What is in your cup?

[astra]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Once bottled it changes very little. The 18 years refers the time in barrels after distilling and before bottling.

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Shhh, don't tell him that. I was just about to offer to go over there and help him drink it up before it goes off

I know. Sometimes I am being silly. Well, maybe a bit more often than sometimes...but I am almost sure I knew that the whisky doesn't change after it has been bottled
What did surprise me, was that I had this bottle for so long and didn't drink it. I think I have to re-read wise words

Originally Posted by beppe

Let's talk about aging booze in casks. Obviously there is merit and value in it, at least by the price that it is associated to it. But ...

I have no idea what lies behind ageing of spirits.
I think that wine continues to change even after it has been bottled and if it kept properly, such as position and temperature?
Whisky, I think, changes only as long as it is in the cask. Maybe it absorbs more of cask's ingredients? There is another factor that contributes to the high price. Alcohol %. The higher %, the more expensive it is, regardless of its age. Something to do with the taxation.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Get yourself a Hot Air Popcorn popper. Horrible taste but virtually no calories

You have told us about this magic food before with the only exception that this time you underline Hot Air.
I remember I googled about it. We bought 3 different types. Tried them. Read about their energy values and you know what? Popcorn is far from harmless calorieswise. About 400-450kcal/100gr
Consuming 50gr of this stuff is pretty much easy and 200kcal is a significant number if for example you don't want to consume any food after you had lunch, i.e. a couple of hours before you retire to bedroom. It would be a self-deception to believe otherwise.
Tell me that I am wrong. Please



Cuppa #2
Yorkshire Gold Tea.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by astra

You have told us about this magic food before with the only exception that this time you underline Hot Air.
I remember I googled about it. We bought 3 different types. Tried them. Read about their energy values and you know what? Popcorn is far from harmless calorieswise. About 400-450kcal/100gr
Consuming 50gr of this stuff is pretty much easy and 200kcal is a significant number if for example you don't want to consume any food after you had lunch, i.e. a couple of hours before you retire to bedroom. It would be a self-deception to believe otherwise.
Tell me that I am wrong. Please

Excuse me for saying, but I think you may be wrong.
Two things... First, 50g of popped corn would equal 6 CUPS! That about 2 1/2 movie theater servings! Few people eat that much at a single serving.

Here is the information I have for HOT AIR popcorn. (Oil popped corn is about three times the numbers below, and closer to your figures for eating two servings at a time.)

Nutrition Facts - from THIS site
Serving Size - 3 cups (24.0 g)

Amount Per Serving
Calories - 93
Total Fat - 1.1g
Saturated Fat - 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat - 0.5g
Monounsaturated Fat - 0.3g
Cholesterol - 0mg
Sodium - 2mg
Total Carbohydrates - 18.7g
Dietary Fiber - 3.5g
Sugars - 0.2g
Protein - 3.1g
See more extended nutritional details

I've looked at several different sites and the number are about the same +/- 5-10 calories. At 90 calories for three cups of popcorn, which is about what I consume while watching a movie, is about the same as eating a Florida orange.

I've included the main site I use so you can double check my figures.


Stitchawl

[astra]

93kcal/24gr is very close to the first number I mentioned 400-450kcal/100gr
I don't know about cinemas, but at home I know that consuming 1/4 or 1/3 of the 100gr pack is easy Easy to get carried away when you watch a film.
100+ kcal
Nice that it has fiber.
Thanks for the website. Interesting.

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by dreams

OK, I tried some Egg Nog today. Not quite sure what to say about it. Yuck? I could not understand why everyone liked it. Some with whiskey and some plain but warmed up with spices. Yuck. I even tried putting coffee with it. Still Yuck. I finally settled for a coffee with Gallo cask and cream.

