FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik™ pancakes. Agave
nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some butter and
adding enough Splenda™ to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG 112. Two
hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

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wrote:
Nick Cramer wrote:
FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik™ pancakes. Agave
nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some butter
and adding enough Splenda™ to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG 112.
Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

Uh, nope.

You really must know the one hour number to know if it was a disaster or
not.

One hour number, shown above, was 112.

If you want REALLY good syrup, buy a sugar free one from the
supermarket, and order some natural maple extract from online if you
can't find it in the store. Adding some maple extract to sf maple syrup
makes it taste much more like the real thing.

I don't think agave is going to give you good results, it's loaded with
carbs.

1 Tbs of agave contains 16 gms of carbs. GI 32.

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Nick Cramer wrote:
: FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik? pancakes. Agave
: nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some butter and
: adding enough Splenda? to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG 112. Two
: hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

: --
: Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!

Nick,

You can get very low carb fake maple syrup, usually sweetened with
Splenda. There are several brands. Just check to see carb and calorie
coount per 1/4 cup serving.

Wendy

Nick Cramer wrote:
: wrote:
: Nick Cramer wrote:
: FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik? pancakes. Agave
: nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some butter
: and adding enough Splenda? to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG 112.
: Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

: Uh, nope.
:
: You really must know the one hour number to know if it was a disaster or
: not.

: One hour number, shown above, was 112.

: If you want REALLY good syrup, buy a sugar free one from the
: supermarket, and order some natural maple extract from online if you
: can't find it in the store. Adding some maple extract to sf maple syrup
: makes it taste much more like the real thing.
:
: I don't think agave is going to give you good results, it's loaded with
: carbs.

: 1 Tbs of agave contains 16 gms of carbs. GI 32.

: --
: Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!

whaa do ou thing 1 Tbs of sugar has? Acording to my Atkins carb counter,
1 tsp is 4.3 carbs, so I guess 1 Tbs would be 3 times tht, or 15 carb
grams.

Wendy

In article ,
Nick Cramer wrote:

wrote:
Nick Cramer wrote:
FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik™ pancakes. Agave
nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some butter
and adding enough Splenda™ to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG 112.
Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

Uh, nope.

You really must know the one hour number to know if it was a disaster or
not.

One hour number, shown above, was 112.

If you want REALLY good syrup, buy a sugar free one from the
supermarket, and order some natural maple extract from online if you
can't find it in the store. Adding some maple extract to sf maple syrup
makes it taste much more like the real thing.

I don't think agave is going to give you good results, it's loaded with
carbs.

1 Tbs of agave contains 16 gms of carbs. GI 32.

IIRC, 1 Tbs of genuine maple syrup is 13 grams of carb. Why not have
the real thing if you're willing to ingest that many carbs?

Priscilla

"W. Baker" wrote in message
...
Nick Cramer wrote:
: wrote:
: Nick Cramer wrote:
: FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik? pancakes.
Agave
: nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some
butter
: and adding enough Splenda? to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG
112.
: Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

: Uh, nope.
:
: You really must know the one hour number to know if it was a disaster
or
: not.

: One hour number, shown above, was 112.

: If you want REALLY good syrup, buy a sugar free one from the
: supermarket, and order some natural maple extract from online if you
: can't find it in the store. Adding some maple extract to sf maple
syrup
: makes it taste much more like the real thing.
:
: I don't think agave is going to give you good results, it's loaded
with
: carbs.

: 1 Tbs of agave contains 16 gms of carbs. GI 32.

: --
: Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!

whaa do ou thing 1 Tbs of sugar has? Acording to my Atkins carb counter,
1 tsp is 4.3 carbs, so I guess 1 Tbs would be 3 times tht, or 15 carb
grams.

Agave nectar is purported to be better for diabetics because of the GI
thing. I have not noticed that to be true in my case, but then the same
holds true for the GI of most all foods. The only reason I use it is that I
bought it for some raw recipes as some of it is considered raw. Having said
that, I have only used it maybe 3 or 4 times since I bought the stuff about
a year ago. And I used a very tiny amount (2 squirts at most) for the
entire recipe. I would NEVER use it as a syrup to put *on* something and I
don't think that is the intent of it. It is meant to be used as a sugar
substitute.

"Priscilla H. Ballou" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Nick Cramer wrote:

wrote:
Nick Cramer wrote:
FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three CarbquikT pancakes. Agave
nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some butter
and adding enough SplendaT to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG
112.
Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

Uh, nope.

You really must know the one hour number to know if it was a disaster
or
not.

One hour number, shown above, was 112.

If you want REALLY good syrup, buy a sugar free one from the
supermarket, and order some natural maple extract from online if you
can't find it in the store. Adding some maple extract to sf maple
syrup
makes it taste much more like the real thing.

I don't think agave is going to give you good results, it's loaded with
carbs.

1 Tbs of agave contains 16 gms of carbs. GI 32.

IIRC, 1 Tbs of genuine maple syrup is 13 grams of carb. Why not have
the real thing if you're willing to ingest that many carbs?

Sometimes when I make pancakes for Angela (she only gets them maybe 2 or 3
times a year), I make miniscule, drop sized ones for myself, that I lightly
touch down in real maple syrup. The amount I eat in total doesn't even
amount to a good sized bite, but it does give me a taste of it. Of course
egg and gluten free pancakes leave much to be desired IMO.

