Chocolate Question
#7164 - 04/25/03 05:40 AM
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Fellow chocolate lovers,
I was just wondering if chocolate (processed wih alkali) is IBS safe. What is alkali anyway?My mom made brownies last night, and it was made with all safe ingredients execept the cocoa (processed with alkali) Can anyone help here?Maybe Sharon, since she bleeds chocolate 
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-Angela
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You sure get up early, young lady! If your mom's brownies were made with powdered unsweetened cocoa powder, they should be safe as long as they don't have a lot of fat. Were they made with butter or oil and how much? My Hershey's unsweetened cocoa states that it contains only cocoa. Maybe Heather would know about the alkali.
Speaking of chocolate, I just finished a piece of the Chocolate Zucchini cake I posted a while back. After it's been frozen, it sure is moist.
Another thing I just noticed on the label is a replacement for baking chocolate:
3 level tbsp of unsweetened cocoa PLUS 1 tbsp oil EQUALS 1 square (1 oz) of unsweetened baking chocolate. This is going up on the fridge today!
And, yes, Angela, I do bleed chocolate--I wish! LOL
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Sharon
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Hi - Here's cocoa powder info from the Cook's Thesaurus:
Dutched cocoa = Dutch process cocoa = European process cocoa is treated with an alkali, making it milder yet richer-tasting. It's the preferred cocoa for beverages and frozen desserts, and for dusting baked goods. Recipes for baked goods usually intend for you to use natural cocoa = American cocoa = regular cocoa = nonalkalized cocoa, which is more acidic than Dutched cocoa. You can often substitute one type of cocoa for the other, but if the recipe includes baking soda, it may be counting on the acid in natural cocoa in order to react.
Either one should be nice and safe for baking for IBS.
- Heather
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LOL sharon, I knew you bled chocolate!!!lol. the recipe called for 3 whole eggs and 1/4 cup oil. and the brownie came in the box (kindof like cake mix---brownie mix!)Thanks for the choco info.
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-Angela
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Edited by ConcreteAngel (04/25/03 04:41 PM)
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PS, Sharon,
I get up 5am every morning! 
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-Angela
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Angela - I thought you said all the ingr were IBS safe!! NOT--eggs and oil.
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Sharon
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Sharon, the mix called to add the eggs and oil. I thought I could just substitute the eggs for egg whites, and the oil for applesauce 
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Angela - right on! do it! perfectamundo!
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Sharon
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