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hi judy

thanks for your support. we just had to put her to sleep because she was dying. i am besdie myself with grief. i cant stop crying and i feel like im going to die

I am so sorry for your loss

You did the right thing, though, since she was suffering.

So....what were the results of your tests?

My IgG was elevated, but I didn't have a biopsy until 7 months later. The biopsies were normal, but I have an amazing dietary response.

For future reference, McCormick clearly labels gluten, and their garlic salt is gluten-free.

Actually, Lawry's is under the Unilever umbrella, they'll clearly list also.

Well, if you're gluten-free and don't buy a lot of the gluten-free substitutes (breads, cookies, donuts, etc), you de facto cut out a lot of crap. Almost the entire fast food industry, for example. In my household, we eat healthier just because we can't eat out as much and what we eat when we're out is healthier anyway. My husband doesn't have to be gluten-free, but he mostly is at home (cheerios and crackers excluded) and he eats a lot healthier because the stuff to binge on isn't around. Except, of course, when he's out to lunch with his buddies

But if you eat a lot of substitutes and ice cream and corn chips, you'll be even more unhealthy, just because the replacement stuff is super unhealthy. A slice of gluten-free bread usually has 3-4 times the calories and fat than that of wheat bread, and usually no fiber.

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Gotta hit the weekday traffic

Huge hugs, Jess

Then how on earth do you deep fry it?

Pauliina

Anything that can be battered can be deep fried

In the UK you can get snickers and mars bar in batter deep fried

Yum-NOT

Oh I feel queasy

It's a southern delicacy down here too - blech!

State fair food is evil.

"The challenge is getting people to think of other ways to eat beef," said Betty Hogan, director of new product development for the [National Cattlemen's Beef Association].

Regular cheeseburgers aren't fatty enough!!???

Also there's somebody at the Texas State Fair that makes "Fried Coke"...

I think I saw those things on unwrapped and said "EWW"

And then I saw them in my sister's freezer. What on Earth is wrong with people?

Oh, and when I got to college (I moved from NY to AR), I ate at the dining halls. I joked to everyone nothern that they fry everything but the coke!

Before being diagnosed, we had all that deep-fried garbage at our State Fair. Deep fried snickers bars, twinkies, etc. Never tried them, because it just sounded WRONG!!!!! Also thought that it had to be a Kentucky redneck thing . . . . !!!!! Didn't know that it would be anywhere else . . . We have a restaurant that sells deep-fried pickle chips . . . called "frickled pickles"

Need to go . . . . moment of silence is getting ready to begin

Apparently fried twinkies are quite the thing at A&M. Gross.

And I loooooove fried pickles, sadly. It was the only thing I'd eat at AQ Chicken House!

Hmm...I should try frying some one day.

I'm pretty sure that Penguin makes it, too. Maybe she has a recipe.

Indeed I do

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I posted that recipe forever ago. All of the quantities can be tweaked to taste, and of course fresh herbs are better than dried, but dried works fine!

It's probably the stupid "whole grains" fad, and I guess adding wheat starch back in makes it more whole grain.

I would probably skip that day

Even if you did have gluten-free wafers (that are crazy expensive), how would you guard against cc in that setting?

I believe we've actually found the elusive, gluten-free potato chip

Woot!

Thanks! You know what, I'm sure that's it. I haven't had sores in a LONG TIME and they never did the whole mouth thing. I feel like I have a cold and that explains it. There was a toddler in my office a few days ago, I bet that's where it came from. It's refreshing to have a virus for a change!

So I ate some sour starbursts on Thursday I think, and my mouth broke out in all kinds of irritation, those famous celiac mouth sores. I have clusters of mouth ulcers between my lip and gum, under my tongue, on my soft palate, and I think even on my throat. Even my tongue hurts. That was mistake number one, though I've never had that kind of reaction to sour starburst before.

