Recent content by scott123

Bob, if you've got an extra moment, I highly recommend juicing a lemon and sweetening it with splenda and combining that with iced tea. The small amount of lemon juice is still diabetic friendly and it tastes about a thousand times better than the artifical lemon flavoring in crystal light.

LongWing, there is no connection whatsoever between blood cholesterol and the cholesterol/saturated fat in food. Enjoy your butter. If you want to improve your lipid profile, cut the carbs.

The idea that saturated fats (or dietary cholesterol) are somehow linked to blood cholesterol/triglycerides is a myth. Saturated fats, because of their resistance to oxidation, are actually healthier than most of the liquid vegetable oils on the market. What you want to avoid are artificially...

Buckytom, rasmalai are pretty much all cheese, inside and out. Because they are deep fried, jamuns usually have a lighter, airier exterior and a slightly dense center. I'm thinking you had the jamuns. If they were white/looked like formed cottage cheese, they were rasmalai, if they were golden...

The one sure fire method for dramatically improving triglycerides is to adopt a low carb way of eating. Have your cousin pick up the Atkins book. It can be difficult to break a carbohydrate addiction, but at least with Atkins you can eat plenty of delicious fat. To have to eat low sugar AND low...

Buckytom, the 'cheese' in gulab jamuns is well mashed paneer, which is incorporated right into the dough. Mashed paneer is very similar to commercial ricotta- the process for making them is almost identical.

Skilletlicker, these are a dessert. Think very dense, cakey, well browned doughnut holes served warm with a sweet syrup. Clive, it really isn't practical for the home cook, but I'm a big fan of khoya (milk reduced to a semi-solid) based jamuns. If I were making them myself, I might veer more...

Dove, I'm always a little wary of using Equal (aspartame) in any dessert where heat is involved. This being said, millions of people use Equal in coffee and tea every day, so maybe it can handle some heat. Assuming it can handle the heat fine, yes, Equal and Splenda will work wonderfully...

Splenda can be problematic when used by itself with unsweetened chocolate. A little bit of splenda has a tendency to sweetened the chocolate slightly, but, when you add more, the chocolate doesn't get sweeter/stays bitter, regardless of how much you add. When you combine the splenda with...

That's an excellent observation. I agree that the quantities being consumed by the animals in these studies is probably a hundredfold of what a typical American would consume. Maybe even a thousandfold. What's important to note, though, is that no studies have come along saying 'such and such...

I agree. The studies that have been done on stevia may have been skewed towards negative results by corporate funding. It's possible. At the same time, though, even though American stevia manufacturers aren't pulling in a lot of money with their stevia sales, most are involved in the supplement...

The problem with Wikipedia is that it's user contributed, so anyone could have written that article. From Stevia: A Bittersweet Tale

Auroravioletta, are you allergic to corn and beets? Also, just curious, have you tested yourself in a double blind fashion? Dissolving all the sweeteners into a solution and pinching your nose should prevent you from recognizing them. Anyway... curiousity aside... here's I how approach liquid...

Auroravioletta, if it's not too personal, may I ask why you're limited to honey and maple syrup? Honey and maple syrup, being naturally derived, vary in their nutritional breakdown, but, for the most part, they have the same components as regular sugar. Although some people equate natural...

Roasting a stuffed turkey is dangerous enough, but slightly undercooking a stuffed turkey is asking for serious trouble. If you want stuffing, roast it on it's own, NOT inside the bird.[/COLOR] Your uncertainty is founded. Re-heating stock does not prolong it's freshness/safety. For quite...