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From: Jim Thompson on 4 Jun 2010 17:10 On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:27:28 -0700, D Yuniskis <not.going.to.be(a)seen.com> wrote: >Hi Jim, > >Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>> Biscotti. Pie would be easier! :> (I don't want to end up >>>>>>> with 100 pounds of "not-quite-right" biscotti (which will >>>>>>> need to be, um, "disposed of") before I get things right! :> >>>>>> That sounds like a mighty flimsy excuse to me! ;-) >>>>> Actually, I'm not fond of "sweets" (despite all the baking that >>>>> I do -- biscotti coming out of the oven in 18 minutes; brownies >>>>> go in after that). >>>> The only time I have a sweet tooth, is when a tooth is infected. :( >>> Ouch! :< >>> >>> I have to start rehashing some of my Rx's to try to replace the >>> sugar with something artificial (or "natural" alternatives). >>> Too many friends have "sugar problems" which makes baking >>> more problematic. (I ave Rx's that avoid fats but avoiding >>> *sugar* is tough! :> ) >>> >>> I've managed to figure out how to make ice cream with Splenda >>> (though I suspect that may be worse than sugar! :> ) but >>> it is a lot of work trying to keep the texture right. Doing >>> something like that with baked goods will probably be more >>> challenging -- since you have to figure out how to do it >>> *differently* for each Rx (whereas once you can make *one* >>> type of ice cream, you can pretty much make them all!). >>> >>> I'll try to fix my gelato Rx next as it should be similar >>> to the ice cream approach. >>> >>>>> However, the biscotti in question I *will* indulge in! >>>>> (once I get the Rx correct) ;) *Then* my postage expenses >>>>> will increase dramatically :-/ >>>> Wouldn't it be cheaper to fly? ;-) >>> (sigh) *If* I can sort this out, I'll make a trip home and >>> spend a few days baking. Easier than shipping the stuff >>> cross country (especially this time of year as humidty >>> levels rise). >>> >>> As a kid, we would buy ~100 pounds at a time (fill the >>> trunk of a *real* "full size car") and dole them out >>> to family (10+ pounds each). Always seemed like they >>> were gone before you had your fill, though :< >> >> Frozen Yogurt makes a nice replacement for ice cream. > >I don't like yogurt. :> And, I like my ice cream *really* >rich. E.g., heavy cream (I think it comes out being about >50 (or 100?) calories per tablespoon. My butter pecan has >a *stick* of butter in a quart of ice cream (you can >hear your heart struggling while you eat it :< ) > >> I avoid anything "artificially favored/sweetened". A friend died from >> liver cancer at around age 50... he drank several liters of Diet Pepsi >> _every_ day. I've always been suspicious. > >I think the stuff in Diet Pesi has been linked to prostate >problems? (I can't keep track of the different sweeteners >that these people use) > >I think all of the artificial sweeteners have "undocumented >problems". :< I've been experimenting with Stevia lately >but it has a taste of its own that is hard to mask -- so >it's a bad choice for things like ice cream. > >All of them seem to have problems as sugar *replacements*. >They don't have the same bulk (?) that sugar has so the >textures always end up "wrong"... I have a random screen pop-up... "Just eat HALF!" ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Michael A. Terrell on 4 Jun 2010 17:46 Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:27:28 -0700, D Yuniskis > <not.going.to.be(a)seen.com> wrote: > > >Hi Jim, > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >>>>>>> Biscotti. Pie would be easier! :> (I don't want to end up > >>>>>>> with 100 pounds of "not-quite-right" biscotti (which will > >>>>>>> need to be, um, "disposed of") before I get things right! :> > >>>>>> That sounds like a mighty flimsy excuse to me! ;-) > >>>>> Actually, I'm not fond of "sweets" (despite all the baking that > >>>>> I do -- biscotti coming out of the oven in 18 minutes; brownies > >>>>> go in after that). > >>>> The only time I have a sweet tooth, is when a tooth is infected. :( > >>> Ouch! :< > >>> > >>> I have to start rehashing some of my Rx's to try to replace the > >>> sugar with something artificial (or "natural" alternatives). > >>> Too many friends have "sugar problems" which makes baking > >>> more problematic. (I ave Rx's that avoid fats but avoiding > >>> *sugar* is tough! :> ) > >>> > >>> I've managed to figure out how to make ice cream with Splenda > >>> (though I suspect that may be worse than sugar! :> ) but > >>> it is a lot of work trying to keep the texture right. Doing > >>> something like that with baked goods will probably be more > >>> challenging -- since you have to figure out how to do it > >>> *differently* for each Rx (whereas once you can make *one* > >>> type of ice cream, you can pretty much make them all!). > >>> > >>> I'll try to fix my gelato Rx next as it should be similar > >>> to the ice cream approach. > >>> > >>>>> However, the biscotti in question I *will* indulge in! > >>>>> (once I get the Rx correct) ;) *Then* my postage expenses > >>>>> will increase dramatically :-/ > >>>> Wouldn't it be cheaper to