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  1. luvs2eat
    I'm hoping someone can give me a clue here. I'm going to try yeast raised donuts (small ones) to fill w/ jelly for Hanukkah this year. Has anyone made them before? Is there any way I can make them in advance? Or do I really have to make them the day we'll eat them? I think I'll try a small batch before the party I hope to have and would really appreciate...
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    So... if this is my 11th year being gluten-free, this will be my 11th stuffing recipe! Ya know how you have a total memory of how something is supposed to taste and you just can't get past the completely different taste/texture of another recipe? I grew up on Pepperidge Farm stuffing and made it until I had to be gluten-free. I can TASTE it in my head. It...
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    A long while back there was a thread on here asking people their "triggers." I didn't know of one for me... I developed full blown celiac at 49 years old. If I remember correctly, there were an awful lot of people who mentioned mono as their trigger. Another was pregnancy. My middle daughter developed it first, with no triggers whatsoever. Youngest daughter...
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    I've been gluten-free for over 10 years and can count on one hand how many times I've been glutened. The last time was my own fault ... I ate a wheat hot dog bun thinking it was gluten-free (again... my own fault). Less than 2 hours later, my body just purged itself... constant vomiting and diarrhea shooting out of me at the same time. I ended up having to...
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    I can do great pie/quiche crusts. I think the biggest frustration for me is that I can totally remember exactly what my chocolate chip cookies tasted like (even after more than 10 years) and nothing I've tried comes close. I can't get the old ones out of my head and don't back them anymore.
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    I made it myself by using a box grater and grating sort of stale bread (I always save the bread "heels" for crumbs, etc) on the biggest hole and then toasting it in the oven. It's awesome!
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    Challah? Where's this challah recipe??? I'll happily wait for the future bread mix but to bake a challah would make me so happy!!
  8. luvs2eat
    I hate home schooling! Well, what I really hated is that women who were teachers would stay at home to raise their kids (70s, 80s) and home school them instead of teaching MY kids in school. Back then, it seemed to be more teachers choosing to teach at home rather than anyone... like the 13-year-old boy I tutored in reading whose parents worked and he knew...
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    ARCHIVED Outback

    luvs2eat replied to bartfull's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    That is exactly why we never eat out. I've had too many experiences where I've talked to the server and the manager. Then the "ticket" goes into the kitchen and all bets are off. I've gone thru the whole she-bang and received a salad with tons of flour tortilla strips in it... even when the tortilla strips weren't even listed in my menu item! I had such a...
  10. luvs2eat
    We have two sets of cast-iron skillets... a large and a small one. Mine are strictly gluten free. Hubs are not. I never use soap... just hot water. I use one of those plastic scrape-y things that they give you with Pampered Chef stuff but you can buy them for cheap almost anywhere. Mine is yellow. Hub's is pink.
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    I've not seen it yet... but I'm a huge fan of Namaste pizza crust mix. All it needs is water and a splash of olive oil. Rather than two huge crusts, I make 4 to 6 smaller crusts... bake them off... top one and freeze the rest. They are delicious!
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    I've had several situations like this. I was diagnosed very quickly and when people would ask me what the symptoms of celiac disease are I'd say, "Well, unexplained weight loss is one..." and then I'd look down at myself and say, "Um... I didn't get that one! " Another time I was pressured to buy something from a bake sale. I said to the lady, "Would...
  13. luvs2eat
    I can relate. I've been completely gluten-free for 10 years. A good few months back I grabbed a bag of Rudi's (Rudy's?) hot dog buns.... not knowing they also made non-gluten-free products. The reaction I had from eating ONE got dog bun was so severe... I've spent the last many months rereading many of my old labels... not trusting ANYONE or ANYTHING. What...
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    There's gluten in bacon?? I've never seen it on any ingredient list. I eat it all the time.
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    That was the cause for my last horrible glutening. I was in what I thought was a gluten-free only freezer section and grabbed a bag of Rudi's hot dog rolls without even a glance at the package. I didn't know Rudi's made non gluten-free items. Trust me... I won't make THAT mistake again.
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    The sequel was good too... can't remember the name! I spent the better part of an entire weekend on the couch w/ it. Hubs walked thru the living room and said, "Are you STILL reading the same book???" Ha ha.
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    How on earth did this thread get by me? I went to college in my 40s and, despite my science background, got a degree in English. I used to say that all I wanted to do was find a job where I could read all day. Trouble was... I forgot to say that I wanted a job where I could read good fiction all day!! I ended up working in medical publishing and read about...
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    I was diagnosed with blood work and my GI told me an endoscopy wasn't at all necessary but that I HAD to be gluten free. I ended up having an endoscopy several years later for other issues and there was evidence of celiac in there.
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    I've used Vitacost for a little less $ to buy my fave Better Batter flour and I used A. Prime for 25 lb. sacks of Pamela's bread mix. I've not gotten it in a good while because my local groceries started carrying Udi's. But I think I'm going to go back to Pam's for sandwich bread. I really liked it. Plus, I always had leftover stale bread for bread crumbs...
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    I went to Red Robin in Miami, FL, with my celiac daughter. They offer any of their burgers on a Udi's gluten-free bun AND offer completely gluten-free french fries!! I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed that meal!! The server told us that kitchen staff and servers are schooled very seriously on their gluten-free options. There IS hope!!
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    ARCHIVED Outback

    luvs2eat replied to bartfull's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I had an amazing experience recently at Outback. I ordered the Alice Springs Chicken and steamed broccoli from the gluten-free menu. During my delicious meal, a guy came by and asked if I was enjoying it. I told him that I so appreciated being able to eat out as a celiac. Turns out he was the proprietor and told me that when they receive a gluten-free menu...
  22. luvs2eat
    Well... an interesting end to this story is that the Olive Garden sent me a gift certificate for $75! We can also use it at Red Lobster (also few gluten-free offerings). As both of them are 2+ hours away from where we live... I don't know when we'll be able to use it but my husband loves their salad.
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    My daughter belongs to a group in PA... around Philadelphia ... and her Celiac group had a BBQ last weekend. One of the members called a few vendors to tell them about their planned cook out and she told me that Kinnikinnik (sp?) sent their group lots of hamburger and hot dog buns! They were delighted!! I'd love to get a group going where I live (in northern...
  24. luvs2eat
    Mine came out of nowhere and very quickly at age 49. I never had digestive problems before and my actual digestive problems were mild. After eating I used to say it sounded like wolverines were fighting their way out... my belly would make noises you could hear across a room! The symptom that took me to the GI doc was unrelenting diarrhea many times a day...
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    I was diagnosed with blood tests... wicked positive celiac "levels," which were confirmed a few years later with endoscopy (showing wicked celiac changes). Go online and learn about going gluten free. It's not nearly as hard as it seems... whole foods and some gluten free processed foods can make the whole thing way more tolerable and very doable.
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