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On Dec 14, 6:44*pm, Ranée at Arabian Knits >
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> *Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
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> > On Dec 14, 4:15*pm, Ranée at Arabian Knits >
> > wrote:
> > > In article
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> > > *Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

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> > > > Although I'm not as crude as Bryan (somewhat to my surprise), I'd be
> > > > much more likely to add an equivalent volume of wine. *Sugar doesn't
> > > > belong in pot roast.

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> > > * *Just playing devil's advocate here, but doesn't wine add sugar?

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> > Not nearly as much as a can of coke, which was what started this whole
> > thing. *I don't really think I use 12 ounces of wine in pot roast. *I
> > just glug
> > some in. *Dry red of some sort.

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> > I mean, really. *Which tastes sweeter? *Wine or cola?

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> * *Of course cola does. *What you said, though, was that sugar doesn't
> belong in pot roast. *After you said you would add an equivalent amount
> of wine.


There's sugar in onions. There's sugar in carrots. There's sugar
in wine. Hell, there's sugar in beef. Not a problem. There just
isn't
that much sugar in any of them.

There's a metric buttload of sugar in cola, and I don't want it in my
pot roast.

Sorry, Van. I'm not going to try it.

Cindy Hamilton