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Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
Or could I just use maple syrup?
I've checked two supermarkets and they didn't have it (assuming the only place to look was in the baking supplies aisle, with all the other bottled flavorings). I have a third to check, plus my local health food co-op, but I doubt it's there either! Where do YOU get it? It's for the "bird's-nest pudding" recipe in the "Little House Cookbook." The recipe includes six apples. BTW, the author, Barbara Walker, turned 80 this year! Lenona. |
Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
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Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
Pennyaline wrote:
> > Maple flavoring tastes horrible to anyone who has tasted real maple. But > if you must use it, use it in the smallest amount you can to get a hint > of maple flavor. It should be available in the same aisle as seasonings, > spices and other flavoring extracts. Supermarkets may stop carrying it > if it is not a good seller. I think genuine maple syrup also tastes horrible. The idea you can get a sweet syrup from trees is very romantic, and the product looks very pretty, but it does not taste well. Honey is much better. Even a simple syrup with a spice flavoring can be better than natural maple syrup. Maple syrup is highly overrated. |
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Mark Thorson wrote:
> Pennyaline wrote: >> Maple flavoring tastes horrible to anyone who has tasted real maple. But >> if you must use it, use it in the smallest amount you can to get a hint >> of maple flavor. It should be available in the same aisle as seasonings, >> spices and other flavoring extracts. Supermarkets may stop carrying it >> if it is not a good seller. > > I think genuine maple syrup also tastes horrible. > The idea you can get a sweet syrup from trees is > very romantic, and the product looks very pretty, > but it does not taste well. Honey is much better. > Even a simple syrup with a spice flavoring can be > better than natural maple syrup. Maple syrup is > highly overrated. Seriously? We always buy a darker grade real maple syrup and we've never had one we didn't love. We're going to New England for a wedding at the end of the month and one of the things I plan to buy there is 1/2 gallon of maple syrup. gloria p |
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Gloria P > wrote in
: > We always buy a darker grade real maple syrup > and we've never had one we didn't love. We're > going to New England for a wedding at the end > of the month and one of the things I plan to > buy there is 1/2 gallon of maple syrup. just so you don't die from sticker shock, a half gallon is going for around $32 this year. gallons are $60. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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enigma wrote:
> Gloria P > wrote in > : > >> We always buy a darker grade real maple syrup and we've never had one >> we didn't love. We're going to New England for a wedding at the end of >> the month and one of the things I plan to buy there is 1/2 gallon of >> maple syrup. > > just so you don't die from sticker shock, a half gallon is going for > around $32 this year. gallons are $60. Well, I guess I might as well stop working on my invention -- a car that runs on maple syrup. -- Blinky Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html |
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enigma wrote:
> Gloria P > wrote in > : > >> We always buy a darker grade real maple syrup >> and we've never had one we didn't love. We're >> going to New England for a wedding at the end >> of the month and one of the things I plan to >> buy there is 1/2 gallon of maple syrup. > > just so you don't die from sticker shock, a half gallon is > going for around $32 this year. gallons are $60. > > lee I'm not shocked. Six+ years ago on a trip I bought some in both Maine and Vermont, each around $25/half gallon. That's not a huge increase, given the price of everything else. gloria p |
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Gloria P > wrote in
: > I'm not shocked. Six+ years ago on a trip I bought some > in both Maine and Vermont, each around $25/half gallon. > That's not a huge increase, given the price of everything > else. price of syrup fluctuates more than many other farm products. it is very dependent on weather & there are no price supports (like milk, for example). also, equipment costs are skyrocketing as a couple manufacturers have stopped making boilers/arches, etc. demand is higher for the remaining makers, so prices rise. that has to be figured into the production costs as well. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
enigma wrote:
