Text 12753, 45 rader
Skriven 2007-03-07 20:02:19 av Barbara McNay (1:382/48)
  Kommentar till text 12729 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: UN-EARTHLY 166
======================
 >> Now wait a second. I'm sure that's not what you intended to write?
 >  BM> Yep, it is.  Kagome vegetable-fruit juices.  When I next went to the
 >  BM> grocery store, I looked at some of the other brands of bottled plain
 >  BM> fruit juices, and some said nothing about refrigeration (that I could
 >  BM> find), others said refrigerate.  The only ingredients the Kagome has
 >  BM> other than the veg and fruit juices are natural flavor and ascorbic
 >  BM> acid.

 > Ah. Carol explained that to me. Not being a literalist
 > about
 > that sort of thing (but still refrigerating all juices
 > after
 > opening) I didn't see the distinction being important.

Well, to me it says that you don't have to refrigerate it, for whatever reason,
but I suppose that it would eventually become something you wouldn't want to
drink.  In this cold weather, I have in fact taken four days to drink up a 30-
ounce bottle, and I'm still here, and, moreover, I didn't perceive any
deterioration in flavor.  However, I don't believe I'd want to try that when
the weather gets hot (talking about no central heat/air.)  "For best quality
and freshness" is the kind of language you see on bottles of condiments like
regular ketchup--which I never refrigerate.

 >  BM> Interesting.  It sounds as if some of people's perceptions of spicy
 >  BM> foods are unique, and some, not.

 > This is possible but unknowable, the way most things
 > about
 > perception are unknowable. I'd like to think that what
 > I
 > perceive when I taste something relates to the way
 > other
 > people taste, but there's no guarantee. There are
 > people
 > who ardently enjoy zucchini: who knows? maybe they
 > detect
 > some wonderful flavor or sweetness that I cannot?

I love the flavor of yellow summer squashes, especially with butter and salt,
but stir fried is nice, too.  I've only had canned zucchini with onion and
tomato, and it's delicious that way, but I don't really know what the squash by
itself tastes like.

---
 * Origin: T E X A S ! (1:382/48)