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- From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@NI.umd.edu>
- Subject: Re: Cisco packaging material
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Dec 92 15:38:04 MST."
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:28:43 EST
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- > Didn't know Cisco used these. Means I have one more source! If anyone
- > hasn't had a chance to see these take time to look. They disolve in
- > water almost instantly, claim to be good mulch for gardens, and are
- > even some of the best packing material I've found.
- > Paul Hyder
- > NCAR
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- Taste's Great!
- No, less filling!
-
- Actually, they can use a little salt. We got some of this stuff from
- Black Box, I think, along with a little pamphlet explaining that
- they're 95% corn starch. The other 5% certainly isn't flavoring.
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- > >> If the packaging material consists of off-white, rough textured cylindrical
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- > >> 'pasta-like' tubes, then they are corn starch based and are water
- > >> soluble. These are intended to help preserve the environment, not feed
- > >> rats! ;-) I'm not sure what the chemical content is, if any, but I would
- > >> keep Templeton on a steady diet of Rat Chow for now if I were you. I'll
- > >> forward this to someone who might know the manufacturers name.
- > >>
- > >> Regards,
- > >>
- > >> Matthew Dodd
- > >> Cisco Systems
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- Louis A. Mamakos
- University of Maryland, College Park
-