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  1. zansu
    I remember someone saying their new bread machine had glutened them the first time they used it... The coating they put on the pans in the factory may have something in them. I'm so sorry something so good (and decadent) made you feel so bad. BTW, the spice cake is godd, but it's GREAT with the molasses variation. I grew up on southern gingerbread...
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    White flour is just bleached wheat flour, so it's still out. HOWEVER, you can use Rye flour. Still has gluten, but it isn't wheat. I don't know how rye flour works on it's own, you might need to mix in some potato or corn flour/starch, but it should be better than gluten-free bread. Also, I know some folks with wheat allergies can eat spelt (a more primitive...
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    it might also be because I at least have DH trained not to get bread crumbs in my food. I have to closely watch the person on my right if it's not him.
  4. zansu
    it does give all new meaning to the phrase "you make me sick!"
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    ARCHIVED In Denial

    zansu replied to jodikris's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Welcome back. We're here for you no matter how many times you come and go. I was highly symptomatic for 6 years. total pain between my ribcage and pelvis. pain to standup, pain every time I used stomach muscles. D every day. when I got the diagnosis and the possibility of making the pain stop, I took it. Yes, the diet is a pain, but not as bad...
  6. zansu
    Yes. Unless you also have a soy intolerance which many folk do. But it is celiac safe.
  7. zansu
    removed erroneous data lest I mess someone up! BTW, I kinda freaked the other day when I bought a snickers from the andy machine and the inside was GREEN (they're doing a Shrek promotion) I read the whole label before I ate anymore! no reaction, though so must have just been food coloring....
  8. zansu
    no, the gluten would be broken down by the chicken's digestive track. It's the plastic (the melanine) that they're worried about. And I believe that would be in the organ meat.
  9. zansu
    I tell people that celiac means my body thinks wheat, rye, and barley are poison and has an autoimmune reaction to them, much the same way it would to poison. (when pressed, sometimes I add that my body seeks to rid itself ofg the offending substance as quickly as possible. They stop there.... ) It is technically fairly correct, and it takes care...
  10. zansu
    I believe all McCormick spices -- not seasoning mixes -- are gluten-free. Seasoning mixes are mixed McCormick says on their website that they will not provide a list gluten-free products, but that they do label gluten sources, but then they have the legal statement that they label food allergens in accordance with FDA (so not sure I trust them for barley...
  11. zansu
    Sorry for your pain! As your body detoxes, you will become more reactive to gluten; but you'll be much healthier on the whole. Some folks react to the faintest amounts, some take a whole crumb Some react within moments, some within days. For some the symptoms last for a few hours for others a week or more, even from a small glutening. I react...
  12. zansu
    I got a Silly Yak (say it out loud) t-shirt and Power over Seitan.....
  13. zansu
    Ener-G sells a gluten-free communion host. Cokesbury carries it in their catalog with all the other communion supplies (Open Original Shared Link) but I bet some of these gluten-free retailers also sell it. I think I even saw it at one of the health food stores around here. Sorry it's not showing as a link, but I went to cokesbury and used "gluten...
  14. zansu
    as I eat my Whole foods nut-meal raisin cookies and indulge my gluten-free gluttony
  15. zansu
    being assertive means gently, kindly, clearly and firmly letting your NEEDs be known -- not being pushy, nasty or rude, just "This is what I need to be safe". Most people respect this if it is put clearly (those that don't, don't deserve the notice of Miss Manners!) If you're too wimpy, they don't figure it's really important; and if you're too pushy, they...
  16. zansu
    I have threatened to sprinkle "just a little" rat poison in his food, So my DH almost gets it now. I also had to let him read some of the posts about a little gluten once every three weeks keeps the body from healing and is as bad for long term prognosis as not being gluten-free. gave him the whole list of things I can get from long-term auto-immune response...
  17. zansu
    The guy at the walgreens here is pretty good. Said there's a website he can go to, etc. But I don't think he gets the fact that every generic manufacturor may have a different binder... and the website is just for name brand meds... I'll work on him slowly. Don't want to alienate one who's trying.... Since the current prescription is for one that is...
  18. zansu
    Since, no one else has answered, I will answer for ME, not my child. I do get a low grade fever when I've been glutened. I'm a low temp person (in the 97.5 range) and jump to 99 with gluten. For the auto-immune response to include a fever isn't really strange when you think of as an immune-response.
  19. zansu
    I'm a 2%er I was on blue saw..... but I know my mind works differently.
  20. zansu
    I had a BIG problem with Walgreen mail order in Orlando. They were the mail-order pharmacy for my insurance and they did NOT get it. I was taking a (generic) prescription for about 2 weeks when I realized I was getting glutened. I called, I spoke to multiple managers, I finally resorted to "you poisoned me" to get them to just give me the name brand...
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    I have found it easier to get information on name brands than generics. Especially since some of the pharmacies switch generic suppliers regularly (they're all the same, right? ). If you don't have a GOOD relationship with the pharmicist, consider going with the name brand. It does cost more, though. Labeling on drugs is different than food, so...
  22. zansu
    Some of the thyroid and etc folk will be along soon. But even I can tell you that nutritional deficiencies and mal-absorption are key characteristics of celiac. after all, your intestinal lining that takes care of all that might be quite damaged. Stay off gluten (not just wheat, but barley (and malt) and rye). Take whatever supplements they decide...
  23. zansu

    ARCHIVED Having A Bad Day

    zansu replied to Jo.R's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    more than the chocolate to keep you from giving THOSE to the dog I like both gluten-free pantry and Bob's red mill mixes for fudgy brownies. But you have to follow the instructions. All those years of brownie making when you weren't supposed to stir anymore than necessary after adding the eggs, now you're supposed to whip the daylights out of them...
  24. zansu
    Alton Brown actually did a choc chip episode where he explained the difference in the structure and texture of the cookies with shortening vs butter. even non-clarified butter will spread more and make thinner cookies than ones with shortening. has to do with the types of fat and their chemical structures and reactions with the flours. I wish I remembered...
  25. zansu
    yup!
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