Salt and sugar woes
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I am curious. In most Hollywood movies you will see a sugar pourer in diners and restaurants. In most cases it looks like the user ends up pouring five teaspoons of sugar into their cup. Is this common or yet another movie perpetuated myth? For all of my life it has either been one-teaspoon sugar packets or using a teaspoon to ladel out of a sugar bowl. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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doThere are plenty of restaurants that have the sugar in a container like that, leaving room for the 4 different kinds of alternate sweetener packets. Using the GridView is like trying to explain to someone else how to move a third person's hands in order to tie your shoelaces for you. -Chris Maunder
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Well I am glad it was salt and not a dead decomposing insect! Regards, Nish
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Or...(if practical) you could take a little taste of the condiment in question before adding it to the food/drink. John
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Eh, it's just protein. I'll bet Paul adds imported African insects to his coffee...
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Shog9 wrote:
I'll bet Paul adds imported African insects to his coffee...
And I bet also used film! Regards, Nish
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Heard this commotion in the washroom just after I gave Nish his morning dose of hot malted chocolate beverage and when I was starting to clear the kitchen sink. I was in a panic especially after all the heart-attack-muscle-spasm related incidents of the last two days. And I see Nish spitting out the drink and washing his mouth. As soon as he had done with it, he explains to me that the drink had a weird taste - the only explanation he could give of it with his culinary skills or the lack of it [even went to the extend of saying he thought some insect had gone into it in the interval between the time I put the drink on the table and the instant he came and drank it]. I tasted the drink - I had used salt instead of sugar!!! I keep salt and sugar in similar containers [from a set of 12 I bought from some mall], but I normally use salt from a dispenser and so I always keep the salt container below the sugar one. Last night I accidentally swapped them when refilling the dispenser [this also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry]. The series ended with Nish tasting sugar and pepper on his hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish. I have been handling salt and sugar for at least the past 15 years and never has this happened to me. I realised that this was because back home we have different crystal sizes for sugar and salt. Sugar crystals are bigger you never mistake them for salt. Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto. - Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach -- modified at 10:49 Wednesday 22nd February, 2006
Smitha Vijayan wrote:
Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto.
Next time. Let Nish get his own breakfast and have him make yours too. :-D Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Heard this commotion in the washroom just after I gave Nish his morning dose of hot malted chocolate beverage and when I was starting to clear the kitchen sink. I was in a panic especially after all the heart-attack-muscle-spasm related incidents of the last two days. And I see Nish spitting out the drink and washing his mouth. As soon as he had done with it, he explains to me that the drink had a weird taste - the only explanation he could give of it with his culinary skills or the lack of it [even went to the extend of saying he thought some insect had gone into it in the interval between the time I put the drink on the table and the instant he came and drank it]. I tasted the drink - I had used salt instead of sugar!!! I keep salt and sugar in similar containers [from a set of 12 I bought from some mall], but I normally use salt from a dispenser and so I always keep the salt container below the sugar one. Last night I accidentally swapped them when refilling the dispenser [this also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry]. The series ended with Nish tasting sugar and pepper on his hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish. I have been handling salt and sugar for at least the past 15 years and never has this happened to me. I realised that this was because back home we have different crystal sizes for sugar and salt. Sugar crystals are bigger you never mistake them for salt. Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto. - Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach -- modified at 10:49 Wednesday 22nd February, 2006
Lol Smitha, poor Nish! What kind of crazy place has salt and sugar granules the same size? I'm really out of touch now and had no idea you were in Toronto - how are you enjoying it (salt & sugar confusions aside)?
A mum and loving it!
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Lol Smitha, poor Nish! What kind of crazy place has salt and sugar granules the same size? I'm really out of touch now and had no idea you were in Toronto - how are you enjoying it (salt & sugar confusions aside)?
A mum and loving it!
Megan Forbes wrote:
I'm really out of touch now and had no idea you were in Toronto - how are you enjoying it (salt & sugar confusions aside)?
Nish and I saw snow for the first time in our lives :) and we are enjoying it. Toronto is a nice and peaceful place - so far so good - and yes, except for the static currents you get from any metal piece you touch - I think it's the dry air. How is the baby? Have new pictures? Regards Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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I am curious. In most Hollywood movies you will see a sugar pourer in diners and restaurants. In most cases it looks like the user ends up pouring five teaspoons of sugar into their cup. Is this common or yet another movie perpetuated myth? For all of my life it has either been one-teaspoon sugar packets or using a teaspoon to ladel out of a sugar bowl. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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In most Hollywood movies you will see a sugar pourer in diners and restaurants. In most cases it looks like the user ends up pouring five teaspoons of sugar into their cup. Is this common or yet another movie perpetuated myth?
