Re: Ice tea and Robin Hood

On Saturday 28 August 2004 09:35 am, Adrian Morgan (aka Flesh-eating Dragon)
wrote:
> John Cowan wrote:
>
> > Indeed.  A third data point is "skim milk", which is now standard American
> > (the container is so labeled), whereas "skimmed milk" remains standard
> > elsewhere.
>
> Incidentally, one thing that annoys me a little is that the directions
> on a certain brand of packaged pasta mix begin, "In a medium saucepan,
> bring 2/3 cup (170mL) low fat milk, 2 1/2 cups (580mL) water and 1
> tablespoon polyunsaturated table spread to the boil".
>
> The reason it annoys me is because in my opinion it patronises the
> customer, who is perfectly capable of making up their own mind whether
> to use low fat milk or not!!
>
> Adrian.
They specify low fat milk because that is what the calories and other
nutritional information on the label are based on. That way they can claim
fewer calories even if no normal person would make it that way.
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Elyse Grasso

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