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    Mom: I made this pasta special for your dad. You should try some. Me: I can't. It's pasta. Mom: What do you mean? Me: I can't eat wheat, remember. Pasta is made from wheat. Mom: It is? (moment of silence) How do you know? Me: Look at the box, Mom. Mom: (ignores box) Well this is special pasta. It's low carb. It's high in protein, low in carbs. All the...
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    Are these them? Open Original Shared Link If so, sea oats look like wheat or oats but are not. They're a grass that helps with beach erosion and makes a good nesting ground for sea birds. I grew up in FL and miss them. Enjoy the beach! I'm jealous!
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    LOL I probably wouldn't make it through the first "meal." I'd be on the floor crying for my mommy. Something that unbalanced can't be healthy, and it's nutritionally lacking. Reminds me of the cabbage soup diet, where one day you get the pleasure of drinking 8 glasses of milk during the day with your cabbage soup or 8 bananas or some other crap. IrishHeart...
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    I've been hanging out on a diet web site lately as I try to lose weight. (Going good so far.) There was a new thread this morning asking for advice on the Bread for Life diet. I'd never heard of it but if it was what it sounded like, yuck. I looked it up. It made me want to keel over just thinking about eating that way! They recommend 12 slices of bread for...
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    The doc left a message for me a little bit ago. The blood test was negative for all tree nuts. He's not convinced by the test results and said to continue avoiding nuts and to see an allergist for further testing. He thought it was odd that I tested negative on the foods yet positive for dogs and dust. I could have told him about the dogs. Hives are a daily...
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    Thanks again, all. I went to see the doctor this morning. He actually listened and took me seriously. (I guess I'm kinda jaded when it comes to doctors.) He himself has a nut allergy. He prescribed an epi-pen and took some blood for ImmunoCap testing. Pumpkin seed baklava...that sounds yummy. :-) Thanks!
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    Congrats to you both!
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    Thank you all for being the voice of reason. You're right; it would be rather not smart to trial the pecans again. It's not like gluten, where if I eat it I wish I was dead. I'll get in to see the doc as soon as I can. When I saw a nutritionist shortly after going gluten free, she warned me this might happen. Man, this means decontaminating the kitchen...
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    I sure hope it was a fluke, but I seriously doubt it. I've known for years that walnuts and pecans (raw or baked) make my mouth itch and burn. But I like them. They're so yummy alone, in baked goods, in salads encrusting fish, etc. Maybe I've been playing with fire. I made some gluten-free blondies today with a safe mix, safe chocolate chips, and pecans...
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    Ha! Ha! A coworker called me down to her office just now saying she'd picked up the wrong kind of chips for her lunch. The bag said they're wheat and gluten free. I read her the ingredients list -- sweet potatoes, peanut oil, sunflower oil, and salt -- and said these are the same ingredients as she'd find in Utz, Lays, Dirty Chips, etc. It's a marketing thing...
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    OMG, Beebs, I think I'd curl up in a ball sucking my thumb if I saw a spider that jumped three meters! Big spiders freak me out -- like wolf spiders and golden silk spiders and brown recluses. Little ones are ok. I just squish them if they're poisonous and leave them be if they're sweet little housespiders. Sometimes I'll actually feed small bugs to the little...
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    :lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks, Irish!
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    Just wanted to a share a happy. I have two Boston Terriers, one that I've had since he was 9 weeks (now 2, the one in my profile pic) and the other since late April (young adult, age unknown, brindle coloring). Both are happy little guys. Nothing gets thems down. The black and white loves people so much, and I joke that when he grows up, he'll be the social...
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    B****. Hmm, I always thought that the job of the hostess was to be as gracious as possible. When I host dinners or parties, I find out who is coming and what their needs and preferences are, and then I plan the menu. If I have vegans or vegetarians for a party, there is enough fare for them to be thoroughly nourished. If they're here for a meal, we all eat...
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    LOL For Christmas last year, my mom gave me a gluten-free bread mix and a regular wheaty cookie mix. I stuck the cookie mix in a plastic bag and gave it to a friend.
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    A+ (yay for overachievers!) mousey hair that shines goldish/reddish in the sun, green eyes, Euromutt (mostly German with a healthy dose of Scottish, Irish, English, and Nordic thrown in).
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    Hi! You said you were looking for places in Baltimore. Sweet Sin has fabulous baked goods. I think they've recently added food, too. Some of their stuff is also free of dairy and soy. I hated the breads that I tried when I first went gluten-free, but their bread was a nice treat every so often. It falls apart if the sammy ingredients set too long on it, but...
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    BeFree, that sounds yummy! I kinda have a hankering for Chinese. So if I can get home in a decent amount of time through the traffic and rain and after I check on my friend's dogs, I think sweet and sour chicken would be tasty tonight. Just got some King Arthur AP gluten-free flour to try, so why not on chicken. If it takes too long to get home, it'll...
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    Aww, our bosslady's executive assistant is very sweet. She just forwarded me the catering menu for next week's holiday party and asked if there's anything I'd like from it. Let's see, there's fettucine alfredo, four-cheese ravioli, spaghetti with meatballs, pizza, a variety of sandwiches, calzones . . . . No thank you, but thank you for asking. She always...
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    Let's try this one: It was taken about a month ago on a crisp morning as I began a class on primitive skills. Basically, we played in the woods all day and learned awesome stuff. Love autumn!!
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    What a lovely place you have. My first trip to Europe was to Amsterdam and Rotterdam for a conference when I was in college. My first night there I went to a grocery to get some food, and I remember being so confused at having no bags available at the end of the checkout for my stuff. I didn't realize I had to bring my own. I happily wandered down the street...
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    Yes, be glad that at least you have a way out with renting. This time last year I was in a similar situation, and my luck changed very quickly when I was able to find a condo in foreclosure that suited my needs (i.e., QUIET and well-mannered). It can be really stressful to have others' arguements impose on your peace. Do you have anything that makes white...
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    OMG mommida!! :lol: :lol: I've been signed up with SWFA for awhile but haven't been on the site in about a year. Not a lot of people in my area. Once more get on there, maybe it'll be better. It's a great idea. It probably needs some heavier marketing to draw folks in.
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    I second Sweet Sin! There's a little cafe in Bethesda, Lilit, that carries a lot of their desserts and other goodies. You can get a great lunch or dinner there. They're quick to tell you if you need to know if something has other allergens in it, as well, or if they can make something with a substitution. They carry gluten-free beer.
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