In a newsgroup I lurk in, someone said:

"A soup maker is very easy to use any many leftover veggies can be
used. It makes a big enough quantity for a few bowls full."

So what in flim flam is a "soup maker", and how does it differ from a
crock pot?

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On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:22:25 -0500,
Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>
> In a newsgroup I lurk in, someone said:
>
> "A soup maker is very easy to use any many leftover veggies can be
> used. It makes a big enough quantity for a few bowls full."
>
> So what in flim flam is a "soup maker", and how does it differ from a
> crock pot?

A bit different form factor, and it can do the blending as well if you
want a smooth soup. At least in some of them you can also use it for
smoothies.

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Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
> Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.

You've never had alphabet soup?
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:36 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) wrote:

>In article <uj2hcm$agj$1@reader2.panix.com>, kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F.
>Lynch) wrote:
>
>>
>> Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.
>>
>> You've never had alphabet soup?
>
>Not for about sixty years. Don't know if you can still get it.

One can, and what's more one can get alphabet pasta so one can make
one's own.

(I haven't had any for about the same amount of time as you, but I do
the shopping and have seen it in the market.)
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Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> (I haven't had any for about the same amount of time as you, but I
> do the shopping and have seen it in the market.)

A high-end digital soup maker gives you the choice of uppercase,
lowercase, both, full ASCII, full EBCDIC, the whole of Unicode, just
the 16 hexadecimal digits (0 through 9 and A through F), or just
0 and 1. (Or at least that's what I would expect a product with
that name to do.)

But cereal makers were years ahead, inventing Alpha-Bits in 1957.
Note the "bits." Not just digital, but binary. Wikipedia says
it's been discontinued. Maybe it's just been upgraded to ternary.
Balanced ternary, of course, since every child needs a balanced
breakfast. The 0 trits have no calories, and the -1 trits have
negative calories.
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On 11/15/2023 11:01 AM, Paul Dormer wrote:
> In article <bgi9li9glqfass0lri5ldrgqt540e00g47@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
> (Tim Merrigan) wrote:
>
>>
>> One can, and what's more one can get alphabet pasta so one can make
>> one's own.
>>
>> (I haven't had any for about the same amount of time as you, but I do
>> the shopping and have seen it in the market.)
>
> I checked three different shopping sites just now and couldn't find it.
> However, you can get cans of Alphabetti in tomato sauce.

A Google search turns up about a dozen different brands. Amazon and
Walmart both carry online. Walmart even carries chickpea alphabet pasta.

Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.

I have made soup with duck feet and chicken feet before. It's good!
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In article <memo.20231115133637.21684A@pauldormer.cix.co.uk>,
Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <uj2hcm$agj$1@reader2.panix.com>, kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F.
>Lynch) wrote:
>
>>
>> Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Incidentally, I don't think a digital soup maker makes digital soup.
>>
>> You've never had alphabet soup?
>
>Not for about sixty years. Don't know if you can still get it.

Of course, and now it's UTF-8 compliant!
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On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 7:12:34 AM UTC-5, Paul Dormer wrote:
> In article <uj3bdj$1t223$1...@epsilon3.eternal-september.org>,
> mor...@epsilon3.comcon (Jay E. Morris) wrote:
>
> > Amazon and
> > Walmart both carry online.
> Not Amazon UK, apparently.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/WinCrest-Alphabet-Pasta-Noodles-3-Lb-Tub/575738829