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  1. Cam's Mom
    Hi! I am hoping that the vast collective knowledge here can help me make some sense of this. A little history (i'll try to be succint): daughter diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and was tested as part of routine screening for celiac. Turns up woppingly high in the tTg and confirmed diagnosis for celiac with villi blunting on endoscopy. She goes gluten-free...
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    I still think the whole program is inherently flawed because it presupposes that this disease acts the same way on everyone or even on one someone all of the time. My experience just does not support that. But with that said, you can buy vital wheat gluten at any health food store and even some big name regular grocery stores. In fact, I believe Bob's...
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    I saw the soda water tip too (I think in reading the ingredients in the bread from some fancy on-line dleivery bakery). But I question it highly because if you also beat the heck out of the dough, the recommended 3-5 minutes that is often stated in recipes, what could possibly be left of that carbonation? I think more realistically, you could get a little...
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    I don't mean to belittle the whole thing at all . . . but oh, my, that blog --- honestly the tears from laughter are still streaming down my face!!
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    Hi I third the paddle vote! I had the kitchenaide plus for about 10 years and never had a problem but Santa came to my house early this year and brought me the KitchenAide Pro-600 with 6 Qt. capacity. Ohhhhhh a thing of total beauty. And get this usually $399 . . . I got it at Amazon for $259 then a $50 rebate so final price of $209 plus free shipping...
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    Hi! Yes I thinkage quite a bit about shrinkage. It is indeed a bit of continuous problem. Here are the steps I have taken to combat it. First of all stick with one recipe that you think you can like in the end. Then start to cut back bit by bit on the liquid (but don't get carried away with this). Here are the steps I have taken: 1. Use and 8 1/2 inch...
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    Hi! I just absolutely had to weigh in on this. Like fiddle - faddle, we too have been making totally tastey pizza. The gluten eating (and highly picky) members of my family love it. I have made home made gluten pizza and bread for at least 20 years. I love baking. When I started making gluten-free food I was totally discouraged and made one darn door...
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    Hi! I just absolutely had to weigh in on this. Like fiddle - faddle, we too have been making totally tastey pizza. The gluten eating (and highly picky) members of my family love it. I have made home made gluten pizza and bread for at least 20 years. I love baking. When I started making gluten-free food I was totally discouraged and made one darn door...
  9. Cam's Mom
    Hi Threedee! I think you are looking for a really elegant answer to something that is inherently confusing and messy. If you find the clear on testable answer you are looking for you will indeed have the beginnigs (and maybe ending) od an excellent research paper and maybe even a book! Here are some examples of how profoundly bizarre this disease and...
  10. Cam's Mom
    Hmmm, very interesting! Thanks for the feedback. Today he said "gee, it feels so good not to be nervous all the time." Poor kid has been living with this feeling and not even having words for it for so long. I called the pedi. gastro and asked them to mail me the medical records. It drives me crazy that they won't tell me the results of the lab work,...
  11. Cam's Mom
    Hi Julie! And welcome! You will indeed get lot's of support and help from this wonderful group of people. We were also surprised and shocked by the diagnosis of our daughter when she was 5. And, the food thing is just totally overwhelming and seems just impossible when you sit for a moment and think about it. But here is the good news - we've been at...
  12. Cam's Mom
    Hi! I am certainly no expert and not a scientist, although becoming increasingly interested in food science ! To answer one question - for a blind test using a food, I would highly recommend pancakes. There are some very excellent gluten-free pancakes (namely Pamela's). I would reccomend also using a wheat mix that you've never had before and preferably...
  13. Cam's Mom
    Hi! I just wanted to share this story and see if anyone has thoughts on it - since I am not quite sure what to think. Sorry, it is a bit of a long story - My son, Stratton is 7 years old and has complained of moderate stomache pains since he was about 4. He is very, very thin (like 0 percentile on the weight charts) and of slightly less than average...
  14. Cam's Mom
    Good question - I never really thought about "how" or "why" they modify the starch - hmmm. But meanwhile, my family is becoming increasingly addicted to Chebe. Here are a couple of new tips: Hot dog buns made from the stuff in the red bag = yum! And, we were paying like $3.99/bag of chebe at WFM but on-line, if you buy it by the case you can get the...
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    Good question - I never really thought about "how" or "why" they modify the starch - hmmm. But meanwhile, my family is becoming increasingly addicted to Chebe. Here are a couple of new tips: Hot dog buns made from the stuff in the red bag = yum! And, we were paying like $3.99/bag of chebe at WFM but on-line, if you buy it by the case you can get the...
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    I think you could sub any "flour" mix for the Pamela's (2T) but don't sub out the Chebe mix - that is the basis for the recipe. It would probably work with just chebe and the regular chebe directions - I just like adding flax to evertything and I was trying to lighten it up a bit with the pamela's as chebe can be a little chewy and heavy. barb
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    I think you could sub any "flour" mix for the Pamela's (2T) but don't sub out the Chebe mix - that is the basis for the recipe. It would probably work with just chebe and the regular chebe directions - I just like adding flax to evertything and I was trying to lighten it up a bit with the pamela's as chebe can be a little chewy and heavy. barb
  18. Cam's Mom
    Today I made bagels! OMG!! Heaven! Maybe my poor old taste buds have grown to tolerate anything, but my gluten eating son confirmed that these are crazy good. Now, for any of you hearty bakers out there, you know that making bagels is just a process, and gluten-free ones are really no different. In fact, they are a bit quicker since they are a single rise...
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    I hope they turn out for you. I know it sounds over board but seriously, we've got great bread and tortillas so with the exception of really missing going out to restaurants, our lives have returned to 100% normal and we're missing nothing!! Enjoy, and let me know if you have trouble with the recipe - I can offer tech. support barb
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    Hi! I've posted this before in other threads, but I will happily post again! I hope you try this recipe. I have to say this is one recipe that my entire family agrees that the gluten-free replacement food is actually better than the original gluten food. We LOVE our tortillas. We eat them every day, can't make enough of them. Okay enough praise, here...
  21. Cam's Mom
    Hi! We are addicted to Chebe!! Love it! Here are our favorite ways to eat Chebe: Pizza Mix: We doctor it up a bit by adding 2T Pamela's mix and 2T flax meal to the the other ingredients. Roll it out super thin on a really large pizza pan, then pre-bake 10 minutes. Top with everything you like - return to oven until hot and bubbley. Yum. Tortillas...
  22. Cam's Mom
    Had my GB out 10 years ago at age 30. Don't really remember having bad GI issues until a couple of years later though, right after my kids were born. Was then stuck in the bathroom for the ensuing 5 1/2 years (with screaming twins - FUN!). Until my daughter was diagnosed in '05 and I joined her on the diet and instant relief - no more troubles! If I never...
  23. Cam's Mom
    I don't know where you live but there is indeed a nasty little bugger of a bug going around here in Western Mass. It does include both fever and tummy troubles and strangely enough many people I have spoken to have reported shoulder and neck pain with this thing (usually preceding the bug) like a stiff neck from sleeping wrong. But 4 separate people have...
  24. Cam's Mom
    Hi Everyone! I am also a baking barb! I have started a business here in Western MA which we are calling The SillYak. We are baking and supplying to local cafes. My thinking behind this is that the health food stores are exploding with gluten-free options (some of which are even edible . And, there are many options on the net from gluten-free malls...
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    Hi! We just discovered these... in fact they saved our Halloween. I bought each of the kids a Webkinz and they happily walked in the door from trick or treating and handed over their entire bucket of loot in exchange for the adorable animal! No scrumping - no worries. Thanks Webkinz!! The computer side of it is another story, getting logged on and set...
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