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Frasier, Niles, and Martin (who remarks that "it took three Cranes to lift her"). The weight problem was written into the
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terrible culinary skill as she is known to cook awful and outright strange dishes. Faiser, Niles and Martin dread her cooking and often try to avoid eating her food or stopping her from cooking.
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