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[snapdragen]

Lise-i found this link for you...(tim tams)-go towards the bottom of the page & 'the info you need is there....

http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2005/1...-tim-tams.html
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Hey, that store is down the road from me! I'll have to go check it out.

[Lise]

KN, so sorry to hear about the shootings in Seattle. Keeping you all in my thoughts.
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fish--one of the important things about explaining birth to kids seems to be to stress that these things happen to grownups, not to kids, so they don't get worried that this will suddenly happen to them. I don't have kids, but I've talked to a lot of people, including kids, about how babies come out. We could PM if you want my thoughts! I'm sure you'll find a way that's just right for Miss Fishjr.
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The TimTamTorpedo worked! Whoo-hoo! And you do have to cram the cookie right in your mouth after one swallow of hot coffee. It goes from cold and hard to warm and mush very quickly. But PLEASE tell me that each one does NOT have 390 calories! The label says 390k for "energy". No way that means calories. Oh please, oh please...

[Nanci]

k= kilocalorie - a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

[Lise]

k= kilocalorie - a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

kilo...so we divide by 1,000, and each TimTam has 0.39 calories? SWEET!

uhmmmm--somehow I doubt my math just the tiniest bit. What is the relation between kilocalories and calories? (you'd think I'd know this, with two degrees in health sciences. Snicker away. I invite you. I deserve it. But this knowledge seems to have fallen into a deep crevase in my memory.)

Nanci, are you working, making that sweet overtime money?

[DirtDiva]

Nanci, what you're talking about is a kilojoule... (Calories aren't that logical - they're not metric.)

Lise, probably the back of the TimTam packet is talking in kilojoules too (food labels certainly are in kJ on things manufactured in NZ). There are about 10 of them in a "calorie" (which I think is actually a kilocalorie, but is never called that in the nutrition world..?), so each bicky probably has 30-or 40-something calories.

Wait! I've lied:

1 Calorie [nutritional] = 4.1868 kilojoules
1 kilojoule = 0.238845897 Calories [nutritional]

So:

390 kilojoules = 93.149899685 Calories [nutritional] (Thank you www.onlineconversion.com.)

But surely Arnotts can't be trying to tell you that the serving size is one lonely TimTam? More power to anyone who can eat those things one at a time.

[Lise]

Nanci, what you're talking about is a kilojoule...

Lise, probably the back of the TimTam packet is talking in kilojoules too. There's about 10 of them in a "calorie" (which I think is actually a kilocalorie, but is never called that in the nutrition wold..?), so each bicky probably has 30-or 40-something calories.

Wait! I've lied:

1 Calorie [nutritional] = 4.186 8 kilojoule
1 kilojoule = 0.238 845 897 Calories [nutritional]

So:

390 kilojoule = 93.149 899 685 Calories [nutritional] (Thank you www.onlineconversion.com)

Thanks, DD. I liked it better when each bickie had 30 calories than when it had 93.149 899 685 calories. We'll round down and say 93. Although, that seems about right.

They did a study once where they gave men food items and asked them to estimate the calories. They had no idea. Women, however, could usually get it almost precisely by guessing!

[Nanci]

Oops, sorry...

Yes, I'm getting OT right now.