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  1. psawyer
    TY
  2. psawyer
    Um, just which question are you making reference to in this?
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    When I first went gluten-free, in 2000, nobody told me about wooden utensils, plastic containers, or non-stick cookware. We just washed as usual and moved forward. And washed, and washed, as usual, after each use. Somehow, I managed to recover and test as fully in remission six years later. So, in retrospect, I would take the advice with a grain of salt....
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    There is plenty of chance to be confused about common terms for different plants. Potatoes are in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Sweet potatoes are in the family Convolvulaceae. They are not related to potatoes, except in the name. Yams are not the same as sweet potatoes, and are several species in the family Dioscoreaceae. While often confused...
  5. psawyer
    So do I.
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    Here is my interpretation: There is no gluten intentionally in the chocolates, but gluten is used in the same facility. As such, they can not be certain that cross-contamination has not happened. The chocolates are probably gluten-free, but choose another brand if the notice worries you.
  7. psawyer
    For taco seasoning check out Old El Paso. It is a General Mills brand, so any gluten will be clearly disclosed in the ingredients by naming the grain.
  8. psawyer
    You guys can have brain fog--I get "senior moments" and I am only 57.
  9. psawyer
    The question of blue cheese, and similar cheeses, has been discussed many times. We know of no credible current source that says to avoid them. Search this board to find the discussions.
  10. psawyer
    Let us see if we can get back to helping the original poster, USF1970. No point in attacking each other.
  11. psawyer
    Please keep in mind that "spice" and "seasoning" are two very different animals. No grain product, and thus no gluten, can be hidden in a spice, or an ingredient labeled as "spices." "Seasoning" can contain much more than spices. Barley malt can be hidden there, as can wheat flour. If flour is present, in Canada and the US the word "wheat" must appear...
  12. psawyer
    It has been unusually mild here as well. Very little snow, and what we have had did not last a day on the ground. Folks have reported seeing robins. Our tulips are coming up. It is still THREE WEEKS until spring.
  13. psawyer

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    psawyer replied to Finally-45's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I'm in Canada, on the diet for over eleven years. I, too, have yet to find a bacon with gluten. I suppose anything is possible. I expect if it does turn up, it will be delivered by the Tooth Fairy, who is represented by an inexpensive lawyer. Well, I can dream, can't I? I don't worry about bacon.
  14. psawyer
    Please note: This topic is over four years old. Information may be out of date.
  15. psawyer
    Some companies do testing or take other special measures for those products that they claim as gluten-free on the label. Other products which do not contain any gluten may lack a "gluten-free" label because they have not been tested.
  16. psawyer
    The original post is more fiction than fact. It is correct, however, about Play-Doh brand modeling compound.
  17. psawyer
    I missed this the first pass. There is no test to prove zero gluten. It can not be proven. So when a company does test, the test will have a detection limit, in this case 20 ppm. You can test for 10, or even 5 ppm, but the cost rises significantly as you get closer to zero. That cost is, of course, built into the price of the product. When you see...
  18. psawyer
    And this is relevant to the iodine topic because???
  19. psawyer
    The apostrophe is incorrect. The proper name of the condition is "celiac disease." The term "celiac" is sometimes used as a noun to refer to a person who has the disease.
  20. psawyer
    Welcome to our community. The oat question is not a simple one. Commercially grown oats are contaminated with wheat. To consider oats, they must be specially grown and processed to be gluten-free. Even then, a minority of people with celiac disease react to pure oats. Most advise avoiding oats completely during the early stage of recovery, then trying...
  21. psawyer
    This is a case which is quite different from others that we have seen here. We see many cases of people who are trying to follow the diet, but are STILL sick. In those cases, trace gluten is a POSSIBLE cause, among many others. The OP has been gluten-free longer than I have--at least 13 years. She was fine for most of those years, which suggests that...
  22. psawyer
    I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck.
  23. psawyer
    This topic comes up from time to time. As far as we know, there are no hot dogs currently sold in the US that contain gluten. Nathan's used to, but they changed their formula two or three years ago.
  24. psawyer
    Try this image: Lisa, Tom, Metta (mouse) and Chris (broncobux)
  25. psawyer
    That's pretty much our recipe. The Kraft cheddar powder is great for this.
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