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Boron Elgar Boron Elgar is offline
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On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:25:24 -0400, Landon > wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:18:40 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:16:08 -0400, Boron Elgar
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> > The key is not to use a cottage cheese container - the sweet, green
>>> > key, at least to me, is using something that is, itself, recycled
>>> > from a previous use and does not require newly manufactured materials
>>> > (in the case of the KA can, both bags AND filters) to function.
>>>
>>> There's where your logic breaks down for me. A cottage cheese
>>> container *is* recycled and repurposed when used that way. I have no
>>> idea what anyone means by KA in this sense. Usually people are
>>> talking about their Kitchen Aid mixer when they say KA. I will simply
>>> ignore that part of your message because it's makes no sense to me. I
>>> thought college educated people were supposed to know how to write.

>>
>>I've learned over the years of reading this group and observing my wife
>>bake, that KA often means King Arthur:
>>
>>http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/compost-set

>
>King Arthur *used to be* a quality maker of quality products. One of
>my nieces was the person who ran their test kitchen. After new
>ownership of the company, its products were revised and the quality
>dropped radically. My niece quit working there as a result. She was
>told by the owners that her remarks about their products weren't
>needed...hahaha, crack me up! Have a test kitchen and don't listen to
>the person running it....ok...then why have one?



When did the change-over happen?

Boron