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Berit -- USDA Zone 9
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 Aug-17-02, 06:17 PM (EST)
 
"Stevia"
 
   Dear Diane,
Read in the latest " Countryside" about you growing Stevia.
I have started a few plants to help my niece who recently developed diabetes. Can you please give us some helpful hint about how to substitute stevia for sugar in baking and cooking.
All we do now is using the dried ground up leaves to sweeten tea.
Cook books???
Best regards, Berit Nightingale


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Diane Franklin -- USDA Zone 5
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466 posts		 Aug-17-02, 09:45 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: Stevia"
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   Hi Berit,
I wish I could help you but I only use my stevia to make wonderful teas; chocolate mint and lemon balm teas. I heard there were some ideas on the internet if you do a search on stevia. You could also talk to knowledgeable people in a health food store. I have seen the stevia in the health food stores and it is a fine white powder that is SUPER concentrated. How they get it into a white powder is beyond me.???? I tried drying it once to put it in a hot drink and all I ended up with was green floaties on top of my drink and not much of a sweet taste.

I do have a friend who juices a lot and she puts fresh stevia in her concoctions.

I have tasted homemade icecream made with stevia but it was the kind you buy processed into the white powder.

Anyone out there with ideas what to do with fresh stevia???

Bye, Diane


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Diane Franklin -- USDA Zone 5
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466 posts		 Aug-19-02, 11:24 AM (EST)
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2. "RE: Stevia"
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   I just heard from a friend that she found a book on using Stevia in a used book sale, lucky her!

She said you can make an extract from stevia, like you make vanilla flavoring, using brandy or scotch. Steep the stevia in the liquor for 24 hours, strain and keep in a bottle. You can dilute it with some water if you want or heat gently to burn off the liquor.

She is bringing the book over this week so I will look at it to see other suggestions.

Diane


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berit
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 Aug-19-02, 05:40 PM (EST)
 
3. "RE: Stevia"
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   Thanks Diane,
I also found that 3-4 teaspoons of green ground leaves equal
1 cup of sugar.
Berit


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Pat Kelly -- USDA Zone 5
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 Jun-28-04, 00:09 AM (EST)
 
4. "RE: Stevia"
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   This is my 3rd year growing Stevia, and it is going well. The best way to use it, is to use the alcohol, and make a liquid sweetener out of it. I love it in drinks, but, don't like the "green floaties", so, when making tea, I run it thru a coffee filter, that is, I steep it, then, use a coffee pot,and grounds basket from an automatic drip coffee maker. Just put the basket on top of the coffee pot, and pour the tea thru, with a filter in it. I also grind it up in a food processor, without the stems. I have had a hard time finding recipes calling for the ground up green Stevia. Most all recipes I have found call for the white powder. If anyone has any recipes to share, using the green powder, I would be glad to have them.
Thanks,
Pat Kelly


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