sf wrote:
>

> >
> > Never had beet sugar but I've heard many complaints about its
> > inferiority. What size bag is the store brand? For the first time, I'm
> > seeing 4# bags instead of 5#.
>
> 4 lb bags have been around for a while, but I don't use enough sugar
> to care. The pound of bacon has been shrinking for 25 years, as have
> coffee, ice cream, as well as a myriad of canned and boxed foods.
> Sugar was just slow to catch onto the trend.

My "pound" of bacon is still 24oz (Wright brand) and ice cream is still
1/2 gal (Blue Bell). What really ****es me off is the f'ing 15oz ricotta
cheese.

On Mon, 05 May 2014 13:15:20 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
> sf wrote:
> >
>
> > >
> > > Never had beet sugar but I've heard many complaints about its
> > > inferiority. What size bag is the store brand? For the first time, I'm
> > > seeing 4# bags instead of 5#.
> >
> > 4 lb bags have been around for a while, but I don't use enough sugar
> > to care. The pound of bacon has been shrinking for 25 years, as have
> > coffee, ice cream, as well as a myriad of canned and boxed foods.
> > Sugar was just slow to catch onto the trend.
>
> My "pound" of bacon is still 24oz (Wright brand) and ice cream is still
> 1/2 gal (Blue Bell).

Are you denying a trend?

> What really ****es me off is the f'ing 15oz ricotta cheese.

Reality is like that.


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On 5/4/2014 7:24 PM, Timo wrote:
> On Monday, May 5, 2014 9:46:37 AM UTC+10, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 5/4/2014 1:02 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> I remember when we visited the Smithsonian when I was a kid
>>> they were offering fresh sugar cane as snacks. My dad insisted with try
>>> it. Sorry, that was not a treat. Then again, D.C. is a long way from
>>> Maui.
>>
>> The truth about eating sugar cane like that is that it sucks. Nice
>> fantasy though. Give your kids sugar cane instead of candy cane and
>> they'll hate you for it.
>
> It's sweet (if the right cane at the right time), tastes OK. Fibrous and wet, so more work and mess than candy. Yes, kids prefer candy, but IME, they don't mind cane. Cattle like it - they're more prepared to cope with the fibrosity.
>
> Lots of fresh cane to be seen at local Vietnamese markets. Mostly used for fresh-squeezed cane juice. Kids like cane juice better than cane (though I think they prefer Coke).
>
> Don't know where they get their cane from; sugar farming used to extend some way south of here, but it's retreated to about 300km north of here. Would be cool if that demand has kept local canegrowing alive.

We grew up, surrounded by sugar cane fields and we would chew on sugar
cane, when we were kids. Fresh sugar cane is moist and sweet, but only
slightly sweet, I guess it is an acquired taste.

Becca

On Mon, 05 May 2014 12:51:03 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>pure kona wrote:
>>
>>Hawaiians brought many varieties of ko as part of their "canoe
>>plants" see he http://www.canoeplants.com/contents.html
>
>Thank you for posting this link, very informative, saved.

Thanks Sheldon for being interested- it's pretty esoteric unless you
are from here -and my DH is a Hawaiian historian. If the original
people from Polynesia had not brought those plants- it would have been
dire. There were no food plants except for ferns- but those are not
too yummy. Of course there was a bountiful amount of fish and seafood.
It is pretty amazing that the original successful migrators thought to
bring all that along with pigs, dogs and chickens. We are the most
isolated place on earth so the whole successful migration is pretty
amazing.

aloha,
Cea

On Sun, 04 May 2014 20:49:54 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>On 5/4/2014 3:08 PM, pure kona wrote:
>> I sort of remember those photos! Yes, making beautiful and good
>> sellers, I am sure. Was there a mill or a cane field in the
>> background? Just seeing if my memory holds.
>>
>> Thanks for the flashback
>>
>> aloha
>>
>I never saw those commercials before since they didn't play in Hawaii.
>There was no reason to - all we ever had was C&H. Back in the old days,
>there were no house branding in supermarkets. These days I just get the
>cheapest sugar I can find. I can't say that I've ever had beet sugar but
>it sounds like an interesting product.

If you are replying to me, I only saw those images in magazines. We
didn't have TV in Puna/Olaa until 1956:^).

aloha,
Cea

On Sun, 04 May 2014 21:11:30 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>On 5/4/2014 3:52 PM, pure kona wrote:
snipped
>>
>No doubt about it - times are changing. I was on Lanai last week and it
>was fairly odd. I was on the main street and there were mostly cute
>little shacks of boutique shops for tourists but I saw not a single
>tourist there. My understanding is that the rich guy that bought 98% of
>the island is restoring the old theater in Lanai city and plans to have
>an international film festival in that sleepy town. Future plans are to
>double the island's population and make the island self-sustainable in
>energy and foods. The strange part is that the local population seems OK
>with that.
>
>I know exactly how it's all going to go down, the island is going to be
>a place where the rich and famous can hang loose and chill without being
>bothered by the locals. No doubt that will have a lot of appeal.

Yes, it is all very odd, as you say. Oracle makes him plenty of
money.

aloha,
Cea