BlackStar

Thank you so much for the advice! My first instinct was the same as yours, freeatlast, but it's my boss's recipe, so I only get so much wiggle room! Fortunately, he doesn't mind me tweaking the recipe. I will need to look more at glutenfreegirl's site. Thank you for that! I ended up using your flour, auzzi, and they turned out much better. Thank you...

I made some scones this afternoon, and while they are tasty, they are really chewy. The flours are 1 cup white rice, 2/3 cup potato starch, 2/3 cup tapioca, and 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum. It also has eggs, sugar, vegan butter substitute, yogurt and salt. Does anyone have any insight into why they are so chewy and how I could fix it for next time?

Ok, so I just got a phone call from the doctor's office. It went like this: "Hello, is this Blackstar?" "Yes." "This is the doctor's office. We have the results from your celiac's test." "Ok." "It's negative. Ok bye!" "Wait! Did you get the thyroid test back?" "Oh, umm... that was negative too. It was *gives me a number...

Thank you, kitgordon and SMDBill! Aww, poor kitty! And that must have been so scary with the German Shepherd! My little guy has his claws and adjusts to changes quickly, so thankfully we haven't had issues so far! I was a bit worried because the new litter looks so different from his old, but we put a layer of the old on the new and he's using the mixture...

Thank you, Mushroom! The cat's food is already grain free. (yay!) Currently, baking is done 3 days a week in the morning. It is in a back corner that I can avoid without too much trouble. I'm going to pick up some masks later today. I really am afraid that I'll never feel quite safe at my current job. It's something I'll need to address. Thanks for the...

I had my doctor's appointment today, and they pulled blood for my celiac and thyroid panels. Since I have no intention of doing an endoscopy (not sure where the nearest GI is anyway. Certainly there is not one local to me), I am going to start gluten free right now. I had been eating gluten light on accident for a few weeks before I made the celiac connection...

I'd also love information on gluten free beer. I was so looking forward to stout season...

Thank you, 1desperateladysaved and kate1! Yeah, I think I will be very nervous to get actual results! Right now I am coping by over-researching, so at least I should be prepared, right? And I will add Thyroid to the list of things to bring up during my doctor's appointment. Thank you again!

Thank you, GottaSki! I've been making extra sure to eat gluten recently for just that reason. I really want the positive diagnosis if for no other reason than to be able to give a heads up to my family. I really doubt I'm the only one that should be considering going gluten free! Thank you for all the advice! It's good to know how best to proceed. It makes...

My mom called me a couple of weeks ago and told me that she had read in a few places about a connection between depression and gluten. I didn't think too much of it at the time since she likes to bring up lots of different things that could help with depression. I googled it later just to see if she was on to something. And it makes WAY too much sense...