservatives getting silly ideas and twisting words about nothing.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 10:37 p.m.

free speech wasn't a problem when JC Penny hired Ellen Degeneres as a spokesperson and conservative jerks decided to boycott the store... how is that much different? Joe Hood, marriage is great... a bit silly to define love with a piece of paper but still great. In my "ideal world" marriage would be 2 people who love each other getting married no matter what their sexual orientation is.

Jimmy McNulty

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 7:45 p.m.

I love how liberals believe in free speech- as long as it agrees with their own views.

Joe Hood

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 4:06 p.m.

M_A: Why do you hate marriage so much? And if you're going to re-define marriage, what will the re-definition end up being? What is your ideal world? And inline with the article, thanks for the food tip!

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:45 p.m.

z-man, since i can't tell you how ridiculous (is that a pretty enough word for the editors of annarbor.com?) you are being, I really hope you recognize your bigotry soon.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:39 p.m.

and once again, THIS IS NOT ABOUT FREE SPEECH.

Z-man

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:09 p.m.

For every pastor who is actually preaching against homosexuality, there are atheists working diligently to tear down every cross in the public square that they can. You have every right to your views against those of the CEO of Chick-Fil-A, but don't think for a minute that there isn't a serious free speech issue here; they have a right to their opinions as well. And this free speech issue is significantly amplified when a few big city mayors threaten to use political power to interfere with the business interests of companies whose personal or religious beliefs are not congruent with their own. That is a blatant abuse of power, plain and simple.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 10:56 a.m.

wonderful, instead of paying for awful food make your own! I'd rather not support a business that gives money to organizations who thinks homosexuality can be "cured"/ groups that support a Ugandan bill that promotes the slaughter of homosexuals.

Jessica Webster

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 3:07 a.m.

I shared this Serious Eats post because it's a food perspective on a national story that much of the country is talking about. Have a favorite fast food item you've replicated at home? Let's talk about it. Want to weigh in on your favorite chicken sandwich? Go for it!

Jake C

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 1:16 a.m.

I'm sure it took some guts before deciding to submit this article for publishing, knowing the kind of "discussion" it would spur. Way to go, Jessica! Maybe your next article will be about a nice late-summer soup recipe =)

Jim Burdelski

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:39 a.m.

Make sure you have a good Cardio Dr. before you eat that crap.

jns131

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 3:45 p.m.

I was thinking the same thing. Cardio on a bun. Heart attacks to go. We try not to eat anything fried more then once a month or longer. Think I'll stay with my baked chicken on a bun. Whole wheat to go.

simone66

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 1:45 a.m.

Annarbor.com, you sunk to a new low with this article. How could you even attempt to write a 'light-hearted fun story' about this company in light of the pathetic beliefs of this company?

15crown00

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 3:37 a.m.

so who gets to decide what others believe?YOU and your buds/w3hy not me and my buds/

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 12:33 p.m.

they knew it would get a rise out of everyone who comments... and clearly, it worked.

Ann English

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 11:33 p.m.

I see from the link that it's cayenne pepper that makes it spicy. Someone in Huntsville, Alabama says he did not want to give up his spicy chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A. The photo above reminds me of the portobello burgers I made just this morning, but with a lot less oil and salt. I didn't have enough Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP), so I used more Italian blended cheese. No pickles, but chopped zucchini along with sun-dried tomatoes went right into the meat substitute. This recipe I used came from the South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Recipes cookbook. Where it called for salt and pepper, I used sea salt and cayenne pepper. Jessica, the cook on the link provided never mentioned how much sea salt to use for a Chick-fil-A sandwich, just kosher and regular. I only use peanut oil for Thai dishes, and those come from Live Better America, formerly Eat Better America.

Jessica Webster

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:57 a.m.

I love portobello burgers, Ann. Did you blend the mushrooms with the TVP? Peanut oil gets used a lot in fad food (see 5 Guys Burgers & Fries) which can be a conundrum for those with peanut allergies.

Greg

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 10:43 p.m.

