The topics are "sugar"

 Yesterday I joined in an onoine meeting. There the members talked about sugar.

These are what I said.

◆What is the first thing that you think of when you hear the word sugar?

The first thing that comes to mind is sweets, like cake, cookies. Probably Westan confectioneries.

◆Do you think that you eat and drink too much sugar? How could you reduce this?

I think I seldom drink something sweet.  When I cook I seldom sugar directly. Because I tend to use pre-cooked sauce or soup stock which are commercial products. They already contain sugar. When I bake sweets. I tend to add half of sugar on the recipe. 

On the other hand, I sometimes eat something sweet as snack. Actually, I don’t care how much sugar I take every day. 

More importantly, how I should reduce fatty acid. I prefer meat to fish. I prefer pork or beef to chicken. And though it is not an excuse, meat is cheaper than fish, and pork is cheaper than chicken. I have high cholesterol.    

◆Where do you usually keep sugar? Have you ever had a problem with ants and sugar?

I keep it in a jar. I haven’t had a problem with ants and sugar. But when it gets hot, I sometimes see an ant line. There is a sunroom in my house. And there are two big planters. I don’t know why, but anyway around them I often see an ant line. So when I find them, I put ant repellents near the planters. For a while they work.

◆What are some things that you can use as a substitute for sugar? Are they as good?

My husband drinks zero calory coke. Probably it is not good. Additionally, I don’t know coke itself is good or bad.

◆Do you ever eat sugary foods for breakfast?

Yes, I sometimes have sugary foods for breakfast, like sweet bread, doughnuts and so on. Especially when we go to a bread shop and buy some bread, most of them are sweet bread, and they are for our breakfast. Or sometimes I have yesterday’s leftover cake for breakfast. 

◆Which countries produce the most sugar?

Is it Brasile? I know some Japanese-Brazilian friends. I heard of it from them.