Guest guest Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 amie or anyone else out there: when you replace sugar with agave in a a recipe is it a 1:1 substitution? -keda On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM, AmieJPMS <amiejpms wrote: You're right, it can be difficult fending off people's ignorance as a vegan. I have been experiencing this all my life in other aspects of my life, too. I am a Pagan woman and when people find out, they love to ask, " so do you worship the devil or something? " Just as I am sure gay people get tired of being asked if they hit on their same sex friends and so on and so forth. When you have an alternative lifestyle, which we do as vegans, in the USA at least, you have to fend off the ignorance of others who really don't know, understand or care about that particular lifestyle. Just 3 days ago I got asked how I get my protein. Again. I just always take a deep breathe (inside) and know that, as someone who is a vegan living an " alternative " vegan lifestyle, there will be people who will need/want to be educated. Most of the time, it's not their fault they don't know and if I let a little bit of pissy-ness show through while I talk with them (you know from being asked the same question 1 billion times) then they may end up having a bad view of vegans. I know we don't want to be the spokepeople for veganism...I certainly don't, but everyonce in a while we're called to the plate. I know you ALL totally know what I mean. ANYHOOO!!! I just ate 2 small pancakes from " Vegan With A Vengeance " recipe... very yummy. I used agave nectar instead of sugar and it's great. I had left over stir fry veggies from yesterday so I mixed them with a jar of Ragu Fat Free Light Tomato and Basil Sauce, a splash of red wine and some nutritional yeast. I threw it back in the fridge so the flavors will mix and I'll heat it up tonight and throw it over some angel hair pasta for dinner for the family and myself. I've been craving angel hair pasta lately... it must be a texture thing. :-) Everyone enjoy your day! Blessings, Amie P Before you print think about the ENVIRONMENT Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Blue Rose <bluerose156 Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:59:52 AMRe: Re: what do you call yourself Yes, it really does make a difference. It's very misleading to call yourself something you're not. And I'm sick to death of answering questions like " Do you eat fish? Do you eat cheese? Do you eat... " when it should be obvious that no, I don't eat any of those things. Because people call themselves things they are not, they make life THAT much harder for me to eat out and deal with people trying to feed me and getting all upset because they know " so and so who is a vegan or vegetarian who DOES eat those things. And I have to tell them that they aren't really a vegan or vegetarian as a result. A little education goes a long way. So yeah, it does make a difference. On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:32 AM, alengrams <alengrams > wrote: What do folks think about 'vegan' if you use honey? My sole Veganbuddy tells me that I absolutely should refer to myself as 'vegetarian' because I still use 'honey'. And, does it really make any differencewhat we call ourselves. -- Email: bluerose156@ gmail.com AIM: A Blue Rose 156 YM: blue_rose_156http://x-bluerose- x.livejournal. com~http://groups. / group/Boston_ Gothic http://groups. / group/Boston_ Mystichttp://groups. / group/Boston- Pagans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 When I use agave nectar in place of a granulated sugar, it is generally a 1:1 substitution, however, it depends on the recipe. If it is a recipe that generally uses a dry sugar, and it affects the texture/consistency in the end product, I will decrease other liquids or increase the amount of dry ingredients to make up the difference. Most of the time though, it doesn't matter, as I never measure much of anything anyway :)keda maru <keda.maru wrote: amie or anyone else out there: when you replace sugar with agave in a a recipe is it a 1:1 substitution? -keda On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM, AmieJPMS <amiejpms > wrote: You're right, it can be difficult fending off people's ignorance as a vegan. I have been experiencing this all my life in other aspects of my life, too. I am a Pagan woman and when people find out, they love to ask, "so do you worship the devil or something?" Just as I am sure gay people get tired of being asked if they hit on their same sex friends and so on and so forth. When you have an alternative lifestyle, which we do as vegans, in the USA at least, you have to fend off the ignorance of others who really don't know, understand or care about that particular lifestyle. Just 3 days ago I got asked how I get my protein. Again. I just always take a deep breathe (inside) and know that, as someone who is a vegan living an "alternative" vegan lifestyle, there will be people who will need/want to be educated. Most of the time, it's not their fault they don't know and if I let a little bit of pissy-ness show through while I talk with them (you know from being asked the same question 1 billion times) then they may end up having a bad view of vegans. I know we don't want to be the spokepeople for veganism...I certainly don't, but everyonce in a while we're called to the plate. I know you ALL totally know what I mean. ANYHOOO!!! I just ate 2 small pancakes from "Vegan With A Vengeance" recipe... very yummy. I used agave nectar instead of sugar and it's great. I had left over stir fry veggies from yesterday so I mixed them with a jar of Ragu Fat Free Light Tomato and Basil Sauce, a splash of red wine and some nutritional yeast. I threw it back in the fridge so the flavors will mix and I'll heat it up tonight and throw it over some angel hair pasta for dinner for the family and myself. I've been craving angel hair pasta lately... it must be a texture thing. :-) Everyone enjoy your day! Blessings, Amie P Before you print think