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[Rod]

In the middle east I came across cans of Pork & beans - they were indeed very sweet. (And had to be purchased in a specially licensed shop.)

[Bob Eager]

I'm just quoting what SWMBO says!

[S Viemeister]

And I'm just quoting a Breton friend, whose father was a professional cook. What we need here is a French linguist.....

[PeterMcC]

S Viemeister wrote in

My understanding, from Breton M-in-L, is the stale bread explanation...

...and then there's a whole hornets' nest that you could stir up with your Breton=French implication ;)

[S Viemeister]

Indeed :} But they were a bi-lingual family, and 'pain perdu' is French, is it not?

[Dave]

Yes. I take your point :-)

Dave

[Peter Twydell]

Or a cunning linguist if you want to get the problem licked (with apologies to Samantha Bond).

[The Medway Handyman]

Here we go again. And ad hominum argument. He is a handymnan who builds deck and is therefore unable to understand scientific research or have an opinion.

[The Medway Handyman]

Are you saying fat is bad or the combination of fat & sugar is bad?

[Rod]

I *think* he is saying, if you are going to consume a little sugar, then by consuming it with some fat, you reduce its impact (probably by slowing down its absorption to some extent) compared to consuming the sugar more or less on its own.

Not meaning to put words into AH's mouth - more trying to check my understanding of what he wrote.

[Dave]

Frying pans work every time for me. Crisp bacon edges and the eggs have that crispy edge as well. Can't see a GF doing a fried egg though.

Dave

[Dave]

Having just checked the ingredients of Tesco baked bean, I see what you mean. Time to change products I think.

Dave

[ARWadworth]

Surely that is what you have in Amsterdam for breakfast when on a stag do.

Adam

[Rod]

Funnily enough, had unplanned visit to Tesco today.

I couldn't find any labelled 'no added sugar, no added'. The nearest I found had saccharin. (A pet hate of mine.)

But I *did* find "Heinz Reduced Sugar & Salt NEW RECIPE No artificial sweetener". Bought some to try. Ingredients very similar to our usual Branston (ex-C&B) - but sugar is down to 3.4% (Heinz) against 5.9% (C&B). Suspect major other difference must be an increase in water and thickener (cornflour/maize starch).

[Anne Jackson]

The message from "The Medway Handyman" contains these words:

Don't assume responsibility for all the wankers in the world...

[Bob Eager]

SWMBO is an argumentative so-and-so. She says that if it was stale (lost) bread, then it's being resurrected so it ought to be 'pain perdu et trouvé'!

[S Viemeister]

Or pain trouvé?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

No - I use the frying pan for that. The GF is only large enough for the bacon and sausages anyway. Alternately scrambled eggs in the microwave cut down on the washing up.

[Huge]

That's not what I said, which makes your argument a strawman.

[Andy Hall]

Yes. Quite revolting, like much processed food there.