Dishes are done, tree is decorated, company has left, and now it is time to relax in the quiet. Hot chocolate in my cup and thinking of adding a biscotti (chocolate, of course) or maybe M&M's.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I was right! It was a perfect day for a ride. In the morning met up with a Triumph rider, a Harley rider, and a BMW rider at an overlook, and the four of us rode together for the rest of the day! Very nice!

Home again and warming up with a mug of Yorkshire tea!



Dirt isn't good for babies. Popcorn is. And it's only horrible relative to that made with lots of oil or butter and salt. Eating it plain takes getting used to, but ProfCrash has another 8 months of wanting to stuff her face... and can't! Hot air Popcorn is a way to satisfy the craving to eat, but without putting on excess weight! Actually, many people like to put chili power, garlic powder, and other spices or seasonings on popcorn for their flavor hit. I prefer just salt. Knowing Prof's love of hot pepper, she could shake on a bit of Cayenne!


Stitchawl

Originally Posted by astra

93kcal/24gr is very close to the first number I mentioned 400-450kcal/100gr
I don't know about cinemas, but at home I know that consuming 1/4 or 1/3 of the 100gr pack is easy Easy to get carried away when you watch a film.
100+ kcal
Nice that it has fiber.
Thanks for the website. Interesting.

I have been thinking about popcorn but I have to admit that I love the microwave stuff that is totally awful for you. I'll look into a hot air popcorn maker. We have plenty of Cayanne pepper, garlic salt, and a Schezwan (sp) peppercorn salt that would be yummy on popcorn.

astra: Movie popcorn will kill you but it tastes oh so good.

OJ with my Multi Grain Cheerios.

[Quake1028]

French Chocolate (1/2 French Vanilla cappuccino, 1/2 hot chocolate).

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by astra

93kcal/24gr is very close to the first number I mentioned 400-450kcal/100gr
I don't know about cinemas, but at home I know that consuming 1/4 or 1/3 of the 100gr pack is easy Easy to get carried away when you watch a film.
100+ kcal

But that's the same as having an orange. Except you finish the orange in five minutes and you're hungry again. You make that 90 calorie popcorn last 2.5 hours, nibbling at it. It solves the problem of wanting to eat and eat and eat by allowing you to do so, but still at the end of the evening, only having the total calories of that single orange. Beats the heck out of starving ones self and trying to rely upon self discipline not to eat.

Nice that it has fiber.

It's a win-win food!

I have been thinking about popcorn but I have to admit that I love the microwave stuff that is totally awful for you. I'll look into a hot air popcorn maker. We have plenty of Cayanne pepper, garlic salt, and a Schezwan (sp) peppercorn salt that would be yummy on popcorn.
astra: Movie popcorn will kill you but it tastes oh so good.

The thing that makes popcorn 'unhealthy,' especially movie popcorn and microwave popcorn, is the oil used for popping. Hydrogenated palm oil is NOT really good for the arteries, to say nothing of the added calories! It does, on the other hand, taste really, really good.

Of course, a single serving of Cheerios is about 140 calories... without the milk. That would bring the calorie count up to almost 300. OJ would only bring it up to about 200, but reduce the calcium intake and Vitamin D and K.

But... I don't think 'all' calories are necessarily bad. Only the 'wasted' ones, such as sweets, simple carbs, sodas, etc. The calories from an evening of popcorn aren't so bad.

I'm going to have my 'wasted calories' right now! 200 calories of Bombay Sapphire! A single shot is about 100, and while I don't measure, I figure I pour at least a double. Do you count the calories in your Single Malt?

Stitchawl

[ProfCrash]

Many calories are good for you. I eat Multi Grain Cheerios, 110 calories a serving and I have two servings (yes I measured what was in my bowl). But it actually has three grains listed as the first three ingredients and then two other grains in the top 10. It also has all the vitamins found in my Prenatal Vitamin and it gets me a serving of skim milk. So those are good calories.

I would say fruits and veggies are good calories.

My chicken nuggets and fries for lunch today are bad calories but I am allowed the occassional bad calorie. Plus I have decided to get the kiddie meal so I will have a small fry and fewer nuggets to go with the spicy chicken salad (good calories).