They're pretty common in diners/cafes in the UK. That's probably because your average person has an English fry-up and milky tea with six sugars.
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Smitha Vijayan wrote:
Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto.
Next time. Let Nish get his own breakfast and have him make yours too. :-D Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
Michael P Butler wrote:
Let Nish get his own breakfast
That'd be cool :)
Michael P Butler wrote:
and have him make yours too
No thanks :rolleyes: Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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Paul Watson wrote:
In most Hollywood movies you will see a sugar pourer in diners and restaurants. In most cases it looks like the user ends up pouring five teaspoons of sugar into their cup. Is this common or yet another movie perpetuated myth?
They're pretty common in diners/cafes in the UK. That's probably because your average person has an English fry-up and milky tea with six sugars.
I didn't notice it in London though. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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You could so sue. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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You could so sue.
LMAO! I needed that. Jeremy Falcon
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Shog9 wrote:
I'll bet Paul adds imported African insects to his coffee...
And I bet also used film! Regards, Nish
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The Ultimate Grid - The #1 MFC grid out there!After processing film I drink the toner. It explains a lot about me. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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Michael P Butler wrote:
Let Nish get his own breakfast
That'd be cool :)
Michael P Butler wrote:
and have him make yours too
No thanks :rolleyes: Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
Boiled eggs and toast. Anyone can learn boiled eggs and toast. Hello? Nish? Eh? :)
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Heard this commotion in the washroom just after I gave Nish his morning dose of hot malted chocolate beverage and when I was starting to clear the kitchen sink. I was in a panic especially after all the heart-attack-muscle-spasm related incidents of the last two days. And I see Nish spitting out the drink and washing his mouth. As soon as he had done with it, he explains to me that the drink had a weird taste - the only explanation he could give of it with his culinary skills or the lack of it [even went to the extend of saying he thought some insect had gone into it in the interval between the time I put the drink on the table and the instant he came and drank it]. I tasted the drink - I had used salt instead of sugar!!! I keep salt and sugar in similar containers [from a set of 12 I bought from some mall], but I normally use salt from a dispenser and so I always keep the salt container below the sugar one. Last night I accidentally swapped them when refilling the dispenser [this also explained why last night's porridge was so sweet we had to throw it away and had to go to bed eating some salads, bread, and curry]. The series ended with Nish tasting sugar and pepper on his hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Nish suggested labelling the containers - but I didn't want to. That sounded amateurish. I have been handling salt and sugar for at least the past 15 years and never has this happened to me. I realised that this was because back home we have different crystal sizes for sugar and salt. Sugar crystals are bigger you never mistake them for salt. Next time I go to the grocery store, I am going to do a thorough research on the types [crystal sizes] of sugar available in Toronto. - Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach -- modified at 10:49 Wednesday 22nd February, 2006
Here in Thailand the sugar granules are not only larger but they are not white. They have a brownish translucent color that would never be confused with salt. When I lived in the US you could also get this less refined sugar and it was labeled “raw sugar”. If you can find “raw sugar” in Canada you will never make that mistake again. I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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Megan Forbes wrote:
I'm really out of touch now and had no idea you were in Toronto - how are you enjoying it (salt & sugar confusions aside)?
Nish and I saw snow for the first time in our lives :) and we are enjoying it. Toronto is a nice and peaceful place - so far so good - and yes, except for the static currents you get from any metal piece you touch - I think it's the dry air. How is the baby? Have new pictures? Regards Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
That's lovely Smitha, I'm glad you're enjoying yourselves. Try to touch things with your hand inside your sleeve first so that your sleeve takes the shock. Static shocks can be surprisingly painful! Michael's doing great thanks, nearly 9 months already and into everything. You can see photo's of him here[^] :)
A mum and loving it!
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I didn't notice it in London though. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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Eh, it's just protein. I'll bet Paul adds imported African insects to his coffee...
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Absolutely. You get these weak people who use processed honey. Pah! I import deadly, wild African bees and squeeze their guts out into my tea. Nothing like hives after a fresh cuppa! Hoo yah! On a more serious note I went back to Africa last week and for the first time realised what I had been missing in Ireland; freaking mozzie bites, moths as big as my hand, cicada beetles in my bed, ants that can be used as stitches and miggies that gave you a second skin. If I so much as see an ant in Ireland I stop and study it like the veritable Buddha himself. Not that I miss mozzie bites mind you. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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Paul Watson wrote:
I didn't notice it in London though.
You were obviously eating in the right sort of place then!
:-O regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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You could so sue. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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doI've recently discovered www.overlawyered.com[^], which I'm thoroughly enjoying. Nice bit of scadenfreude. Reading that, my case looks positively merited! Iain.
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After processing film I drink the toner. It explains a lot about me. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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After processing film I drink the toner. It explains a lot about me.
:-D Regards, Nish
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