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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 380495, member: 55"]I always enjoy the odd/weird information one comes across researching the "what is it?" posts.</p><p> Before Mr. Babcock realized that sulphuric acid would dissolve everything in milk or cream except the fat, buyers and wholesalers could only guess whether the milk or cream they were buying had been diluted with water, or had the cream partially removed; and even if not tampered with, they could not tell the quality or fat content except by tasting and making a guess. Fascinating, I think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 380495, member: 55"]I always enjoy the odd/weird information one comes across researching the "what is it?" posts. Before Mr. Babcock realized that sulphuric acid would dissolve everything in milk or cream except the fat, buyers and wholesalers could only guess whether the milk or cream they were buying had been diluted with water, or had the cream partially removed; and even if not tampered with, they could not tell the quality or fat content except by tasting and making a guess. Fascinating, I think.[/QUOTE]
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