about the ENVIRONMENT Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Blue Rose <bluerose156 > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:59:52 AMRe: Re: what do you call yourself Yes, it really does make a difference. It's very misleading to call yourself something you're not. And I'm sick to death of answering questions like "Do you eat fish? Do you eat cheese? Do you eat..." when it should be obvious that no, I don't eat any of those things. Because people call themselves things they are not, they make life THAT much harder for me to eat out and deal with people trying to feed me and getting all upset because they know "so and so who is a vegan or vegetarian who DOES eat those things. And I have to tell them that they aren't really a vegan or vegetarian as a result. A little education goes a long way. So yeah, it does make a difference. On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:32 AM, alengrams <alengrams > wrote: What do folks think about 'vegan' if you use honey? My sole Veganbuddy tells me that I absolutely should refer to myself as 'vegetarian' because I still use 'honey'. And, does it really make any differencewhat we call ourselves. -- Email: bluerose156@ gmail.com AIM: A Blue Rose 156 YM: blue_rose_156http://x-bluerose- x.livejournal. com~http://groups. / group/Boston_ Gothic http://groups. / group/Boston_ Mystichttp://groups. / group/Boston- Pagans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I guess it depends.... there are some stuff I have heard you can't really substitue it in, but I haven't found those things yet. I use equal parts for the most part, minus a little bit. Agave nectar is a bit sweeter (and oh so yummy... I have to resist eating it off my fingers and husband.... oooh, that's off-topic). When you're baking, having the EXACT amount of a "sugar substance" (nothing artificial please, no formaldehyde in your bodies allowed! :-p ) isn't a science, so I think if you adjust your amounts, you should be pretty good. My daughter made the pancakes, so she made the recipe with equal substitution and it was good and didn't taste too sweet, but she also used whole wheat flour instead of white. Soooo, *shrug*. One of the reasons I LOVE baking is that it's such an experiment, and if I could be a mad scientist, I would be!!!! Amie P Before you print think about the ENVIRONMENT Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. keda maru <keda.maru Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:00:32 PMRe: Sugar/ Agave Nectar substitution amie or anyone else out there: when you replace sugar with agave in a a recipe is it a 1:1 substitution? -keda On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM, AmieJPMS <amiejpms > wrote: You're right, it can be difficult fending off people's ignorance as a vegan. I have been experiencing this all my life in other aspects of my life, too. I am a Pagan woman and when people find out, they love to ask, "so do you worship the devil or something?" Just as I am sure gay people get tired of being asked if they hit on their same sex friends and so on and so forth. When you have an alternative lifestyle, which we do as vegans, in the USA at least, you have to fend off the ignorance of others who really don't know, understand or care about that particular lifestyle. Just 3 days ago I got asked how I get my protein. Again. I just always take a deep breathe (inside) and know that, as someone who is a vegan living an "alternative" vegan lifestyle, there will be people who will need/want to be educated. Most of the time, it's not their fault they don't know and if I let a little bit of pissy-ness show through while I talk with them (you know from being asked the same question 1 billion times) then they may end up having a bad view of vegans. I know we don't want to be the spokepeople for veganism...I certainly don't, but everyonce in a while we're called to the plate. I know you ALL totally know what I mean. ANYHOOO!!! I just ate 2 small pancakes from "Vegan With A Vengeance" recipe... very yummy. I used agave nectar instead of sugar and it's great. I had left over stir fry veggies from yesterday so I mixed them with a jar of Ragu Fat Free Light Tomato and Basil Sauce, a splash of red wine and some nutritional yeast. I threw it back in the fridge so the flavors will mix and I'll heat it up tonight and throw it over some angel hair pasta for dinner for the family and myself. I've been craving angel hair pasta lately... it must be a texture thing. :-) Everyone enjoy your day! Blessings, Amie P Before you print think about the ENVIRONMENT Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Blue Rose <bluerose156@ gmail.com>Friday, July 25, 2008 9:59:52 AMRe: Re: what do you call yourself Yes, it really does make a difference. It's very misleading to call yourself something you're not. And I'm sick to death of answering questions like "Do you eat fish? Do you eat cheese? Do you eat..." when it should be obvious that no, I don't eat any of those things. Because people call themselves things they are not, they make life THAT much harder for me to eat out and deal with people trying to feed me and getting all upset because they know "so and so who is a vegan or vegetarian who DOES eat those things. And I have to tell them that they aren't really a vegan or vegetarian as a result. A little education goes a long way. So yeah, it does make a difference. On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:32 AM, alengrams <alengrams > wrote: What do folks think about 'vegan' if you use honey? My sole Veganbuddy tells me that I absolutely should refer to myself as 'vegetarian'because I still use 'honey'. And, does it really make any differencewhat we call ourselves. -- Email: bluerose156@ gmail.comAIM: A Blue Rose 156 YM: blue_rose_156http://x-bluerose- x.livejournal. com~http://groups. / group/Boston_ Gothichttp://groups. / group/Boston_ Mystichttp://groups. / group/Boston- Pagans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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