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Re: FATFREE Digest V98 #112

In a message dated 98-04-23 23:57:17 EDT, you write:

<< 
  I was under the impression that you can't cook aspartame sweeteners such
  as equal.  Is this correct?
  
  Elizabeth
   >>
  That is right. Aspartame is not stable when heated in cooking or baking.
Some
 of it is transformed into methanol (methyl alcohol). A 1/4 cup might form
 quite a bit of methanol. I do not understand the recipe since heating
destroys
 the sweetening action of aspartame.
  >>

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