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I put my homemade air fryer chicken nuggets up against McDonald’s, Popeyes & Burger King in a blindfold taste test challenge… and the winner shocked me 😱
🍗 In this blind taste test challenge, I try to guess which nuggets are which — and the results might shock you! Watch until the end to see if my homemade nuggets can hold their own against fast food giants.
👉 In this video, you’ll see:
• Homemade air fryer chicken nuggets recipe in action
• Blind taste test challenge against McDonald’s, Popeyes, and Burger King nuggets
• Honest reactions & surprising results!
🔥 Comment below: Which nuggets are YOUR favorite — McDonald’s, Popeyes, Burger King, or homemade?
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All right, we're back with another taste
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test video and this time we are going to
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see how my homemade airfried chicken
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nuggets are going to compare against
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Popeye's, McDonald's, and Burger King.
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So, first step, let's recap how to make
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these nuggets at home. And while you do
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that, I'll be back with the bags of fast
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food.
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It all starts with this simple spice
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mix. It has some white pepper, smoked
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paprika, garlic powder. You want to add
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half of this into your ground chicken
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and mix that up with some eggs and corn
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starch. Make sure you mix it really well
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and then just start forming the nuggets.
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Some grease in your hands will go a long
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way. Once the nuggets have been formed,
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then just freeze this for about 20 30
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minutes. This here is a breadcrumb
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mixture, homemade, with some sourdough
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bread. Then I have a dry mix and then a
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wet mix. Dip the nuggets into the dry,
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then the wet, then the breadrumbs. Pack
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it tightly, and then get ready to air
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fry. These will air fry for about 12 to
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13 minutes on the first side with some
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oil that I'm spraying on each side. Make
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sure you flip it halfway and finish
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cooking until they are golden brown.
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Now, make sure you watch the full
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recipe. is full of tips and tricks just
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to make sure you get the best nuggets
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which are actually lighter and healthier
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and actually cheaper. I'll put the
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dollar per nugget as we take a look at
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all the nuggets that we are comparing
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today. You'll be shocked to see what
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each of them cost. Now, the rules are
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the same as it has been for the blind
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French fry taste test video. We did
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three rounds of that and the pan pizza
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taste test video. So, make sure you
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check those out if you like pizzas and
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fries. And I'll be grading it based on
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how crispy it is, how juicy the chicken
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is, and the overall flavor. Now, if
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you're wondering the temperature, how
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recently did I cook the homemade
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nuggets? Well, for full clarity, the
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fast food ones I got about 3 hours ago,
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and the homemade one I cooked about an
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hour ago. All of them are kind of at
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room temperature. So, I'm going to pop
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one from each in the air fryer. Warm it
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up so the playing field is leveled. All
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right, everything is hot. Let's start
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shuffling.
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[Music]
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Okay, there's a bit of spice on the
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crust.
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Super juicy the chicken. I'm going to
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give this I'm going give this the
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crispiness a three. I'm going to give
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the juiciness a four. And I think the
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overall flavor a four as well. I hope
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what I'm going to taste next won't
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change this rating.
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[Music]
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That was super flaky. That had to be
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Popeyes. I think this is
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really really light, flaky, crisp.
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That's going to be a five for
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crispiness.
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It was even juicier. I still have the
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juiciness in my mouth. I'm going to give
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that a four. And overall flavor, it was
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a good nugget. A bit greasy, though.
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I'm going to give that a four for now.
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All right, let's try number three.
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[Music]
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That's some good crispiness. Crispiness.
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There were like layers of it. We'll give
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that a five. Quick crispiness. Different
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than the Popeye's one. Popeyes was light
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and flaky like almost like cornflakes,
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like panco. But this one was like a
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really thin, light, crisp with like the
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breadcrumbs.
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Definitely this was mine. And the
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flavor, there was just way more flavor
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in the chicken. And I tasted more
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chicken. That's a good point. I tasted
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more chicken. I could tell this was
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homemade and there were no fillers in
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here. I wonder how much chicken is in
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the chicken nuggets that I'm tasting
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right now. But it did not taste
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processed, which is a big plus.
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Juiciness. Five, I think. Yeah, I think
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flavor if this was deep fried, I would
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have given it a five. Deep fried really,
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really changes and that's the only
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disadvantage that it has to the fried
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ones here. So, I'm going to give that a
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thing of four because where it gets the
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points is the spices
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in both the breading and inside the
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chicken that I've added, which which
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tastes incredible.
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[Music]
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Yeah, that's McDonald's. Oh, I got a bad
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batch. My usual McDonald's makes amazing
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nuggets. These aren't amazing.
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Crispiness. Yeah, crispiness is going to
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be a four. Juiciness. That's where it's
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weird. I wonder why it's not juicy
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still. Like, it's a seal. It's a
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breading
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and we're just reheating it. It
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shouldn't get so dry.
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Maybe like we have to have it super
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fresh and it just dies the moment it
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even cools down a tiniest bit. Two. It
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tastes like dry chicken. It there's some
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juice in it. But compared to the
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Burger King one, maybe two is too harsh.
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I think three. Yeah, cuz Burger King was
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four. And overall flavor. Oh, I'm I was
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let down today in the fry video. I guess
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you can guess how good the McDonald's
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might have done cuz it is on my
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favorites. But here, let me let me know
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the two that look the most similar,
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which is Burger King and McDonald's.
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And there's more flavor here
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in the Burger King ones,
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but I don't think it beats the homemade
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one.
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M Popeyes
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10.
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Like I hope you can see the juiciness
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that I'm squeezing it. And it tastes the
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most like chicken. It tastes like a
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chicken sausage. I was happy with how
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well the Burger King Popeyes and the
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homemade ones held up even though they
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weren't had immediately as they were
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fried or airfried. Now, no one's going
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to stop getting fast food nuggets.
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There's a reason why we love fast food
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nuggets. It's convenient. It's a great
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snack cuz like I never really make
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homemade nuggets. This is the first time
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that I've ever made homemade nuggets.
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And they are really easy to prepare.
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And if you have a few hours, maybe like
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an hour or 2 hours to prep a batch of
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these to have as a healthy alternative.
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If you do love nuggets, you go to the
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drive-thru every single day, right? You
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just love nuggets, then I think you
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would put the work in to make nuggets
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that you can have more of and not do as
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much, I guess, damage to your body. But
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it's the flavor as well that really
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comes out. It's always been my motive to
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like have the best version of a dish.
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And here you can control the type of
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chicken, how uh healthy it is, how
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organic it is. You can even get chicken
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breast and ground that up yourself in a
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food processor and use that as the mince
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instead of getting ground chicken that
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may also have some dark meat in it. And
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it just positions the homemade nuggets
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at a really competitive level to these
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fast food ones because once it's prepped
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and frozen, then it's just a matter of
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popping it in the air fryer. And that's
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going to be almost as fast as ordering
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the nuggets and waiting for them to be
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delivered or picking it up at the
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drive-thru. Check out the other taste
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test videos. Check out how to make the
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homemade airfried nuggets. And if you
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really want, you can always deep fry
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them. You can always bake them and I'll
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see you on the next one. See you.