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    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 03:27:16
    I somehow expected that response... (G) Just for my information, I checked out the labels on the Wegmans sweetened sparkling water.... I
    used to get them for MJ, and thought I'd remembered some significant difference in labeling... At first, I didn't even find them, but turned out they'd been moved to a less prominent spot... I was correct, the sweetened (artificially) water was labeled as Diet on the front label...
    Good old Wegmans.
    I've been totally spoiled.... ;)

    Weggie's does set a fairly high bar, for the states,
    at least. In France there are some really nice things
    even in the most supermarkety places. And J&B Scotch
    for 18- a bottle, but that's not going to obtain for
    much longer.

    and it turns out that aspartame is the sweetener there.... :)
    I'm coming to the conclusion that artificial sweeteners,
    including the natural artificial sweeteners, are mostly
    equivalent and exclusively bad.
    I've likewise been coming to that conclusion...

    Steve and Ruth rely on Stevia, perhaps because of the
    relative naturalness, or partially because of the name,
    but to my taste buds it's not substantially superior.

    In the meantime, Wegmans introduced 3 new flavors for the unsweetened line... and all three have met with approval in our household...
    (which at the moment also includes the kid)... mango lime, lemon lime
    and ginger...
    That's adventuresome. Speaking of which, why is he
    back, rather than risking life and limb in someplace
    interesting like Turkey?
    When he left, somewhat precipitously, almost 4 years ago, he left quite
    a bit of unfinished business, expecting to be back the next year to take
    care of it all... With one thing and another, it took a lot longer to
    wend his way back home... And in the meantime, he's decided to get back
    on track for his boat/ship career... So he's back home for a few months
    to try to wrap up more of his loose ends here, and to get some sort of

    An interesting and enviable (perhaps) life.

    work here (either in the North Country or in Rochester, most likely the former) to earn the rest of the money he needs for the ocean-going
    captain's course he is taking in South Africa beginning in January...

    Does it come with a degree or just a certification?

    One can make enough lira in Turkey to live on, but the lira is worth practically nothing anywhere else.... so no good for paying for this course... he seems to be able to make life interesting for himself no
    matter where he is.... (G)

    Heh. The EU seems reasonably stable still.

    By the way, I just tasted Zevia tonic water,
    Put it this way, perhaps those who can't tell or
    don't mind the difference are to be envied.
    I hear you... :)
    It's that too fine a discrimination is constricting
    and possibly maladaptive.
    Perhaps.... But perhaps also somewhat a protective adaptation... ;)

    Well, if you have enough people with such so you
    can afford to lose a few here and there, the
    body of knowledge will gradually accumulate
    to eventually become useful.

    Well, there is milk chocolate.
    Is that fickle, though, on the part of the chocolate or of the
    eater... (G)
    It's like turncoatism on the part of the cacao bean,
    fraternizing with the enemy as it were.
    Not that the poor cacao bean has much of a say in the matter... :)

    Neither were the victims of press gangs, but
    if caught and repatriated they were punished
    nonetheless as if they'd done so voluntarily.

    ... The best sauce in the world is hunger. - Cervantes

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

    Title: Milk-Chocolate Pan Souffle'
    Categories: Desserts, Chocolate
    Servings: 6

    3 tb Butter
    2 tb Sugar
    2 tb Flour
    1 c Milk
    3 Egg yolks
    5 oz Milk chocolate, fine chop
    1 oz Unsweetened chocolate,chop
    1 ts Orange peel
    2 ts Vanilla extract
    4 Egg whites
    1/4 ts Cream of tartar
    1 oz Semisweet chocolate,finechop

    SOUFFLE: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Generously grease 10" pie plate
    with 1 T of butter, sprinkle with sugar to coat dish. In medium
    saucepan,
    over medium-high heat, melt remaining 2 T butter. Whisk in flour until
    blended; cook 1 minute, or until bubbly. Remove from heat, whisk in milk
    until blended. Return to heat and cook , stirring, until mixture boils
    and
    thickens. Remove from heat. Whisk egg yolks and a little of the hot
    milk
    together until mixture is blended, then whisk into rest of milk mix.
    Return
    to low heat and cook, stirring, until mixture thickens, about one minute,
    do not boil. Remove from heat and stir in milk chocolate and unsweetened
    chocolate until melted. Stir in orange peel and vanilla. Cool 15
    minutes,
    stirring occasionally. In large bowl, beat egg whites and cream of
    tartar
    until foamy, add 2 T sugar, beating until stiff. Fold together with
    cooled
    chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pie plate. Bake 15 minutes or
    until
    souffle' has risen, edges are firm and center is still slightly wobbly.
    Sift confectioners sugar over souffle'.

