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Default Ground pepper vs. peppercorns?

On 2016-02-24 11:50 AM, notbob wrote:
> 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:
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> http://tinyurl.com/jhhqk7b



This is what I thought was meant :
http://www.cheese-magnet.com/2011/05...n-call-coffee/

>
> 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.


Not an issue for me. I don't use sugar in coffee and tea, nor does my wife.