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Thread ID: 81771	2007-08-06 21:15:00	I've just gone off Peanut butter	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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577245	2007-08-09 20:20:00	I see in this morning's paper that Sanitarium are reintroducing Aussie made peanut butter.	Sam's Dad (11848)
577246	2007-08-09 20:50:00	Yes saw it on tv this morning also. What also annoys me is that Sanitarium went to Chinese peanut butter to remain competitive, but the price did not drop. I bet the Chinese stuff costs much less than the Aussie one or our one (if we made it here at all) Did Sanitarium get that many complaints ! It shows that consumer power can win. I was certainly never gonna buy peanut butter again. Regards Digby	Digby (677)
577247	2007-08-09 21:28:00	I remember reading that the American Indians used to put a dead fish under the plant's seed . I think that was under corn . . . . . plant the kernels and a fish in the same hole to feed the plants . . . I saw that at the 350th Anniversary of the Jamestown Exposition in Virgina (http://www . historyisfun . org/) when my school went on a history trip from New Jersey . They are now celebrating the 400th Anniversary . . . gosh! That was 1958! . . . thanks for the reminder that I'm old . :horrified Hey . . don't a lot of youse guys come from Olde English stock? Why I ask is that I seem to remember that there was a form of linen made by the first settlers who took cotton and let it rot until just the firmer fibers were left and wove that into linen . Ring any bells? Anyone got an Olde English-type grandmother to ask?	SurferJoe46 (51)
577248	2007-08-09 21:32:00	I see in this morning's paper that Sanitarium are reintroducing Aussie made peanut butter . Bet this is a NZ/US English problem here . . . . Sanitarium: is a place where people of "questionable mental capacity" reside . So . . I gotta ask: Can crazy people actually notice the difference in NZ v Chinese peanutbutter? Seems kinda unlikely if this is supposed to be some sortta qualification .	SurferJoe46 (51)
577249	2007-08-09 21:43:00	Hey..don't a lot of youse guys come from Olde English stock? More of us are of Celtic stock than English SJ. I think you may be thinking of the exported convict Orstralians... Why I ask is that I seem to remember that there was a form of linen made by the first settlers who took cotton and let it rot until just the firmer fibers were left and wove that into linen. Perhaps you are thinking of flax rather than cotton? I suspect (not know) that this sounds more like the process for making linen out of linen flax.	John H (8)
577250	2007-08-09 21:51:00	Bet this is a NZ/US English problem here . . . . Sanitarium: is a place where people of "questionable mental capacity" reside . Yes, I can confirm there is a NZ/US English problem here (or maybe it is just a US English problem?) Sanitorium = a health facility - in NZ it used to mean the place where people who were infected with TB were segregated from the rest of the population and treated . Commonly referred to by the older generation as "the San" . I only ever visited one, on Mt Victoria in Wgtn, in the 1970's, and was deeply shocked by what I saw . Sanitarium = the brand name of a well known food manufacturer (I think it may be Orstralian in origin, but they have factories in the main centres in EnZed as well) . IIRC the company is/was of Seventh Day Adventist origin . They are the makers of Marmite and other "iconic" southern hemisphere foods . So . . I gotta ask: Can crazy people actually notice the difference in NZ v Chinese peanutbutter? Seems kinda unlikely if this is supposed to be some sortta qualification . I ain't crazy, but I didn't notice any difference between our current jar of Chinese and previous jars of peanut butter . It was only when I read the label that I realised where it was made . It is all the stories about food preparation in China that make me nervous . . .	John H (8)
577251	2007-08-10 02:44:00	Joe: linen isn't made from cotton. Itls made from flax, which needs to be retted (www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=retted&meta=) to get rid of the gelatinous and other non-fibrous stuff, leaving the fibres, which are then spun into linen. The seeds are crushed for linseed oil.	Graham L (2)
577252	2007-08-10 02:57:00	TY Graham...I didn't know that...but now I wonder what it was that I remember..even though I might have remembered it incorrectly..maybe it was flax....hmmmmm and I'd have a hard time eating foods from the movie set of "Clockwork Orange"	SurferJoe46 (51)
577253	2007-08-10 03:04:00	'cuse the randomness but Im hooked on Paul Newmans Ranch sauce.	rob_on_guitar (4196)
577254	2007-08-10 04:14:00	'cuse the randomness but Im hooked on Paul Newmans Ranch sauce . You're excused from the table, we'll have none of that ranchiness around here :lol: I can't get past the mug shot on the bottle- no food should have a human's (or even animal's) face on it . It's as bad as those blimmen penguins everywhere!	Shortcircuit (1666)
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