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  1. tarnalberry
    I take the juice from the turkey, add a cornstarch/water mixture, and that's it. It always turns out great.
  2. tarnalberry
    I have a KitchenAid blender for whipping/blending/mixing things, a KitchenAid stick blender for much the same for hot soups (I definitely like those), and a CuisinArt food prep processor for chopping/mixing other things. (Definitely different purpose.) The big food processor (stand mixer) is kinda like a blender for very dense stuff?
  3. tarnalberry
    That's a good approach. I think I did something like that with some chocolate I got one time - it was milk chocolate, and I said "Oh, thanks. I can't have it, but it looks tasty..." and before I could say anything, the person said "well, maybe your husband could have it", and I laughed and said "oh, he absolutely hates chocolate, but I do a chocolate thing...
  4. tarnalberry
    The *AVERAGE* time for diagnosis in the US is 10 years. That means it takes a lot longer for some people - and you seem to definitely be on the tail end of the "long time to diagnosis" side of the distribution. But does that make you feel any better? No. Does knowing that the current blood tests having been around for around a decade, but not all of...
  5. tarnalberry
    It's interesting, because - and it's probably just a difference in how different people are raised - I can't imagine it being anything other than impolite to return a gift when it's given. (Hence, I'd only do it if the gift itself was quite rude, or the friendship was so close that polite/impolite didn't usually apply.) But, the only time I get a gift that...
  6. tarnalberry
    Open Original Shared Link Smells come from aromatics - from volatile compounds that can get to the olfactory senses. Volatile compounds have to be able to evaporate into the air, something that a heavy molecule like a gluten protein can't do. The idea that conditioning could lead to those symptoms isn't so far fetched, and doesn't mean the symptoms aren...
  7. tarnalberry
    different labs run the tests somewhat differently, and so will have different reference ranges. where did you see the 10.0 for a positive versus the 4.0?
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    I don't think you were a kill-joy at all, but rather, no one knew how to respond after your statement. So, realize that you didn't do anything wrong, it was just that there was a social difficulty that wasn't overcome. What I've learned to do is to make it my responsibility to move the conversation on after that part. So it may be: "Why aren't you...
  9. tarnalberry
    if I get questions about it after the fact, I'll totally be upfront and explain things, and say how I put it to good use and did really appreciate the thought. of course, the assumption here is that it's not a close friend or family member. In the case of a close friend or family member, I'd say something at the time, but would only give it back if they...
  10. tarnalberry
    That's the tricky part - their regular stuff is fine; their organic stuff has gluten. (This box certainly did, perhaps they changed their recipe in the past two years?)
  11. tarnalberry
    I usually bruise after I have blood drawn - whether for a test or for a donation. I've done a lot of blood drives (I'm pretty sure I'm over 10 between the two states I've done now), and they've *ALWAYS* done a straight arm raise with pressure after the needle's removed - *NEVER* bending an arm. The bruising has usually been moderate after that. One time...
  12. tarnalberry
    Unless you're working in an area of loose flour, I'm inclined to believe the symptoms are usually psychosomatic. That's not to say that you aren't really feeling them, of course, but the gluten has to be ingested to cause damage, and the aromatics that you get from baked goods and the like aren't the heavy, gluten-containing proteins that can make you sick...
  13. tarnalberry
    lol, sorry. I've been sick for four days, and my fever and pharmaceutical addled brain totally read that wrong. /duh sorry!
  14. tarnalberry
    actually, they can. (my wheat-eating father in law loved with gluten-free, casein-free, low-fat pumpkin pie: Open Original Shared Link (the crust is here: Open Original Shared Link)
  15. tarnalberry
    If you are 100% confident that it was that meal, then I'd talk to her about it. A pamphlet's not going to help, as you've already described her as bending over backwards about it. I'd approach it in a very friendly, upfront manner - she is family, after all. Something along the lines of, "I *really* appreciate all the effort you went through to make...
  16. tarnalberry
    While it may not seem like it, you mind comfort in figuring out where exactly you *do* have control, and this is one of those places. You have the choice of eating only food you cook in your own pans that you store in your own room prepared with utensils you also store in your own room. If you have nothing but two pans, two wooden spoons, a fork/knife/spoon...
  17. tarnalberry
    ditto - take and share/regift, happily accepting the spirit of the gift.
  18. tarnalberry
    Mine does the same. Every doctor I've talked to (and I've had quite good luck with my doctors) have said that it may be quite normal - we're not actually symmetric). It is still there after correcting what it essentially a leg length difference (it's in the pelvis, not the leg, but it's effectively the same thing by the time you get to my sacrum) and realigning...
  19. tarnalberry
    yep, there's really not much that you can't get from a well balanced non-gluten diet that you get from wheat. in fact, wheat is not the best source of almost every vitamin/mineral that people site it being high in, but the grains that are better tend to be a bit more esoteric (such as amaranth and quinoa). the only thing that you may want to supplement...
  20. tarnalberry
    I've seen that in the crab meat and salad shrimp area at Whole Foods, and I just told them. Tey can ignore you if they want, but at least you've let them know.
  21. tarnalberry
    All mammalian milk contains casein - that's what makes true milk, well, milk. But there's more than one subtype of casein and different animals have different amounts of each subtype. So, if you are not hugely bothered by a particular subtype, you may find that a different mammal's milk, which has less of that subtype, bothers you even less. There's not...
  22. tarnalberry
    the only one I've had so far is bard's tale. I'm not a huge beer fan - well, I've mostly hated it all my life - but this one is okay. (that's high praise from me. )
  23. tarnalberry
    oats have two issues: 1. most of them are contaminated - you can google for 'gluten free oats' to find ones that are produced in fields that aren't rotated with wheat and processed in facilities that aren't shared, but that doesn't affect number 2... 2. as the oat protein, avenin, is similar to the wheat protein, gliadin, about 10% of celiacs react to oats...
  24. tarnalberry
    I think it depends entirely on the host/hostess. In some cases - if the host/hostess knows that I have food issues, I don't say anything and just bring food. In some cases - if the host/hostess is particular about things being a certain way - I'll talk to him/her and find out what I should bring to match, or if I should just be eating ahead of time. I...
  25. tarnalberry
    avocados, coconut, beans/veggies cooked with plenty of oil, etc.
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