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Thanks for that! I saw them in Wild Oats and was wondering about them, I wonder if they're any good?

Maybe I'll pick one up and try it, but I've never had much luck with mixes

Nobody's opposed to using love loosley, are they?

Again, me first!

I LOVE that my DH thinks this whole Celiac thing makes *perfect sense* to him

I LOVE that my local Wild Oats sells Chebe pizza mixes so I can still have Friday Pizza Night

I LOVE that my doctor uses common sense

I LOVE rocking out to "Freebird" on my ipod while cooking

I LOVE rocking out to *anything* on my ipod while cooking

I LOVE that my DH thinks rocking out to the ipod while cooking is sexy

I LOVE my favorite Dow chemical sleeping t-shirt that I stole from DH when we were dating, who knew a cheap, free, t-shirt would be so comfy and soft

I LOVE my kitties, even when they wake me up in the middle of the night wanting attention or if one bites me in the butt because I'm rocking out too hard on the ipod

I LOVE that I was the first to know that my best friend was pregnant, because she was staying with be before the wedding

I LOVE that my grandfather is recovering well and is trying to talk to his apparently cute nurse, which also means he can kind of see her

I LOVE that my friends surprise me with support

I LOVE that overnight the brown grass in Texas turned green

I LOVE (and miss) fall

I LOVE the simple pleasure of eating reddi whip from the can in front of the fridge

I LOVE that I'm still a good cook gluten-free

I LOVE sleeping in my own bed

I LOVE my tiara from the wedding, and I still wear it around the house

I LOVE that my girl scouts look up to me, the same way I looked up at my gs leader

I LOVE that I found so much support on this board

I LOVE the word snarky

I LOVE all of the things I take for granted, family, home, health, friends, and security

I LOVE that I have all of the things listed above

YOUR TURN!!!!

I hate that I am probably considered a poser-indie-emo whatever because I like haiku, yoga, and have a respect for Buddist philoposphy; I hate how these things have become trendy (takes away from the real meaning)

No, that doesn't make you a poser-indie-emo idiot, it makes you a new age hippie (joke, nobody be offended please)

Time for me to explain the swarm of poser-indie-emo idiots that have come upon Austin like a plague...

According to one definition on urbandictionary.com that applies to my use of the term emo:

"Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle."

Not to say that there isn't a legitimate genre of music called emo with legitimate followers, etc etc. They just aren't in town for SXSW.

Poser, as defined by urbandictionary.com

"A poser is someone who tries hard to be something they arent. Usually, posers call other people posers because they are jealous that the person they called a poser is more skater/stoner/goth/punk/rocker/grunge/etc. than they will ever be." or "One who attempts to appear to others as something they are not, especially by their manner of dress; a charlatan."

So here in town we've got for SXSW your 1: indie label execs and followers 2: bands not good enough to play sxsw and their followers 3: college students who opted to stay here for spring break 4: rich suburban high school kids desperately trying to be college students who opted to stay here for spring break

For those of you with teenagers, urbandictionary.com can help keep you in the loop about what they're saying, before you try to use the term 3 years after it's not cool anymore It keeps me from talking like an idiot in front of my scouts

I HATE that the allergy test sites got infected

I HATE that I have little bullseyes on my arms

I HATE that the Tequin the allergist put me on is making me way nauseated (it is gluten-free at least)

I HATE that I'm probably going to have a yeast infection

I HATE that I look like a pretentous dieter when I'm reading EVERY SINGLE LABEL

I HATE that I look self-important in the grocery store with my PDA, when I'm really checking for food safety

I HATE that my mom now thinks I'm a hypochondriac, now that I've been dx'ed

I HATE that when I told my mom that the allergy tests said I was basically allergic to air, that she sighed huge as if to say "here we go again"

I HATE that my mom can't decide whether she's going to be supportive or not

I HATE that my MIL glutened me last weekend when she tried so hard not to

I HATE that I can't remember anything

and I woke up in such a good mood this morning...