fly? ;-) > >>> (sigh) *If* I can sort this out, I'll make a trip home and > >>> spend a few days baking. Easier than shipping the stuff > >>> cross country (especially this time of year as humidty > >>> levels rise). > >>> > >>> As a kid, we would buy ~100 pounds at a time (fill the > >>> trunk of a *real* "full size car") and dole them out > >>> to family (10+ pounds each). Always seemed like they > >>> were gone before you had your fill, though :< > >> > >> Frozen Yogurt makes a nice replacement for ice cream. > > > >I don't like yogurt. :> And, I like my ice cream *really* > >rich. E.g., heavy cream (I think it comes out being about > >50 (or 100?) calories per tablespoon. My butter pecan has > >a *stick* of butter in a quart of ice cream (you can > >hear your heart struggling while you eat it :< ) > > > >> I avoid anything "artificially favored/sweetened". A friend died from > >> liver cancer at around age 50... he drank several liters of Diet Pepsi > >> _every_ day. I've always been suspicious. > > > >I think the stuff in Diet Pesi has been linked to prostate > >problems? (I can't keep track of the different sweeteners > >that these people use) > > > >I think all of the artificial sweeteners have "undocumented > >problems". :< I've been experimenting with Stevia lately > >but it has a taste of its own that is hard to mask -- so > >it's a bad choice for things like ice cream. > > > >All of them seem to have problems as sugar *replacements*. > >They don't have the same bulk (?) that sugar has so the > >textures always end up "wrong"... > > I have a random screen pop-up... "Just eat HALF!" ;-) Sure, but that's why you have two monitors... -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Jim Thompson on 4 Jun 2010 17:49 On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:46:11 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:27:28 -0700, D Yuniskis >> <not.going.to.be(a)seen.com> wrote: >> [snip] >> > >> >All of them seem to have problems as sugar *replacements*. >> >They don't have the same bulk (?) that sugar has so the >> >textures always end up "wrong"... >> >> I have a random screen pop-up... "Just eat HALF!" ;-) > > > Sure, but that's why you have two monitors... The devil made me do it... my wife just brought me an ice cream bar :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: D Yuniskis on 4 Jun 2010 17:56 Hi Jim, Jim Thompson wrote: >>>> I've managed to figure out how to make ice cream with Splenda >>>> (though I suspect that may be worse than sugar! :> ) but >>>> it is a lot of work trying to keep the texture right. Doing >>>> something like that with baked goods will probably be more >>>> challenging -- since you have to figure out how to do it >>>> *differently* for each Rx (whereas once you can make *one* >>>> type of ice cream, you can pretty much make them all!). >>>> >>>> I'll try to fix my gelato Rx next as it should be similar >>>> to the ice cream approach. >>> >>> Frozen Yogurt makes a nice replacement for ice cream. >> I don't like yogurt. :> And, I like my ice cream *really* >> rich. E.g., heavy cream (I think it comes out being about >> 50 (or 100?) calories per tablespoon. My butter pecan has >> a *stick* of butter in a quart of ice cream (you can >> hear your heart struggling while you eat it :< ) >> >>> I avoid anything "artificially favored/sweetened". A friend died from >>> liver cancer at around age 50... he drank several liters of Diet Pepsi >>> _every_ day. I've always been suspicious. >> I think the stuff in Diet Pesi has been linked to prostate >> problems? (I can't keep track of the different sweeteners >> that these people use) >> >> I think all of the artificial sweeteners have "undocumented >> problems". :< I've been experimenting with Stevia lately >> but it has a taste of its own that is hard to mask -- so >> it's a bad choice for things like ice cream. >> >> All of them seem to have problems as sugar *replacements*. >> They don't have the same bulk (?) that sugar has so the >> textures always end up "wrong"... > > I have a random screen pop-up... "Just eat HALF!" ;-) Ah, I show *no* discipline when it comes to ice cream. :< I scoop it out of the dasher and, two hours later, it's *gone*! Often before it's managed to firm up completely. Curiously, if I eat *lots* of ice cream, I actually *lose* weight. I suspect that means my body is overwhelmed by it and just pushes it through :-( (of course, in these times, I'll eat *only* ice cream so that might be a big part of the, ahem, "problem" ? )
From: Michael A. Terrell on 4 Jun 2010 18:55
Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:46:11 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:27:28 -0700, D Yuniskis > >> <not.going.to.be(a)seen.com> wrote: > >> > [snip] > >> > > >> >All of them seem to have problems as sugar *replacements*. > >> >They don't have the same bulk (?) that sugar has so the > >> >textures always end up "wrong"... > >> > >> I have a random screen pop-up... "Just eat HALF!" ;-) > > > > > > Sure, but that's why you have two monitors... > > The devil made me do it... my wife just brought me an ice cream bar > :-) And you can blame each monitor for eating half. :) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |