Posted on 11/07/2013 12:14:35 PM PST by george76
Nice list. Thanks.
Thank god for the increased interest in gluten-free lifestyles. I am not a celiac but I am gluten intolerant ever since I had an adverse reaction to a gout medication. Being gluten free is much easier now days as almost every store carries some. The corn & brown rice pastas are just as good as the regular pastas.
My point is this, perhaps not well expressed originally - most people don't NEED gluten free. It's just another in a long line of food fads that Americans have jumped into.
This article just got posted on Drudge today. I apologize for not having the skills or time to put this into a clickable link. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/10430422/The-great-gluten-free-scam.html
The hardest part of paleo for me has been not drinking alcohol. The exercise routine, however, helps to combat any boredom or whatever other reason I used to use for drinking.
Not a problem in my house.
I have an iron GI system and can eat anything. I've eaten stuff that would make a Billy goat puke.
I've had to change the way I cook for my wife. And let me tell you, it isn't that hard.
Gravy? I am known in my kitchen as The Gravy Master. I can make any kind of gravy and make it gluten free.
Stuffing? I make two batches each Thanksgiving. One GF and one 'regular'. The GF is easy. Start with Van's Gluten Free Waffles. Then do the usual with whatever ingredients you like.
Beer? There is GF beer made with sorghum which is ok...but the latest cider ale products are really good...and GF.
Bread? Make homemade with Bob's Red Mill All Purpose baking flour. That stuff is awesome. You can use it just like regular wheat flour...from baking to making a nice roux for soups and chowders and sauces.
I could ramble on and on because I love to cook. And my wife can share along with me because with very little effort, there is always a workaround.
Oh boy...my old man did that too. Except me and my siblings were the ones who were 'volunteered' to do the shoveling.
My father would bury plastic buckets in the ground near the garden, make a cow manure slurry, fill the buckets and cover them. He would ladle that vile mixture onto the soil around the plants for fertilizer.
Each Summer, his garden yielded over 1500 very large tomatoes. They were heaven. Well worth putting up with the shoveling and the smell.
In my later years I have gotten somewhat sensitive to wheat. Never tested positive with allergy test didn't test positive with the test for celiacs but I can't eat very much wheat or I suffer for it.
And if you care to add any others (either in this thread, or in private FReepmail), all would be appreciated.
Our Walmart has a special "Gluten-Free" section, which seems to be getting more and more things all the time, and another grocery store near us has little "gluten-free" signs under various food items all through the store, for both frozen and non-frozen food items (but we've also noticed that many of them seem to be a bit over-priced).
(Even a few of the "Progresso" canned soups are explicitly marked "gluten-free" now.)
Thanks again.
I have 3-1/2 years of drinking excuse left.
From what I’ve seen, there’s a fair amount of agreement in the medical community with your theory.
My son has Celiac Disease..... after a month in the hospital and great loss of weight before they found the culprit. It was a frightening time....everything he ate was passing through his system quickly.
We learned he had this for a long time but it was never picked up even though was in the emergency room on three occasions.
So those with Celiac Disease do have to stay away from Gluten.
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