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  1. miles2go
    My The Food Substitutions Bible by David Joachim recommends equivalent amounts of beer with chicken or beef stock + 2 dashes of Angosura bitters (optional) or red wine or sake. If you need the bubbly parts in a recipe, which probably isn't the case here, I'd recommend club soda, like for beer batters. Totally recommend the above-mentioned book.
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    I don't think you're a freak at all, in fact, the older I get the more pizza gives me heartburn and I'm so atopic that I'm trying the whole foods and elimination diet along with the (what seems to be) life-long rotation diet. Food is so much a part of our life without our recognizing it and then when life-threatening obstacles come along it just seems to...
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    I also craved pizza for a while after going gluten-free and if you watch any tv, those ubiquitous Pizza Hut commercials are just torture. Try making a gluten-free pizza, either with the Chebe mix or a gluten-free recipe and enjoy, enjoy! I bought Bette Hagman's cookbooks soon after my quasi-diagnosis and it has made all the difference...I can now make corndogs...
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    I was at a food fair today tasting samples of this and that, brought my own crackers and everything, and was asking the vendors about wheat when appropriate. One sausage vendor had sausage with wheat and sausage without and also a kale sausage soup that was absolutely delicious, until I came upon the wheaty sausage in the bite that I had just taken. So...
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    When I click on the options tab, my computer (very old, running Windows95) spazzes out and does nothing. Is this something that was updated last night, when I first noticed that I was getting the digest version? At least I can read the forum at work, but, uh, they might want me to work at work. TIA, Margaret
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    ARCHIVED "the Trigger"

    miles2go replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I was always the skinny kid, always preferred rice over wheat, had chronic sinusitus until a couple of years ago and not a whole lot of digestive distress, but hay fever since I was 16 and allergies just going over the top until now and they still do. My trigger was working in a very large, old library on the third floor for 14 years, just below the roof...
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    Hi Steve, You've already got some excellent advice, but I'll add my $.02. The way I see it, you've more than a few things working in your favor. You've got a positive dx, you have a partner who can help you, you love to cook and you've found the excellent resource that is this forum. That's a lot right there. I do yoga for stress-busting and I wore...
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    Feed cat. Clean cat food tin. Insert flammables. (Do they have a problem with Sterno?) Set food-a-cookin'. Yes, you herd it here, first, maybe second. :}
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    Ash, I have fun trying to get 5-9 vegetables into my diet on a daily basis when I'm not doing monomeals and trying to figure out what's bothering me. An article that I ran into recently broke it down into colors and getting the whole rainbow of veggies is something that keeps me relatively entertained. I've also read that introducing exotic foods into one...
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    Thanks for all the kind thoughts. I didn't end up going on my hike because I wasn't mentally prepared, but also because I got adopted by a cat who needed a home. Life is funny sometimes and Isle au Haut will be there for me to hike in my lifetime. Maybe this fall. I've been following a strict diet of no grains, lectins, nightshades, dairy, personal...
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    This is the question that a lot of us have that never seems to get answered. When you can't eat anything, what are you supposed to eat? I've had success with eliminating some lectins in the past and appreciate Ursula's link to the website in her signature. On the other hand, there's the Paleo diet approach. Macrobiotics would have you eat brown rice and...
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    Thanks much, Tiffany and Susan! I am all over the suggestions that Tiffany posted, (thanks) and am going to adopt a puppy when the time is right.
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    Howdy all, I've had a rough week - had to put my only immediate family member, my 16 year-old cat down last Monday and had planned for a vacation for this week and part of next week's beforehand. I haven't been eating well and all that, but plan to do so in the near future. I'm going to hike on a remote island off Maine's coast and plan not to take the...
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    ARCHIVED Water

    miles2go replied to Lister's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Sometimes water can be really harsh on my stomach in the morning too, Lister, and I drink lots of it throughout the day. I find that what works best for me to sort of wake my stomach up is a little bit of juice and then a cup of tea. I use a bit of honey and milk in the tea most of the time, depending on what kind of tea I'm having. After that, I'm good...
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    It is very hazy, hot and humid in Orono and this weekend I had what I thought was allergy-induced fever, nausea, headache, fatigue and all that wonderful stuff. Turns out that there's a nasty bug going around. Antibiotics and I are not very good friends. Garlic and lavender oil! Garlic and lavender oil! Of course, not together and if your son isn...
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    Aren't family politics fun? This may be of no help whatsoever, but maybe your mom is conveying her worry about your sister to you because she views you as the more responsible one and perhaps more able to talk some sense into her head for all you've lived through? Just a guess. I certainly know what it's like to be dubbed the messenger in the family, when...
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    ARCHIVED Bananas

    miles2go replied to gymnastjlf's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Aargh! Does anyone else do a rotation diet just for health reasons? Day 1 is sorghum or potatoes, day 2 is squash. Day 3 is rice and beans and day 4 is corn.
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    I have to hold my breath if I accidentally walk up the gluten-aisle in the grocery store.
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    Yes Margaret, its great to not be the special case person that becomes a downer for a group or other person. Nobody wants to have to hear other's problems unsolicited if it can be avoided. It's really a way to respect others while not compromising your health. I wouldn't comment on what the "celiac experts" in the room say so long as it doesn't hurt...
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    ARCHIVED Bananas

    miles2go replied to gymnastjlf's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I read an article just recently that debunked that adage. It said that while it makes the skins turn brown, it actually slows the ripening process, so while not particularly aesthetic, putting your bananas in the fridge isn't really a bad idea. I still don't plan to do it. I buy as many as I think I can eat within a week and enjoy having to eat that last...
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    One of my best friends just last week was suggesting that I should be doing small amounts of wheat on a regular basis, "you know, like homeopathically". She happened to be the one driving at the time, so I didn't rip her eyes out. That tactic works for me too, Dan, and goes a long way towards making me not feel like my dining partners...
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    Beverly, so sorry to hear that you're having such a hard time. I am allergic to penicillin and it's relatives (amoxycillin, ampicillin, etc) and Keflex and broke out in a full-body rash the last time that I took Keflex. It was a long time ago, but I remember it well. You might want to check out that possibility if the C Diff comes back negative. Either...
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    Taz, my hair has gotten better with the gluten-free. I also have kinda red with brown, but with ringlets in between the jet-straight It's usually a mess! You cracked me up with the hubby doing the nutt. Keep on keeping on!
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    And some sweetheart(s) salvaged me at least once for that, so thanks!
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    Well, I don't really like sweets that much, anyway. I do well getting my two servings of fruit a day. That said, almost all of my coworkers are very considerate when we have food events. There is always something for me to eat - helps that I come armed with my own bread for bbqs, too. One of the first gluten-free things that I made, aside from bread,...
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