    SERVING: Serve with Orange Ice Milk. If desired, garnish with chocolate
    curls.

    Per serving: 311 calories, 7.8 g protein, 26 g carbohydrate, 21.4 g fat,
    (62%), 113 mg cholesterol, 129 mg sodium.

    From: McCall's magazine, July 1991 Posted by: Grandma Sheila (Exner),
    August 1991

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Friday, August 02, 2019 20:10:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-30-19 03:27 <=-

    I somehow expected that response... (G) Just for my information, I checked out the labels on the Wegmans sweetened sparkling water.... I used to get them for MJ, and thought I'd remembered some significant difference in labeling... At first, I didn't even find them, but turned out they'd been moved to a less prominent spot... I was correct, the sweetened (artificially) water was labeled as Diet on the front label...
    Good old Wegmans.
    I've been totally spoiled.... ;)
    Weggie's does set a fairly high bar, for the states,
    at least. In France there are some really nice things
    even in the most supermarkety places. And J&B Scotch
    for 18- a bottle, but that's not going to obtain for
    much longer.

    For those of us that are not globetrotters, the states is what we
    have... ;) I do hear similar tales of bargains and wonderful things
    from my son... ;)

    and it turns out that aspartame is the sweetener there.... :)
    I'm coming to the conclusion that artificial sweeteners,
    including the natural artificial sweeteners, are mostly
    equivalent and exclusively bad.
    I've likewise been coming to that conclusion...
    Steve and Ruth rely on Stevia, perhaps because of the
    relative naturalness, or partially because of the name,
    but to my taste buds it's not substantially superior.

    Their taste buds aren't assaulted as ours are... the relative
    naturalness is a good thing, as is the lowered likelihood that it would
    act on the body like a "normal" sugar.... it did work well for MJ...

    In the meantime, Wegmans introduced 3 new flavors for the unsweetened line... and all three have met with approval in our household...
    (which at the moment also includes the kid)... mango lime, lemon lime
    and ginger...
    That's adventuresome. Speaking of which, why is he
    back, rather than risking life and limb in someplace
    interesting like Turkey?
    When he left, somewhat precipitously, almost 4 years ago, he left quite
    a bit of unfinished business, expecting to be back the next year to take care of it all... With one thing and another, it took a lot longer to
    wend his way back home... And in the meantime, he's decided to get back
    on track for his boat/ship career... So he's back home for a few months
    to try to wrap up more of his loose ends here, and to get some sort of
    An interesting and enviable (perhaps) life.

    More akin to yours than it is to mine... :) I do, regularly, get the
    feeling that I'm the hen that hatched a duckling... (G)

    work here (either in the North Country or in Rochester, most likely the former) to earn the rest of the money he needs for the ocean-going
    captain's course he is taking in South Africa beginning in January...
    Does it come with a degree or just a certification?

    It's a certification, not a degree....

    One can make enough lira in Turkey to live on, but the lira is worth practically nothing anywhere else.... so no good for paying for this course... he seems to be able to make life interesting for himself no
    matter where he is.... (G)
    Heh. The EU seems reasonably stable still.

    Thankfully... :)

    Well, there is milk chocolate.
    Is that fickle, though, on the part of the chocolate or of the
    eater... (G)
    It's like turncoatism on the part of the cacao bean,
    fraternizing with the enemy as it were.
    Not that the poor cacao bean has much of a say in the matter... :)
    Neither were the victims of press gangs, but
    if caught and repatriated they were punished
    nonetheless as if they'd done so voluntarily.

    True, often the case... but the cacao bean has even less volition...

    ttyl neb

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