"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/17/2014 1:17 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 19:54:20 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/11/2014 3:27 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>> On Friday, July 11, 2014 9:32:51 AM UTC-7, sf wrote:
>>>>> Want to know why we pay so much for sugar? Farm subsidies, that's
>>>>>
>>>>> why.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The One Percent (documentary)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmlX3fLQrEc
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have pretty much given up sugar. I have a little 2 lb box in my
>>>> cupboard for guests who think they need it in their beverages. I
>>>> don't use that stuff any more.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The only thing I really use sugar for is to make sugar water for the
>>> hummingbird feeder.
>>>
>> People here can be high and mighty... all, what - 15 of us (and a few
>> of them are duplicates)? We're old and many here have diabetes, but
>> somebody is buying it and they are buying a lot of it.
>>
>>
> There's nothing high and mighty about it. People who don't bake or use it
> in coffee or whatever simply don't buy a lot of white sugar. No one is
> saying other people aren't buying it.
>
> Jill

I usually buy a cake mix and make a cake for dh to last the week if he wants
some dessert. It's not often that I make desserts or sugary things, with
Thanksgiving and Christmas being exceptions, but can't feed the hummingbirds
aspartame so do keep sugar on hand for that, and for pudding and things like
that when grandkids are over. :-)

Cheri