{"id":11365,"date":"2022-12-25T23:33:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T20:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/?p=11365"},"modified":"2022-12-25T23:36:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T20:36:12","slug":"butter-dec-25-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/butter-dec-25-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"butter – dec 25, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11365\" class=\"elementor elementor-11365\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e0c480d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e0c480d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f04cf56\" data-id=\"3f04cf56\" 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