On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:56:35 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>[snip]
>>
>> And I've learned my lesson. No more special low-carb versions of carby
>> desserts. After eating some "normal" food for a few days, that stuff
>> tasted like crap. It's good when it's all you've got, but the two
>> low-carbers in the group barely put a dent in those "treats," and at least
>> one person who tried a chocolate cookie spit it out in the bathroom waste
>> basket. LOL!
>>
>> Carol, back on the low-carb wagon
>
>Ah. That confirms some of my musing. I think you usually
>(always?) need a gap between those LC things and the higher-carb
>versions. Did you make a cheesecake?

A cheesecake (in a 9x13 pan) with a pecan crust. I hated the crust, and
will make future cheesecakes with a parchment paper "crust." I also made
all four kinds of my low-carb cookies. I may as well have been serving
D-Con. LOL!

It was so hot in my tiny kitchen! I'd never used a gas stove before we
moved here, and didn't realize that they heat every inch of the entire
house when they're on. Wish I could afford one that's gas on the stove
top, with an electric oven. Crash assures me that they exist, but that
they're far out of our financial reach.

Next year's cook-in will be to celebrate my 50th birthday. Jill and Pam
(guppy) have birthdays the same week, so we're having three, count 'em,
three birthday cakes. It's all figured out: Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate
Chocolate Cake, my mom's Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting, and my
grandmother's Spice Cake with penuche frosting. This will be very good for
my diabetes. ouch! I'm considering asking my doc for a small supply of
glyburide just for the weekend, so my sugars don't get dangerously high.
But dammit! You only turn 50 once!

Carol