jrrt@mtuxo.UUCP (r.mitchell) (03/06/86)
I have a vegetarian friend coming over for dinner in a week or so,
so I'd like to cook something appropriate. I have the MOOSEWOOD
Cookbook, so ordinarily I wouldn't have a problem, but my friend
has a few medical conditions I must accomodate, and I'm no expert
on nutrition and food chemistry. My friend is willing to eat eggs
and diary products, but she must minimize intake of sugar and acids.
I'd be interested in hearing anyone's suggestions for entree, salad,
and dessert, subject to these limitations. Recipes would be great,
pointers to recipes almost as good (I'd be willing to spring for
another veggie cookbook), and idle musings would be fun too. Please
*mail* me your ideas; I'll post a summary if there's any interest.
Thanks.
Rob Mitchell {allegra,ihnp4}!mtuxo!jrrt
Es un entreverado loco, lleno de lucidos intervalos.
(He is a muddled fool, full of lucid intervals. DON QUIXOTE)schwager@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (03/07/86)
In a recent request for recipes, someone included this statement in their note: > My friend is willing to eat eggs > and diary products, but she must minimize intake of sugar and acids. ...which got me to thinking, "what about honey?" Can anyone enlighten me and maybe a few other netters about the pros and cons of using honey over white sugar? My first impression is that they're pretty much the same nutritionally, but some natural foods makers like to add a little hype when they include honey instead of sugar in their products. So is honey as fattening, does it cause as much tooth decay, etc., as sugar? -- {ihnp4,convex,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!schwager schwager%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa University of Illinois, Dept. of Computer Science
leimkuhl@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (03/09/86)
From what I hear, honey is just as bad for you as white sugar. People who eat lot's of brown sugar and honey are really kidding themselves if they think it's any healthier. -Ben Leimkuhler
jin@hropus.UUCP (Bear) (03/10/86)
From memory: honey is 20% water volume by volume and 133% sugars weight per volume (compared to white or brown sugar). This means .75 cups honey equals 1 cup sugar plus .15 cups water for cooking purposes. The sugar content of honey (weight per weight) is about 30% glucose, 65% fructose, and 5% other sugars. Therefore honey is, sugar weight by sugar weight, a little sweeter than sugar, but not as sweet as high fructose corn syrup. There is little else to honey nutritionally, in fact the only sweetener that provides significant nutrients other than sugars is molasses. Honey certainly will promote tooth decay. Raw honey should *not* be given to infants under 6 months because their stomachs are not acidic enough to inhibit growth of the Botulism spores commonly found in raw honey. These spores are harmless to older individuals. -- Jerry Natowitz ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jin (official) ihnp4!opus!jin (temporary) Institute for the Study of Non-existent Phenomena