On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:15:54 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
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>[deleted misreading about hoisin sauce]
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>> i would say 'sweet' in the way ketchup is sweet. that is, not terribly,
>> but not salty or hot, either.
>
>I always thought that ketchup was pretty sweet. I looked it up, and
>it's 23% sugar by weight. I was thinking it doesn't taste so sweet
>because of the vinegar in it. However, then I looked up hoisin sauce.
>It's 27% sugar. So much for my theory.

When I was in college, I was fascinated by my newly acquired access to
microscopes in the chem lab. I started examining all sorts of everyday
things and catsup was one of them. I wish I hadn't looked. Damned
stuff is full of bug parts.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd...always happy to share

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"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines