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Re: Interesting discoveries

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Saturday, August 16, 2003, 22:27
Estel Telcontar wrote:
> --- Garth Wallace wrote: > >>I like the three-way distinction in types of food. I'm >>curious...would "homestyle" orange juice (the kind with pulp) be >>considered "liquid with pieces"? What about foods that can be eaten > > or > >>drunk but don't have distinct pieces (like an ice cream float)? > > > I'm not entirely certain of how they would be classified, but at the > moment I think that orange juice with pulp would probably count as > without pieces, because its pieces aren't chewable, while an icecream > float would probably count as "liquid with pieces" - at least in all > the float I've consumed, there's been a mixture of noticeably solid > icecream, in one or more pieces, and noticeably liquid pop in the > bottom, as well as a lot of foam.
Makes sense.