Personally, I feel "Ann Arbor.com is using very POOR judgement in posting a Chick-Fil-A recipe. If gays want to boycott the restaurant chain, that's their choice. But, for AnnArbor.com to get involved and attempt to undermine Chick-Fil-A by posting a recipe that would allow boy-cotters to benefit from a moral stance that they have made is biased and out of line. Feel free yo voice an opinion, if you must, however posting their recipe reveals which side of the fence you support and that, in itself, is incredibly offensive to Christians that have taken a moral stance on the issue.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 10:39 p.m.

@USRepublic... plan on trading your daughter for 10 forsekin any time soon? The bible says that's cool.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 1:48 p.m.

And @GREG, it's not just "gays" who are boycotting chick-fil-a, it is people from all sexes defending human rights. You do not have to be gay to support freedom and equality. Nor do you have to be gay to oppose a company that gives money to groups who think homosexuality is a disease that can be cured, or businesses that give money to groups who support bills in Uganda that promotes the slaughter of homosexuals. This is a human rights issue.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 11:43 a.m.

Way to go KarenH, you're the kind of christian that is nice to know exists these days. Those telling you you're not a Christian because you don't believe homosexuality is wrong "because the bible says so" probably mix fibers, eat shellfish, play football/eat bacon on a daily basis. These bigots need to stop picking and choosing what bible verses they believe they should follow.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 10:59 a.m.

Sorry, but i'd rather enjoy a chicken sandwic that doesn't support the slaughter of homosexuals in Africa...

KarenH

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:32 a.m.

USRepublic, I am Christian enough not to care who thinks I am Christian enough, and I am Christian enough to love my neighbors and not judge others. I also eat shrimp and don't believe that women are the property of their husbands or that slavery is appropriate under any circumstance, though it certainly was acceptable by some of those who wrote in the bible. Regardless, we live in a country that is not ruled by a single religion, where we are supposed to have equal rights. Christians who object to my equality can object all they want but when they interfere and try to influence laws against me, that harm my family, then they are not being Christians at all. There is no morality in trying to harm families.

USRepublic

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:11 a.m.

Karen....you are not a Christian if you don't follow the Bible's teachings....

KarenH

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : midnight

From this article, http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/chick_fil_a_controversy_why_dan_cathy_s_statements_are_dangerous_.html "This isn't about a business owner's religious freedom, or his right to voice his opinion and invest in political causes that he favors. It's about our troubling willingness to patronize a company that so brazenly sinks its funds into hate campaigns and whose president genuinely believes that God will seek terrible vengeance on us for our country's growing tolerance of homosexuals."

KarenH

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 11:17 p.m.

How on earth is it offensive to Christians? All the Christians I know, including myself, do NOT support organizations that try to limit the rights of minority Americans. All the Christians I know condemn the organizations that support Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill, and are critical of any business that supports those organizations (like Chick-Fil-A). All the Christians I know are morally opposed to those who use their Christianity to promote an agenda of hate and oppression.

a2citizen

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 10:54 p.m.

"...Feel free yo voice an opinion..." ....but don't.

Jimmy McNulty

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 9:22 p.m.

Jessica, good story and the sandwich looks excellent. The Food Network magazine also deconstructed the Chick-Fil-A recipie a few years back and it is similar to the one here with a few tiny tweeks like a tsp of each malted milk, powdered sugar, and ground mustard in the dredging.

USRepublic

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 8:52 p.m.

Eat Mor Chickin..... The laws of natural selection at work....

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:15 p.m.

ahh, says the person who called someone out earlier for not being christian because they supported homosexual (HUMAN) rights... when's the last time you cut your hair? Leviticus 19:27 says that is a no-no.

rwshas

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 8:10 p.m.

Chick-Fil-A. We need one around here..

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 1:59 p.m.

looks like we need some more "brains" around here...

a2citizen

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 10:52 p.m.

Karen, the differences between the right wing and your wing are your wing is a lot smaller but it is really, really noisy.

KarenH

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 9:12 p.m.

nekm1, Yes, freedom of speech is wonderful, and no one is stopping Cathy from running his business. Right -wing groups boycotted JC Penny because they hire Ellen Degeneres as a spokesperson and for no other reason. How could anyone fault us for boycotting a business that actively works against our interests? Against our equality as Americans? Again, he is free to practice his religion and he is free to run his business. And thankfully, we are all free to express our opposition to someone working directly against us.

Angry Moderate

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 8:59 p.m.

