"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
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> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>> biig wrote:
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>> MaryL wrote:
>>>>> I used to love rhubarb pie (made by my grandmother) and rhubarb as a
>>>>> side dish (made by my mother). We had a little rhubarb "patch," so
>>>>> it was always available. For those who don't know, it has a "tart"
>>>>> quality--and that's even after *lots* of sugar has been added. So,
>>>>> that means I no longer eat it. (
>>>> When we were wee, we used to have a stick of rhubarb and a bag of sugar
>>>> in which to dip it <munch, munch>
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>>> My grandma would give us sugar in a square of wax paper and we would
>>> sit out by the garden in her big wooden lawn chairs munching away..
>>> These days I rarely make rhubarb recipes because of type two diabetes.
>>> .......Sharon
>> Well, you CAN use artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. The trick,
>> IMO, is to use more than one type of AS, because you need the synergistic
>> effect. Using sucralose, for example, produces a rather flat-tasting end
>> product.
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>> Jean B.
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> I also have diabetes, but sugar isn't the only culprit. Sugar is a carb,
> and I have learned to eliminate most of the so-called "bad" carbs (but I
> am definitely not low-carb because I eat lots of fresh fruit and veggies).
> I don't even add artificial sweetener, so the way I eat would probably not
> satisfy most people. However, it brought my diabetes under control. I
> have eaten this way for five years, and I have not needed to take any
> diabetes medication since March 2005.
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> MaryL
Fruit spikes my bg and I watch my starch carbs closely. Veggies are my
best choice. I don't use sugar at all, but once in a while crave pie.... On
my diet sheet, rhubarb is listed as a vegetable...lol...My dil grows rhubarb
and brings me some each season. I have several lbs. in my freezer, and some
frozen puff pastry. Does anyone know how that compares carbs to carbs with
regular pie pastry? I have a recipe for baked rhubarb that I can handle in
small quantities.......Sharon