Chinese 5 Spice Powder
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dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
That's really helpful, Mouse, thanks. I love 5 spice powder and this way means that we can cut out the sugar that they usually cram into the ready-made version.
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
Ground Szechwan pepper? And where does one find that?
I've some star anis - always wondered what they were for!
I've some star anis - always wondered what they were for!
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
awh you lovely Mouse you... or, even, you could just bring me a little envelope of your preground stuff 
dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
I'll be missing out the pepper as I don't like the stuff.
Try an Oriental supermarket, Jo. I remember that there used to be plenty of Vietnamese places in the town where I lived in France, but not sure whether they would have Szechwan pepper.
dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
Does it contain sugar, though, Fiona?
dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
It's a good idea to check on that, Fiona, before you use it. Manufacturers are always hiding all kinds of things in amongst the ingredients list. I was blithely using the Sharwoods version myself until I discovered on here that there's often sugar inside.
dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
Maybe not, but it's recommended that you avoid all added sugar, unfortunately. You might get away with it as it's a small amount, but you might want to stop using it if you find that you're stalling.
Just something to be aware of.
Fionat29
Still trying!
Ok, thanks I appreciate the post. I've just realised that you are on the dukan diet ( slow on the uptake, sorry) I'm counting calories so a teaspoon of sugar probably won't make as much difference to me as to you. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
That's okay, Fiona. We have to be careful with banned ingredients on Dukan so we always encourage people on the diet to ready the ingredients list very thoroughly.
Good luck with your calorie counting!
