"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> W. Baker wrote:
>> Julie Bove > wrote:
>>
>> : "Robert of St Louis" > wrote in message :
>> ...
>> : >I keep reading that I can have whole wheat bread and bagels. I hear so
>> : > damned much about bread exchanges. But what if they are these 2 good
>> : > choices?
>>
>> : Bagels are tricky. Something about the way they are processed usually
>> makes : for high blood sugar. As for the bread, you may or may not be
>> able to. : Only way to know is to eat it and test at two hours later.
>> Most of the bagels sold today at bagel stores are so large that they are
>> the equivalent of about 4 slices of bread-even whole wheat one. that is
>> about 60 grams of carb, more than most of us can eat in one meal, and is
>> often the total we eat for the ewhole day. Wendy
>
> gotta agree, Wendy
>
> my bread is 12 grams of carbs and a bagel is 60 grams
>
> 12 X 5 = 60
>
> NO WAY can i have 5 slices of bread in one sitting, as a bagel would be
>
> oh......... lox, onion, cream cheese
> very very thinly slice a couple of bits of onions (the middle part will
> have to be cut in 1/2)
> place slices of lox, overlapping them, into a 'line' on a plate
> place blobs of cream cheese on lox, using as much cream cheese as you like
> place the THIN layers of onion on top........ now, roll up the lot, making
> sure the lox is the outside
> eat and enjoy! (i just did)



Yummy..... a great favorite of mine!

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Evelyn

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but
knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.
Samyutta Nikaya I, 163