Good Calories versus Bad?

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:19:50 +0100, Jane Lumley
wrote:

In article , Chris Braun
writes

I once bought some sort of fish oil supplement in liquid form and took
one teaspoon of it. I could taste it the rest of the day -- and it
tasted terrible. I cannot imagine ever again willing consuming any
sort of oil by the spoonful.

Single-estate extra virgin olive oil is wonderful in a spoon.

No thanks :-).

Chris

Chris Braun wrote:
Single-estate extra virgin olive oil is wonderful in a spoon.

No thanks :-).

That and freshly pressed flax-seed oil.

People generally don't mind oil's texture... they just don't know it.

If it's frosting made with butter and powdered sugar, then it's yummy
and has a "creamy texture"... I could think of many other examples of
people who have willingly swilled down oil, only it's not "marketed" as
oil... it's marketed as a yummy dessert ;-)

I'm not someone who goes around regularly having oil from a spoon. I
very much prefer EVOO in a dressing on my salad, Even then its not far
off. There's more oil than vinegar usually, and the taste and texture
are still very pleasant as I chew the lettuce leaf which was the "spoon"
LOL

Crafting Mom,
who thinks fish oil is vile, but fresh plant oils like flax and olive
are heavenly.

Chris Braun wrote:
Single-estate extra virgin olive oil is wonderful in a spoon.

No thanks :-).

That and freshly pressed flax-seed oil.

People generally don't mind oil's texture... they just don't know it.

If it's frosting made with butter and powdered sugar, then it's yummy
and has a "creamy texture"... I could think of many other examples of
people who have willingly swilled down oil, only it's not "marketed" as
oil... it's marketed as a yummy dessert ;-)

I'm not someone who goes around regularly having oil from a spoon. I
very much prefer EVOO in a dressing on my salad, Even then its not far
off. There's more oil than vinegar usually, and the taste and texture
are still very pleasant as I chew the lettuce leaf which was the "spoon"
LOL

Crafting Mom,
who thinks fish oil is vile, but fresh plant oils like flax and olive
are heavenly.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:37:53 GMT, (byakee) wrote:

One dark day on Usenet, Crafting Mom said:

Something calorie-dense does weigh
heavy on the stomach and make me feel full, even though size-wise it's
small. (I have tried this with a tablespoon - 120 calories - of flax
seed oil... it *Fills* me)

snip

Given the healthy properties of flax oil, I can see why one
would want to do this, but not sure how one *could* do this.
I just can't imagine putting a spoonful of oil in my mouth.
How does it taste?

J.J. in WA -- just curious...


If you don't like oil... do what I do, grind your flax seeds. Then I
dole out a tablespoon, or whatever I need. I put it on cereal, in
oatmeal for hubby, sometimes in yogurt, in protein shakes, in
pancakes, etc.

Has nice nutty taste, and adds fiber. Actually, I really LIKE the
taste of my flax seed meal! It contributes to better tasting stuff,
even stuff like the fairly tasteless Krusteaz Low Carb Pancake mix.



Cynthia

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:37:53 GMT, (byakee) wrote:

One dark day on Usenet, Crafting Mom said:

Something calorie-dense does weigh
heavy on the stomach and make me feel full, even though size-wise it's
small. (I have tried this with a tablespoon - 120 calories - of flax
seed oil... it *Fills* me)

snip

Given the healthy properties of flax oil, I can see why one
would want to do this, but not sure how one *could* do this.
I just can't imagine putting a spoonful of oil in my mouth.
How does it taste?

J.J. in WA -- just curious...


If you don't like oil... do what I do, grind your flax seeds. Then I
dole out a tablespoon, or whatever I need. I put it on cereal, in
oatmeal for hubby, sometimes in yogurt, in protein shakes, in
pancakes, etc.

Has nice nutty taste, and adds fiber. Actually, I really LIKE the
taste of my flax seed meal! It contributes to better tasting stuff,
even stuff like the fairly tasteless Krusteaz Low Carb Pancake mix.



Cynthia