Stevia (15)

1 Name: Alexander!DxY0NCwFJg!!muklVGqN 2005-09-05 20:03 ID:Heaven

"Japan currently consumes more stevia than any other country; there, stevia accounts for 40% of the sweetener market."

"...the European Commission banned stevia's use in food in the European Union pending further research."

"In 1991, at the request of an aspartame manufacturer, the United States Food and Drug Administration labelled stevia as an "unsafe food additive""

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia

Thought this might interest all the fans of all things food and Japan in here.

2 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-05 20:12 ID:Heaven

There's already a thread to talk about Japanese food.

Japanese Food
http://4-ch.net/food/kareha.pl/1102228744

3 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-05 21:30 ID:OHz3z/L3

Stevia has kind of a weird aftertaste. It's okay for sweetening tea but not for stuff with tons of sugar, like homemade soda. Probably can't cook with it either.

4 Name: MJP 2005-09-08 20:33 ID:Heaven

I thought that said Stellvia for a second.

5 Name: Alexander!DxY0NCwFJg!!muklVGqN 2005-09-08 22:59 ID:Heaven

>>4

It does make me think of the two most delicious pilots in that from time to time. ; )

6 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-11 07:44 ID:Ks030G/T

I went on a garden tour at a food museum. The guide let us each nibble a stevia leaf. It was weird to get this chemical, ultra-sweet taste from a leaf. Although you can buy powdered stevia at health/natural/etc. food stores (including Trader Joe's), after that I wasn't too interested. I'm sticking to honey (ha...), unrefined sugar, and white sugar as a last resort.

7 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-12 00:30 ID:Qho+HVys

What the hell is stevia?

8 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-12 01:38 ID:Heaven

>>7 fails at following links

9 Name: Alexander!DxY0NCwFJg!!muklVGqN 2005-09-12 01:41 ID:Heaven

>>7 wins the Mocademy "not reading the thread" award..

10 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-15 21:29 ID:0kFOFFFA

>>2

and this wouldn't fit in it, plus 4-ch is about all things japanese, so discusion about japanese food doesn't have to stay in one thread, so you fail

11 Name: 2 2005-09-15 22:43 ID:Heaven

>>10

  1. It would fit in
  2. 4-ch is not just about all things japanese
  3. i didn't suggest that it had to stay in one thread, i was just linking another thread
  4. you fail
  5. profit

12 Name: !!XjdwLWBy (Admin) 2005-09-16 08:48 ID:Heaven

>plus 4-ch is about all things Japanese

Nope! I'd rather it not be. Sure we have 3 boards for Japanese-related things (anime, manga and 日本語), but I'd prefer if it the other boards were not just centered around Japanese things.

13 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-16 21:40 ID:0kFOFFFA

>>11

still a suger substitute is not strictly japanese just because it is used there, you are being pretentiouse by yelling at everyone, saying they have to go to that thread to talk about this subject

14 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-17 02:22 ID:Ks030G/T

Stevia is not "Japanese food" any more than coffee is.

15 Name: Apprentice Chef 2005-09-25 20:48 ID:Xf9toeJ/

What about canned coffee? :3

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