Thread: 'Lemon verbena'
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Old 02-12-2007, 09:45 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Si[_2_] Si[_2_] is offline
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Default 'Lemon verbena'
In message , Sacha
writes
On 1/12/07 15:56, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from Sacha contains these
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Poached Fruit in Lemon Verbena Syrup
1? cups water
? cup Sauvignon Blanc
? cup sugar

What do the question marks signify, Sacha? 1/2?

Looking back at the recipes I found, all those mean one half of Sauvignon
Blanc and three quarters of a cup of sugar. In the ice cream recipe all of
them mean one half. I wonder why they 'translate' that way onto a pasted
recipe.

cos usenet is a 7 bit medium and characters like 1/2 are characters that
require 8 bits and so end up as unknown in the 7 bit environment.

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Si
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