SiRaLeX Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Hey guys, Just wondering, what you guys use to sweeten up your life? Artificial sweetener or real sugar? Artificial sweetener ain't optimal. A lot of sweeteners (except Sucralose for me) have a rather disgusting bitter aftertaste that can ruin certain foods. Needless to say artificial sweeteners are (toxic) chemicals that just happen to taste sweet to our tongue, although perception may differ between people. Also some artificial sweeteners are used in pigs to make them eat more. =\ Overall I'd go with sugar nearly every time. What about you?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AuF- AuFRuLeR Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 your so sweet Alex xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Thanks honey! Did you know that honey can be used to sweeten up things too? XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AuF- AuFRuLeR Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 yes i do use honey in my tea (as tea is better than coffee for you) as well as on my Quaker oats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 What the hell are "Quaker Oats"? Just regular oats? Do you add milk to your oats and then microwave them?! You Americans are weird as fuck! I've got honey in the kitchen I didn't use in a while. I wonder if it's still good, but then again, honey never spoils. I'm gonna try the honey in the oats thingy. But I never microwave my oats so I suspect the honey won't really dissolve and will clump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AuF- AuFRuLeR Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 lol Quaker Oats are regular oats...i boil milk than add the oates. in a few minutes you have oatmeal...can add honey and or a little brown sugar and fruit. healthy breakfast minus the sugar if you sacrefice a lil sweetness=) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks, will try it with boiling milk! =] Although I just ate oats, I put the oats in bowl and add milk. No cooking, no heating. So I'm curious how the american way to make oatmeal tastes. :o It sure will be a lot soakier and mushier, but I like that. Sometimes I let my oats sit in milk for some time to make them soft before I eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I used to use sugar all the time, but sugar = more inappropriate calories for me, and gets turned into body fat if not used up as an energy source so i would use sweetener / calorie free syrups to add sweet taste to foods /drinks IF needed. The only one I use, is a sweet cream calorie free Waldens coffee syrup now or calorie free waldens syrup for my cottage cheese shakes on an evening - chocolate, caramel, strawberry flavours all delicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 cottage cheese shakes What the fuck is a "cottage cheese shake"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AuF- AuFRuLeR Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 if i had to guess...a shake with cottage cheese i it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 That's insane! How can you drink cottage cheese? Adam, you disgust me, you sick, sick cunt. :reporting: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 125g cottage cheese, 300ml of almond milk, and a nice bit of waldens chocolate or caramel syrup ------ blend it all up....... its delicious and a slow release natural casein protein for night time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 125g cottage cheese, 300ml of almond milk, and a nice bit of waldens chocolate or caramel syrup ------ blend it all up....... its delicious and a slow release natural casein protein for night time Do you put it in a blender or just a shaker with a "blender ball"?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 blender !!!!!!!! make it smooth like a criminal :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I alternate a bit between honey and all-natural steviol glycoside, from the stevia plant. Fuck aspartame though. That stuff is nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 all-natural steviol glycoside, from the stevia plant. Do you get that in powder form or liquid, but since you said "steviol glycoside" I guess you mean the liquid that you can buy in supermarket? :O Doesn't it taste a bit bitter to you? Fuck aspartame though. That stuff is nasty. Indeed. :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Do you get that in powder form or liquid, but since you said "steviol glycoside" I guess you mean the liquid that you can buy in supermarket? :O Doesn't it taste a bit bitter to you? The glycosides are purely the chemical components involved; it has no relation with how they're sold. I personally have it as a liquid concentrate in a bottle with a pipette; a few drops is enough to sweeten a full cup. We got an actual stevia plant around here somewhere too, though. As for bitterness, it depends, actually. Of the different glycosides in the plant, Rebaudioside tastes better than Stevioside, but it's used less in commercial sweeteners since it makes up a smaller percentage inside the plant, inevitably making it cost more. My sister did research on stevia as part of her studies, and the work of her professor (which she helped on) actually helped legalize stevia as food additive in the EU. Though apparently Coca-Cola lobbied for it a lot too, to get more independence from the sugar industry. An increasing number of soft drinks here are flavoured largely with stevia. (Lipton Ice Tea Green being my favourite) The only disadvantage to stevia is that it has this odd delay on the sweet taste (a bit like how spicy things don't sting right away). It takes a second or two before you perceive it as tasting sweet, which is why it's often combined with a bit of normal sugar, or other sweeteners. Honey is awesome, though. Love me some honey in my coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Honey is awesome, though. Love me some honey in my coffee Did you know that Honey is another word for saying Bee Vomit? Also, you seem to have a quite intimate relationship with Stevia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 As I kinda said, there was a time when my sister couldn't shut up about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANewWorldRecord Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Sugar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRITAWAKETS Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 If i cant put honey, i put maple syrup, if i cant put maple syrup i just go for brown sugar. I hate sweeteners like aspartame or sucralose. I love me some ice tea flavored with honey. Also: How to make some of the best oatmeal according to my book and actually many others. 1. Get a pack of quaker oats (Its a brand) preferably with sugar dinosaurs (Sadly, canadian only. Or maybe even quebec only. You will have to import it if its not in the nearest supermarkets.) 2. Open the pack and put some brown sugar. 3. Add maple syrup. Preferrably the fresh kind even if its hard to get. 4. Add some milk if you want and taste to see if its good or you should add more things like maple syrup. And now you have made quaker oats brown sugar and maple syrup but with better quality and maybe dinosaurs. Stevia facts. I should try stevia and see what it tastes like. It can maybe help to make the ambrosia of the oatmeal world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 It's a kind of... subtle sweet taste. You seem to be going more for the MOAR SWEETNESS! if I'm interpreting that recipe correctly XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRaLeX Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 It's a kind of... subtle sweet taste. You seem to be going more for the MOAR SWEETNESS! if I'm interpreting that recipe correctly XD Well, umm, not sure which brand I had but the last time I bought liquid Stevia sweetener like 2 years ago, to me it didn't taste good and I didn't like it at all. The bitter aftertaste was the worst. I guess it's possible to make a better tasting Stevia sweetener by having more of the good tasting compounds. So I'm not sure, is it best to stay away from the cheap ones or do all commercial liquid Stevias contain the same shit anyway and it doesn't matter which you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Man, I don't know. I bought this on a marketplace. Not even sure it had a brand name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjoker Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Sugar. All sweeteners which im use has bitter taste, it is annoying. Sweet taste of sugar good for my psychic system after work day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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