On 2016-02-24, Dave Smith > wrote:

> On 2016-02-24 5:04 AM, sf wrote:

>> On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:22:33 -0500, jmcquown >

>>> Sugar dispensers? Sorry, I don't have one of those.

>> I have no idea what it is without looking it up - so I guess I don't
>> either.

> I assumed it was one of those glass jars with a domed cap with a one way
> flap. They used to be set out on tables in dinners and coffee shops in
> the days before we all got paranoid that people were going to poison the
> sugar and resorted to single serving packets.

Here's a picture of what I'm referring to:

http://tinyurl.com/jhhqk7b

Mine is a more diamond patterned pear-shaped jar, but this shows a
good shot of the tube. Basically, you fill the container with sugar
and the tube is supposed to dispense one "shot" (once?) of sugar each
time you up-end the dispenser. Problem is, after the first shot every
tube-full of sugar becomes less and less cuz the level of the
container determines the amt of each shot in the tube. Basically, the
thing is a useless PIA after the container is less than half full, cuz
yer constantly refilling the damn thing to get a full shot of sugar.

Gimme a sugar bowl with a spoon in it, every time. Even those sugar
dispensers one finds in old diners, the one's with a flap-door over
the hole, like sf describes. If it's gotta tube, it's junk. I'll
send mine to anyone who wants it. Seriously. You jes pay shipping.

nb