There is a bit of discussion about whether cane sugar or beet sugar gives better results in baking....some would swear that cane sugar is better. often beet sugar is cheaper...so labeling a product "cane sugar" is a marketing ploy, but reflects a real product. you can pretty well bet that a product labeled just "sugar" is beet sugar. Granulated sugar can be either from sugar cane or sugar beets, where cane sugar is only from sugar cane. Linda C

I'm the only one who drinks frozen coffee also. What I did was made a pot. Then I froze them in a ice try. I use about 3-4 cubes with milk or vanilla ice cream, then blend in blender. I have been looking for recipes but haven't come across a great one yet. My suggestion is to make 1 cup of coffee however you make it add ice cubes, vanilla ice cream and thats it. Here are some recipes I have found: Cappuccino Smoothie Recipe 2 cups brewed double strength coffee 1 pint coffee ice cream 6 cups ice 1 1/2 cups milk whipped cream, if desired cinnamon for garnish Place coffee, ice cream, ice and milk in blender. Mix well until smooth. Top with whipped cream (if desired) and cinnamon. 277 Calories, 36g Carbs, 8.8g Fat, 16.8g Protein =------------------------------------------- STARBUCK'S FROZEN FRAPPUCCINO The Frappuccino is blended with strong coffee, sugar, a dairy base, and ice. Make double-strength coffee by measuring 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per cup (serving) in your coffee maker. The copy will be even more authentic if you use Starbucks beans and grind them yourself just before brewing. Coffee 3/4 cup double-strength coffee, cold 1 cup low-fat milk 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 cups ice 1. Make double-strength coffee by brewing with twice the coffee required by your coffee maker. That should be 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per each cup of coffee. Chill before using. 2. To make the drink, combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until ice is crushed and drink is smooth. Pour into two 16-ounce glasses, and serve with a straw. Makes 2 large drinks. Caramel For this, add 3 tablespoons of caramel topping to the original recipe above and prepare as described. Top each glass with whipped cream and drizzle additional caramel over the whipped cream. Mocha For this version, add 3 tablespoons Hershey's chocolate syrup to the original recipe and prepare as described. Top each glass with whipped cream if desired ------------------------------------ FROZEN MOCHA (makes 1 serving; about the amount of 1 coffee cup) Ingredients: -1 cup ice cubes *I use 5 and it works great -1/2 cup vanilla frozen yogurt, or ice cream -1/2 cup milk -1 envelope of any brand hot cocoa mix *I use Nestle -1/2 teaspoon Instant coffee granules *I use General Foods International French Vanilla -Fat Free whipped topping (optional) Directions: Place ice, frozen yogurt(or ice cream), milk, cocoa mix, and coffee granules in blender; cover. Blend until smooth. Top with whipped topping. Serve Immediately.

Half a block of cream cheese ( 4 oz) half cup of powdered sugar......couple teaspoons of lemon juice or 1 tsp of vanilla....and enough milk to make it as thin as you wish.....start with 2 or 3 tablespoons full and add a little at a time until it's as you like it. If you get it too thin, add more powdered sugar. If you chill it, you can spread it with a knife on warm cinnamon rolls and it will melt in....Yum!

"people in power haven't tried to keep cures for diseases from getting out in the open you are truly naïve" Seriously? Are you a conspiracy person? Who are these people in power conspiring to keep people ill? -- "You don't think it's odd that all this money has been raised to find all these cures but none have been found?" That's how science works. If people knew where to look, knowledge would be much easier to obtain. You may not appreciate that the fact that nothing is found with a particular investigation doesn't mean nothing will be found, simply that where or how they were investigating wasn't fruitful. Work goes on. -- "Going to doctors but staying sick?" Doctors are in on the conspiracy with people in power too, they want to keep their patients ill intentionally? Yeah? -- "Medicine is all trial and error" Yes, this is true, it's true of much of scientific research in general too. Can you suggest a better approach? Smarter people than you and me and the world of science in general have settled on an approach to expand knowledge. Why do you accept unproven approaches that AREN'T tested or subject to trial and error? Do you think that's smarter or a more valid approach? -- "And all of those trials you speak of have no affect on me because I don't go to the dr." That's your choice. Do you think it's a thoughtful one? Do you have medical insurance and choose not to use it, or do you not have coverage? I've known some people over the years who've scoffed at conventional medicine as you do and turn to alternatives BECAUSE they couldn't afford health insurance. For several, it was a short sighted decision because they needed care and had to scramble to get coverage. I hope you don't have kids whose wellbeing you're risking because of your extreme views. -- "If I get sick I take my natural remedies and feel better in no time. " Sure you do. Just hope you never have anything seriously wrong with you, it will strain your faith beliefs. -- "Just because you don't agree with something it doesn't make it wrong" True. -- "And I'm pretty sure tests have also been run on these other remedies. You'll never hear about them if they actually accomplish something though." Don't be so sure, that's the greatest beef about so-called "alternative medicine". Lack of testing and lack of proof. If something is proven to be effective, the researchers rush to publish papers and everyone knows about it pronto. Ever hear of PubMed? It's an NIH-run online catalog of ALL biomedical research that's published. Should a piece be missed in a periodical, researchers doing catalog references will come upon any findings that are new or different concerning an area of interest they have. There are no secrets. In fact, researchers rush to find areas others haven't investigated because being first is a way to become better known. In the alternative medicine area, it's mostly crickets. Religions are a belief based environment, science is not. Wishing doesn't make it so. -- "Drug companies can't patent natural things. " Sure they can. -- In the absence of proof, a suggestion or a hypothesis is described as lacking proof or being unsupported by evidence. That means it's false/invalid/doesn't exist. It's not the negative, "it hasn't been disproven". That argument is illogical and isn't valid for science. Or medicine. You're very misinformed. Sorry.