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  1. emcmaster
    I can't have corn (especially xanthan gum), broccoli, cane sugar (but I cheat sometimes), many legumes (I cheat on those too), sunflower seeds/sunflower butter, and eggplant. I "reacted" to more on the Lame Advertisement test but those seem to be the only ones that bother me enough to cut them out.
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    I think I've found my chocolate chip cookie recipe! I underbaked them some (even pre-gluten-free I always tended to underbake things because I like fudgy brownies and melty cookie bars, so it's no surprise that has carried over!) and so they didn't stay together well on the night I made them, but the next day, when they were room temp/cold (it's gotten colder...
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    We just made this today, in preparation for our Thanksgiving. We had been planning on holding a "Thanksgiving in October" today and had invited 8 people, but we had to cancel on Friday, as I got extremely sick. I still feel pretty darn awful, but we wanted to try this recipe out, so my husband, as he does most of the cooking anyway (he likes it whereas...
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    Corn is very hard to avoid. Nearly all packaged gluten-free products use corn, especially xanthan gum which is usually from corn. The rule of thumb is to make all baked goods and cook everything mostly from scratch. I seem to be ok with some corn derivatives, but less now that I've been corn free for a while - which sucks. Tortilla chips and mexican...
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    Broccoli is very hard to digest. It makes me really bloated and gives me stomach pains. It also showed up as a major allergy on the Lame Advertisement test for me. I had a harder time at times after going gluten-free than before, although I felt better overall. I would suggest sticking to a very simple diet of whole foods and limiting the foods that...
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    I *thought* I had started a thread like this but then totally forgot about it! I'm having a very hard time right now. It seems like I get glutened/corned, (mostly) recover after a week or so, and then BAM! get glutened or corned again a few days later. When I first went corn-free, I was ok with corn derivatives like maltodextrin, citric acid, etc....
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    I've been corn-free for about 6 months now, though I cheat now and then, but I'm still having trouble finding substitutes for things like beef bullion and stuff like that. Though maybe we could help each other out.
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    This sounds like something my mom used to make when I was younger. I haven't done it yet, but it would be easy to make gluten free:
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    Yep. This is why I thoroughly wash my hands and food before I eat it. I would wash my hands, wash the apple, set the apple on a clean plate, wash my hands again and THEN eat it.
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    Well, you're absolutely right. My body hates gluten. But I think it's a psychological "I shouldn't be feeling this bad - I didn't even get to enjoy what I ate that made me sick!" thing that makes me want to eat something good if I'm going to feel so bad. Of course, it depends on how bad my symptoms are at the time. If it's bad enough that I'm throwing up...
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    Is there such a thing? Do we get as sick if from CC or a crumb then actually consuming a piece of bread? Or is there a threshold - like a crumb and a piece of bread cause the same severity of symptoms, but a whole cake causes 10x more, and 10 cakes causes 100x more? I never, ever eat gluten when I'm feeling fine, but I occasionally succumb to the temptation...
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    Hi all - My in-laws live in Pensacola (not too far away from Tallahassee, from what I hear) and we eat at The Fish House frequently. They're awesome about accommodating me and the food is to die for. Just FYI in case you all wanted to take a trip over here.
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    Big congrats! I hope she posts pictures when she has a free moment (ha - a free moment when you not only have a newborn but other kids... yeah right!)!
  14. emcmaster
    I was going to second sorghum as being a good substitute. I don't bake much (actually it's been almost 7 months since I've baked anything! wow!) but I have had good results with sorghum. As a sub for cornstarch, I use arrowroot starch. It works fine.
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    I'm obsessed with the Fuji Apple Chicken salad: no onion, no salad dressing. The whole thing is gluten-free, but the salad dressing has corn in it, and I like it better without the dressing anyway. And since there is no dressing, there isn't any reason to toss it in a salad bowl, so I don't have to worry about the salad bowl being clean. They just stack the...
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    Before I had to go corn-free, I ate Kinnikinnick. I loooooooved those things. Now we eat Open Original Shared Link for gluten-free pizza crusts. My husband likes this recipe way better than any gluten recipe and my sister exclaimed that it "tasted like real pizza!" Plus it's super easy to make. Definitely a plus.
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    Risky. I wouldn't do it. I have banned flour (except for gluten-free) from our house permanently. In fact, the only gluten in our house is in my husband's sandwich bread, occasional cereal (he's not a big cereal eater), a few pre-made bottled sauces he eats and some chicken bouillon that he bought thinking was safe. He orders pizza or sandwiches sometimes...
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    Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. Maybe it's something else in the product that you are intolerant to. I was convinced I was constantly getting glutened until I realized that I was intolerant to corn, which was manifesting problems most severely when I ate anything with Xanthan gum... which is in nearly every single gluten-free packaged product available...
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    Hi Dahlia! Welcome! The above posters are correct: it gets so much easier that it becomes second nature. I rarely think about it anymore because I have what I can and cannot eat "down". Scanning labels and ordering at restaurants is easy now. One of the things I started out doing and still do: I go to google.com, type in a food I'm wondering is...
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    I agree. It doesn't seem like the OP's MIL or husband was being difficult and giving her a hard time about not eating gluten, they just didn't provide any good dessert that was gluten-free. I understand how frustrating it is. I don't eat corn or sugar on top of no gluten, so there are really no desserts I can have. I have a sweet tooth like no other ...
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    I can't identify with the spouse issue, as my husband is a million times more supportive than I ever guessed he would be (and I thought he would be perfect). He eats gluten-free at home, except for sandwich bread, which he makes on dedicated counter space. He is incredibly careful and does most of the cooking for the two of us - a definite plus! I really...
  22. emcmaster
    I can't imagine going out to eat and not letting my server know, but I get so sick and it lasts for so long that I probably am more cautious than most.
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    I wouldn't eat anything there, unless it was simple, whole food, like appetizers of crudites or fresh fruit.
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    I was one of those lucky few that couldn't tolerate dairy or fats at all (I had been doing the IBS diet with little success until I went gluten-free, and then I felt a lot better). Luckily, after about 6 months (what a nice, round number!) of being gluten-free, I was able to have dairy and fat again.
  25. emcmaster
    Severe abdominal bloating/pain are my symptoms, too. For a while after going gluten-free, I couldn't digest fats or many vegetables well either, so I avoided them. Now I'm ok with them as long as I don't get glutened. I agree with others - go down to the simplest diet possible until your pain goes away and then start adding things one at a time until you...
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