KarenH - by "groups who take away our rights", I assume you mean the liberal mayors who are blatantly violating the first amendment by discriminating against Chick-fil-A, right?

nekm1

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 8:50 p.m.

Karen, I suggest you take your closed mind to another fast food outlet, or possibly some sandwich shop that also believes in a closed mind like your own. Freedom of religion and religious belief is what has made America great. Vision like yours works better in a facist state. Sorry for you and your followers.

KarenH

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 8:28 p.m.

Oh sure, we need a business here that gives money to groups who take away our rights, and to organizations that promote laws against homosexuality, that would put us in prison, or in Uganda, execute us (where some of Cathy's money went in support of Uganda's "kill the gays" bill). Yes, that sounds great.

Itchy

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 8:17 p.m.

Yes we do. Excellent fast food. Treat their employees well, I understand, after talking to many.

Z-man

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:46 p.m.

Chief Creative Officer J. Kenji Lopez-Alt needs a new job title...I don't see much creativity in trying to rip off Chick-Fil-A's recipe, nor do I understand AA.com's desire to publish their recipe and undermine their business. I personally see no reason to avoid Chick-Fil-A because the personal views of their CEO may not agree with mine, but I find the threats by the mayors of Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco to prevent the company from doing business in their cities to be an egregious abuse of power and or Chick-Fil-A's first amendment rights. Particularly disgusting is the hipocracy of Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel, who had no problem with Barack Obama's position on gay marriage when he was Obama's chief of staff and before Obama flip-flopped on the issue.

Jake C

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 : 1:07 a.m.

So, every time I cook a good steak at home, am I trying to rip off the Chop House? Every time I make a hamburger, am I ripping off McDonalds? Trying to reverse-engineer a product is a creative & difficult endeavor and I think it's pretty cool, whether it's figuring out the secret ingredients in Coca-Cola or a Chicken Sandwich, or how Apple produced their iPads. As for the comments by those mayors, even though I agree with them politically I find their comments dumb and unproductive. It's one thing for a president to say he is conflicted on the issue of gay marriage. It's quite another thing for a corporation to donate millions of dollars to groups that would love to make homosexuality a crime punishable by death.

Z-man

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 1:45 p.m.

I didn't know that MIT had a culinary program! I subscribe to Cooks Illustrated, and to me their writers have serious food credibility. That doesn't change the fact that recreating someone else's recipe is an activity that falls short of being creative, especially when the recipe in question is a deep-fried chicken fillet on a bun with a couple of pickle slices. His title of Chief Creative Officer might be better applied to endeavors more sophisticated than ripping off fast food recipes.

Kristina Birk

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 11:52 p.m.

Politics aside... You might want to get more familiar with Lopez-Alt's work before questioning his title... He's MIT educated and previously worked at Cooks Illustrated, so he's got a lot of cred in the food writing world. A chicken sandwich may not be objectively impressive, but he comes up with some seriously cool food hacks in his current column at SE.

Pablo

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:43 p.m.

Sorry... no Big-O-Tree sandwiches for us.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 1:22 p.m.

at the moment 18 people have voted your comment down... just goes to show how many bigots there are on annarbor.com

John of Saline

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:41 p.m.

Did you see the CFO who videoed himself berating some Chick-Fil-A drive-thru worker? He lost his job after posting it on Youtube.

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 1:58 p.m.

disregard my comment please, that was intended as a reply to a different post

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 1:57 p.m.

congratulations...

Goober

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 8:15 p.m.

He deserved to be fired.

seldon

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:37 p.m.

Every time I see a vegetarian activist post something like this, I go out and deliberately eat some meat.

seldon

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 9:19 p.m.

Because they're spammers. It's like the commenters who, regardless of the topic, find a way to make it be about Obama.

shutthefrtdoor

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 5:31 p.m.

LOL! Bring me the cow...I'll carve off what I want and ride the rest home! Hahahahahahahahahaha! =D

mermaid72

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 12:29 p.m.

Why? Why do you feel so much anger over someone who is just trying to have a positive attitude towards animal welfare? Calm down & quit being so fanatical!

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 11:52 a.m.

uhh... congratulations???

seldon

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:38 p.m.

(Oops, this was directed to roadsidedinerlover's post. And what an odd name to have, for an apparently fanatical vegetarian.)

