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Re: Konjac candy

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 2001.10.10 at 23:48:14(7608)
In a message dated Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:11:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Susan Cooper writes:
> Mmmm konjac candy!
>
> Tastes great!
+More
> I think the fervor over this item is just the "latest". Do you remember a
> few years ago, when hot dogs were considered lethal for children?
>
The overprotective parents-turned-activists/lobbyists have to have something to do!
> The candy has a small cup of gelatin with a piece of "something" in the
> center that is approx 1 cm square. I'm not sure where the konjac comes in,
> the ingredients also list coconut or konjac-coconut.
>
Konjac-coconut as a single ingredient? Perhaps a reference to "cocoyam"? (Yes, I know that is a wholly different plant.)

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