So, I'm looking around at le creuset stuff. I've never used it, but I've heard it lasts forever, and since I have to replace my cast iron anyway...

...and I could use some stoneware...

Does this stuff live up to the hype? Is it easy to clean? Does it scratch easily? Does it heat evenly? Is it worth the investment?

We have a le creuset outlet nearby, or at least an outlet store that carries it. Maybe I can find a good deal...

If you don't know what it is, here:

Open Original Shared Link

Opinions are appreciated!!!

Hey, I thought this was a light-hearted vent-type thread!? Come on guys, why can't we all just get along?--

That was my intention...but, erm, I am in kind of a bad mood, so I got a little snappy.

OK, a lot snappy. Snarky even!

Sorry

And now...

Back to the business of being lightheartedly annoyed at our very privilaged world

Open Original Shared Link

Here ya go!

"Other cards stop at "no wheat, rye, barley, or oats." Our cards are different because we don't assume a chef can immediately intuit the things it took us Celiacs months to learn. We clearly list hidden sources of gluten, where they might be found, and other subtleties, like the dangers of cross-contamination.

We also understand that every cuisine is different. For example, the most common hidden source of gluten in Chinese food is soy sauce, in Thai food it's fish sauce, and in Indian food it's a spice called hing. We've created dining cards for six global cuisines, and each card is different, calling out the hidden sources of gluten unknown even to many native chefs!

Our cards are the product of meticulous research, editing, and translation. We interviewed chefs from around the world and reviewed hundreds of cookbooks and product labels. We teamed up with over a dozen native speakers educated at America's top Ivy League universities (including, Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford) to carefully write and translate each card. The result is a set of cards that goes far beyond any other dining cards you will ever find.

Multi-lingual:

Available for the six most useful foreign cuisines for dining in the U.S.

Trustworthy:

Written, researched and thoroughly tested by a Celiac, who is also a Harvard-educated attorney and published author.

Translated, edited and extensively proofed by at least two Ivy League-educated, native speakers per card, delivering the clearest, most accurate translation possible.

Effective:

Each card is different - unlike other cards, the content is specific to its cuisine. For example, the Japanese card prohibits imitation crab, soy sauce, and tempura, while the Mexican card prohibits flour tortillas

Each card covers the common and hidden sources of gluten, some unfamiliar to even well-informed native chefs.

Specifically highlights celiac-friendly, safe foods.

Covers important nuances like cross-contamination.

Takes the average chef just over 1 minute to read and understand.

Convenient:

Foldable to be wallet-sized.

Laminated to be durable."

I keep meaning to order these, but I haven't gotten around to it

Good luck, and enjoy yourself!!!

My goodness.....you sure are frustrated. Hate is such a deep emotion and should only be used in extreme situations. You really need to get a grip. Having to eat certain foods isn't all that bad, just think of all the things that could be REALLY SERIOUSLY wrong with your health. By eating the right foods you are going to be a healthy person and what could be better? Find something else to do other than gripe about what you eat. Maybe you should go out and do something for someone that really has problems.

While I appreciate your judgement, I really do, most of my complaints were not about food. Also, I'm allowed to be in a bad mood, thank you, so please trample someone else with your high horse. Like most other people my age, I tend to exaggerate, so please don't think that I truly *hate* my car.

I found many other things to gripe about other than what I eat. I like what I eat. I also enjoy baking, but I do not enjoy the fact that to do it in a way that I won't get sick, I have to add expensive additives! You obviously did not read my post.

I'm actually quite happy with my health right now, though that doesn't mean I'm not annoyed with manufacturers of foods.

Maybe you shouldn't judge what someone does for others. I'm not going to list what I do for others, that would make my intentions false, and would completely negate any good works I have done.

By the way, thanks for completely trivializing any hardships I've endured, I appreciate that. I'm glad that you never get frustrated, must be nice

nevermind

OK, me first!

