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> うちで[子供]{こども}と[お母さん]{おかあさん}が[話しています]{はなしています}。[お母さん]{おかあさん}は[何]{なに}を[買います]{かいます}か。
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> [男]{おとこ}：[お母さん]{おかあさん}、[今日]{きょう}は[僕]{ぼく}が[夕食]{ゆうしょく}[作る]{つくる}よ。[卵]{たまご}はあるんだよね。きゅうりとじゃがいもは？  
>  [女]{おんな}：きゅうりはある。トマトも。じゃがいもは・・・・・・１つしかないわね。  
>  [男]{おとこ}：ポテトサラダを[作りたい]{つくりたい}から、じゃがいもはもっと[要る]{いる}な。  
>  [女]{おんな}：わかった。[買って]{かって}くるね。  
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> [男]{おとこ}：[調味料]{ちょうみりょう}は[大丈夫]{だいじょうぶ}かな。[塩]{しお}、こしょう、[酢]{す}、[油]{あぶら}と・・・・・・あれ？[油]{あぶら}は？  
>  [女]{おんな}：えーと、そこの[戸だな]{とだな}に[新しい]{あたらしい}のが・・・・・・。  
>  [男]{おとこ}： **それと、[忘れてた]{わすれてた}** 。ハムもよろしく。あれがなかったらおいしくないんだ。じゃ、[頼む]{たのむ}ね。
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> [お母さん]{おかあさん}は[何]{なに}を[買います]{かいます}か。
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> １ たまご きゅうり じゃがいも  
>  ２ たまご きゅうり ハム  
>  ３ じゃがいも あぶら  
>  ４ じゃがいも ハム
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There’s one sentence saying 「それと、忘れてた」. What does それと here mean?

P.S. I did search それと’s meaning in this
[https://www.weblio.jp/content/それと](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A8).
I still don’t get it.
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conjunctions
Meaning of それと in this sentence
It is definition (2) on Weblio. ' **and that (new product in the cupboard that
you mentioned)**... (oh) I forgot. Ham too.' The それ refers to the item that
was just mentioned. They are reading a list of ingredients they need and the
list continues throughout the dialogue. The それと connects directly to what was
being discussed.

It seems like you're trying to figure the sentence out based on more
standard/written sentence structure. This would be a mistake. When two people
(mother and son) communicate casually they might use a shorthand.

Commas in Japanese often simply indicate a pause. In this case, お母さん pauses in
the middle of listing items to realize that she'd just remembered something
that she'd forgotten.
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`それと` is used to add a point to, usually, a list of other points previously
mentioned in the discussion.

Literally, it means `That, and`. `Also,` at the beginning of a sentence is
also a good match IMO.

In the 2) definition of the dictionary
[entry](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A8) you
referred to, it is mentioned that `あと` has a similar meaning. `あと、ハムもよろしく`
would have the same meaning. Or `そして` conveys the same meaning as well, in
case you'd be more familiar with any of these constructs.

As for the `[忘れ]{わすれ}てた`, the way it's written may be a bit confusing, but
remember it's a spoken conversation, and this is just a semantically
independent sentence "injected" in the middle of the other (as often happens
in oral speech). `それと、[忘れ]{わすれ}てた、ハムもよろしく。` is equivalent and maybe easier to
understand ? (remember that the use of punctuation marks is less strict in
Japanese than in, for example, English)  
The idea is the one of a dialogue: something like `That and -- I forgot, ham
too please.` or `Also, I forgot: ham as well please` in English.

Here the `それ` refers to whatever what previously mentioned.

You typically find `それと` in the context of "laundry lists": of requests, of
things to do or buy, etc.
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