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Also, Marmite is a nice gift to anyone after a visit to Britain. And if they hate it: even better. You thought of them and you get to keep it. Great stuff! Heading ot to hunt for this mysterious "vegemite"......
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Charlie Stross commented on
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Marilee: there's your problem: the peanut butter I buy over here contains no added sugar: it doesn't need it!...
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P J Evans commented on
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Yeah, but after it's sat in the fridge for a while it has the consistency of concrete. Set concrete. (My mother ate old-fashioned PB. I'm not sure that no-HFCS is worth the stirring and the rest of it.) During the great PB Crunch of 1980-81, Trader Joe's was selling 'American Nut Butter', made from glandless cotton seeds, with some peanut oil. It was a reasonable substitute....
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P J Evans commented on
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The problem here being that the USDA has standard recipes, which include the sugar/HFCS. If you don't use their standard recipe for the product, you have to call it something else. (Again with the TJ reference: they were selling a no-sugar-added version of ketchup, and had to call it 'Ketchy', because it was non-standard. Tasted just as good, though.)...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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avid reader: I've just been to London for a long weekend, and among other things had a productive meeting with my UK editor. You want me to do that from time to time, yes? For future reference, before swearing at me: read the moderation policy....
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Charlie Stross commented on
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Any Star Trek joke you spotted is almost certainly the product of your own imagination....
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