"l not -l" > wrote in message
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> On 28-Oct-2017, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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>> > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "cshenk" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> > Doris Night wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >> >
>> >> >>On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:36:29 -0500, "cshenk"
>> >> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> >>> Doris Night wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >> > > >
>> >> >>>> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:19:00 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> >> >>>> > wrote:
>> >> > > > >
>> >> >>>> > I have several bags of frozen fruit that I bought for
>> >> >>>>smoothies
>> >> >>but >> > they never got used and I doubt that smoothies
>> >> >>will be made
>> >> >>now >> > given our colder weather. There is a bag of peach
>> >> >>slices. I
>> >> >>know >> > those can be made into a crisp but what about
>> >> >>the berries?
>> >> >>I think >> > most bags are mixed. I think the mixture is
>> >> >>strawberry,
>> >> >>raspberry >> > and blueberry. Might be plain strawberries
>> >> >>too. All
>> >> >>unsweetened. >> > Can those be made into a crisp or added
>> >> >>to the
>> >> >>peach crisp? I'd >> > like them gone to free up some
>> >> >>space.
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> > We don't need any jam and wouldn't eat any kind of
>> >> >>>>sweet syrup.
>> >> >>>> > What else can I do with them? Thanks!
>> >> > > > >
>> >> >>>> I use frozen peaches in baked oatmeal. DH loves it and
>> >> >>>>I make a
>> >> pan >>>> about once a week.
>> >> > > > >
>> >> >>>> Or you cold do pies or small hand pies. Blueberry
>> >> >>>>gallette is
>> >> quite >>>> nice.
>> >> > > > >
>> >> >>>> Doris
>> >> > > >
>> >> >>> Hi Doris! Nice to see you again! I cherry-pick my
>> >> >>> reading so may
>> >> >>> have missed you.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I've been around. I just don't post much.
>> >> > > >
>> >> >>> Personally if she has a few fruit lovers and wants a
>> >> >>> fast fix, I'd
>> >> >>> get some cresent roll dough and make little fruit pies
>> >> >>> with them.
>> >> >>> Simple and easy.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > That sounds like an easy solution.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Doris
>> >> >
>> >> > It does. Julie is a diabetic so might want to add sugar
>> >> > to some of
>> >> > them then none to hers. Up to her.
>> >>
>> >> Sugar isn't an issue for diabetics. Total carbs are,
>> >> regardless of
>> >> the source. Do I eat pie? Not very often. No matter what
>> >> kind of pie.
>> >
>> > Sugar = fast absorbing carbs or did they change that?
>>
>> Lots of things are fast absorbing carbs. Potatoes, white rice,
>> white bread,
>> fruit juice, oranges, bananas, pasta... No real difference in
>> the way they
>> affect blood sugar.
> Perhaps that is the case with your body's handling of foods; but,
> science and millions of people who use the glycemic index
> disagree. Using one of your examples, there are clear
> differences in how quickly blood glucose rises; baking potatoes,
> fast, waxy potatoes quite a bit slower., instant mashed potatoes,
> very fast.

Glycemic index has been proven useless. The original study was done on
college students who were not diabetics. And it only applies to single
foods. Add other things like as in a pie and it all goes out the window.