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I think Ive just figured out why Americans tend to be larger
on: June 22, 2008, 12:58:16 PM
was looking for a recipe for chocolate brownies, and found this one:

http://www.recipezaar.com/50264

Im going to give it a go, will report the results later, but check out the nutritional info bar.

I figured initially that they are just very bad for you (as one might expect for a chocolate fudge brownie), but no, look at the "serving size"

1 dozen  :shock:

So apparently a batch of these will serve 12 normal people or 2 Americans.
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  • Offline neXus

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Re:I think Ive just figured out why Americans tend to be larger
Reply #1 on: June 22, 2008, 13:34:05 PM
Actually they had it on the news today - Austrialer actually under official study is currently the most overweight country which apperently has alarmed them
http://www.theage.com.au/news/health/australia-worlds-fattest-nation/2008/06/19/1213770886872.html

Quite surprising really
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Re:I think Ive just figured out why Americans tend to be larger
Reply #2 on: June 22, 2008, 15:12:25 PM
Heh, funny, Ive just been on a hunt for a cookie recipe...settled for chocolate chip banana cookies :D

Let today be baking day!
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Re:I think Ive just figured out why Americans tend to be larger
Reply #3 on: June 22, 2008, 16:22:46 PM
sounds good Zpyder, let us know how they turn out!!

My brownies are pretty good, I give them  :ptu:  :ptu:  :ptu: , but could be a lot nicer if one had some nuts to add before the final baking, or chocolate chips for the real chocoholic.

My initial impression was correct, anyone who can eat a dozen of these babies in one sitting either has something wrong with them or is already a fat bastard.
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Reply #4 on: June 22, 2008, 18:25:37 PM
Id say  :ptu:  :ptu:  :ptu: /5 for my cookies. Theyre edible, but they arent uber. The banana gives them a slight twist, and I think it would have been much better if they were more ripe (recipe suggests overipe). They also turned more into a jaffa-cake kind of texture than a cookie/biscuit texture. Still, Ill not be embarressed to take them into work tomorrow and dish out :)
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Re:I think Ive just figured out why Americans tend to be larger
Reply #5 on: June 22, 2008, 21:37:37 PM
I normally make chocolate rice crispies cakes with 2*100grm bars of 74% cocoa dark chocolate +1 200grm bar of 45% cocoa milk chocolate and a 400 gram bag/box of rice crispies.

Feeds one - me :P

Although it usually takes almost a week to finish it off :)
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Re:I think Ive just figured out why Americans tend to be larger
Reply #6 on: June 22, 2008, 21:49:19 PM
I always use rice flour for cookies, it gives them a lovely smooth texture. And the secret with any kind of chocolate or plain cookie is a healthy pinch of salt in the dough.
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Reply #7 on: June 22, 2008, 22:54:17 PM
Aye, pinch of salt was in there. Can kinda taste it on the edges of the cookie slightly (but in no means does it taste salty). I used a wholemeal flour with bits of oat in. Maybe I stirred the mix a little too much which resulted in the slightly cakey texture!
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