Ok, so clear this up for me: It's a sweetener but it doesn't taste good so he doesn't like to get it?

Leaves me thinking two things
1) who would want to use it as a sweetener
and
2) how cool that you now have a new weapon to use against a sore rope.

 

Hey Cablegirl,
That's a really good question! I just went to taste it myself. It doesn't taste as good as honey but it is very sweet. It's also not as thick. You're supposed to use it in tea or for baking whereas honey you can obviously use on a piece of bread etc. I think it's like sugar in that if you taste sugar it tastes good, but if you taste Splenda it tastes different and in my opinion not as good, but when it's baked in something I can't really tell the difference. Your second point is cracking me up!

 

I should also add that I'm not sure why someone would want to use this over honey. My theory based on the link I found for the post, without actually looking up honey, is that the glycemic index is lower than in honey. Seriously, though I had never even heard of this product until two days ago. Anyone else know more about it? How about any of you cooking experts out there (hint, hint)?

 

I ate some yogurt that had blue agave sweetener, and it was only OK. I'm glad that OS will still take medicine if he's really sick because with a lot of kids, they don't understand the cause and effect of meds. All they know is that it tastes bad. They don't connect that a bad taste now will make them feel better later. OS is very clever! I'm so proud of him.

 

Blue agave is the latest health fad, I think.

 

Thanks, Suzanne! I think he takes it because it's 1)pure luck and 2) it so so rare for him to take medicine. I actually stopped giving him cold medicines even before the recommendations because they were making him have a hard time sleeping at night which his doctor said is common since some of the active ingredients are known stimulants. I would do things like the humidifier or letting him have a Popsicle for dessert because the cold soothes his throat and the sugar lines it. He's rarely sick though. That's why I was reluctant to give him something that he would want to take all that time. But at the same time, I'm okay with honey or blue agave because they aren't medicines so it doesn't matter if I give it to him more often. Plus my kids are just brilliant :)

 

My daughter (3.5) will tell me "I don't feel so very well" immediately upon being asked to do anything that doesn't involve her own free will. She'll even do the hoarse voice. We just offer to let her go to bed. That tends to heal her up real fast. (And if she really IS sick, she really WILL go to bed)

 

This is sort of changing the subject, but,..I always heard you weren't supposed to give kids honey if they were under the age of three because it's not pasturized or something and they can get really sick. Do you know if that's true or not? I assume you do, since you have given it to your kids. Just curious! This other sweetener sounds pretty good.

Lizzy

 

Hmmm. That's interesting. I've never heard of that before.

Congrats on the solution to the question of faking!

 

I have heard not under 1, but we've given both both our kids honey for a while now (PB, Honey & Banana sandwiches mostly).

 

It's under the age of one because of the (actually very low) risk of botulism.

I would assume at least some of the market for blue agave nectar is vegans, who don't eat animal products (even from bees).

 

you're tricky. ;)

i love your little "lesson learned" at the end of your posts.