>> I'm not shocked. Six+ years ago on a trip I bought some >> in both Maine and Vermont, each around $25/half gallon. >> That's not a huge increase, given the price of everything >> else. > > price of syrup fluctuates more than many other farm products. > it is very dependent on weather & there are no price supports > (like milk, for example). > also, equipment costs are skyrocketing as a couple > manufacturers have stopped making boilers/arches, etc. demand > is higher for the remaining makers, so prices rise. that has > to be figured into the production costs as well. > lee I always buy my maple syrup from the same place, a farm with a sugar bush about half way between my house and the stables where I ride. Their syrup prices have gone up gradually over the years, the only big jump following a bad ice storm that damaged a lot of the trees. The biggest factor in price seems to be the size of the container. The smaller the bottle the higher the cost per unit. You pay through the nose for those small bottles. Then there is maple sugar. We had some that someone had given us and after it sat around for a few years I used it to make Emeril's Tarte au Sucre. It was incredible. I was going to make another and went out to get some more maple sugar and to get enough for the pie would have been $14. Ouch! |
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message m... > Then there is maple sugar. We had some that someone had given us and after > it sat around for a few years I used it to make Emeril's Tarte au Sucre. > It was incredible. I was going to make another and went out to get some > more maple sugar and to get enough for the pie would have been $14. Ouch! I've been buying mine from a Quebecois stall in a Calgary farmers' market and, as you say, ouch! I've used it to make a maple/walnut version of cinnamon buns as I have come to detest the smell of cinnamon. A local healthnut store carries it in one pound blocks. Graham |
Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
"Graham" > wrote in
: > > "Dave Smith" > wrote in message > m... >> Then there is maple sugar. We had some that someone had >> given us and after it sat around for a few years I used it >> to make Emeril's Tarte au Sucre. It was incredible. I was >> going to make another and went out to get some more maple >> sugar and to get enough for the pie would have been $14. >> Ouch! > > I've been buying mine from a Quebecois stall in a Calgary > farmers' market and, as you say, ouch! I've used it to > make a maple/walnut version of cinnamon buns as I have come > to detest the smell of cinnamon. A local healthnut store > carries it in one pound blocks. maple sugar is futzy for a small producer to make. i have made it, but it's easy to burn & ruin. one piece of equipment i'd love to be able to afford is a spun sugar (cotton candy) maker. maple cotton candy is so good! and i have a recipe for maple walnut pie if anyone is interested. it's not as cloying sweet as pecan pie. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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Blinky the Shark wrote:
> > Well, I guess I might as well stop working on my invention -- a car > that runs on maple syrup. A shark needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle. |
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enigma wrote:
> > one piece of equipment i'd love to be able to afford is a > spun sugar (cotton candy) maker. maple cotton candy is so > good! eBay has lots of them, at all price ranges, from toys to commercial units. I hadn't considered using anything but sugar in them. Hmmm... I wonder if other sugars might work. Honey probably would not form solid threads, though maybe if sucrose was added in sufficient amount it might work. I wonder if a non-sugar could work? After all, spider webs are not made of sugar. A non-sweet cotton candy might be interesting. Perhaps a savory cotton would be possible. According to this, the machine actually melts the sugar before spinning it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_candy That limits the possible substrates. You can't melt vegetable gums or protein. Bacon fat or coconut oil might work in cold weather, but they might be a fire hazard in this form. For that matter, cotton candy itself should be a fire hazard. Next time I have a chance, I should buy some and see how easily it's ignited. Actually, I should do a search on youtube. It's hard to believe nobody has done this experiment, videoed it, and uploaded the results to youtube. |
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Mark Thorson wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote: >> >> Well, I guess I might as well stop working on my invention -- a car >> that runs on maple syrup. > > A shark needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle. I don't need to drive one to get rich selling them to hooman beans. -- Blinky Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html |
