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Skriven 2014-08-07 20:08:37 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 15546 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
Ärende: Sugars                                                   [1]
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Hi Dave,

 DD> Strawberries are sugar bombs. You may have meant white or granulated
 DD> sugar - which I can go along with. But, adding strawbs adds sugar.

 RH> Strawberries only have 7.68 grams of carbs per hundred grams of fruit.
 RH> They also have 32 kcal of food energy/100grams. (Both stats from the
 RH> USDA app.) They only taste like they're loaded with sugar.

 DD> Do they let on how much of that 100 grams of weight is water and how
 DD> much is sugar/pulp/etc.? Statistics such as that can be misleading
 DD> while telling the literal truth. As Bennie Disraeli said ....

No, but do you squeeze the water out of strawberries before eating them?

Didn't think so. Just indicates that strawberries aren't as much sugar
as you thought--they just taste like they're full of it.


 RH> Most people think they have to add a lot of sugar to anything with

 DD> Well, I'm not "most people" am I? And you could have chopped that
 DD> statement between "anything" and "with".

 RH> I'm not "most people" either--and like the way the perceived sweetness
 RH> of strawberries interacts with the tartness of rhubarb without adding a
 RH> lot of sugar.

 DD> I hereby bequeath you my share of it. All you need to do is figure out
 DD> how to collect.

Good enough--and you can have my share of any of my dislikes.


 RH> rhubarb in it. I'm going to try a pie using the Stevia for Baking for
 RH> some of the sugar and cut the amount of sweetenting called for. Should
 RH> make a good tasting, not too sweet, pie.

 DD> That's a desirable outcome. But, I'm the guy who likes his lemonade
 DD> not-too-sweet, iced tea unsweetened and coffee black. Rhubarb and
 DD> gooseberry pies and home cooked cranberries slightly tart.

 RH> I like lemonade with enough sweetness to take the edge off of the
 RH> puckerieness of the lemons; sweet, but not tooth itching sweet, tea and
 RH> don't do coffee at all. Not a fan of cranberries either, in any form
 RH> (sauced, jellied, juice) but do like sauerkraut, sauerbraten, etc. I
 RH> also like (in small quantities) bittermelon. (G)

 DD> Sauerkraut, sauerbraten, etc. are different categories of grub from
 DD> what we have been nattering on about.
 DD> I fail to see how they relate to cranberries, coffee, or tea.   Bv)=

Likes, dislikes, and foods that pucker. Actually, there is one form of
cranberry that I do like--craisins.

 DD> Wouldn't it be a boring old world if we all liked the same things and
 DD> had the same enthusiasms? BTW - much of my lemon consumption is as
 DD> lemon juice squoze into a glass of iced tap water to cut the
 DD> chlorine/chemical taste. No sugar at all.

I'm glad we all havedifferent tastes. That way somebody we know that
likes peanut butter can have my share and I'll eat his share of brussels
sprouts.

 DD>       Title: Rheinischer Sauerbraten
 DD>  Categories: Exotics, Wine, Fruits, Marinades
 DD>       Yield: 6 Servings

 DD>    1000 g  Horse rump roast

Beef is better. My mom tried using venison once and it was rather
strong; I imagine horse would be on the same sort.


 DD> MMMMM--------------------------MARINADE-------------------------------
 DD>     1/4 l  Vinegar
 DD>     1/4 l  Water
 DD>       1    Bay leaf, or more, to taste
 DD>       6    Peppercorns
 DD>     1/4 ts Mustard seeds
 DD>       1 lg Onion; finely chopped

I don't use mustard seed. I do use the bay leaves, onion and peppercorn.
I'll also use juniper berries. I think my recipe calls for whole cloves
too. The liquid is usually half red wine (or cider) vinegar, half water.


 DD>   Crumble the German black bread and add it only 10 minutes
 DD>   before the end of braising time.

I use gingersnaps instead of bread. Adds a bit of "bite" to the gravy.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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