[Sca-cooks] re: Lemon Syrup

[Gretchen M Beck]

Excerpts from internet.listserv.sca-cooks: 24-Jul-101 Re: [Sca-cooks]
re: Lemon S.. by Bronwynmgn at aol.com
> > I can't answer the question about figuring out the sugar content, but I can
> > say that I think we make it up much more dilute than 1:5 - closer to 1:8 or
> > even 1:10.  I find that a little of this goes a very long way.

Well, 1 tsp of sugar contains 4 grams of carbohydrate.  1 Tbsp honey is
16 grams carbs in the form of sugar.  I'd give lemon syrup around 10
grams of sugar per Tbsp (just as a best guess--may be a little more, may
be a little less, but 10 grams is 2 grams less than 1 Tbsp of plain
table sugar).

Given that, mixing it 1-5 gives around 26 grams sugar per cup--somewhere
in the soft drink range.  That's a hell of a lot. Even mixing it 10-1
you get nearly 15 grams sugar per cup, which is about the sugar content
of milk.

Way to sweet for diabetics and hypoglycemics...

toodles, margaret