Word: syrups
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cellulose-digesting bacteria are of the aciduric group, akin to the Lactobacillus acidophilus of Bulgarian buttermilk, which (some scientists think) helps un usual numbers of Balkan rustics to fill themselves full of years. Taken in liquid form, the bacterial cultures taste like chocolate syrup. They become permanently established among the intestinal flora in about a month. Cost: $2 per person...
...starting point: his discovery that pentose, a sugar which is plentiful in corn and wood but has hitherto resisted fermentation by yeast enzymes, can be attacked and broken down by other enzymes secreted by certain fungi grown on mineral foodstuffs. The fungi reduce pentose to a heavy syrup (pyruvic acid) easily converted to ethyl alcohol...
...Getulio Vargas' 59th birthday: a cake, ten feet high, 26 feet in diameter, supporting a sugar-and-dough bust of the President. Among the ingredients: 1.200 dozen eggs, 25 bags of flour, 25 bags of sugar, 12 Ib. of butter, 52 quarts of milk, eleven quarts of currant syrup, five bottles of rum, 7 Ib. of sugar plums...
...been in Mexico. But, pshaw, she was only old Peter Fahrney's granddaughter, Merry ("the Madcap"), from Chicago. Remember, she got married half a dozen times or so? Playboys and counts and barons-calls herself the Countess Cassini now. No more harm in her than in the cough syrup old Peter used to peddle. Made a lot of money, he did. Left that girl something like...
...Rationed white sugar, though it is the purest form of sugar sold, is also, from the nutritional point of view, the poorest. Brown sugar, molasses, maple syrup and honey provide plenty of sugar and vital minerals as well. Fruits, most of which are rich in sugar, also supply vitamins. By getting their sugar in these forms, the rationed public will actually get more food value...