(DISCLAIMER :if you're offended by a lighter use of the word hate, please replace "hate" with "strongly dislike" in the following statements)

I HATE that I have to go to three stores for two things

I HATE that Bob's Red Mill made me doubt gluten-free labelling

I HATE that poser-indie-emo idiots have flooded my town

I HATE that I couldn't afford to go to SXSW with all of the poser-indie-emo idiots

I HATE that I couldn't get to Whole Foods because of the poser-indie-emo idiots taking all the parking downtown

I HATE that every small pricked man in Texas feels the need to buy the worlds biggest truck to compensate

I HATE that xanthan gum is $10 a pop

I HATE that I feel like a recluse because I only feel safe eating at home

I HATE being looked at like I have three heads (hi, my name is chelsea the hydra)

I HATE that my weekend will be spent watching basketball

I HATE that my DH will whine when I make him do something OTHER than watch basketball

I HATE that the Razorback basketball team sucks, though they did make it into the tournament

I HATE that my best friend's baby will be born on St. Pat's day, when he has a deadbeat dad named Pat

(A concern shared by said best friend)

I HATE that I feel like the stay-puft marshmallow man

I HATE that my troop's camping trip had to be cancelled because of the rain

I HATE my compact SUV, palm, cell phone, and grande caramel macciatto

YOUR TURN!!!

I second the kosher chocolate!!! SO GOOD!!!

I bet it's not celiac. Since most of us celiacs are of northern european descent, I would guess that it's our pale-a$$ skin they're drawn to. I've also read that they're more fond of some blood types and not others....

I have always had long lashes, too. When I put mascara on I have to be careful not to open my eyes all the way or else I get mascara dots on my eyelid bone. I've never really worn sunglasses, because my eyelashes hit. Interesting.

It does sound like an old wives tale, though.

My nails grow pretty well, but at a certain point they'll split and snag on things. I also have pretty big ridges and sometimes my thumbnails get dents.

Pate a Choux??? What is that...I am pure french and I've never heard of it. Translated, it means Dough of cabbage

LOL

I was wondering about that also... not something I learned in french class

I guess it's the dough for pastries like cream puffs

According to Open Original Shared Link it's called 'cabbage dough' because the pastries look like little rows of cabbage when they're baking...

I <3 google

learn something new every day

Am I the only one that doesn't miss bread

I've tried some for the hell of it, but I find that I didn't really eat it anyway. I hate sandwiches!

And I'm pretty, erm, cheap

Five bucks for a loaf of bread I could build a house with isn't really something that helps me seperate my money from my wallet...

I wanted to ask my own question along the same lines as the original post.....Are the vitamins that important? I only ask because I have a horrible time digesting them. I always have had trouble for some reason, with vitamins. I try to eat a really healthy diet, lots of fruit and vegies. But, I notice most seem to take them. If they are really necessary, is there such a thing as a buffered vitamin or does any one have a recommendation?

Thanks,

Lollie

I don't do well with grown up vitamins! They always make me feel sick. I take the gummy vites (kids gummy bear vitamins!) at night and they don't give me any problems. I usually take 3... and they're awful yummy!

Giulio's Cucina Italiana, Gluten Free Dining in Michigan (Livonia)

Hello fellow Michiganders

I just found a great Italian restaurant in Livonia called Giulio's Cucina Italiana. They offer Gluten free entrees including different pastas with a great choice of sauces. Their website is www.giulios.us

annab- Are you being paid by Giulio's to post them all over the board? I hate to ask or seem suspicious, but you've never posted before, you joined today, and all three of your posts say the same thing. What gives?

I made this twice to go with some chicken & brown rice soup I made, and it was awesome! Thanks!

