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  1. Takala
    If using rice mixtures, you may have to add xanthan gum to replace the binding ability of gluten, or it will be crumbly. Typically 1/2 to 1 teasp. per cup of gluten free flour mixture. Some gluten free mixtures are more naturally sticky. I have made banana bread out of a mixture of 1/2 almond meal and 1/2 amaranth/sorghum blend and not had to use the...
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    Midel gluten free ginger snaps. Or, Gluten free cornmeal, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, butter. Or, ditto the nuts, which can be ground up easily in a blender, some dates (must use whole pitted dates, as some American pre chopped packaged dates are dusted with oat flour and could be cross contaminated or the person could be an oat reactor, check labels...
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    Your personal experience with the food you eat is more important than any doctor's diagnosis, or lack of one. You are allowed to chose the best food for your body, and if it's not what the other 99% of the population eats, so what ?
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    I thank them profusely and graciously, then ignore them and bring my own dish to share and don't touch anyone else's. "Oh, but...." whereby I tell them that my allergies are so bad it's safer this way. And that I come for the company, not the food. While this isn't precise, people understand the word allergy better than auto immune flare. People...
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    Congratulations, Canadians ! Felicitations, Canadiens ! Help Me, I bet at least half of those foodie trolls were actually lobbyist and industry staffers in the United States with multiple sock puppets working the internet, intent on keeping public sentiment down here in the boondocks ignorant, so the great unwashed won't expect our US FDA to actually...
  6. Takala
    I will puff up sometimes after eating a commercially made gluten free product. Only it's more generalized, and it includes my ankles. Nobody can give me an explanation. I know what an allergy feels like, and this doesn't feel like anything. It's not gluten, either, I can tell when that happens as I go neuro reactive. I'm not sure if it is xanthan...
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    That's why when I do a bun-in-a-bowl in the microwave, I will frequently measure out two batches and put the other one in a ziplock baggie. Stores in the fridge, takes up less room. Later, Plunk egg into bowl, add oil and vinegar, and the pre- mixed ziplock bag contents and whatever water is needed. Stir, microwave, quickbread bun. Also have...
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    "Within normal limits" - meh. More likely it's mold or fungus and dust in the air heating and cooling ducts and you are supersensitive. The only other thing could be that somehow you are getting cross contaminated by something that you eat or drink there. Can you get one of those plug - in, electric air filters ? Some of them are truly amazing...
  9. Takala
    Ditto Bette Hagman's book and recipes. The quick yogurt bread is very good. More vinegar and other liquids can sub for the yogurt, if necessary. Besides the reverse engineered Rice Guy version, there is Lorka's flax bread, and the discussions on variations of it. (she said she uses either Bob's all purpose or amaranth for the first "gluten...
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    I never liked that stuff very much anyway, that you listed. Gaaah.
  11. Takala
    Did the recipe or ingredients have MSM in it ? I have heard that some Chinese MSM can have gluten in it, now.
  12. Takala
    It would be very easy to convert this to gluten free: Open Original Shared Link Use gluten free rice wine vinegar, gluten free soy sauce such as San J Tamari, and gluten free chicken broth (Imagine, read the label for the gluten free versions). For the noodles, use rice noodles, Tinkyada. After you cook these noodles a little al dente, you must...
  13. Takala
    I am self diagnosed, based on my (many) symptoms AND various medical tests, which unfortunately the neurologist I had at the time could not and would not admit to withholding some of said test results because she had already labeled me a head case/MS/fibro and was ignoring what I told her about how I responded to a grain free diet. Alas I had not been "thin...
  14. Takala
    1. Pure apple cider vinegar, for the acid needed to make the baking soda leavening work. 2. Extra virgin olive oil, I end up using in most recipes that need any fat. We buy it in the big metal cans, it's the cheapest that way and we have no trouble going through it. For regular gluten free recipes, gluten free rice flour potato starch tapioca...
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    Get your own toaster. Better yet, make your entire household gluten free. If he eats gluten and then you kiss, you're cross contaminated, so it makes sense for him to be a good SO and not be wanting to eat regular food. We pack food snacks to travel with on weekends all the time, and it's all gluten free. We've sat in the car in a parking lot at a...
  16. Takala
    Well, popcorn's good. Wow, what a week you have had ! Welcome to the world of compulsive label reading ! There are natural gluten free foods, like in the produce aisles, that are fairly straightforwardly, obviously gluten free. Those are your friends. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, eggs (chickenfruit ... ) ... and the plain...
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    You ought to try the Black Bean Flourless Brownies. I was tinkering with that last week, and The Doubting Spouse spies the bean can on the counter. "What's that for ?" "It's in the brownies." "No." "Yes. It's a crossover recipe. Everybody loves this." "No." "Wait until you try it before saying that. The reviews are all good." "It...
  18. Takala
    LOL. Yeah, I'm pretty ferocious on the internet to motivate people, but I don't yell much in real life, because if you are stubborn enough and polite enough AND know your rights, you can usually get what you need. But I continue to be amazed at how these people treat your information. When you go for any tests, you have to sign releases and disclaimers...
  19. Takala
    I let mine grow out its natural color during the winter of 2009, out of curiosity. I had been highlighting it forever with a really mild formula that they stopped making, and I was nearly out of my stash that I had bought up that had lasted for years. My hair has been many colors, I was born very light blondish, went to darker blondish with reddish, tan...
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    Oh, they'll be accurate, all right. Just negative. Oh, goody, now Ms. Doctor will have successfully tagged you with a "negative for celiac" label for the rest of your life, and she can then take your insurance on a guided spending spree of testing for every other possible thing. ...
  21. Takala
    Oh, sorry. Somebody else had a good thread about airline traveling with food and what they allow one to bring on as carry on, and what state of suspension it has to be in. Apparently the ideal Homeland Security Theatre Traveler Meal is dessicated, like something that would be left in a monument for the ages, and then you are expected to drink a lot of...
  22. Takala
    Those gallbladder attacks are very inconsistent. One day okay, next day down for the count. My brother had to have his out. I also had a friend who was overjoyed to get hers out. Of course, gluten intolerance can make you think you have the world's worst gallbladder, too. I had this huge list of types of food I could not eat before going gluten...
  23. Takala
    I think I would go for the sticks, with younger people, sort of like pizza bread sticks. For the first time on anything I tend to stick with the directions on the box to see what happens. Of course, I am immediately thinking olive oil, rosemary, and parmesan for the chebe for italian breadsticks. Ignore me. Chebe (chee bee) is a packaged instant...
  24. Takala
    Fresh bread is like 10,000 times better than the frozen stuff, if you have some sort of problem with the standard gluten free ingredients or a certain sense of taste. Depends on your cooking style and how many people will be eating the results. Also, your child will have taste preferences and you can chose what kind of flours. Also, if she has another...
  25. Takala
    I would go to the office tomorrow and tell them you are not leaving until you have, in hand, a written copy of the test results. For. The. Record. I would also tell the nurse's boss if they ever pulled that stunt again, I'd be contacting the state attorney general's office and the insurance company. You paid for the test via your deductible and...
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