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  1. Takala
    There is an Outback Steakhouse in Marin County just off of the 101 by Tiburon/Sausilito. There is also a gluten free bakery/lunch pizza place in Oakland called Mariposa's, I haven't been there yet but intend to someday.
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    Why is it that the scenario I have playing in my head of the earnest Ceeglutenistas rummaging in their purses and whipping out the test tubes at the home of the relatives as everyone is seated at the Thanksgiving table is... not going to end happily ever after ?
  3. Takala
    Are you sure you want to start your first gluten free baking adventures with a bread machine? If you had all the ingredients and were following the recipes designed for it very closely, it's one thing, but these flour mixes are all going to react completely differently. Try calling the grocery back up and seeing if they have tapioca starch, which...
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    Instead of beans, used canned unsweetened pumpkin puree. You would not believe how well this turns out, the pumpkin makes the sauce thick enough that you don't then have to worry about adding other grain thickeners. A typical batch would have, roughly ground or cubed meat, 1 to 2 lbs onion, chopped, big handful, half onion to full small onion sweet...
  5. Takala
    We have wonderful foods too. If you are really sensitive to gluten, after a while you will feel so differently on a gluten free diet that you won't want to eat it anymore, because it will be very obvious by your reactions that it makes you feel very sick. So what "seems" to be appealing right now won't be in the future. There is a learning...
  6. Takala
    This is a really good topic you have started. Let me preface by saying I also get neurological problems in addition to arthritis, crappy spinal density, asthma, kidney, digestive and mental fog problems from gluten... but since I don't react quickly or severely when I eat small amounts of it, and I have the other spinal thing we could blame some of...
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    Another step backwards for mankind, to put an allergen in an antibiotic that is the only effective treatment and other wise could be tolerated for many individuals.
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    For almond meal flour, buy almonds in bulk at a health food or co- op type store and then they can be easily ground to a fine meal in a blender. I grind them a half cup at a time and then make lots of zip lock bags to refrigerate or freeze. Almonds are relatively inexpensive here on the west coast compared to other places, but I almost fainted when I saw...
  9. Takala
    What is the recipe for, and could you post it or a link to it? And secondly, what is in the "store bought all purpose" mix ? Does it have xanthan gum already in it ? What kind of gluten-free flours are in it? Otherwise we're all just stumbling around in the dark here. If you are baking something, you need to have certain things in the gluten free...
  10. Takala
    I have never used gelatin and things will work with out it. I tried the pizza dough recipe from irishdaveyboy tonight without it and it still came out. I did add about a tablespoon of ground up almonds to the flour mixture, and a little sorghum flour. You could also add a little garbanzo bean flour for the protein. It is easy to grind up nuts in...
  11. Takala
    I thought since I had read all that stuff before but did not start posting on this site until fairly recently that it would be best to show there was some... thought put into it. I didn't want to sound flippant. There was this great anti- soy hoax running around the internet last year. Anyway, back to the original topic, yes, if you are motivated...
  12. Takala
    This page has a lot of Indian gluten free flat bread (roti, naan) recipes: Open Original Shared Link chakki= wheat gluten ______________ besan= chickpea (garbanzo bean) flour channa= chickpea (garbanzo bean) flour Sabudana= tapioca flour or starch (the same) Makki Atta= corn flour. you can also use corn STARCH as corn flour...
  13. Takala
    Maybe "Ralph" just needed a new thread. It's baaaaaack. The original 10 page thread on this topic ("Dr." Saviano and the "magic once a month chewable pill to treat gluten intolerance") was locked. Open Original Shared Link Here's another thread on "Dr" Saviano and claiming "No Celiacs Can Have Soy" Open Original Shared Link And here...
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    ARCHIVED Gluten Digest?

    Takala replied to Del's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    NO. But the advertisers are implying it would, which is not only false, but dangerous.
  15. Takala
    Cake .... mix? Okay, but you need to drop by the store and pick up a brand spanking new, nice clean gluten free baking dish before you make this, otherwise you might accidently gluten yourself with the residue on the old ones. And throw out the old spatula and wooden spoon. I like baked things so much I have to do the 10 types of obscure ingredients...
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    ARCHIVED Gluten Digest?

    Takala replied to Del's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    It's a supplement, consisting of probiotic type enzymes, and not a pharmaceutical drug, so it does not fall under FDA supervision unless they make bogus claims that it has the actions of a drug... that being said, the manufacturers are really pushing the limit of what would be acceptable in their claims for this product, because they are saying that it would...
  17. Takala
    Some flavors of Tazo's green tea have... gluten. Watch out also for seasoning mixes with spices that have mystery ingredients or use grain based fillers. The only Bob's Red Mill product I've reacted to was the quinoa flour, which was a bummer, because it tasted really good, but it was definitely that after tested it for the third time by making flour...
  18. Takala
    Is Xanthan Gum always needed for Gluten Free Bread ? Something is needed for gluten-free bread because the gluten in wheat has this sticky rubberyness to it that is now missing. Part of it can be replaced with other proteins that also tend to set up when cooked, like egg or milk, cooked flaxseed, or even gelatin, to act as binders for the replacement...
  19. Takala
    Re the ditzy "Nutritionist:" Uhm, ah, no, no, no, if you've been positively diagnosed by biopsy and blood test you don't want to "try wheat again in 5 years." (where do they find these people and why are they paid money to do this?) Re your emotions. Thanks for the warning not to give you the pep talk. I'll just skip that part. Re...
  20. Takala
    A Story. Once there were tribes of warriors who were so strong they didn't even need bread. They rowed longboats across the seas and explored and settled many lands in Northern Europe. Many times they were noted for their toughness and their love of battle, and for their light and curly hair and eyes. Another tribe came up from southern Europe,...
  21. Takala
    I have this visual image of dozens of these micro loaves coming out of ze beeg french ovens on a paddle.... and the puzzled person watching says to the baker, "Porquoi are ze loaves so small ?" and the baker says, "I couldn't find ze wheat this morning !" I don't think the French are into "sandwiches" the way we are using square loaves sliced up...
  22. Takala
    What about very low starch nuts like almonds or walnuts ? What about corn or are you counting that as part of the grain family? Do you react to it ? What about quinoa ? Do you know that you actually react to gums or are you just avoiding them because it says to on some list ? I can do grainless recipes with nut meals but without a binding agent such...
  23. Takala
    You can take a gluten free rice cake and crumble it in your fingers, and voila, it turns into rice cereal. People complain about rice cakes falling apart accidently but this is the upside of that characteristic. There have been some reactions reported by people eating the Quaker brand so try to find Lundberg's, which are made to be gluten free.
  24. Takala
    You need this thread: Open Original Shared Link "Top Three Worst gluten-free Products" And then you need this thread: Open Original Shared Link "The most delicious Home made Gluten Free Bread I've Ever Tasted" of course after reading that huge discussion, you might feel slightly intimidated, so here is a quick bread that uses baking soda instead...
  25. Takala
    (Scratching head) I dunno, I don't use baking powder. I have been using baking soda and cider vinegar for leavening, even in recipes that call for baking powder, for a very long time. I put the soda into the dry flour ingredients and blend it in and don't add the wet ingredients (with the acidity) until they are mixed together separately and everything...
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