>Very, very interesting. Thanks for posting. Both my father and my
> aunt used the Benedict's solution but they heated the mixture in the
> test tube over a candle flame. I bet they would have used the 'boiling
>water bath for 5 minutes' had they known!

>Again, thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

And I thank you too, Mack. I remember a lot of the stuff but not all the details. But in my defense, I was only 5 or 6 years old at that time, haaaa! I was thinking the tablets turned purple but, after reading your post, vaguely remember it was orange! A stroll down memory lane indeed.

~Lindy~ Type 1 since 1960, pumping since 1997