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"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message ... > enigma wrote: >> >> one piece of equipment i'd love to be able to afford is a >> spun sugar (cotton candy) maker. maple cotton candy is so >> good! > > eBay has lots of them, at all price ranges, > from toys to commercial units. > > I hadn't considered using anything but sugar > in them. Hmmm... I wonder if other sugars > might work. Honey probably would not form > solid threads, though maybe if sucrose was > added in sufficient amount it might work. > > I wonder if a non-sugar could work? After all, > spider webs are not made of sugar. A non-sweet > cotton candy might be interesting. Perhaps a > savory cotton would be possible. > > According to this, the machine actually melts > the sugar before spinning it: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_candy > > That limits the possible substrates. You can't > melt vegetable gums or protein. Bacon fat or > coconut oil might work in cold weather, but > they might be a fire hazard in this form. > For that matter, cotton candy itself should be > a fire hazard. Next time I have a chance, I > should buy some and see how easily it's ignited. > Actually, I should do a search on youtube. It's > hard to believe nobody has done this experiment, > videoed it, and uploaded the results to youtube. I wouldn't be at all surprise if spun sugar was flammable. I know that sugar dust is highly flammable. There was a sugar plant in western Nebraska that blew up some years back. I'm thinking it might have been in Scotts Bluff. Ms P |
Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
On Oct 3, 8:04 pm, Pennyaline > wrote:
> wrote: > > Or could I just use maple syrup? > > > I've checked two supermarkets and they didn't have it (assuming the > > only place to look was in the baking supplies aisle, with all the > > other bottled flavorings). I have a third to check, plus my local > > health food co-op, but I doubt it's there either! Where do YOU get it? > > > It's for the "bird's-nest pudding" recipe in the "Little House > > Cookbook." The recipe includes six apples. > > > BTW, the author, Barbara Walker, turned 80 this year! > Does the original recipe call for artificial flavoring Yes. It's odd, now that I think about it. How did THEY make "flavoring" from syrup in the 19th century? You'd think they would have come up with a way to use plain syrup instead, even if they would have had to increase the amount. (It was a teaspoon of flavoring, I think.) Lenona. |
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On Oct 3, 9:49*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Pennyaline wrote: > > > Maple flavoring tastes horrible to anyone who has tasted real maple. But > > if you must use it, use it in the smallest amount you can to get a hint > > of maple flavor. It should be available in the same aisle as seasonings, > > spices and other flavoring extracts. Supermarkets may stop carrying it > > if it is not a good seller. > > I think genuine maple syrup also tastes horrible. > The idea you can get a sweet syrup from trees is > very romantic, and the product looks very pretty, > but it does not taste well. *Honey is much better. Tastes vary. I cannot stand honey, but I like maple syrup. Cindy Hamilton > Even a simple syrup with a spice flavoring can be > better than natural maple syrup. *Maple syrup is > highly overrated. |
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Cindy wrote on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:01:22 -0700 (PDT):
> On Oct 3, 9:49 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote: >> Pennyaline wrote: >> > >> Maple flavoring tastes horrible to anyone who has tasted > >> real maple. But if you must use it, use it in the smallest > >> amount you can to get a hint of maple flavor. It should be > >> available in the same aisle as seasonings, spices and other > >> flavoring extracts. Supermarkets may stop carrying it if it > >> is not a good seller. >> >> I think genuine maple syrup also tastes horrible. >> The idea you can get a sweet syrup from trees is >> very romantic, and the product looks very pretty, >> but it does not taste well. Honey is much better. > Tastes vary. I cannot stand honey, but I like maple > syrup. > Cindy Hamilton >> Even a simple syrup with a spice flavoring can be >> better than natural maple syrup. Maple syrup is >> highly overrated. Why do people have to be so dogmatic about tastes unless they want to start a fight? After all, Thomas had it right more than half a millenium ago: "De gustibus non est disputandum". I won't go into the different varieties and qualities but I like maple syrup and I also like honey. The last part of that sentence is a little too general; it's like saying you "hate" honey. The neutral supermarket honey is rather uninteresting, IMHO, but there are innumerable varieties of honey depending on the flowers from which the bees make it: heather, orange blossom, clover etc. I once saw a shop in Paris that only sold honey and had over 100 flavors. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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James Silverton wrote:
