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Alternative for sweeteners

reader — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 05:39:21 +0000

LCL from Hauraki is looking for some help from the oily rag community. LCL is diabetic and is looking for alternate sweeteners when making jam. If you have any suggestions. Do you have any suggestions?

Lorraine, Hamilton.

reader — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:57:18 +0000

To soften hard sugar in your pantry, place a slice of bread in the jar and seal it up overnight. The moisture in the bread softens the sugar. Mine was so hard I couldn’t chip it out with a knife so I put a slice from the deep freeze in the jar. The next morning I had free-flowing brown sugar!

Sugar free jam?

reader — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:53:21 +0000

We are trying to remove sugar from our diet and last year I tried making jam using DEXTROSE (Powdered Glucose) instead of sugar – problem. Until the Jelly jam was opened it was good, but…. after a couple of day’s use the Dextrose became sugary and seemed to get worse when I put the jar into the fridge. The only cure that I tried and which worked was to zap the jar of jelly each morning in the microwave for a few seconds, This melted the sugary bits.

Any advice from someone who might have had the same problems?

Lofty, Kapiti Coast.