Subj : Re: Maple Syrple To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Wed Jul 02 2025 06:54:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> We had, and used a hammer-mill as well as a wind-deiven stone stone DD> mill. When my grand-dad made whole wheat bread it was, most assuredly, DD> whole grain whole whesat. RH> We have had a mill for almost 20 years and grind our own wheat, rye, RH> etc. Don't do corn as I don't use much corn meal so when I do need it, RH> I'll buy a small bag of it. Given Steve's unfortunate allergy that only makes sense. DD> I'll bet my grandmother heaved a big sigh of relief when Holsum Bread DD> in St. Louis (50 miles away) began selling pre-sliced, wrapped loaves DD> of bread in 1928. I wasn't there to see it. But, I know haw she worked. RH> Yes, it is a bit of work to make bread, especially by hand (I now use RH> my KA mixer) as I used to do 8 loaves at a time. Mixer only does 2 but RH> it saves a lot of wear & tear on my hands and wrists. I use the bread machine - but bake it in the "real" oven. DD> https://www.theroute-66.com/funks-grove.html DD> It's a neat place even if I'm not a fan of their claim to fame. RH> We'll have to stop some time--how close is it to I-70 or I-80? They're RH> the main ones we take cross country heading toward home or Utah, for AZ RH> we go I-40/I-10. DD> If you're coming from visiting ikn New York state Funk's Grove is just DD> about half-2way between I-80 and I-70 on I-55. Leaving from Wake DD> Forest it would be faaaaar "out of route" for a visit. RH> OK, something to consider, depending on our route. We usually don't go RH> westward from NY; this last trip was an exception as we had the events RH> in NY ahead of the others. No penalty points if you never make it. DD> As I don't take anything in my coffee. And only lemon (very DD> occasionally) in my tea it would last quite a while until the DD> panquakes or waffles made an appearance. RH> I use stevia in my tea; the green packets sweeten it just right. DD> Fortunalety I am well controlled enough that I can aschew the fake DD> sugar (except in soda). But I do use it if making things for others DD> .... RH> I use it straight in a few things, sometimes will do half and half, RH> stevia and sugar for baking. The stevia for baking measures the same as RH> sugar but we found that using all stevia would leave a bitter after RH> taste. Cutting it half and half with sugar didn't leave the aftertaste RH> and reduced the carbs by a good amount. Sugar Twin works about the same way - but I've never had a bitter aftertaste. Saccharine used to give me a bitter-bite bsck in the day before they over- dosed all those lab rats and gave them cancer. Bv)= But, that's odd because ST is mostlu saccharine and Stevia is "natural". MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Nuts, Chocolate Yield: 12 servings 1 c Almond flour 4 tb Sugar-free chocolate chips 2 tb Powdered erythritol, or - equivalent of stevia 1/8 ts Baking powder pn Salt 2 tb Butter; melted 1 ts Pure vanilla extract 3 ts Whole milk Set oven @ 325oF/165oC. Stir dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add in wet ingredients to form a dough. Shape into 1" balls. Place cookie balls on a cookie tray and bake on center rack for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool and firm up for 8 to 10 minutes. Yield: 12 servings RECIPE FROM: https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... The pen is mightier than the pigs. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .