From: news@buddinet.com 
  
 Debbie Deutsch said on 10/22/2003 7:41 PM: 
 >> 
 >>"I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking 
 >>would 
  
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 > 
 > It definitely is spam.  The identical article was posted by LMG to 13 
 > food groups over the course of October 10-15.  There were two exceptions 
 > to the identical-ness.  When the spam was posted to groups about 
 > chocolate, the subject was changed to "Help with tempering chocolate" and 
 > wording was altered to say how much the spammer liked the product for 
 > tempering chocolate, but the spam was otherwise the same. 
 > 
 > Somebody who discovers something good might tell about in groups to which 
 > he usually contributes, but this goes far beyond that. 
 > 
 > Whenever you see an article about this neat new thing that the poster has 
 > just discovered, and the poster has not previously been contributing to 
 > the newsgroup, that's the time when your spam alarm should be going off. 
 > 
 > Debbie 
 > 
 13 groups?  Busy little devil. I do plan to try one out.  I have an old 
 family ketchup recipe that I want to duplicate that calls for extensive 
 stirring to thicken.  Was great when I was a kid and figure to see if I 
 can duplicate it.  I do remember that the commercial stuff tasted 
 terrible by comparison. 
  
 I don't subscribe to a lot of the food groups (is there a pun in that) 
 but just added a few more today. 
  
 Any particular one that you recommend?   I subscribed to this one 
 because I spend time in NYC on contract (last year about 5 months) and 
 was looking for new recommendations here. 
  
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