> > > Why do people have to be so dogmatic about tastes unless they want to > start a fight? Bingo :-) > After all, Thomas had it right more than half a millenium > ago: "De gustibus non est disputandum". I won't go into the different > varieties and qualities but I like maple syrup and I also like honey. > The last part of that sentence is a little too general; it's like saying > you "hate" honey. The neutral supermarket honey is rather uninteresting, > IMHO, but there are innumerable varieties of honey depending on the > flowers from which the bees make it: heather, orange blossom, clover > etc. I once saw a shop in Paris that only sold honey and had over 100 > flavors. I like both honey and real maple syrup. Heck, I even like corn syrup. It used to be my favourite sweetener for Cream of Wheat. Perhaps maple syrup is an acquired taste. I used to get my with Log Cabin artificially flavoured pancake syrup until I got used to real maple syrup. I can't go back to the artificial stuff now. I eat some honey almost every day. I like it. Some are better than others. Once in a while I have buckwheat honey, but only once in a while. I just wish the com honey was a lot cheaper. |
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On Oct 6, 9:31*am, "James Silverton" >
wrote: > *Cindy *wrote *on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:01:22 -0700 (PDT): > > > > > > > On Oct 3, 9:49 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote: > >> Pennyaline wrote: > > > >> Maple flavoring tastes horrible to anyone who has tasted > > >> real maple. But if you must use it, use it in the smallest > > >> amount you can to get a hint of maple flavor. It should be > > >> available in the same aisle as seasonings, spices and other > > >> flavoring extracts. Supermarkets may stop carrying it if it > > >> is not a good seller. > > >> I think genuine maple syrup also tastes horrible. > >> The idea you can get a sweet syrup from trees is > >> very romantic, and the product looks very pretty, > >> but it does not taste well. *Honey is much better. > > Tastes vary. *I cannot stand honey, but I like maple > > syrup. > > Cindy Hamilton > >> Even a simple syrup with a spice flavoring can be > >> better than natural maple syrup. *Maple syrup is > >> highly overrated. > > Why do people have to be so dogmatic about tastes unless they want to > start a fight? After all, Thomas had it right more than half a millenium > ago: "De gustibus non est disputandum". I won't go into the different > varieties and qualities but I like maple syrup and I also like honey. > The last part of that sentence is a little too general; it's like saying > you "hate" honey. The neutral supermarket honey is rather uninteresting, > IMHO, but there are innumerable varieties of honey depending on the > flowers from which the bees make it: heather, orange blossom, clover > etc. I once saw a shop in Paris that only sold honey and had over 100 > flavors. Some people like fighting. I relish it once in a while, I'm ashamed to say. Funny. I used to like honey, but then I didn't eat it for years (hypoglycemic husband), and now I dislike it. That is, its flavor tastes odd to me, and I can detect its presence in baked goods. I wonder if I could get back my taste for it... Doesn't seem worth bothering; I've been trying to kill my sweet tooth. I was speculating, regarding the original post, whether the pudding used maple flavoring because the prairie was lacking in sugarbush, yet the recipe had come west with the settlers and didn't taste quite right to them without maple. Cindy Hamilton Cindy Hamilton |
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:59:38 -0500, Ms P wrote:
> > I wouldn't be at all surprise if spun sugar was flammable. I know that > sugar dust is highly flammable. There was a sugar plant in western Nebraska > that blew up some years back. I'm thinking it might have been in Scotts > Bluff. > > Ms P almost any material that can burn can become explosive in particle form when mixed with the right amount of air. you hear of grain silo explosions all the time. we used to throw handfuls of flour into the fire for entertainment when the scoutmaster wasn't around. your pal, blake |
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In article >,
blake murphy > wrote: > On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:59:38 -0500, Ms P wrote: > > > > I wouldn't be at all surprise if spun sugar was flammable. I know that > > sugar dust is highly flammable. There was a sugar plant in western > > Nebraska > > that blew up some years back. I'm thinking it might have been in Scotts > > Bluff. > > > > Ms P > > almost any material that can burn can become explosive in particle form > when mixed with the right amount of air. you hear of grain silo explosions > all the time. > > we used to throw handfuls of flour into the fire for entertainment when the > scoutmaster wasn't around. > > your pal, > blake > > Sounds like fun. :-) -- Peace! Om "He who has the gold makes the rules" --Om "He who has the guns can get the gold." -- Steve Rothstein |
