On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> At 10:31 PM 11/9/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
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> >On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 08:34:40PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > > processing between the animal and the mug. There's a very important
> > > > *vegetable* involved, why not use the term "different vegetable"?
> > >
> > > But it is NOT a different vegetable. Or nut or whatever. As I said, the
> > > instant mix DOES contain cocoa (albeit "processed" with "alkali"). You
> > > could make your own instant mix out of Hershey's cocoa, sugar, and dry
> > > milk. Would this taste much different than hot chocolate made from
> > > Hershey's cocoa, sugar, and milk from a carton? A little, obviously, dry
> > > milk tastes a little different from milk from a carton. But this is
> > > really silly, and none of this is answering my question which was not
> > > meant to be silly, so I'll stop replying now.
> >
> >OK. I was just trying to throw some levity into a situation that was
> >looking a little tense.
> >
> >And yes, the difference *is* in how the stuff coming out of the cow is
> >processed.
> >
> >I think the taste difference may be more apparent to some people than
> >others. I've seen that sort of thing happen with other food items -- my
> >mother can tell the difference between "ultra-pasteurized" half-and-half
> >and stuff that's been pasteurized with a gentler process (and which has a
> >shorter shelf life), and my sister can't.
>
>
>
> At least no one has brought up "Coke" versus "Pepsi" . . .
I prefer one to the other, but not by a whole lot these days.
There was a Bloom County cartoon that characterized both as tasting like
malted battery acid.
I want cherry syrup in my cola these days.
Although I might be able to drink RC straight now. Not planning on
finding out anytime soon, but maybe in a couple of months.
Julia
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