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Tess wrote:
> " 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 : )


Corn squeezin's?