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"blake murphy" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:59:38 -0500, Ms P wrote: >> >> I wouldn't be at all surprise if spun sugar was flammable. I know that >> sugar dust is highly flammable. There was a sugar plant in western >> Nebraska >> that blew up some years back. I'm thinking it might have been in Scotts >> Bluff. >> >> Ms P > > almost any material that can burn can become explosive in particle form > when mixed with the right amount of air. you hear of grain silo > explosions > all the time. > > we used to throw handfuls of flour into the fire for entertainment when > the > scoutmaster wasn't around. > > your pal, > blake > Oh yeah, grain dust is highly flammable, and not just wheat dust either. We got kicked out of a couple of restuarants back in the wild and crazy days for setting powdered non-dairy creamer on fire. Damn near caught Belinda's arm on fire that one time. She was standing in the booth and I had the lighter almost to the floor though. Spectacular 6 foot flame! Ms P |
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Ms P wrote:
> > "blake murphy" > wrote in message > ... > Oh yeah, grain dust is highly flammable, and not just wheat dust > either. > > We got kicked out of a couple of restuarants back in the wild and > crazy days for setting powdered non-dairy creamer on fire. Damn near > caught Belinda's arm on fire that one time. She was standing in the > booth and I had the lighter almost to the floor though. Spectacular > 6 foot flame! The Mythbusters did a sawdust cannon, which was pretty good. Then they did it again with creamer, and it was even more explosive. Brian -- If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) |
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I saw maple flavoring in a local King Soopers (Kroger) today in the spice aisle with the vanilla and artificial flavorings. gloria p |
Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
On Oct 6, 10:50 am, Cindy Hamilton >
wrote: > I was speculating, regarding the original post, whether the pudding > used > maple flavoring because the prairie was lacking in sugarbush, yet the > recipe had come west with the settlers and didn't taste quite right to > them without maple. > > Cindy Hamilton Well, it was from "Farmer Boy," which takes place near Malone, New York, so that would be maple country. Not the prairie. Lenona. |
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Maple flavoring - where do you buy it?
In article >,
Pennyaline > wrote: > Very odd! My opinion is that a teaspoon of artificial maple flavoring > would give a quite gruesome result even for those who like maple, but > combined with all of the cream and other heavy ingredients specific to > this recipe it may not be as terrible as I'd anticipate. There are "real > maple extracts" on the market, but it's more likely that they used > boiled down and highly concentrated syrup for that purpose in the1800s. *All* maple syrup is boiled down and highly concentrated. That's how you make it. The maple sap is much too dilute to use for syrup. I even doubt that it has enough sugar in it to keep (it would spoil). > That would have been for most people profligate and wasteful. Real syrup > can be used, but in that case one teaspoon is a negligible amount. Pretty obviously it would take a lot of maple syrup to equal the flavor of one teaspoon of artificial flavor. -- Dan Abel Petaluma, California USA |
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On Oct 6, 6:46*pm, wrote:
> On Oct 6, 10:50 am, Cindy Hamilton > > wrote: > > > I was speculating, regarding the original post, whether the pudding > > used > > maple flavoring because the prairie was lacking in sugarbush, yet the > > recipe had come west with the settlers and didn't taste quite right to > > them without maple. > > > Cindy Hamilton > > Well, it was from "Farmer Boy," which takes place near Malone, New > York, so that would be maple country. Not the prairie. > Oh. I saw "Little House Cookbook" in your original post, and assumed prairie. My face is red. Cindy Hamilton |
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Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >, > Pennyaline > wrote: > > >> Very odd! My opinion is that a teaspoon of artificial maple flavoring >> would give a quite gruesome result even for those who like maple, but >> combined with all of the cream and other heavy ingredients specific to >> this recipe it may not be as terrible as I'd anticipate. There are "real >> maple extracts" on the market, but it's more likely that they used >> boiled down and highly concentrated syrup for that purpose in the1800s. > > *All* maple syrup is boiled down and highly concentrated. That's how > you make it. The maple sap is much too dilute to use for syrup. I even > doubt that it has enough sugar in it to keep (it would