ASK!: Cookies no digestive aid
By Mike Rudeen, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published July 22, 2008 at 3 p.m.
In Andy's beloved British mystery stories, he's come across the term sweet biscuits, which he knows are what we call cookies, but also chocolate digestive, which has stumped him.
A digestive is a type of biscuit, or cookie, developed in 1892 by McVities bakery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was promoted originally as a digestive aid because it contained bicarbonate of soda, an antacid, but research proved that baking destroys any healthful qualities, according to a Wall Street Journal article. The chocolate-covered version was introduced in 1925.
How about this one?
Lighted signs over Interstate 25 display the fees for using the high-occupancy lane at different times of day. If the rate changes from the time I pass the sign to the time the lane starts a couple of miles later, which rate am I charged? Also, sometimes I see different rates at the same time on different days. Why does that happen? - Mary
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