They key is balance and that can be hard to find. I am not going to kick myself for the occassional serving (ok daily) of potato chips or french fries and a chocolate chip cookie or two. If that is all I eat, then bad on me. But I have at least two pieces of fruit a day plus my OJ. I have a salad at least five times a week. I grilled up a bunch of chicken to put on my salads so that I can add lean proteins to the salad and help fill me up better. I am getting in 4-5 servings of calcium a day (milk and yogurt, also good for protein).

So I might go ahead and get the small single serving bags of nukeable popcorn because I like my popcorn hot and I don't think making air popcorn at work is going to go over well. If I have one bag of popcorn every few days that won't kill me.

The hard part is saying no to the tea (I miss my milk oolong) and not going to Five Guys for burgers every week (once a month is fine, for now). But I struggled with the food cravings before I am pregnant. Now I have an even better reason to try and be good. Growing a human being from scratch takes a lot of good fuel for me to stay healthy and for the baby to be healthier when it is born.

But I still love my french fries.

[Quake1028]

LARGE cup of Café con leche. Took way too long of a nap yesterday as a result of having inventory at my workplace Saturday and following that with a long night of wedding planning, so I was wiped out Saturday and got up way too early Sunday. Anyway, the long nap yesterday prevented me from getting to bed at a normal time last night, and I am suffering now because of it. Ah well, 4 hours down already .

[Quake1028]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Many calories are good for you. I eat Multi Grain Cheerios, 110 calories a serving and I have two servings (yes I measured what was in my bowl). But it actually has three grains listed as the first three ingredients and then two other grains in the top 10. It also has all the vitamins found in my Prenatal Vitamin and it gets me a serving of skim milk. So those are good calories.

I would say fruits and veggies are good calories.

My chicken nuggets and fries for lunch today are bad calories but I am allowed the occassional bad calorie. Plus I have decided to get the kiddie meal so I will have a small fry and fewer nuggets to go with the spicy chicken salad (good calories).

They key is balance and that can be hard to find. I am not going to kick myself for the occassional serving (ok daily) of potato chips or french fries and a chocolate chip cookie or two. If that is all I eat, then bad on me. But I have at least two pieces of fruit a day plus my OJ. I have a salad at least five times a week. I grilled up a bunch of chicken to put on my salads so that I can add lean proteins to the salad and help fill me up better. I am getting in 4-5 servings of calcium a day (milk and yogurt, also good for protein).

So I might go ahead and get the small single serving bags of nukeable popcorn because I like my popcorn hot and I don't think making air popcorn at work is going to go over well. If I have one bag of popcorn every few days that won't kill me.

The hard part is saying no to the tea (I miss my milk oolong) and not going to Five Guys for burgers every week (once a month is fine, for now). But I struggled with the food cravings before I am pregnant. Now I have an even better reason to try and be good. Growing a human being from scratch takes a lot of good fuel for me to stay healthy and for the baby to be healthier when it is born.

But I still love my french fries.

I think it sounds like you are doing a wonderful job. That baby is lucky to have you .

[The Terminator]

Two apples and a grapefruit juiced, the grapefruit makes the apples not so sweet and vice versa very good.

[pdurrant]

Classic Diet Lemonade.

[ProfCrash]

One lemonade with lunch and pot two of Rooibos Lemon since lunch.

[Freeshadow]

grapes are kind of very healthy stuff; unfortunately they speed up digestion like hell

[ProfCrash]

Speeding up digestion is not a bad thing. Pregnancy releases hormones that slow down digestion which leads to gas, heartburn, and other fun.

I should have read more before I got pregnant...

[astra]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I should have read more before I got pregnant...

Or not read at all and let the baby be born in a completely natural way and don't worry until the process starts

Spoiler:

I know, I am shooting myself in the leg

A cup of Afternoon Tea (F&M)