spoil). No DUH, dumbass! Honest to **** but you are a presumptive prick. Now pay attention 'cuz here's what I wrote: >>> There are "real >>> maple extracts" on the market, but it's more likely that they used >>> boiled down and highly concentrated syrup for that purpose in the1800s. "Boiled down and highly concentrated SYRUP..." I did not say boiled down and highly concentrated SAP, did I, dim bulb? I said highly concentrated SYRUP. I hail from the Northeast, sonny, and have collected and boiled enough maple sap to last a lifetime. I know about sugaring. You are not the only light on the board, bub. >> That would have been for most people profligate and wasteful. Real syrup >> can be used, but in that case one teaspoon is a negligible amount. > > Pretty obviously it would take a lot of maple syrup to equal the flavor > of one teaspoon of artificial flavor. Try not to let it get in your way. The OP was looking for clarification of a purportedly very old recipe that oddly called for artificial maple flavoring. I was trying to help out. If that's more than you can deal with, look away. |
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On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:02:45 -0500, Omelet wrote:
> In article >, > blake murphy > wrote: > >> On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:59:38 -0500, Ms P wrote: >>> >>> I wouldn't be at all surprise if spun sugar was flammable. I know that >>> sugar dust is highly flammable. There was a sugar plant in western >>> Nebraska >>> that blew up some years back. I'm thinking it might have been in Scotts >>> Bluff. >>> >>> Ms P >> >> almost any material that can burn can become explosive in particle form >> when mixed with the right amount of air. you hear of grain silo explosions >> all the time. >> >> we used to throw handfuls of flour into the fire for entertainment when the >> scoutmaster wasn't around. >> >> your pal, >> blake >> >> > > Sounds like fun. :-) no real explosion, but a nice flash. this was before boy scouts took marijuana on camping trips. your pal, blake |
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On Oct 6, 7:12*pm, Pennyaline > wrote:
> wrote: > >> Does the original recipe call for artificial flavoring > > > Yes. > > The question I asked was does the recipe call for artificial flavoring > or real syrup? Don't just truncate to suit your needs. If you're gonna > quote, quote correctly. Sigh.....I don't have the book in front of me, but I'm 99% sure it simply said "maple flavoring." Not "artificial maple flavoring." Lenona. |
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blake murphy wrote:
>>> blake >>> >>> >> Sounds like fun. :-) > > no real explosion, but a nice flash. this was before boy scouts took > marijuana on camping trips. > > If you want to have fun with a campfire, toss an unopened can of food into the fire. Stand back and wait a few minutes. There is no flame, just a very loud bang.... very loud. |
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Dave Smith wrote:
> blake murphy wrote: > >>>> blake >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Sounds like fun. :-) >> >> >> no real explosion, but a nice flash. this was before boy scouts took >> marijuana on camping trips. >> >> > > If you want to have fun with a campfire, toss an unopened can of food > into the fire. Stand back and wait a few minutes. There is no flame, > just a very loud bang.... very loud. > Or, if you're particularly idiotic (or maybe just drunk), vent a tank's worth of propane into an empty cistern. Stand back, strike a match and say "Hey y'all, watch this". Can you say "pillar of fire?" The Y-Chromo types involved (high school seniors, all) escaped the Darwin Award, minus their eyebrows, plus one concussion incurred as the result of a collision with a tree while running away. |
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Kathleen wrote:
> > Or, if you're particularly idiotic (or maybe just drunk), vent a tank's > worth of propane into an empty cistern. Stand back, strike a match and > say "Hey y'all, watch this". > > Can you say "pillar of fire?" When I was working I used to spend a lot of time at an old truck inspection station. The building had been boarded up for years but it was a good layby for doing truck inspections. There had been plans to demolish the building, but some vandals took care of it for us one weekend. They broke in, put an propane tank in it and opened the valve, then poured a trail of gasoline. set the gasoline trail on fire and when it reached the old building it blew it up. The building was levelled. Ironically, the boss had gone into work on Monday morning and his number one priority for the day was to make arrangements to have the building levelled. When he got to work he got the news that it had been blown up. All we had to do was sent someone in to load up the rubble and haul it away. The vandals saved us thousands of dollars. |
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