"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:36:12 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> > wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:59:55 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>> > On 10/18/2014 3:47 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:39:26 AM UTC-7, sf wrote:
>> >
>> > >> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:19:45 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>> >
>> > >>
>> >
>> > >> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >>
>> >
>> > >>> by using canned beans instead of dry beans
>> >
>> > >>
>> >
>> > >> Huh. I'm not finding support for that. SFgate says: Sugar, high
>> >
>> > >> fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners produce a sweeter beans
>> > >> that
>> >
>> > >> are significantly higher in calories. A 3.5-ounce serving of plain
>> >
>> > >> boiled adzuki beans, for example, has 128 calories and less than 25
>> >
>> > >> grams of carbohydrates, while an equivalent amount of sweetened
>> > >> canned
>> >
>> > >> adzuki beans supplies 237 calories and 55 grams of carbohydrates.
>> >
>> > >> http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/drie...lues-3026.html
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > > going by the nutrition label on the can of beans, the whole can of
>> > > beans is 53 net carbs.
>> >
>> > > there is no sugar listed on the ingredients.
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > > when you add up ALL the carbs in the TOTAL of a 6.5 quart pot of
>> > > chili, trust me I did the math, it came out to 9 carbs per cup
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>> > Why would she bellyache over your carb counts? Honest to gawd. You
>> >
>> > made a pot of chili. (I still have no idea where I could find friggin
>> >
>> > adzuki beans, canned or otherwise.)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The carb police don't need to swoop in to question your dinner. What's
>> >
>> > next, you didn't make gluten free cornbread? OMG.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > What happened to the days when people just cooked, ate, enjoyed and
>> >
>> > posted about it? NO quantifying, qualifying and turning everything
>> > into
>> >
>> > the latest diet ledger?
>> >
>> Some of us would like to get laid, and not being a fat-**** helps in that
>> department. You're content to be a sexless old maid. Not everyone feels
>> that way.
>> >
>
> I've been on rfc since the '90s and it has never been the way Jill
> seems to remember. Sheldon talked about weenies (alluding to penis's)
> back then - but it's basically the same ole same ole.
>
> In any case, I asked an honest question. Sitara said she was lowering
> the carb count and I asked how she was doing it. She said she was
> using canned beans, which is something people don't usually use when
> they are trying to lower their carb count but I didn't know why - so I
> looked it up. The nutritional value of canned vs dry beans was the
> point of that article and the name of the bean was purely
> incidental... + "for example" is clearly stated, so I have no idea
> what Jill's problem was. Nor do I care.

To be fair, I couldn't understand why canned beans would be lower carb than
dried ... when cooked of course.

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