" BOB" > wrote in message
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> Steve Calvin wrote:
>> 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".
>>
>>
> I've heard that XXX is a movie rating...


Ah! But what does it mean when it's painted on the side of a jug with a cork
in it?

- Tess : )