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Abbysmom - thanks for the info! However, we are back at home in Maryland and unfortunately we don't have Jim N' Nick's here, but I will keep that in mind for the next time we are in the south! I suspect that it is likely that the catfish is fried in the same fryers, but it is definitely worth asking. We had gotten a business card from the manager when...

I am staying outside of Charleston, SC this week, and I just wanted to share an experience I had. I saw above that Moe's was recommended. I checked them out online and found an allergen chart that looked like it listed all of the chips and tortillas (even the corn ones), as well as the chicken and beef as containing gluten. So I called (the N. Charleston...

My family is staying just outside of Charleston, SC this week, and I wanted to let everyone know what a wonderful experience we have had at Jim N' Nick's Bar-B-Q in North Charleston. We have been there twice for lunch so far. The first time, a couple of days ago, the staff there was very kind and helpful with trying to find gluten-free menu items for me...

Thanks, Taweavmo3! I guess that maybe I will have to take that into account. I still can't figure out why it doesn't seem to matter in the other recipes, though, especially for the cake. Or maybe those recipes would be even better than they are already! Maybe it's good that I don't know what I am missing, or I would go broke! I live on the East Coast...

The cookie recipes call for shortening. Butter or margarine are actually supposed to cause exactly the problems I am having with my gluten-free cookies, although I am using shortening. And the 2 cookie recipes I have tried so far do also call for xanthan gum. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the superfine rice flour is denser because it is more...

I have been diagnosed with celiac disease in the past 6 months, and this was the first cookbook that I bought. I bought it mostly because of all of the wonderful reviews I read on Amazon. I agree that it is a great cookbook - my family LOVES the french bread and the pizza crust recipe (my husband who is not gluten-free actually thinks that my gluten-free...

Okay, update - I was going to send an email to ConAgra, but since the phone number in the link from Happygirl was different from the one I had called previously, I decided to try that number first. As it turns out, the number I called last week was specifically for ActII, but the other number, 1-877-266-2472, was ConAgra's corporate customer service number...

Thank you all for your replies! It is true that this is all very overwhelming and confusing. Even though I was on an even more restricted diet than this when I was breastfeeding my daughter, who was on multiple dietary restrictions, I am finding the gluten-free diet more frustrating in many aspects, just because it is so difficult to determine all of the...

I am very newly diagnosed with celiac disease. Although I have had to deal with reading ingredient labels and labeling policies due to my 3 year-old's food allergies, I have to admit that trying to find hidden gluten in foods is a million times more difficult and frustrating than trying to find hidden dairy, soy, eggs, nuts, or fish. Because I had read...

Thank you all for your responses. It's not really what I want to hear, but realistically it sounds like I might have celiac despite my lack of symptoms (well, except for the fatigue). I am still holding out hope just a bit though. I keep coming back to the fact that I just had 2 relatively healthy pregnancies, and that even now, with my son having been...

I am just wondering if there is anyone out there in a similar situation to mine. I went to the doctor complaining of feeling a little tired. I wasn't sure if it was even a big deal, but my doctor was very thorough, and because I mentioned that I have an uncle and a cousin with celiac disease, he ordered an IgA-tTg, as well as several other blood tests....