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Old 02-07-2004, 02:18 PM   #1
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Wheat Free living

In tonights episode, Griff will be eating vast quantities of steak and/or ribs at "The Texas Roadhouse." This chain features good food, dopey atmosphere, and humiliation a plenty for the waitstaff who have to stop and line dance according to some cue.
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Old 02-08-2004, 02:16 PM   #2
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Pesto Polenta

2 cups water
1/8 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup fine ground cornmeal
1/2 cup pesto
1/3 cup grated parm cheese

Bring water, butter, and salt to a boil. Remove from heat, whisk in cornmeal until smooth. Whisk in the pesto followed by the cheese. Allow to cool in a greased loaf pan. Can be served as is, fried, or grilled. yummy!
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Old 02-28-2004, 12:57 AM   #3
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griff, are you gluten intolerant? i am...i'm just curious because of your post. i have a lot of info and advice on gluten free eating, if you have any questions! i've been gluten free for almost 5 years now.
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Old 02-28-2004, 06:33 AM   #4
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I self diagnosed my wheat intollerance, just like they tell you not to. I stopped eating wheat products and the gas and explosive diarhea stopped. Giving up wheat also has helped me keep off the usual winter weight and I generally feel a lot better.

Any food advice is appreciated. I don't seem to get in trouble with trace amounts of wheat in other grains, so I've been eating lots of corn tortillas and rice and quinoa pastas. My sister-in-law is terribly gluten intollerant so I've seen. My day usually starts with a breakfast tortilla scrambled egg cheese maybe ham, followed by a big green salad at lunch, and then I mix it up at dinner-time.
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Old 02-28-2004, 04:18 PM   #5
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you're all set, then. it's good that you can eat all the other grains, you shouldn't have any problem finding stuff to eat. i am intolerant to gluten grains, as well as rice, corn..it's a pain!
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Old 02-29-2004, 10:38 AM   #6
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Wheat free ginger-rye bread

I sent a letter in to the food editor at Inquirer because someone was looking for wheat-free bread.

Trader Joes sell Bussnik's Ginger-rye bread. It's a slightly sweet bread (like banana bread) made out of rye with sliced ginger sticking to it. It's wheat, gluten, and possibly egg-free.

It tastes like a cross between rye bread and ginger snaps. It's made in Norway or Sweden, which caused them some supply problems a few months ago.
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Old 08-27-2004, 06:52 AM   #7
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Simple wheat free pizza crust

3 cups cooked brown rice
2 egg whites beaten
1 cup shredded mozzarella

Combine ingredients in a large bowl. Press into greased pizza pan (thinner seems better). 400 degrees for 5 minutes.

Pete made Greek Pizza in this crust last night, yummy.
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Old 08-27-2004, 07:49 AM   #8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richlevy
I sent a letter in to the food editor at Inquirer because someone was looking for wheat-free bread.

Trader Joes sell Bussnik's Ginger-rye bread. It's a slightly sweet bread (like banana bread) made out of rye with sliced ginger sticking to it. It's wheat, gluten, and possibly egg-free.

It tastes like a cross between rye bread and ginger snaps. It's made in Norway or Sweden, which caused them some supply problems a few months ago.
That sounds really good.

Any online place you know of to purchase it?
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Old 08-27-2004, 03:48 PM   #9
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There is also a really nice gluten free bread over in the UK, dont know if you can get it over there, but well worth a try if you can. It's the "Terence Stamp" brand.
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Old 08-28-2004, 01:38 AM   #10
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How funny that Alan was talking about a gluten free recipes website today and then I stumble across this thread. Not being allergic to wheat I cant say how good any of the recipes on the site are but here is the site for those of you that want to try some of them http://www.gfutah.org/recipes.htm

Its done by the Wife of a Co-worker of Alan's. The co-worker was showing Alan the site today and thats how he found out about it. Hope you enjoy.
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Old 08-28-2004, 08:30 AM   #11
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Thanks! I'll check it out.
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Old 10-30-2004, 08:30 AM   #12
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Mmmm...poison

Well I'm back on wheat for one week. The GI folks want to rule out celiac as we do the esophogus stretch and another more southern um procedure with biopsies etc.. I need to eat the wheat to see if my body develops antibodies which can be found in a blood test. If it is celiac, its much more serious than the intollerance that I'm assuming. If it's celiac, I'll need to avoid even trace amounts of wheat that show up in stuff like toothpaste and chap stick. I'd like to thank the American tax-payer for subsidizing wheat to the point where this toxic substance is everywhere. I stepped on a scale for the first time in a while 159 with my shoes on, I prefer to think that cycling and a proper diet are responsible, since I don't feel sick.

Okay, if you could only eat wheat for one week, what would you eat? Someone at work thought I'd best get my butt into Montana Mills.
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Old 10-30-2004, 09:09 AM   #13
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Whole wheat sandwiches and Wheaties! Two things that I've curtailed for my own health. But I cheat once in a while

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Old 10-30-2004, 01:51 PM   #14
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Cinnabon.

Or one of everything in Panera.
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Old 10-30-2004, 04:16 PM   #15
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Somebody left a Long Trail Ale Blackberry Wheat in my fridge... had a slice of butterscotch pie at lunch.
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