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Default store brand sugar

On Saturday, May 3, 2014 11:32:38 PM UTC-6, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> On 2014-05-03 20:29:18 +0000, James Silverton said:
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> > On 5/3/2014 2:46 PM, sf wrote:

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> >> I just realized the store brand bag of granulated sugar I bought a

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> >> while ago says "pure cane" on the label. I am a purist, not a vegan,

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> >> and beet sugar or the possibility of beet sugar just plain sits wrong

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> >> with me. So, now I have two products I will go to that store (chain)

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> >> specifically to buy: American lamb and store brand cane sugar.

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> >> I make it a twofer and shop at there when I go to Smart & Final (aka:

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> >> Cash & Carry). Smart & Final is the only place I've found in my area

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> >> that sells Sara Lee English muffins and they also have decent sized

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> >> jars of multi-colored whole peppercorns at a price that isn't heart

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> >> stopping. Besides, it's fun to poke around and impulse shop.

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> > What's wrong with beet sugar? It's still pure sucrose.

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> It smells like vomit. Plus the waste generated at a sugarbeet
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> processing plant is horrifying.
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> Smell some cane sugar sometime. It smells light, sweet. Then smell
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> some beet sugar. It's an offensive odor, which penetrates to the back
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> of the throat and creates the urge to vomit.


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