WARNING (was Guar Pudding Texture?)

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If you are garfing down large amounts of guar between meals you could wind

up with a twisting and impaction of the colon!! Guar should only be eaten

with meals or with food added to it. See this post (which we have in our

files and links) for the full explanation:

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If that doesn't deter you from eating lots of guar, there are plenty of

scrumptious recipes for all kinds of guar puddings and guar based " pies " in

the links under Member Recipes/ " desserts " .

on 6/26/2004 6:11 PM, Eri Gentry at erica.gentry@... wrote:

> I'm a big fan of the " idea " of yummy, low-cal guar pudding; but mine

> are lacking in something I believe is fundamental to the enjoyment

> of food: texture. My puddings come out slimy with guar only -- when

> I add some psyllium and give it a good whipping, it will come out

> fluffy and definitely improved. However, my problem is that

> anything this smooth I'll garf down instantly (it tastes really

> good!), like a smoothie, of sorts. What I'd like is suggestions for

> how to add varying textures to the mix -- maybe something crunchy,

> hard, even on a very low scale, tapioca-like. I have the idea of

> shredding zucchini and trying to mix it in, but I don't know how

> great that'd be. I'm sure there are more optimal alternatives and

> if you've had any positive experience with this sort of

> experimentation, please do share.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Eri