Ed Fenton

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:27 p.m.

I would not go to that place: Chick-Fil-A

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 11:51 a.m.

I wouldn't either, I boycotted them many years ago. It's not about free speech, it's about not supporting businesses who support bills that would have men and women killed for their sexual preferences.

ferdcom

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:37 p.m.

Good for you Ed. We all need places that we would not go to and people we would not be seen with.

Murf

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:22 p.m.

Actually the closest one to the Ann Arbor area isn't even in Michigan - it's in the mall in Toledo. Great photo. Makes me want to go on a 40 minute road trip south!

Jessica Webster

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 3:28 p.m.

The one in Rochester is on the campus of Oakland University and is closed until September. But yes, they are pretty much equidistant.

Hmm

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 3:10 p.m.

There's a chick Fil a up in Rochester Hills. But that's about the same distance away from A2, so I guess you could do either one if you want

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 11:47 a.m.

please go... and stay there.

Ann English

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 11:01 p.m.

Someone did go there from Ann Arbor last Wednesday and called into a conservative talk show to tell the host about it. Someone from St. Joseph, Michigan went to Indiana last Wednesday to eat at a Chic-fil-A and called the show Thursday to tell listeners about it.

Annette Poole

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:13 p.m.

Really? "I don't care about no politics, I just want my SAMMICH!" So glad I don't know anyone with that god awful attitude. It's embarrassing.

Rico

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:24 p.m.

@Annette Poole Have you ever had one? I'm terribly saddened that I will no longer be able to visit the CFA in Franklin Park Mall in Toledo. Guess I'll just have go with the McDonald's Southern Style Chicken sandwich from now on. Who knew that a fried chicken breast, two pickles and a buttery bun could be such a treat.

D.M.Bierlein

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:07 p.m.

2 quarts of peanut oil for 4 sandwiches???? That can't be right.

Jessica Webster

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:32 p.m.

D.M. - it takes a lot of oil to deep fry chicken. It would certainly be more economical to fry more than 4 sandwiches worth of chicken at a time for that reason. Alternatively, you can reuse your fryer oil a few times after straining it through cheesecloth or a coffee filter. There's a discussion about this over on Chowhound: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/668056

roadsidedinerlover

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 5:58 p.m.

Try something vegetarian instead!! Gardin products (Meijer has them) have similar protein items. That way you don't cause abuse to chickens and save the planet and your heart!

AAPS Student

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 9:38 p.m.

Which is why I am proud to say that I am a vegetarian and have been for 12 years. I am 16 now

15crown00

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 3:39 a.m.

ok whatever u say.

Madeleine Borthwick

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:22 p.m.

Hey, haven't you ever heard of free-range chicken? see, this is one of the things that drive me away from considering a vegetarian lifestyle. most vegetarians i've met are down-to-earth people who would NEVER attempt to compel someone into this lifestyle. unfortunately, some vegetarians/vegans are snobbish, self-righteous (insert nasty word here) who think themselves superior to us carnivores. if you don't want to eat meat, good for you, then don't eat meat. but don't look down your nose at those of us who do. any questions?

Modern_Atheist

Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 2:08 p.m.

as wonderful as it would be to convert the world into veganism, that is not the issue... the issue is companies like chick-fil-a who give millions of dollars to businesses that think they can treat homosexuality like it is a disease of some sort. Keep your vegan agenda aside for a second and fight for something that is important... like human rights.

Ted Bundy

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:56 p.m.

Hans- I've had some weight loss success too on a similar eating plan. I eat a lot of fruit on top of the vegatables and animal proteins and nuts. Hunter Gatherer style.

Hans Masing

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 7:04 p.m.

Ever since cutting out carbs - especially refined carbs - and completely avoiding highly processed products like the one you mention and instead focusing on unlimited animal fats and proteins and carbs from unrefined vegetables, my cholesterol has normalized, I have lost 30 pounds, and my health is better than it has been in years. The *only* problem I see with the sandwich in this article is the bun. Too many simple carbs. :-)

Angry Moderate

Mon, Aug 6, 2012 : 6:12 p.m.

Why don't you turn off your computer and save some electricity that probably came from fossil fuels?

Make your own Chick-Fil-A sandwich at home

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