Erm, I added more sugar though, I put about 1/3-1/2 c instead of 1/4 c, we like sweet cornbread around my house (but don't tell my inlaws, I'd be excommunicated from the family! )

that's exactly my point - obviously yogurt contains milk - but at the bottom, it doesn't say 'contains milk', which means if it contains wheat, or anything else that is an allergen, they aren't printing it on the label the way they are supposed to

I think you're kind of missing the point. These are the ingredients for Dannon fruit on the bottom blueberry yogurt (example only):

Ingredients:

Cultured grade A lowfat milk, blueberries, sugar, fructose syrup, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 1% of modified corn starch, pectin, kosher gelatin, sodium phosphate, malic acid, natural flavor, calcium phosphate. Contains active yogurt cultures including L. acidophilus.

Because milk is explicitly labeled in the ingredient statement, they don't have to have the "contains: milk" statement, because duh, milk has milk in it.

But say your sour cream and onion potato chips list "whey" as an ingredient, they would have to put the "contains: milk" statement at the bottom, because whey isn't explicit.

Pick up a bag of wheat flour and read the ingredients, I bet it doesn't say "contains: wheat" at the bottom, because it's explicitly named in the ingredient statement.

Hope that clears things up

I feel like a bumbling idiot (and I sound like it too!) because I'm not used to it yet. I haven't really gone to a real sit down place to eat, but if I were, I would talk to the waitress and tell her to get her manager, that way she won't feel sidestepped and like she did something wrong.

Just say you have a wheat allergy, because it's the easiest and most dangerous sounding. No manager wants a customer in anaphalactic shock, so they'll take you seriously. Nevermind that you won't go into shock or anything. If they inquire further, explain Celiac Disease and consider your good deed done for the day, since you've educated someone about Celiac.

The vanilla bean comes from an orchid, not wheat. IMO, whomever taught the class is an idiot. Anyone that has done any degree of baking knows that. Also, vanilla powder is still made from vanilla.

I've heard some things about how you have to be careful about artificial vanilla, but vanilla extract is generally made from the vanilla bean being soaked in alcohol. Some people worry about gluten in grain alcohol (if that's what they use for extraction), but the distilling process shouldget rid of any gluten.

Here's a link to a lot of useful info about vanilla:

Open Original Shared Link

Moving more along the diabetes line...

Saying you can have a little gluten here and there because you aren't technically allergic is BS. Diabetics aren't allergic to sugar, but it sure as hell hurts them, even in small amounts!

My Dr. told me it wouldn't be worth my time or money to see a nutritionist, because I would learn more doing my own research.

I usually use my small pyrex dish, and always have. My cast iron skillet is too big for cornbread, I usually use it for frying things. Since being gluten-free, I've only used it to broil things, and at that I line the pan with tin foil. I can't stand to waste a perfectly good pan. I need to buy another one, though.

I did make good cornbread, twice! I actually just ate some with eggs. I put cheese and egg on top of a split slice of cornbread. Almost like eggs benedict without hollandaise. Awesome!

I used Hodgson Mill with no problem, yay! Thanks for all of your help, everybody!

Yes, it's great But, when making bread or bun, you should beat it on at least 6 or 7 for the time indicated, in order to help with the proper texture.

C

Very true, but that's what I fear! I never make bread, not gluten-free anyway

In my glutened life, I was a fantastic baker. I'm almost done mourning my wheat.

I'm overcoming my fear, one recipe at a time

I got my scratch tests today, I'm not allergic to any foods, but I'm allergic to air. Or at least everything in it. Nothing like getting poked with 34 or so needles with every substance I'm allergic to. My arm is itching like nuts, it's about time to knock myself out with benadryl again.

My dr told me that he can do all the IgE and scratch testing he wants, but the "proof is in the pudding", with foods, diet is the only way to know if there is an allergy/intolerance or not. For example, tree nuts (walnuts, pecans, etc.) didn't react on the scratch test, but I'm definitely allergic, since they make my mouth itch. The Dr. didn't bother with IgE testing for nuts, because the reaction is obvious, and all I have to do is avoid them.

The nurse doing the testing said that they don't do the intra-dermal testing (what they do beyond the scratch test with the plastic poker thingys) with foods because it would irritate anybody, and they would have a lot of false positives.