To think not keeping sugar in the house

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Is fine if no one in your family takes it and it's poison anyway?

Acumen - it can for some people (erythritol, that is) - depends on personal sensitivity though. Glad you've finally got stevia over there, ridiculous that it took so long!

Oh, interesting, I thought it was pretty much the best one for that. And yes, the industrial blocking of a perfectly good plant 'sugar' like sweetleaf for so many years is really shocking.

Oh it is still far less likely to cause the bloating/gas/diarrhoea than the other polyols, but it still can in some sensitive people, so it's best to go easy with it to start with just in case. :)

I am about to make elderflower cordial-it takes sugar. I can only think that those who won't, or don't have it in the house, don't do much cooking and would be utterly shocked to find out how much sugar they are actually eating-in the most unlikely of foods.

exoticfruits

No, I have a pretty good idea of the sugar content of the food we eat, and I cook every day. But carry on with the undersneer; it's a great look!

Without sugar in the house Acumenoop?

Do you not serve icecream, yoghurt etc

I put caster sugar in people's tea or coffee and nobody has ever complained.

I only buy sugar on the rare occasion that we bake a cake. I have no need for sugar (I don't know what it is supposed to be used for) but it isn't poison, everything is ok in moderation.

Yes, sugar is not a critical component of many meals. Some things that require the browning property, like meringues, absolutely require sugar. But I don't often have a vital need for meringue. I don't use it very often. I mean, Not Using Sugar is not my religion or anything, but I don't really use it and don't tend to have it in.

I make ice cream without sugar, though it has natural sugars obviously from the lactose. I don't have sugar in yoghurt habitually, no! I mean, I don't know anyone that does actually. Is it a southern thing? Or do you mean those flavoured yoghurts? We just have the big plain pots or I make it from milk.

I don't get the fact that sugar is seen to be so necessary by some.

I don't get why baking is seen to be so important. Bread isn't particularly healthy, or cakes, pizzas, biscuits. Why do people bake every day?

Don't eat sugar, ice cream. Not because I am an anti sugar fanatic, just don't have a sweet tooth.

I don't eat processed stuff either, really, so no hidden sugars. If I do have a yen for something sweet I will have a bag of sweets or something but it is a rare occurence (again not because of health but personal preference).

And a cook from scratch - not as much variety as I used to but generally cook curry from scratch or some kind of meat and veg. None of it needs sugar.

It is necessary to the popcorn I am snarfing now

Ooh no popcorn has to be salty.

"Bread isn't particularly healthy, or cakes, pizzas, biscuits."

Bread isn't particularly unhealthy either unless you are coeliac.

Don't be disgusting Getorf

Porridge has to be salty as well. Not sweet - urgh.

Salty porridge is inedible IMO.

I wonder if corpsey water is good for growing tomatoes. I always pick the blackberries from the cemetery.

Corpsey water would be good for growing most things, I would think - full of nutrients!