Re: Yank Homemade Southern Sweet Tea

Kyonshi wrote:
> On 6/17/2024 11:58 AM, vickiebee wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> In free.toast Nicholas D. Richards <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> In article <[email protected]>, vickiebee 
>>>> <[email protected]>  on Fri, 14 Jun 2024 at 05:44:35
>>>> awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> They say that it became a cultural staple because sugar was
>>>>> used as a preservative in the old days and our palates grew
>>>>> to like the sweetness.
>>>> 
>>>> All primates have a 'sweet tooth'. The ability to taste and
>>>> enjoy sweet things is highly developed in babies.  Our palate
>>>> for sweet things is not cultural.
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> interestingly cats have been found not to taste sweetness at
>>> all. just a random thing to throw out.
>>> 
>> I did not know that. Britannica sez: "While humans, monkeys, dogs
>> and other animals definitely prefer sweet flavors, decades of
>> research show that cats could care less about sweets. ... As it
>> turns out, a cat's sweet receptor genes are broken." (Why Cats
>> Cannot Detect Sweet Tastes)
>> 
>> v - remembers the time my friend left a box of chocolates out and
>> her doggie ate the whole thing and had to be taken to the
>> vit'nery.
>> 
> 
> my cat used to steal everything he could get his hands on, even
> olives. but sweets were absolutely safe from him.

My last cat - Muffet - found the catnip I'd hidden, dashed around the
room, raced up the drapes and jumped on the Christmas tree and knocked
it over.

Made for some memorable photos.
;)
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