Julie Bove wrote:

Agave nectar is purported to be better for diabetics because of the GI
thing. I have not noticed that to be true in my case, but then the same
holds true for the GI of most all foods. The only reason I use it is that I
bought it for some raw recipes as some of it is considered raw. Having said
that, I have only used it maybe 3 or 4 times since I bought the stuff about
a year ago. And I used a very tiny amount (2 squirts at most) for the
entire recipe. I would NEVER use it as a syrup to put *on* something and I
don't think that is the intent of it. It is meant to be used as a sugar
substitute.



Agave syrup is used by some because of the GI. That may work for some
people but DH's body thinks a carb is a carb and doesn't believe in the
glycemic index at all.

I do have some agave syrup in the house. It is intensely sweet and being
syrupy, it is a good substitute for honey in non-baking recipes. I use
1/4 as much agave as the recipe calls for. It adds sweetness, doesn't
change the consistency, like for a marinade, and adds 1/4 the carbs of
honey.

Measure for measure the stuff doesn't work in this house.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Julie Bove wrote:


Sometimes when I make pancakes for Angela (she only gets them maybe 2 or 3
times a year), I make miniscule, drop sized ones for myself, that I lightly
touch down in real maple syrup. The amount I eat in total doesn't even
amount to a good sized bite, but it does give me a taste of it. Of course
egg and gluten free pancakes leave much to be desired IMO.

The carb quick pancakes spiked my DH but we have found something we like
even better. Maple Grove Farms "Sugar Free" Pancake and waffle mix. 1/3
cup of the dry mix is 6 net carbs. (11g less 5g of fiber). No sugars.
The required measure for making the pancakes is 1/2 cup for two
servings (which is plenty for the two of us) actually comes out to less
carbs.

DH had a yen for fried chicken last week and I used it to bread the
chicken (after adding herbs and such) Meter was happy.

Sorry, Wendy, it's dairy.



--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

My sugar pack says 4 gr per teaspoon, a metric tablespoon has 4 teaspoons so
16 gr carb.


"W. Baker" wrote in message
...
Nick Cramer wrote:
: wrote:
: Nick Cramer wrote:
: FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik? pancakes.
Agave
: nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some
butter
: and adding enough Splenda? to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG
112.
: Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

: Uh, nope.
:
: You really must know the one hour number to know if it was a disaster
or
: not.

: One hour number, shown above, was 112.

: If you want REALLY good syrup, buy a sugar free one from the
: supermarket, and order some natural maple extract from online if you
: can't find it in the store. Adding some maple extract to sf maple
syrup
: makes it taste much more like the real thing.
:
: I don't think agave is going to give you good results, it's loaded
with
: carbs.

: 1 Tbs of agave contains 16 gms of carbs. GI 32.

: --
: Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!

whaa do ou thing 1 Tbs of sugar has? Acording to my Atkins carb counter,
1 tsp is 4.3 carbs, so I guess 1 Tbs would be 3 times tht, or 15 carb
grams.

Wendy

"Ozgirl" wrote in message
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My sugar pack says 4 gr per teaspoon, a metric tablespoon has 4 teaspoons
so 16 gr carb.

Another weird thing. Our tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.

"Julie Bove" wrote in message
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"Ozgirl" wrote in message
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My sugar pack says 4 gr per teaspoon, a metric tablespoon has 4 teaspoons
so 16 gr carb.

Another weird thing. Our tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.

The tablespoon probably ends up being the same size though? Our tablespoons
are 20 ml.

"Ozgirl" wrote in message
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"Julie Bove" wrote in message
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"Ozgirl" wrote in message
...
My sugar pack says 4 gr per teaspoon, a metric tablespoon has 4
teaspoons so 16 gr carb.

Another weird thing. Our tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.

The tablespoon probably ends up being the same size though? Our
tablespoons are 20 ml.

Not sure about that.

"W. Baker" wrote:
Nick Cramer wrote:
: FBG 93. Had four rashers of bacon and three Carbquik™ pancakes. Agave
: nectar hasn't arrived yet, so I made a 'syrup' by melting some butter
: and adding enough Splenda™ to make it sweet enough. One hour PP BG 112.
: Two hour 116. Adequate. ;-)

Nick,

You can get very low carb fake maple syrup, usually sweetened with
Splenda. There are several brands. Just check to see carb and calorie
coount per 1/4 cup serving.

Thanks, Wendy. When I was a kid, my family had three beehives. I ate a lot
more than 1/4 cup on my pancakes! Back then, you could get Maple Syrup
cheap and my Mom used to mix it with the honey. With my Spenda'd™ butter I
probably used less than 2 Tbs. Adequate.

--
Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!
I've known US vets who served as far back as the Spanish American War. They
are all my heroes! Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not
forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~

"Ozgirl" wrote:
"Julie Bove" wrote in message
"Ozgirl" wrote in message

My sugar pack says 4 gr per teaspoon, a metric tablespoon has 4
teaspoons so 16 gr carb.

Another weird thing. Our tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.

The tablespoon probably ends up being the same size though? Our
tablespoons are 20 ml.

The US tablespoon is about 14.787 ml. Two tablespoons separated by
a common language!

--
Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!
I've known US vets who served as far back as the Spanish American War. They
are all my heroes! Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not
forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~