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Lifelong friends of Lopez hugged constituents who had voted against her in 2020 but were won over by the council member’s attention to meat-and-potato issues like broken streetlights and traffic.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

TAB, he added, "would love to see a continued focus on the meat-and-potato issues that have made Texas the best place in the world to do business."

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2022

The fortunes of the Bucks and Brewers are followed in unpretentious taverns that wouldn’t feel out of place on a rural crossroads, and traditional meat-and-potato eateries are as patronized as the latest farm-to-table restaurant.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019

My grandmother presents lovingly prepared, home-cooked southern food – fried eggs and meat-and-potato hash, beautiful pies – but I eat only one meal a day and refuse the rest.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2018

The subsequent task of dividing one and a quarter pots of jam, five portions of cheese, bacon and a meat-and-potato stew was only settled eventually by resource to a set of dice.

From Action Front by Cable, Boyd