Hundreds of people who are homeless received a hot meal at the TD Garden in Boston on Tuesday.

There were green beans, mashed potatoes and a whole helping of love all served during the 29th Table of Friends Thanksgiving feast. The annual event partners with non-profit Friends of Boston's Homeless aiming to serve the city's largest Thanksgiving meal.

"We have a team of 10 chefs and 250 cooks," said TD Garden Executive Chef Jason Gorman.

1,000 people at Table of Friends fest

He says they had just two days, squeezed between a packed Bruins and Celtics schedule, to prepare enough food for roughly 1,000 guests. In the end, they carved 800 pounds of turkey, poured 10 gallons of cranberry sauce, and baked a 501-pound pie.

Something a bit different about Table of Friends are the meatballs. It

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