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  1. luvs2eat
    I was diagnosed at age 48 after only 2 months of ANY symptoms. I guess it can happen at any time! My 3 daughters have been diagnosed in their mid 20s and early 30s.
  2. luvs2eat
    I've never had those cookies, but can empathize in remembering. I can SO taste real homemade chocolate chip cookies that I spent years and years making. I don't bake them anymore cause no recipe or commercially baked cookie has been able to recreate that special taste.
  3. luvs2eat
    When I had been gluten free for a whole year... I scarfed down a big hunk of the beautiful crusty loaf of bread I'd made for others... and had NO repercussions. I had this wonderful idea that I might be able to "cheat" maybe once a month and actually made plans for certain gluten foods I missed. I never followed thru on those cheats tho, cause an accidental...
  4. luvs2eat
    I attended the first "Expo" they had several years ago. It was AWESOME!! My daughter, who lives in Phila., has been to every one since and is SO looking forward to this Sunday!!
  5. luvs2eat
    DON'T LIKE STUFFING??? The stuffing is my REASON for cooking a turkey!! When I could use good old Pepperidge Farm, I'd make tons and bake what didn't fit into the turkey in loaf pans. The best leftover was a slice of stuffing w/ gravy! I've tried several recipes using bread and none have measured up. I've tried cornbread dressing several times and have never...
  6. luvs2eat
    DON'T LIKE STUFFING??? The stuffing is my REASON for cooking a turkey!! When I could use good old Pepperidge Farm, I'd make tons and bake what didn't fit into the turkey in loaf pans. The best leftovers were a slice of stuffing w/ gravy! I've tried several recipes using bread and none have measured up. I've tried cornbread dressing several times and have...
  7. luvs2eat
    Have I read here that there's a commercial gluten free bread that's kind of inedible, but makes the best turkey stuffing? I've about given up on cornbread dressing... I need a true Southerner to come to my house and SHOW me how to make it, but I'm not giving up on the best part of the Thanksgiving meal!! Help!!
  8. luvs2eat
    I was diagnosed at about age 48. Middle daughter was diagnosed about 4-5 years later at about age 26. Youngest daughter was diagnosed about 3 years after that, also at age 26. Oldest daughter (32) was just diagnosed a few months ago after 6 mo. of aggressive chemo for breast cancer. Youngest is having the hardest time w/ it... she also had issues going...
  9. luvs2eat
    Has anyone ever found a gluten free rigatoni shaped pasta? I have a recipe that requires rigatoni and I've never been able to find it!
  10. luvs2eat
    I buy my Tinkyada pasta and my Pamela's bread and/or pancake/baking mix from Amazon... scheduling them both at the same time to take advantage of free shipping. I live in west-by-god nowhere and Tinkyada pasta and individual packages of Pamela's are really expensive... in the TWO stores where I can find one or the other! The local health food store offered...
  11. luvs2eat
    Before reading the whole post I found I wasn't surprised... till I found out you were in Japan. Seems that peeps in the U.S. are so danged litigious that being glutened at a restaurant could end up in a lawsuit... I wasn't surprised to hear a restaurant ushered you out rather than attempt to accommodate you! I'm a little surprised to hear that it was in a...
  12. luvs2eat
    When I was diagnosed, my GI doc ordered blood work and scheduled a colonoscopy because I was 49... very close to the age they'd have scheduled an initial screening. The screening had nothing to do w/ damage caused by celiac as that would be seen in the small intestine anyhow. He was also a GI doc who didn't believe in total sedation. I wasn't upset or...
  13. luvs2eat
    Portland is my favorite city!! There are so many gluten-free offerings and all restaurants seem so gluten aware! Last year I went w/ my daughter to a Mexican place and asked the owner if everything was gluten-free. He took me to the prep area and showed me the ONE thing to avoid... some meat thing. The Whole Bowl is my fave!! I've just discovered a copycat...
  14. luvs2eat
    I just spent 2 weeks visiting kids in Portland, OR. I went to the New Cascadia bakery THREE times while there. I don't know about opening up my own bakery, but I'd love to simply work at the New Cascadia!!
  15. luvs2eat
    What a keeper!! I'm constantly amazed at the kindness/concern of friends/neighbors. We have an incredibly "gruff" neighbor who now reads labels when he's buying ingredients for something he wants to cook so he'll be able to tell me if I can eat it or not. It really touches me!
  16. luvs2eat
    Since baking bread was one of my favorite things to do... going gluten free was hard for me. I was diagnosed w/ celiac disease pretty quickly. When people asked me what the symptoms of celiac disease are, I told them that one of the more common ones is unexplained weight loss... then I'd look down at myself and say, "Um... I didn't get that one!" I spent...
  17. luvs2eat
    I bought it because I think the very best dumplings were always from Bisquick. I made waffles w/ it and wasn't AT ALL impressed. I much prefer Pamela's pancake/waffle mix. I sure hope it makes good dumplings for my beef stew!
  18. luvs2eat
    They look delicious!! All of your recipes look so yummy! Thanks so much for posting them!!
  19. luvs2eat
    I'm so sorry this happened to you! I can't relate to that particular circumstance, but can completely agree that Celiac can be so humiliating sometimes! I've learned how to flush the toilet at just the right moment (courtesy flush!) so people can't hear that I'm MURDERING the bathroom. I've also learned to lift the seat and make sure I've not left "evidence...
  20. luvs2eat
    Going gluten free wasn't too hard. Having to eliminate dairy was REALLY hard. I've learned to drink my coffee black. If I had to give up coffee... I think I'd really have to take the gas pipe!! I put my coffee into a travel cup for a few weeks so I couldn't see it... that's how I went from coffee w/ milk to black coffee. I'm so sorry you can't drink...
  21. luvs2eat
    It was so long ago, I can't remember what I ate. I drank a lot of beer tho... THAT I remember.
  22. luvs2eat
    Reading all these responses leave me flabbergasted! My doctor was SOOO nice and really well informed. My symptoms were unrelenting diarrhea and a hugely noisy tummy... I used to say it sounded like wolverines were fighting their way out!! I had no pain or any other symptoms. He tested me for parasites, put me on a course of medicine for that, and scheduled...
  23. luvs2eat
    Youngest DD went to her GI w/ research she'd done in the internet... desparate to find an answer to her symptoms that being extremely carefully gluten-free weren't solving at all. He saw her papers and said, "Oh great... you've been on the internet. Why don't YOU tell ME what's wrong w/ you?" DD burst into tears and told him she was just trying to find...
  24. luvs2eat
    Kirkland's smoked pulled pork at Costco is DELICIOUS!!!
  25. luvs2eat
    I think they sound like they're trying to be accommodating and that's good. In fact, I'd RATHER take my own food/desserts so I won't get glutened w/ the best and most loving intentions. My incredibly sweet, late MIL bought me a loaf of gluten-free bread but it was disgusting tasting and I felt like I had to eat it because it was expensive and she went so...
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