[jojo]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

I eat two slices of the jellied cranberry sauce once a year so who cares what is in it. I figure the wine will break it down for me.

Z

[pooh]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Yes, you can say that again! Several years ago I bought a bag of cranberries to try my luck at cooking them. I cooked the whole bag and didn't add any sugar. It was tart but I didn't mind the tartness, I thought it had an interesting taste. Although, it's not something you can eat a lot of; I decided I would just eat a teaspoon or tablespoon of it before breakfast.

After a few days of doing this, I noticed it was getting more and more difficult to empty my bladder. There was no doubt in my mind what was causing this so I disposed of the remaining portion of cranberry sauce.

I've heard that cranberry juice is recommended to women who get bladder infections. That may be true but it doesn't necessarily mean that cranberries are good for men. Or maybe it's just me. After I discontinued eating the tart cranberries, bladder emptying went back to normal.

You're much more brave....tried one little cooked berry....way too tart, and tart is a taste I generally like. I do enjoy cranberry sauce, seems we did have it more often than just holidays around our house when I was growing up. Ocean Spray processing plant was about 20 or so miles from my town and berry bogs were always interesting to watch over time. When I was a kid, I was sure those flooded bogs were very, very deep....

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by villager

Why don't you look at the ingredient list on a can?

The next time I go to the store, I will. When I posted this thread I wasn't in the store. But I figured I could find out by searching the internet. Ocean Spray shows part of their label, the part that gives the percentages of this and that. It's all zeros except for sugar. Sugar = 21 grams.

They didn't show the ingredient part of the label, but if my memory serves me right all the sugar comes from either corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup. I remember looking at the label several years ago.

[casita37]

Originally Posted by BarryRX

He knows the answer. He's just trolling to promote his "eat healthy" agenda.

I appreciate the healthy eating agenda. It's hardly trolling. When people post about their golf cart batteries (just an example), I'm not interested, so I move on.

Got me googling cranberry sauce/relish. There are some recipes out there using all sorts of things to ease away from the sugar....pineapple, strawberries, even vinegar, plus the usual assortment of artificial sweeteners(which are no better, actually worse, than the sugar).

Like someone else said, it's once a year. Fresh Market has the BEST cranberry relish.

[red tail]

in the words of 'archie bunker' the canned stuff is the real thing!!!

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by casita37

I appreciate the healthy eating agenda. It's hardly trolling.