In most foods I'd prefer less sugar/sweetener. I couldn't finish a side of cajun fries last weekend because they sprinkled so much sugar on them along with the hot powder, and the sweetness of most marinara sauces puts me right off. (Curse you, Piero, for ruining me for all lesser lasagnas!) But the diet Dr. Pepper that some find too cloyingly sweet is my favorite drink, and I'll use up to 3 heaping teaspoons of Splenda or sugar in a cup of coffee.
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2005: the Year of the Penguin
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2005? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2006 8:33:54 am PST #489 of 506
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Beverly - Jan 18, 2006 8:38:52 am PST #490 of 506
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
More important (could I be more off topic) than substituting for sugar should be making food less sweet, period.
I'm with ita, tommy and Kate on this. With processed and packaged foods from babyhood, most if not all of them, if "naturally" sweetened being so now with high fructose corn syrup rather than cane sugar, or if "lite," sweetened with either aspartame or sugar alcohols, our collective palates are cultured to crave the sweet.
Anthropologically, we're built to crave fats and sugars, even though our lifestyles mostly no longer require high-energy and energy-storing foods. But the double-whammy of natural cravings and deliberately-by-marketing cultivated ones makes us a society of overweight people prone to diabetes and other health risks.
The simple act of *not* adding sweeteners of any kind to foods that don't actually need them would improve Americans' health dramatically. But, over a generation or two, it would also lower the acculturated cravings that power the soda and snack industries.
Sean K - Jan 18, 2006 8:47:02 am PST #491 of 506
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Heh. I suspect we're getting close to the end of this thread, as it's quickly turning into just another natter.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2006 8:47:43 am PST #492 of 506
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It ain't over 'till the fat penguin sings....
Beverly - Jan 18, 2006 8:55:25 am PST #493 of 506
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oops. Sorry. I forgot where I was.
So how 'bout that 2006, eh? 86% more windy in January than previous years!
Vortex - Jan 18, 2006 9:16:24 am PST #494 of 506
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Nah, I think that the Slacker Santas/ees still deserve some time.
Sean K - Jan 18, 2006 11:28:50 am PST #495 of 506
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Nah, I think that the Slacker Santas/ees still deserve some time.
Oh, absolutely. It's just one of the signs that the thread is coming toward its end.
Are there still people out there who haven't sent/received gifts?
Amy - Jan 18, 2006 11:32:02 am PST #496 of 506
Because books.
Are there still people out there who haven't sent/received gifts?
A kind birdie told me my gift is on its way, but it hasn't arrived yet.
Vortex - Jan 18, 2006 11:36:13 am PST #497 of 506
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Are there still people out there who haven't sent/received gifts?
I haven't gotten mine, but I wouldn't start worrying until the 31st. I do Slacker Santa for a reason :)
Hil R. - Jan 18, 2006 1:07:47 pm PST #498 of 506
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
A kind birdie told me my gift is on its way, but it hasn't arrived yet.
Same here.