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  1. Tash-n-tail
    No I've not really found that. But I'm only now getting into gluten-free baking. I'm hopeless following a recipe. Really I am! I read it and then cull what is in the house and pantry, then I tweak to suit whats available ingredient-wise (unless it's a specific something like ice cream or such). Then I start throwing things about into the bowl. Somewhere along...
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    Ya know I've been brooding here on this. And not knowing what exactly you're making it's not easy. But say you're doing the shortbread crust and bake it the day before -- there is a trick that I've used to "seal" the base and keep it dry. I whip up a glaze with fruit jam/conserve and brush it thinly but evenly over the base. (I'm assuming here that you are...
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    Thanks for the input much appreciated. Gram is out since it's chickpea flour and I can't cope with beans or lentils at all But I did find Sorghum today in Tesco's and very cheaply priced too but from India and NO gluten-free or processed in a non wheat contaminated environment guarantee. Guess I'll check at a Healthfood store. My reaction to barley has...
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    Nope! I'm doing it wrong. Sorry.
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    OK OK so lets test this sucker here folks. Will it or won't it do the amazing show the LINK routine? Sorghum study in South Africa;digestible sorghum porridge Thanks, Marcus.
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    Well thats very positive and all to your credit but since chickpeas and lentils et al are off my list as is corn, potato etc etc I'll paddle a bit further OK and hopefully get back into eating them again. LATER. Right now they kill me. I am desperately hoping that I can eat adzuki beans and grind the black eyed peas (beans here in the UK) into a flour...
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    Well it didn't let me give links when I tried, so I'm none too sure. Usually you simply highlight the address, copy and paste into your text. If you do that I can copy and paste it into my browser and still get there. Bit klunky but immediate while I sift thru' the how to do files here. But I think it's in the menu across the message window under "Insert...
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    LM, Thanks for the break down. I'm only just getting into the flour combo's and since Buckwheat has been the only flour I've used and can depend on not to have an effect on me, so this is going to be an adventure. Marcus.
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    Brilliant!
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    I saw the xantham gum for the first time in Wales recently but not today in my local Tesco's and I really must source some for future baking experiments. Have never heard of using gelatin in a baked context before and I can imagine it's funky. Amazing! Marcus.
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    No pressure huh? My experiments with all rice flour have not been wildly successful in pancakes etc. It does however make for a divine shortbread! Professional bakers tend to fall back on it for lighter, crisper versions. So I'd say go for it. A traditional American cheesecake filling should be fine. A layer of whipped cream on top of the shortbread...
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    Open Original Shared Link Wiki's take on the sorghum grain. I did find this on the effects of cooking sorghum and it's protein content but not much on it's starch and protein ratios. Open Original Shared Link Regards, Marcus.
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    I use Doves here in the UK. It's just been taken off the CUK List due to contamination. I emailed them with a grumpy complaint since I traveled 100 miles into Wales to get 3 kilo's of the stuff ten days ago. Their response was to defend themselves hastily incase I sued for misleading advertising probably by claiming that they source their buckwheat outside...
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    Thanks so much! Getting the hang of the system takes a bit of getting used to -- it's huge here! Marcus.
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    Funny, I'm seeing my Doctor about this next Tuesday! At the risk of TMI -- my coeliac senario seems to have flared up upon my moving to the UK. I've been sexually active only twice in seven years. I just can't be bothered. Thank the Lord I'm single. I do get friskier when absolutely 100% gluten free. The mood swings don't help either. Last year I did...
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    Hi there! I find that I can tweak these two rices nicely both from a textural and flavour angle. Both can be cooked until al dente and add texture or over cooked for a mushy consistency for puddings and cereal. Another trick is an Arabic and Indian trick whereby you scorch the bottom of the rice and cook it until golden. The traditional recipe is to do this...
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    Thanks invaluable! Not what I wanted to hear at all and considering my violent reaction to barley I think I'll pass on Millet. Sometimes, like right this minute I think I really want to cry. Regards, Marcus.
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    I'm guessing that there is an archival area of old threads and posts here. Is this so? Is it it possible for me to search them for information rather than bore everyone by asking what must be the same questions for the millionth time? Ta. Marcus.
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    OK so my Dove's Buckwheat is off the list! Alternates? Yeah I can give in and whine or I can do something about it! So, doing something about ... gluten free flour options. I've yet to have the courage to try millet and sorghum flours as alternate options and this is new territory for me. Is there anything I should know about the cooking idiosyncrasies...
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    Ta! On an empty stomach or when ever feeling rough or just as a natural tonic?
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    My nutritionist -- a sweet, sweet gal from The Far East put me on "glutinous" rice from the Asian shops here in the UK as a natural DH inhibitor. I could NOT believe my ears. Went along with it but after a week of plus 28 motions per day I dropped off the 7KL bag at her Office with a thank you note. I've since found that I can process Thai and Jasmine rice...
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    What they said! I've always been on the slim side and simply blossomed moving to the UK. Seven years later I have the measurements I had when I was in my twenties and have to pick up slacks in the boys department which isn't a resounding success. 1. EAT. Don't make a crusade out of it but do nibble thru' the day. 2. Careful with the peanuts and check...
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    The weight rolled off me at the rate of roughly five pounds a week for two years as I did my exclusion diet. I did stop eating treats, mainly because I was so sick and secondly hadn't a clue what to substitute with besides fruit and sugar. I found that the longer I've been on this attempt to live gluten-free the less demanding and less compulsive have become...
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    Carla -- the same ratio coconut oil to butter/fat or do you have to modify it? It does have a serious place in Ayuvedic medicine I know that.
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    Sorry. I'm enjoying a coeliac-attack right now and none too with the programme. You can always grate say half a small apple or pear into the cookie mix if you're making them from scratch on the finest grate vents and take Carla's advice on the coconut oil. (But then I'm a rake I'm so slim and I have little patience with the fat content ratio!) The fruit will...
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