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Getting back to training table meat 'n' taters is going seem pretty prosaic.

Bengals' Dhani Jones spans globe for constant variety of sport 2009

Getting back to training table meat 'n' taters is going seem pretty prosaic.

Bengals linebacker Jones spans globe for constant variety of sport 2009

"Thirty cents; I've done sold mine at thet; the taters is a dollar an 'a heff a bushel, an' the apples a dollar."

The Durket Sperret, 1898

Arizona is not really the best place to ply the pitching trade (see Cliff Lee's spring), and maybe the taters are a product of the dry, thin air.

Cleveland Scene 2009

And I have always enjoyed the by play and diversity of the "taters".

Sound Politics: Schram it! 2006

Pollie was so grateful to Mrs. Smith for the kind thought, and held out her money to pay for this luxury; but to her surprise she told her to put it back into her pocket -- the "taters" were a gift for her mother, and patting her cheek, bade her run home quickly, and always "be a good gal."

Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets Gertrude P. Dyer

She par-boiled and den baked him and when she fetched him to de table wid a heap of sweet 'taters' round him on de dish, dat was sho 'somepin good to eat.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

In the cellar, are the substantiate -- barrels of beef, and pork, and apples, "taters" and turnips; in short, the Winter stores of the family.

Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French

Then old Tummus came up to see him, and gladdened his heart with old-fashioned chatter about the garden, obstinately dwelling upon the "taters," and cabbages, and codlin and cat's-head apples, when the patient was eager to hear about the orchids, grapes, pines, and melons, which he pictured as he had seen them last.

A Life's Eclipse George Manville Fenn 1870

Tim now shouted out that the "taters" were cooked, and returning to the camp-fire, the party enjoyed a very satisfactory repast with the aid of the bananas and cocoa-nuts.

The Three Admirals William Henry Giles Kingston 1847