Re: Ice tea and Robin Hood
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 28, 2004, 16:40 |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:01:23 +0200, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
wrote:
> Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:
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>> 1% milk is the only kind available in my house, so naturally I cook
>> with it too.
>
> 1% milk? In my experience, normal folks use .1% or .5%, so you're indeed
> abnormal. :p
Huh. The US scheme (AIUI) is:
Full-fat
2%
1%
0.5%
Fat free
I can't even fathom the kind of difference in lactic worldview that would
lead to such a divergent numbering scheme.
FWIW, the UK scheme seems to be:
Extra cream ("Gold Top")
Full-fat
Semi-skimmed
Skimmed
Which is yet another permutation. Weirdness appears to abound. I can only
guess what kind of cultural/political influence the international dairy
cabal is trying to acheive.
Paul
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