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Steve Calvin > wrote in
:

> Internet Traveler wrote:
>
> > Dear Food Experts
> > I remember flour having the designation of XXX on the label back
> > in the '60's (think it was Pillsbury). When I went to look it up
> > I found it meant super fine confection - sugar. Does anyone know
> > what the XXX really means?
> >
> >

>
> I'm certainly no expert and don't appreciate that. An "ex" is a has
> been, and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure. ;-)
>
> I always thought that xxx stood for "extra, extra, extra".
>


xxx means "Very fine" ground. the use of a xxx mesh screen. Not a x or a
xx but a xxx mesh.

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