I also have an oral allergy to tree nuts. I'm eating some pistachio pudding, and my mouth hurts worse. That was mistake number two. It's weird though, because pistachios aren't tree nuts, they're in the cashew family with mangoes. The cashew family doesn't count as tree nuts...what gives? I don't think I've had any problems with pistachios before, though it's been ages since I've had them so who knows.

Ideas?

I found this one: Open Original Shared Link

P.F.Chang's Lettuce Wraps Recipe (copycat)

Ingredients:

8 dried shiitake mushrooms

1 teaspoon cornstarch

2 teaspoons dry sherry

2 teaspoons water

salt and pepper

1-1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken, minced

5 tablespoons oil

1 teaspoon fresh minced ginger

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 green onions, minced

2 small dried chilis (optional)

1 8 oz. can bamboo shoots, minced

1 8 oz. can water chestnuts, minced

1 package cellophane Chinese rice noodles, fried in oil for a minute or two, until they puff nicely.

Cooking Sauce:

1 tablespoon Hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon dry sherry

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

2 tablespoons water

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon sugar

2 teaspoons cornstarch

Lettuce of your choice to make lettuce "cups" (Butter or Bibb lettuce is my choice.)

Directions:

Cover mushrooms with boiling water, let stand 30 minutes then drain.

Cut and discard woody stems. Mince mushrooms. Set aside.

Mix all ingredients for cooking sauce in bowl, and set aside.

In medium bowl, combine cornstarch, sherry, water, soy sauce, salt, pepper, and chicken.

Stir to coat chicken thoroughly.

Stir in 1 teaspoon oil and let sit 15 minutes to marinate.

Heat wok or large skillet over medium high heat.

When the pan smokes a bit, add 3 tablespoons oil, then add chicken and stir fry for about 3-4 minuts. Set aside.

Add 2 tablespoons oil to pan.

Add ginger, garlic, chilis (if desired), and onion.

Stir- fry about a minute or so.

Add mushrooms, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts; stir fry an additional 2 minutes.

Return chicken to pan.

Add mixed cooking sauce to pan.

Cook until thickened and hot.

Break the cooked cellophane noodles into small pieces, and cover bottom of serving dish with them.

Then pour chicken mixture on top of noodles.

Spoon into lettuce leaf "cups" and roll

It actually sounded kinda good in a "but it would probably kill me" sort of way

No, cheese fries with bacon and downing in real ranch dressing sounds good in a "but it would probably kill me" sort of way...

Deep fried mac and cheese just goes against all that is holy

I'm not diabetic either, but I am hypoglycemic. If I get glutened my blood sugar gets totally out of whack. It's like I can't eat enough to keep it up.

I have a great excuse not to eat the TGI Friday's fried mac and cheese.

GROSS!

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Thanks, y'all. You totally made me blow my diet

My grilled cheese made with the gluten-free pantry bread and the Amy's tomato soup was quite tasty, thought!

Apparently they restarted the whole list at the beginning of this year...36 pages of products, all verified in the last 9 months!

Thanks Delphi celiacs!! Send them a note over there if you're a member!

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Mono at age 18

It's very easy to make your own powdered ranch mix, and you won't have the MSG and preservatives to deal with:

All it is is garlic powder, onion powder, dill, parsley, a tiny bit of paprika, and a sqeeze of lemon or a dusting of lemon zest. For ranch dressing, just mix with mayo and milk (or buttermilk). Easy! If you need a thinckening agent, add cornstarch.

You can make Lipton's onion soup mix substitute by substituting dried minced onion for the onion powder.

I also add powdered buttermilk to my ranch mix. I usually use it dry to season chicken and whatnot.

I'm good. I hope you get over the cold soon!

I would tell the director personally, it's something that needs to be taken seriously. Making you purposefully sick is definitely harrassment if not assault. Definitely unacceptable. Especially since your health is already comprimised because of celiac. It's truly unthinkable that someone, especially an adult, especially a friend, would do that. And what kind of counselors are they anyway, helping the kid do it?!

And that's when you tell your boss...that's absolutely ridiculous! I'm sorry that happened to you