Monday, December 29, 2008

How Sweet It Is!

We are a house of many sweetners. This one is too sweet, this one isn't sweet enough, this one is too chemically. Before I met Tai I used sugar, almost exclusively.
I know like the baker's sugar cause it blends and melts better but not the best to use in a scrub. Tai doesn't like sugar cause of all the calories. We drink several cups of iced tea and coffee a day here so that does add up.
So he brought:
My mom had used this stuff when I was kid. I don't like the way it tastes. Too chemically for me. So I bought:
I like that it doesn't have a chemical taste (to me) and it sweetens things perfectly for me.
But we are just ingesting more chemicals when there are purer alternatives out there. So we also have:
Excuse the almost empty bear. Time for a new one. I do like honey but it's messy and difficult to add the right quantity. It tends to work better in hot beverages than cold and adds a yummy taste to hot tea, not coffee. So we bought:
Again excuse the almost empty bottle here. Some friends of mine had recommended this for us and my dad (since he's a diabetic). I really like it but the cons are similar to honey. I do like it for cooking. It does blend a little better in cold liquids so I use it in my iced tea sometimes.
But then I found this on a recent grocery trip:But I was disappointed. Not sweet enough. I had to add 4 packets to my iced tea to make it sweet enough for me. I didn't like that. Tai didn't like it at all. So I'll have to think of creative ways to use up what I have. Perhaps this simple syrup might work best.
So what about you? Do you have a favorite sweetner? Is sugar your standby or honey? Can you recommend something for our sweet teeth?

3 comments:

  1. We take a teaspoon of local honey everyday to ward off allergies...after 4 years of this- my seasonal allergies are a lot better! I prefer Sugar in the Raw for real sugar and Splenda forfake. I haven't tried the Splenda for baking yet.

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  2. I'm not crazy about the fake stuff. Statistically women can pick up on the nasty aftertaste of aspartame better than men (among the many other better things we can do).

    While I don't notice it as much as with splenda I figure if I'm gonna bake or make something that requires sugar why not just go real.

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  3. I just adore good old fashioned honey. Something so charming about the plastic bear! Happy New Year to you!

    Anne

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