>Just heard of a natural South American natural plant based substitute, called stevia. Anyone have/had experience with it? Something like 100+ times sweeter.
Hello! We had high hopes for stevia before we tried it. It tastes vaguely of licorice, and I agree that I have read it is SUPPOSED to be 100 times sweeter, but in actual use this does not seem to be the case at all. My wife makes the comment that it's sort of like trying to sweeten something with licorice whips. To me, it doesn't seem to be all that sweet, and it's incredibly expensive. So we just gave it up. We gave most of it to my sister, who can't handle sugar. You can, however, cook with it (unlike several artificial sweeteners that heat destroys). You can't directly substitute it for sugar. There is at least one book that may be available in your library system that is specifically for cooking with stevia. Oh, well! Karl Kristianson -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
