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"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Evelyn > wrote:
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> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : > Can you just keep the no sugar added Smuckers jam in the house? Also
> keep
> : > lots of Wasa or Ryevita in plae of all those english muffins. Then he
> can
> : > have peanut butter and jelly if he likes.
> : >
> : > I have also found the Arnold bakery carb bread pretty good and
> infinitely
> : > better than the "light" breads which are so insubstantial that they
> don't
> : > satisfy. the Arnold I get has 9 grams of carb per slice, 3 fiber for
> 6
> : > grams net and tastes pretty good and has some heft.
> : >
> : > Wendy
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> : He knows about the substitutions but he doesn't even care.
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> : I will look for that bread, Wendy.
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> : Best Regards,
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> Can't you try to have just the OK jam in the house? I actually make my
> own during the summer when I can either pick or buy berries fairly
> inexpensively. You must have access to blackberries inlateJuly and
> August, and blueberries are sometimtes on great sales a few times in the
> summer at about $2 a pint. I use the no sugar neede pectin adn follow
> the directions in he package. You can either do sterilized jam or freezer
> jam, (if you have enough freezer room). If you want luxury, get the ocal
> strawberries or go to a u-pick place if yur back can take it and the smae
> for rapberries. I usesd to have enough raspberries on our little piece of
> land to make jam, but they dies off and now I get enough for a few at
> breakfast.
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> The home made is much tastier than the Smuckers. I sweeten it with
> either Equal or splenda when I open the jar adn then refrigerate the open
> jar as it does not last long when it has no sugar as a preservative.
>
> Wendy



I do make a lot of fresh fruit into jam for him, but he really has a serious
sweet tooth, and is just incorrigible at times.

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Best Regards,
Evelyn

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