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5 Am Meanderings

lindylynn

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My body and mind are not in agreement on what we should be doing right now. My body wants to sleep but my mind is quite active. I've made a "To do" list but it won't be still...

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So blogging is a good solution. And reading yours. All of us with this crucial part of our lives (eating) in common.

 

Tomorrow the 17-year old French student my husband and I have been hosting for the last three weeks as part of the World Exchange program goes home. It has been lovely having her, and a learning experience. The first day she was sick, the second she was homesick. She didn't speak much English at first (this is supposed to be a language emersion program) and missed her family and friends. Also thought she was coming to stay in NY...which to her meant NYC, so she was surprised to see rolling hills and farms (we live in the beautiful Hudson Valley about two hours from Manhattan). Also we discovered once she got here that she is Kosher (she also thought she was staying with a Jewish family, we are not). So between diet restrictions it was very interesting (we had a lot of salad).

 

Ultimately though, it was quite wonderful. We don't have children, so having a daughter for a while was fun. We went shopping in NYC (she bought five pairs of sneakers at Niketown for her family!!) and spent days doing summer-like things that I normally would not have done, like go to the lake and the pool and such. Now she leaves tomorrow and I will miss her.

 

But I won't be lonely for long! We are having 10 people staying over the house this weekend.

 

My husband and I are swing dance teachers and he is also in a performance troupe. His troupe (based in NYC) are staying with us for a retreat and rehearsal weekend. My husband emailed them about food because he knew one is allergic to chicken, another two don't eat meat. He mentioned my restrictions, which didn't stop them from requesting pancakes and bagels for sunday breakfast.

 

My brother keeps his house totally gluten free. His live-in girlfriend is a fanatic, guarding everything he puts in his body like a mother hen. I am jealous. My husband isn't like that at all. Since there are only two of us (normally), our meals at home are gluten free. But he continues to eat his bagels (and toast them), his Wheaties, his chocolate chip cookies and cinnamon buns.

 

So how can I ask his friends not to have bagels and pancakes in my house, when my own husband does? Am I being too paranoid? I just get the heebie jeebies to think about gluten stuck on my utensils and cookware. But it washes off, of course. I guess the truth is, I want my husband to be at least a little more protective.

 

Ah well, now I am getting tired. Or maybe it is the subject. Good night. Or rather, good morning.

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Mosaics

Lindy, how interesting that you teach swing. That must so fun. My husband and I have recently taken some ballroom dance lessons...eight so far. I had never danced in my life (for religious reasons) except around the house by myself. I found that I'm pretty good at it. My husband...well, my husband is not. <_< So I find it nearly impossible to let him lead.

We've learned the basic steps to several dances (swing, too).

And WOW, you have a busy weekend ahead. That doesn't really seem fair that you have to accomodate everyone else's food restrictions but your own...I mean, gluten actually damages your body and why is it that one won't eat chicken and one won't eat beef...just because they don't like it? Or does it damage their body? Hmmph :angry:

So happens that I'm having a housefull of guests this weekend, too, although not 10. My husband is taking about 10 men to the lake for a camping/skiing trip on Monday so five of them are coming to spend Sunday night. There will be no gluten served here. Even though it doesn't really bother me to have other people eat gluten in my house, I don't feel I should buy it and cook it special. I've made sausage balls (with gluten-free biscuit mix, sausage, and cheese) and put them in the freezer and I may make some gluten-free banana bread. On Monday morn. I'll scramble up some eggs, heat the sausage balls, slice the banana bread, and cut up some fruit. I think that should satisfy everyone.

Hey, I know what you can do. Get some Bob's Red Mill gluten-free Pancake Mix. Make that for them and they won't even know that it's gluten-free. My MIL told me that she gets some excellent gluten-free bagels there in Rochester, NY. I can't remember the name of them because I couldn't find them here in TX and I've since forgotten...but I'll bet she gets them at Wegmans because apparently they have a big gluten-free section.

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I love reading your Blogs and Mosiacs (love her art). I keep a gluten-free home EXCEPT for my granddaughters junk food and some things for my husband when I don't feel like cooking. My husband is into preventing cross contamination. If he makes me a sandwich and himself also one (different breads), he uses two knives and two different margarines. He always keeps a corner of the grill just for me. And if I cook for someone then they eat what I can eat. But, I do keep snacks on hand for the quests that have gluten in them. When we meet friends for dinner, they were uncomfortable about ordering what they really wanted for dinner, but I said that I had to eat this way - not them. So, I live vicariously by watching the food they get LOL. It really does not bother me as long as they don't try to get me to try their food and that happened only once. May, I suggest that if you want to save on cooking dishes, that you prepare yours first and then the guests. Like breakfast can create so many dishes and you don't want to spend an hour or two cleaning up the kitchen. Good luck with all your guests this weekend as I am sorry to say, there will probably be one or two that will be totally oblivious to your dietary needs and will just think you are "so picky". Why not write a paragraph that explains cross contamination and how sick you get. Make it cute and to the point and then give one to each. Maybe it will penetrate that if they use the kitchen, they should be careful. I would be suprised, that with ten people, one did not feel it was his or her kitchen. Have fun and I hope all goes well.
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Lindy, how did your weekend full of gluten-eating guests go?
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