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  • AKICIF: Soup maker?

    From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 14 22:22:25 2023
    In a newsgroup I lurk in, someone said:

    "A soup maker is very easy to use any many leftover veggies can be
    used. It makes a big enough quantity for a few bowls full."

    So what in flim flam is a "soup maker", and how does it differ from a
    crock pot?

    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net
    http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

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  • From Andy Leighton@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Wed Nov 15 08:50:43 2023
    On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:22:25 -0500,
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

    In a newsgroup I lurk in, someone said:

    "A soup maker is very easy to use any many leftover veggies can be
    used. It makes a big enough quantity for a few bowls full."

    So what in flim flam is a "soup maker", and how does it differ from a
    crock pot?

    A bit different form factor, and it can do the blending as well if you
    want a smooth soup. At least in some of them you can also use it for
    smoothies.

    --
    Andy Leighton => andyl@azaal.plus.com
    "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"
    - Douglas Adams

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  • From Paul Dormer@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Wed Nov 15 13:14:00 2023
    In article <u9e8lil0gjr6604n4r2kbjpi4oo1qvm8cd@4ax.com>, jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:


    So what in flim flam is a "soup maker", and how does it differ from a
    crock pot?

    Amazon have several:

    https://tinyurl.com/425nn3ju

    Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Tim Merrigan on Wed Nov 15 13:58:20 2023
    Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:
    (I haven't had any for about the same amount of time as you, but I
    do the shopping and have seen it in the market.)

    A high-end digital soup maker gives you the choice of uppercase,
    lowercase, both, full ASCII, full EBCDIC, the whole of Unicode, just
    the 16 hexadecimal digits (0 through 9 and A through F), or just
    0 and 1. (Or at least that's what I would expect a product with
    that name to do.)

    But cereal makers were years ahead, inventing Alpha-Bits in 1957.
    Note the "bits." Not just digital, but binary. Wikipedia says
    it's been discontinued. Maybe it's just been upgraded to ternary.
    Balanced ternary, of course, since every child needs a balanced
    breakfast. The 0 trits have no calories, and the -1 trits have
    negative calories.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Tim Merrigan@21:1/5 to Paul Dormer on Wed Nov 15 05:43:19 2023
    On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:36 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
    prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) wrote:

    In article <uj2hcm$agj$1@reader2.panix.com>, kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F. >Lynch) wrote:


    Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
    Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.

    You've never had alphabet soup?

    Not for about sixty years. Don't know if you can still get it.

    One can, and what's more one can get alphabet pasta so one can make
    one's own.

    (I haven't had any for about the same amount of time as you, but I do
    the shopping and have seen it in the market.)
    --

    Qualified immunity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Paul Dormer on Wed Nov 15 13:34:14 2023
    Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
    Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.

    You've never had alphabet soup?
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Paul Dormer@21:1/5 to Lynch on Wed Nov 15 13:36:00 2023
    In article <uj2hcm$agj$1@reader2.panix.com>, kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F. Lynch) wrote:


    Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
    Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.

    You've never had alphabet soup?

    Not for about sixty years. Don't know if you can still get it.

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  • From Paul Dormer@21:1/5 to Tim Merrigan on Wed Nov 15 17:01:00 2023
    In article <bgi9li9glqfass0lri5ldrgqt540e00g47@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
    (Tim Merrigan) wrote:


    One can, and what's more one can get alphabet pasta so one can make
    one's own.

    (I haven't had any for about the same amount of time as you, but I do
    the shopping and have seen it in the market.)

    I checked three different shopping sites just now and couldn't find it. However, you can get cans of Alphabetti in tomato sauce.

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  • From Jay E. Morris@21:1/5 to Paul Dormer on Wed Nov 15 14:58:25 2023
    On 11/15/2023 11:01 AM, Paul Dormer wrote:
    In article <bgi9li9glqfass0lri5ldrgqt540e00g47@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
    (Tim Merrigan) wrote:


    One can, and what's more one can get alphabet pasta so one can make
    one's own.

    (I haven't had any for about the same amount of time as you, but I do
    the shopping and have seen it in the market.)

    I checked three different shopping sites just now and couldn't find it. However, you can get cans of Alphabetti in tomato sauce.

    A Google search turns up about a dozen different brands. Amazon and
    Walmart both carry online. Walmart even carries chickpea alphabet pasta.

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Paul Dormer on Wed Nov 15 22:22:14 2023
    Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:

    Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.

    I have made soup with duck feet and chicken feet before. It's good!
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Paul Dormer@21:1/5 to Jay E. Morris on Thu Nov 16 12:12:00 2023
    In article <uj3bdj$1t223$1@epsilon3.eternal-september.org>, morrisj@epsilon3.comcon (Jay E. Morris) wrote:

    Amazon and
    Walmart both carry online.

    Not Amazon UK, apparently.

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  • From Peter Trei@21:1/5 to Paul Dormer on Thu Nov 16 13:28:22 2023
    On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 7:12:34 AM UTC-5, Paul Dormer wrote:
    In article <uj3bdj$1t223$1...@epsilon3.eternal-september.org>, mor...@epsilon3.comcon (Jay E. Morris) wrote:

    Amazon and
    Walmart both carry online.
    Not Amazon UK, apparently.

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/WinCrest-Alphabet-Pasta-Noodles-3-Lb-Tub/575738829

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