On Sun, 04 May 2014 14:59:49 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 5/4/2014 10:00 AM, sf wrote:
>
> > Why is there controversy where there should be none? I was speaking
> > for myself and thought it was obvious, even to the blind. It doesn't
> > matter that I'm originally from Michigan, which is a major sugar beet
> > producer in the USA. I still think sugar should come from sugar cane,
> > not beets. The very thought of beet sugar is just as mind numbing as
> > the idea of "bio-fuel" coming from corn and cane. I'm a progressive
> > thinker in many ways, but not when it comes to that.
> >
> >
>
> Never had beet sugar but I've heard many complaints about its
> inferiority. What size bag is the store brand? For the first time, I'm
> seeing 4# bags instead of 5#.

4 lb bags have been around for a while, but I don't use enough sugar
to care. The pound of bacon has been shrinking for 25 years, as have
coffee, ice cream, as well as a myriad of canned and boxed foods.
Sugar was just slow to catch onto the trend.


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