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The Ten Most Recent Comments By peggysu

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Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book

Ice cream.

peggysu at 6:11PM on 04/04/08

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Cook the Book: 'Arthur Schwartz's Jewish Home Cooking'

Borscht.

peggysu at 2:21PM on 03/18/08

From Talk

Corn syrup-is it really that bad? Replacements?

Typically a recipe for fudge or thick hot fudge sauce will use mostly table sugar (sucrose) with a bit of some other chemical form of sugar (such as corn syrup which is a mixture of glucose and fructose). The reason for using a second chemical form is that it functions as an impurity that keeps the primary form from crytallizing too soon and causing the product to be grainy.

peggysu at 2:27PM on 03/15/08

From Recipes

Cook the Book: Chocolate Sablés

Fudgie brownies. (Although real fudge is pretty yummy also!)

peggysu at 7:15PM on 02/12/08

From Required Eating

Valentine's Day Chocolate Giveaway

Dark!

peggysu at 10:17PM on 02/10/08

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Cook the Book: 'The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without'

Mashed potatoes.

peggysu at 8:52PM on 01/08/08

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The Saveur 100 Is Out

Tomato aspic brings back happy childhood Christmas memories for me. My mother, who lived to almost 92, always made tomato aspic in individual aluminum star-shaped molds for Christmas dinner; each was carefully unmolded and served on a bit of lettuce. Hers was pretty good (canned tomato juice must have been better 50+ years ago) but I think what makes one remember it is the unusual texture which is very different from Jello.

peggysu at 12:18PM on 01/08/08

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To Eat or Not to Eat? That Is the Question

What will generate the desired result is the Shangri-La Diet and less carbs. See Seth Roberts' site.

By lowering your setpoint via SLD you will reduce your appetite but not reduce your enjoyment of the food you do eat. Eating a variety of different foods and food preparations will also help reduce your appetite.

Eating carbs is necessary to storing fat; you will need to eat less carbs. When you do eat carbs, try to eat those with a low glycemic index (G. I. ) so as not to spike your insulin level. Higher insulin levels mean more fat storage. Cf. Gary Taube's recent book.

peggysu at 12:26PM on 01/01/08

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Garrison Confections' Garrison Big Box

Dark, thanks.

peggysu at 4:26PM on 12/31/07

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Cook the Book: 'The Food You Crave'

Minestrone with lots of cabbage.

peggysu at 4:14PM on 12/31/07

Responses to Comments by peggysu

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Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book

Thank you for participating and congratulations to our winners:

mkboldin
chromiumman
CarolHarrity
lovercas
ryansm

Please check your email for more information on how to claim your book.

roboppy at 6:07PM on 04/07/08

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Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book

Tres Leches Cake

swoonglo at 2:13PM on 04/07/08

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Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book

Margarita Lime Pie or Strawberry Shortcake or Devil's Food Cake or Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake or German Chocolate Cheesecake or Pumpkin Pie or Lemon Meringue Pie or ....................help me!

bb97036 at 1:58PM on 04/07/08

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