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Trying a new sweetener...
John Kuthe > wrote in
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> On Tue, 13 May 2014 10:53:50 +0000 (UTC), "Winters_Lackey"
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>>John Kuthe > wrote in
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>>> On Tue, 13 May 2014 01:40:55 +0000 (UTC), "Winters_Lackey"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>John Kuthe > wrote in
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>>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2014 18:46:05 +0000 (UTC), "Winters_Lackey"
>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>"Cheri" > wrote in
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>>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>I have been trying a new sweetener - Swerve. I was looking for
>>>>>>>>>low-carb recipes, and came across one that called for this. I
>>>>>>>>>looked it up on the net, and ordered a pound.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It tastes as good as any no-calorie sweetener that I've tried,
>>>>>>>>> and it has a few advantages over the others. It looks a lot
>>>>>>>>> like sugar; it's actually granulated like sugar, and dissolves
>>>>>>>>> much like sugar. It supposedly shares some other attributes
>>>>>>>>> with sugar, such as the ability to brown, and it's supposed to
>>>>>>>>> hold up well in baking, although I haven't tried either
>>>>>>>>> attribute yet. It has no bitter aftertaste that I can tell.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One offputting quality is that it absorbs heat when it
>>>>>>>>> dissolves, which means that if you use it undissolved, such as
>>>>>>>>> just eating a pinch from the container, you will notice a
>>>>>>>>> distinct cooling sensation. This is not a problem if you eat
>>>>>>>>> it after it is dissolved in something. It's also not cheap, as
>>>>>>>>> you can imagine.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The SO, who is on the low-carb diet, likes it, although she
>>>>>>>>> didn't care for the cooling effect. I hope to try cooking with
>>>>>>>>> it, perhaps even some baking if I can find some good low-carb
>>>>>>>>> baking recipes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.swervesweetener.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can't stand the cooling effect either. I just eat the real
>>>>>>>> thing when I want something sweet. Just not much of whatever
>>>>>>>> it is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>It has no cooling effect if already dissolved in, say, lemonade.
>>>>>>An erythritol/sucralose blend is the best calorie free sweetener
>>>>>>for beverages.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At 5g a tsp, it's not really very low carb either.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheri
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>>>>>>Erythritol is the one sugar alcohol that is truly carb free, and
>>>>>>basically calorie free. It is only listed as a carbohydrate
>>>>>>because the labeling rules are stupid. Seriously. I know this
>>>>>>stuff.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, because you aced your college freshman Chemistry class like
>>>>> I did and have several college degrees like I do, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Uhhh, NO! You have Google!
>>>>>
>>>>I have PubMed, and know how to interpret the studies. You also have
>>>>access to PubMed, and know how to read scholarly articles. If you'd
>>>>bothered to look, you would support my statement. Is your dislike
>>>>of me more important to you than the facts? That's not a rhetorcal
>>>>question.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>>
>>>
>>> My point is that while I fit many of the diagnostic criteria for
>>> Bipolar Disorder, one I do NOT fit is doing poorly in school or
>>> failing to achieve any noteworthy educational landmarks, like good
>>> grades AND official degrees, of which I have 3 and YOU have none!
>>>
>>> Have you gotten therapy fior your mental disorder? Because you need
>>> it, and it seems to me that you may have.
>>>
>>> My $1000 two day nursing job got postponed. What do YOU have that
>>> can earn you $1000 in two days? Nothing, right? That's because
>>> you're still going the same thing you were when we were teenagers,
>>> you're a janitor with NO college degrees.
>>>
>>And you're *not* doing the same thing as when we were in our early
>>twenties, which is having sex with attractive women, or in your case,
>>with a naive, 14 year old girl whom you fed drugs to, then tried to
>>groom for perverted sex. She finally tired of your abuse, and got
>>far, far away from your creepy ass.
>>
>>You ****ing pathetic piece of flesh. You should die on the river.
>>They shouldn't let a sex pervert like you touch anyone's body, but
>>they're desperate for folks who'll deal with demented old men, and who
>>actually think that it's fun to wash their penises.
>>
>>So, it's back to the sig file where I remind you about the genetic
>>garbage you're made of. You can't get rid of the sickness because you
>>ARE the sickness. The same thing, OVER, and OVER, and OVER, just like
>>your obsessive, out of control mother. She eventually did the right
>>thing. Kill yourself, Stalker John.
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
>>>
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> Nope! Bryan didn't get any therapy yet.
>
> Please do so Bryan. You need it. See a psycatrist, and tell him that
> your BSN educated NURSE "former friend" suspects you may have
> Narcisstic Personality Disorder, and are there any recommended
> therapies (medications, etc.) that may help you.
>
The opinion of an LSD damaged statutory rapist and recovering sexual
predator with inherited mental flaws doesn't impress me. Kill yourself,
pervert.
The idea of your sick hands touching my daughter gives me the creeps,
and I don't even have a daughter.
>
> John Kuthe...
>
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--Bryan
"Happy ****ing 'new years' that was when me and my father
had to identify her dead mud covered body they pulled from
the family car she'd driven into the Mississippi river!"
--John Kuthe in rec.food.cooking, 3-7-2014
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