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I thought it was that, but figured it was better to ask... you can find rock candy these days in the fancier candy stores masquerading as coffee stir sticks :)
>From: "Hand, Michael T" <HANDM_at_polaroid.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: OT: Oracle *Chocolate* Monitoring Tools/Friday Recipe
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:30:27 -0800
>
>
>Sorry Lee, it looks like Rachel is too much of a chocoholic to be up on her
>hard candy nomenclature. In the US its refered to as Rock candy, basically
>colored, flavored, crystaline sugar (sucrose, not glucose) available in
>various shapes and sizes though I haven't seen much of it lately. [It's
>probably gone the way of ribbon candy and other treats of yesteryear...
>(Norman Rockwell moment).] The most common US seaside confection is
>Saltwater taffy, or cotton candy.
>
>Confectionarily yours,
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:16 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>erm....I don't know how this travels.
>
>Like a sugary candy which is extremely hard, you do have candy canes in the
>States for Christmas trees etc ??
>Sort of thicker, straighter version and normally minty in the UK - very
>popular at Seaside resorts where the sweet is manufactured with the name of
>the resort printed all the way through the middle. Oh God - this is
>sounding
>more weird, the more I try and describe it.
>
>Any other Brits who have lived/worked extensively in the States care to
>offer a better translation ??
>
>Cheers
>
>Lee
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: 20 March 2001 13:26
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>rhubarb flavored rock???? I'm working on a tentative assumption here that
>you don't mean actual rocks... translation please!
>
>
> >From: lerobe - Lee Robertson <LEROBE_at_acxiom.co.uk>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: RE: OT: Oracle *Chocolate* Monitoring Tools/Friday Recipe
> >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:05:25 -0800
> >
> >Been drinking it in the UK for most of my 37 years !!!
> >
> >Used to be a plain old pick me up for years (if you ever had to go into
> >hospital or indeed went visiting, you were either given or giving a
> >bottle).
> >
> >Nowadays it is used by sportsmen etc for exactly what you have described.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Lee (one of the original Lucozade kids)
> >
> >PS. This was one of my mothers cravings when she was pregnant with me -
> >however she could only drink it whilst eating rhubarb flavoured rock -
> >WEIRD
> >!!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: 19 March 2001 20:41
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >Speaking of sugar...
> >
> >I just returned from Trinidad (on a mission trip to build a church in
> >Toco).
> >While working in the 95 degree sun all day we often walked up to the
>corner
> >store and bought water and cokes (the coca cola was much sweeter there
>than
> >in the US, but also less carbonated). What we also found was a product
> >called Lucozade (http://www.lucozade.com/). This was a sport drink
> >essentially made of glucose syrup. From their website - "When you drink
> >it,
> >the glucose gets rapidly absorbed into your bloodstream and gives you a
> >quick burst of energy. Glucose is the natural preferred fuel for the
>body
> >becuase of the speed with which it can be digested and absorbed. Once
> >absorbed it is a readily available source of fuel, whic all cells of the
> >body can utilise."
> >
> >Official drink of on-call DBAs.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Jack C.
> > > Applewhite
> > > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:16 AM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: RE: OT: Oracle *Chocolate* Monitoring Tools/Friday Recipe
> > >
> > >
> > > Kimberley,
> > >
> > > I'd be surprised if you can get "real" raw sugar in stores.
> > >
> > > When I was in the U.S. Peace Corps in Belize in the mid
> > > '70s, raw sugar was readily available, since sugar was a
> > > primary export from that beautiful little country. If you
> > > let a couple of pounds of raw sugar sit in a brown paper bag
> > > for a day or two, the molasses would settle to the bottom
> > > and puddle - a jar, shaken occasionally, was a better
> > > storage option.
> > >
> > > It was delicious! There's nothing quite like a peanut
> > > butter and raw sugar sandwich! Ironically, the Belizians
> > > preferred refined, white sugar, since it was considered more
> > > "upscale" than the raw sugar.
> > >
> > > BTW, other advantages to living in a sugar-exporting country
> > > included very cheap soft drinks and rum!...Oh, and Reggae!
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > > Jack
> > >
> > > --------------------------------
> > > Jack C. Applewhite
> > > Database Administrator/Developer
> > > OCP Oracle8 DBA
> > > iNetProfit, Inc.
> > > Austin, Texas
> > > www.iNetProfit.com
> > > japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Kimberly
> > > Smith
> > > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:33 AM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Recipe
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey, found out that muscavado sugar is raw sugar. Hopefully
> > > I can find it in the stores. If not I am going to Second
> > > Cup and
> > > "borrowing" a whole bunch of little packets;-)
> > >
> > > >>375g dark muscovado sugar
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