>Tom said:
>
>>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
>

purple was the color indicting ketones, using the other tablet.

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