Aussie > wrote:

>Jim Elbrecht > wrote in
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>> On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:46:05 GMT, Aussie
>> > wrote:
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>>>disolved and I got it back to a rather dark coloured syrup.
>>>
>>>Should be interesting in the Tom Collins I'm going to make shortly :-)
>>
>> I don't know how this will translate to Australian-- but perhaps
>> you're making an 'Uncle' Tom Collins.
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>Nope, Tom Collins.........

Didn't think it would translate.<g> In USA'n, an 'Uncle Tom' is a
black American who is perceived to be betraying his race by sucking up
to 'the white man'. The term comes from the book Lincoln credits
with starting our civil war- "Uncle Tom's Cabin'.

>http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/19266/tom+collins

That's the way I like mine-- but I'll wait until July to have one up
here.
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>Here's the 'Uncle' bit.......
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>http://stelliesjol.com/2010/08/28/uncle-tom-collins/
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>I don't use 'icing sugar'..... I use sugar syrup.
[but a dark one this time around]

I don't see why that one is dark-- gin, lemon and icing sugar should
still leave it clear. [icing sugar *is* what we call confectioners in
the USA, right?]

Jim