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Any recipes using banana flour, or tips for substituting?  From what I've seen it can substitute for up to a quarter of the flour in a recipe, but I was wondering if there are recipes that feature banana flour for texture or flavor.  Yeah, I could throw it into a banana bread recipe, but could you even tell?  Somebody proudly bought me a bag, and I want to try to use it.

I'm flying next week, going to Birmingham via Frankfurt, and wondered if anyone had had experience with gluten-free meals on US Airways. I'm going to assume that it might not be edible and pack extra food accordingly, but I'd appreciate any thoughts from someone who had been there and done that. One good note, though - the conference I'm going to provides a free lunch every day and they will actually have gluten-free meals available! You go, UK. Hear that, US? You need to catch up.

Anyone know if the Burger King bacon sundae is safe? I expect it would be, but...

I don't use Bisquick, but I know many of you do, and the price of the gluten-free one is disgusting. In an old book, "Cheaper and Better" by Nancy Birnes, she give homemade recipes for a lot of common processed products, and here's her recipe for the equivalent of Bisquick. This was meant to be made with all-purpose flour, but I'll bet a white (rice/potato/tapioca/cornstarch) gluten-free flour mix that contains xanthan gum could be substituted for the same result.

10 cups flour
1/3 cup baking powder
1 Tbsp salt
2 cups shortening

1. Sift dry ingredients in a large bowl. Using a pastry blender, a food processor, or your favorite method, cut in the shortening, a little at a time, until it is the texture of coarse cornmeal.

2. Keep stored in a tightly closed container. Room temperature if cool and dry, in the fridge if hot and humid. Use like Bisquick.

A lot of very cool things in this book, if you can find it.

1. It smells great.
2. It's okay to find crunchy bits.
3. You can do it in front of anybody.
4. You can immediately do it again.
5. It's okay if your face and fingers smell like butter for the rest of the day.
6. You can lick your fingers afterwards and enjoy it.
7. You don't have to wash the sheets; everything just shakes right out.
8. You can tell people about how good it was without squicking them.
9. You can include as many other people as you would like, or do it alone.
10. It won't mess up your hair.
11. It doesn't matter if your legs are shaved or not.
12. No one cares if you leave your house and buy it somewhere else.

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