On 2016-01-26 9:08 AM, graham wrote:
> On 25/01/2016 10:21 PM, Janet B wrote:

>> I'm too tired to look it up in Shirley Corriher. Sugar is one of the
>> things that is necessary in a ratio with other ingredients. I
>> wouldn't mess with sugar, either more or less.
>> Janet US
>>
> I'll have to look at UK recipes where the ratios might be different as
> they don't generally have such sweet teeth.



???????????? Are you serious? Fruit cakes, pies, sticky puddings,
mince meat....

In article >,
says...
>
> On 2016-01-26 9:08 AM, graham wrote:
> > On 25/01/2016 10:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
>
> >> I'm too tired to look it up in Shirley Corriher. Sugar is one of the
> >> things that is necessary in a ratio with other ingredients. I
> >> wouldn't mess with sugar, either more or less.
> >> Janet US
> >>
> > I'll have to look at UK recipes where the ratios might be different as
> > they don't generally have such sweet teeth.
>
>
>
> ???????????? Are you serious? Fruit cakes, pies, sticky puddings,
> mince meat....

Of course we like sweet stuff. But generally speaking, UK recipes
for fruit cakes, pies, puddings etc use less sugar than US ones.


Janet UK

On 26/01/2016 8:34 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 2016-01-26 9:08 AM, graham wrote:
>>> On 25/01/2016 10:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>>>> I'm too tired to look it up in Shirley Corriher. Sugar is one of the
>>>> things that is necessary in a ratio with other ingredients. I
>>>> wouldn't mess with sugar, either more or less.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>> I'll have to look at UK recipes where the ratios might be different as
>>> they don't generally have such sweet teeth.
>>
>>
>>
>> ???????????? Are you serious? Fruit cakes, pies, sticky puddings,
>> mince meat....
>
> Of course we like sweet stuff. But generally speaking, UK recipes
> for fruit cakes, pies, puddings etc use less sugar than US ones.
>
>
> Janet UK
>
Absolutely true! When I (and my then wife) arrived here, we found all
"bought" cakes and cookies to be excessively sweet - and I still do!
Interestingly, the cakes etc. that I occasionally buy from local
patisseries owned by Belgian and French bakers are also much less sweet
than the N.American equivalents.
Graham

--
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid
people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
-John Stuart Mill

graham wrote:
>> Of course we like sweet stuff. But generally speaking, UK recipes
>> for fruit cakes, pies, puddings etc use less sugar than US ones.
>>
>>
>> Janet UK
>>
> Absolutely true!

ABSOLUTE bullshit!

ENGLIES DROWN THEMSELVES IN TREACLE!

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On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10:34:25 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:

>
> Of course we like sweet stuff. But generally speaking, UK recipes
> for fruit cakes, pies, puddings etc use less sugar than US ones.

As compared to chocolate bars, you mean?

There's a video of a teen UK girl tasting a Hershey bar and grimacing because, IIRC, it wasn't sweet enough for her! Trouble is, I can't seem to find it...it was NOT one of the ones where the candy was cookies-n-cream - that is, mostly white chocolate! The video I remember had a regular Hershey's bar.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10:34:25 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>
> >
> > Of course we like sweet stuff. But generally speaking, UK recipes
> > for fruit cakes, pies, puddings etc use less sugar than US ones.
>
> As compared to chocolate bars, you mean?
>
> There's a video of a teen UK girl tasting a Hershey bar and grimacing because,
IIRC, it wasn't sweet enough for her!

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/wh...can-chocolate-
taste-different-2015-1

British and American chocolate may look similar, but they taste very
different.

American chocolate tastes €œpowdery,€� one British colleague tells me.

Its €œtoo sweet,€� another protests.

British chocolate, on the other hand, is said to be richer and smoother.

The flavour distinctions arent imaginary. They are tied to differences
in recipes and manufacturing, depending on which side of the pond youre
on.

British chocolate tends to have a higher fat and cocoa content.
American-made chocolate typically contains a larger dose of sugar.

According to UK rules, a product must contain no less than 25% cocoa
solids to be considered €œmilk chocolate.€� The US stipulates that milk
chocolate contains no less than 10% chocolate liquor.

The differences between Cadbury Dairy Milk bars made in Britain compared
with the one sold in the US, manufactured in America by Hershey, were
highlighted in a 2007 New York Times article by Kim Severson.

€œAccording to the label, a British Cadbury Dairy Milk bar contains milk,
sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat and emulsifiers,€�
Severson writes. The Hershey version, on the other hand, lists sugar as
its first ingredient. Its list also includes €œlactose and the emulsifier
soy lecithin, which keeps the cocoa butter from separating from the
cocoa.€�

More there to read

Janet UK

On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:52:56 -0800 (PST), wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10:34:25 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>
>>
>> Of course we like sweet stuff. But generally speaking, UK recipes
>> for fruit cakes, pies, puddings etc use less sugar than US ones.
>
>As compared to chocolate bars, you mean?
>
>There's a video of a teen UK girl tasting a Hershey bar and grimacing because, IIRC, it wasn't sweet enough for her! Trouble is, I can't seem to find it...it was NOT one of the ones where the candy was cookies-n-cream - that is, mostly white chocolate! The video I remember had a regular Hershey's bar.
>
I'm willing to bet it was the flavour she didn't like, not the
sweetness. Although I seldom eat a candy bar I have learned that
Hershey bars are not my thing, they have a peculiar taste that is
abhorrent! I believe (but haven't checked) they are not really even
75% percent chocolate.

wrote:
> I have learned that
> Hershey bars are not my thing, they have a peculiar taste that is
> abhorrent!


****ing picky-ass rich bitch canucklehead griping.

Go **** yourself with an andiron.

On 2016-01-26 2:52 PM, wrote:

> I'm willing to bet it was the flavour she didn't like, not the
> sweetness. Although I seldom eat a candy bar I have learned that
> Hershey bars are not my thing, they have a peculiar taste that is
> abhorrent! I believe (but haven't checked) they are not really even
> 75% percent chocolate.
>


I agree. I only had a couple Hersey bars when I was a kid and was turned
right off them.

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 1:53:10 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10:34:25 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>
> >
> > Of course we like sweet stuff. But generally speaking, UK recipes
> > for fruit cakes, pies, puddings etc use less sugar than US ones.
>
> As compared to chocolate bars, you mean?
>
> There's a video of a teen UK girl tasting a Hershey bar and grimacing because, IIRC, it wasn't sweet enough for her! Trouble is, I can't seem to find it...it was NOT one of the ones where the candy was cookies-n-cream - that is, mostly white chocolate! The video I remember had a regular Hershey's bar.

Could she have been reacting to the slight cultured milk taste that
is present in a Hershey bar? Frankly, I find all other milk chocolate
dull without that familiar "spoiled milk" flavor.

Cindy Hamilton