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"Tess" > wrote in message
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> " 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?



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