Re: Melancholic crosspost

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 15.09.2022 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> 
>>> On 14.09.2022 19.44, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>>
>>>>> Given dietary constraints I probable shouldn't even be subscribed
>>>>> here, but CAKE!
>>>>>
>>>>> Cake is good. Yet evil.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If only someone warned you about large volume caek consumption 20
>>>> years ago.
>>>
>>> I never actually ate *that* much cake... More like a normal amount
>>> for someone who likes cake.
>>>
>>>> I can have this cake:
>>>> www.realfoodwithjessica.com/2015/10/16/paleo-pumpkin- coffee-cake/
>>>
>>> The recipe looks delicious - very almondy - but like most cakes it
>>> has sugar in it, so probably not for me to eat. Also I have no idea
>>> what "pumpkin pie spice" is and I'm afraid to find out.
>>>
>>> BeH
>>>
>> 
>> Sounds like you're taking your diet seriously :)
> 
> Well, sorta. I made a batch of gingerbread cookies around new years
> and then ate them over the next couple of months - which was enough to
> ~double my blod sugar level. I most likely won't do that again.

Refined white flour is as bad as sugar.

> 
>> My aunt and her husband are both diabetic and I cringe when I see
>> them eating food with a high glycemic index.
> 
> Haribo really should make some sugar free gummi bears, though...

Make yer own: thebigmansworld.com/keto-gummies

> 
>> Gluten free recipes usually use almond flour.
>> Pumpkin spice = cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, allspice (if you
>> make it yourself). Also contains stuff like silicon dioxide if
>> store-bought. 
> 
> IOW I was right to be afraid to find out.
> 

You don't know what you're missing. Anything pumpkin spice is the best!
I bought 2 pie pumpkins at the farmer's market. I see something pumpkin 
spice in my future.

In related news: pumpkin spice is one of the new words being added to 
the dictionary this year. 

www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-in-the-dictionary