On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:13:26 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 3:58:56 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:54:17 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >The raisins would be healthy and maybe the butter but brown sugar probably
>> >is not that great as far as healthy goes. But sure does make that wallpaper paste taste good!!
>>
>> Butter would depend if you have a cholesterol problem.
>
>There's some thinking that simple carbohydrates affect serum cholesterol
>more than butter does. In any event, my cholesterol is low.

Then butter away.

>> Aren't raisins mainly sugar?
>
>All fruit is mainly sugar.

But dried fruits take the cake.

>Raisins are high in fiber, iron, calcium, and
>boron (which assists in calcium uptake).

I'm sure there are good things in a Mars bar too.

>With 1 teaspoon of brown sugar in my oatmeal, the raisins taste tart.
>
>> Actually, the only oats I ever eat are a filler or
>> binder in fish or vegetable patties.
>
>The only patties I eat are hamburger patties. That's why I'm conspicuously
>silent during discussions of crabcakes, etc. Unless you count pakoras, which
>I don't eat very often.

We had prawn patties the other day. Very good.