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LarryK said:
We had white grapefruit all the time. Had to scoop it out of it's little V sleeves and top with lots of sugar. I worked retail groceries and this went out when people found the red and pink were sweeter and did not have to use sugar. Therefore, due to demand less white is produced. Seems fruit trees have to be replaced on a regular basis and during this rotation the new sweeter variations are planted.
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Looks like we could all do with a bit less sugar -

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In the 1830s living history museum where I volunteer (Old Sturbridge Village), we tell visitors that most New Englanders used about one pound of Caribbean cane sugar each year in their food. And if you were a strong abolitionist, you used maple sugar instead.
 
Neat graph, thanks!

Interesting how the sugar consumption dipped in the two world wars - but not in the civil war. I though the supply chain was a upset a little during the civil war, but obviously not too much. Also it seems it took a while for sugar consumption to "recover" after WW2. Wonder why?

Sorry, I'm a geek for data. It's the engineer in me.
 
Fascinating - the sugar stuff.

I didn't realize that it wasn't until the late 40's before Cane Sugar replaced Maple Sugar as the predominant source of sugar in Canada.

I am regularly up in the middle of the night for a time - on one of our TV channels they run old game shows from the 70's - Beat The Clock/ Card Sharks etc. - I love that the prizes are $1500 and a dustbuster but, more to the point everybody, everybody! is skinny. Before High Fructose Corn Syrup really made inroads.
 
J-P - google photos of WW2 recruits and the military. I don't think that was just "before high fructose corn syrup". I'm thinking it was "before physical work disappeared".

grumble grumble

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NutmegCT said:
J-P - google photos of WW2 recruits and the military. I don't think that was just "before high fructose corn syrup". I'm thinking it was "before physical work disappeared".

grumble grumble
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True - but when you look at how much has sugar added it is staggering - and frightening - and the science attached - read about "Bliss Point" and consider how they make McDonalds French Fries

https://www.theblot.com/what-bliss-point-besides-reason-addicted-doritos-7716219

this is one of my favourite (sad) cartoons

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[FONT=&quot]"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

Or more recently, "We have met the enemy, and he is us."

Fun and toys at all cost!

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NutmegCT said:
Looks like we could all do with a bit less sugar -

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In the 1830s living history museum where I volunteer (Old Sturbridge Village), we tell visitors that most New Englanders used about one pound of Caribbean cane sugar each year in their food. And if you were a strong abolitionist, you used maple sugar instead.
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I'm an outlier. I have had a sweet tooth all my life but never had a weight problem. Genes have a lot to do with it.
 
Just came back from Nokomis Groves this afternoon with a half gallon of fresh-squeezed OJ and a few Honeybells and Navel oranges for my wife. All from their own groves. One of the last fruit stands and groves in this part of Florida. When I was a kid in the late 1940s, we drove to Florida in our 1941 Packard 160 and then our 1948 Chrysler New Yorker. All the OJ you could drink for 15 cents from a series of fruit stands on the Florida East Coast. You could also rent a rowboat for $5.00, throw a 3 horse motor on the back and head out for a day of fishing. All gone today. No more boat rentals at all. Along with 25 cent gasoline, 29 cent per pound fish, a 75 cent lobster dinner (believe it or not) with free shrimp cocktail and dessert and a 20-cent hamburger. I paid $150.00 for my first car - a 1934 Ford convertible and sold it for $125.00. My new 1956 TR3 cost me $2,599.00, up $100 from the TR2. The Porsche Speedster was $2,995.00. Checked the prices lately?
 
Great - I can't wait to ask!

Did Nokomis Groves have any white grapefruit?

TM

 
I dunno. Wife and I are among those senior citizens who are forbidden to eat grapefruit or drink its juice because of statins. However, I believe they did have white grapefruit, albeit they were small this year - about the size of large oranges. If anyone is interested, contact Nokomis Groves in Nokomis, FL and they will ship citrus out to you pretty quickly. They grow their own.
 
Thanks - their website lists only star ruby grapefruit, but I'll call them later today.

It's a conspiracy I tell ya - a conspiracy!
 
JPSmit said:
Fascinating - the sugar stuff.

I didn't realize that it wasn't until the late 40's before Cane Sugar replaced Maple Sugar as the predominant source of sugar in Canada.

I am regularly up in the middle of the night for a time - on one of our TV channels they run old game shows from the 70's - Beat The Clock/ Card Sharks etc. - I love that the prizes are $1500 and a dustbuster but, more to the point everybody, everybody! is skinny. Before High Fructose Corn Syrup really made inroads.
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Don't believe it's all sugars ,check out the wheat belly book
 
At last - I can die a happy man!

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Only $5 per grapefruit - but my dreams are fulfilled, my wishes granted, the clouds have parted and the sun shines forth!

(or something like that ...)
 
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