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"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Friday, June 21, 2019 at 6:11:03 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> > On Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 5:45:21 PM UTC-10, FMurtz wrote:
>> >> My mother used to make very sweet crumbly tart bases with pastry that
>> >> you did not roll, just pressed into tin (think it had lot of
>> >> butter)( it
>> >> just looked like crumbs but when blind baked it was like a crunchy
>> >> biscuit (cookie)vaguely shortbready, looking for recipe.
>> >> In this day and age it probably has miles to much sugar
>> >
>> > If you ask me, sugar will never fall
>> > out of fashion. I predict that sugar
>> > will always be loved, now and forever.

>>
>> One of my friends was raving about this Monk Fruit sweetener that you
>> could
>> swap cup for cup for sugar. No calories or carbs. Sounded fishy. Every
>> brand
>> I saw had Erythritol sweetener in it. Horrible stuff. Leaves a weird
>> cooling
>> sensation in the mouth. Might be okay for something mint flavored or
>> something served cold but it's sure not the healthy stuff it's touted to
>> be!

>
> Monkfruit sweetener does taste awful.
> Looks like a fail to me.


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