"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> On 12/16/2010 3:20 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Tiger > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> sounds good, Jan
>>>
>>> should i give you the broccoli salad recipe? the one my mother made for
>>> Christmas a few years ago, and because everything was sugar laden, i
>>> tucked into the broccoli salad as a "free vegetable"
>>>
>>> i could NOT figure out why my bg was over 18 when i got home and tested,
>>> so i asked my mother for the recipe......... 3 cups of brocolli, 1 cup
>>> of
>>> mayo, 1 cup of sugar............. i didn't read any further, i must have
>>> had 1/3 cup of SUGAR in the salad that i ate.. this has been a
>>> continuing
>>> problem in the "oh, a little sugar isn't going to hurt you" theme
>>>
>>>
>>> oh well, i know only eat a VERY little and try to stick to the meat,
>>> unless it's another honey glazed ham with extra honey put on it
>>>
>>> they don't get it
>>>
>>
>> My friend made a broccoli salad like that. It had bacon in it.
>>
>>
> yup, bacon was one of the items in this recipe
>
> i was LIVID when i got the recipe, but i couldn't say a word......... how
> will i get future recipes then??
>
> i did comment that the recipe was lovely, i would use more garlic and
> bacon and a lower amount of sugar, probably a sweetener/sugar replacement
>
> i felt i was very polite

My friend made it long before I had diabetes. But it does bug me how people
just don't get it.