Wheat Free living - Page 2

footfootfoot · 10-30-2004, 09:01 PM

Hey Griff, wheat is shit. Read "against the grain" I forget the author.
I'm all about potatoes these days. Potatoes ROCK THE HOUSE. also rice can be pretty good. stay away from that long grained crap. you want the short grain lundberg if you go for Brown rice organic. Or the Kokyuho rose or nishiki short grain white rice.

As for:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

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.

PIZZA and Paulaner Hefe weizen

staceyv · 11-04-2004, 03:35 PM

I make sweet potato, pumpkin and apple pie with a sweet potato "crust".
Basically, I thin-slice a few sweet potatoes and bake them on a cookie sheet at 450 until they're soft enough to press into the bottom of a buttered pie dish- don't cook them until they're crispy! Then just press them onto the bottom of the pie dish, add mashed sweet potato, pumpkin or apples, and sugar, butter and spice. Add about 1/4 cup tapioca to thicken it all. Bake at 350 about an hour. If top gets too brown, cover with foil. So good.

If you make any kind of soup and you want to make it thick, just add mashed potatoes. a little or a lot, to whatever consistency you like. ( I haven't had much luck with arrowroot powder for that purpose).

Gluten-free grains include: Millet, Buckwheat aka Kasha (NOT related to wheat), Quinoa, amaranth, and of course, rice. Don't be fooled by "spelt"- it's wheat! And barley, oats, rye...might aggravate you if you can't have wheat. some people that are gluten intolerant have problems with corn and dairy products, too.

Good luck!

Bullitt · 11-04-2004, 04:50 PM

And wheat kills too!!!!

God I love Maddox...

Happy Monkey · 11-04-2004, 05:05 PM

You just haven't tried the right kind of wheat.

Quote:

"When I die, I want my friends to eat me," Hagman told celebrity researcher Baird Jones the other day. "I want to be fed through a wood chipper, be spread over a wheat field, then have a cake baked from the crop for all my pals to munch on."

elf · 11-08-2004, 03:37 PM

one part rice flour,
one part tapioca flour,
one part corn starch.
Toss in a bit of xanthan gum and just a little bit of potato flour, and you've got about as perfect a replacement for wheat flour as I've found yet. (thanks to bette hagman, the gluten-free gourmet)

I see how it is, Griff mentions wheat-free and everyone chimes in - but nary a whisper for my post . . .

K, well, I got to share, I feel better.

Happy Monkey · 11-08-2004, 03:47 PM

It's all in the timing. When you posted your thread, I didn't have a handy link connecting it to cannibalism.

Hmm.. Any connection between Bette and Larry Hagman?

Griff · 11-08-2004, 07:46 PM

Sorry Elf. If it makes you feel better this is actually an older thread getting another go around and my system is totally screwed up from a week of grain abuse.

Wheat is Murder is awesome... bumper sticker?

elf · 11-09-2004, 10:29 AM

HM: I snorted my coffee when I read that. Thanks. :p I don't think there's any relation between the two, though. And I always always spell her name wrong - it is indeed Betty, not Bette. And Hagman, not Hageman, which I tend to misspell when I get her first name right. . . . Nevermind, I'm going to go away now. :p

Griff: You have a bread machine? Betty's recipe for Challah bread is awesome, doesn't crumble, and is springy and delish.

staceyv · 04-11-2005, 04:38 PM

I knew there was a gluten free thread somewhere, and I found it, yay.
I made an amazing discovery today. Since I am on a completely gluten free diet, I thought the only ways to get drunk were to drink wine, rum, 100% blue agave tequila, 100% potato vodka (not that common), brandy and cognac (yuck).
I did a little research today:
They actually make gluten free beer

In the US, there's Bard's Tale beer and Rampo Valley beer from Ramapa Valley Brewery.
Also, Magner's cider and Cider Jack are gluten free!

I also found out that the distillation process removes any hint of gluten in a product, so even scotch whiskey, bourbon, and other vodkas are okay, in addition to kahlua. I have always avoided distilled white vinegar because it's made from grains, but it seems that that's okay, too. Just thought I'd share.

Griff · 04-11-2005, 07:52 PM

Cheers!
We had rice noodle lasagne tonight.

11-04-2004, 04:50 PM	#18
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	And wheat kills too!!!! God I love Maddox... __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

11-08-2004, 03:47 PM	#21
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It's all in the timing. When you posted your thread, I didn't have a handy link connecting it to cannibalism. Hmm.. Any connection between Bette and Larry Hagman? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-08-2004, 07:46 PM	#22
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sorry Elf. If it makes you feel better this is actually an older thread getting another go around and my system is totally screwed up from a week of grain abuse. Wheat is Murder is awesome... bumper sticker? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-11-2005, 04:38 PM	#24
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	I knew there was a gluten free thread somewhere, and I found it, yay. I made an amazing discovery today. Since I am on a completely gluten free diet, I thought the only ways to get drunk were to drink wine, rum, 100% blue agave tequila, 100% potato vodka (not that common), brandy and cognac (yuck). I did a little research today: They actually make gluten free beer In the US, there's Bard's Tale beer and Rampo Valley beer from Ramapa Valley Brewery. Also, Magner's cider and Cider Jack are gluten free! I also found out that the distillation process removes any hint of gluten in a product, so even scotch whiskey, bourbon, and other vodkas are okay, in addition to kahlua. I have always avoided distilled white vinegar because it's made from grains, but it seems that that's okay, too. Just thought I'd share. Last edited by staceyv; 04-11-2005 at 06:38 PM.

04-11-2005, 07:52 PM	#25
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cheers! We had rice noodle lasagne tonight. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-04-2004, 03:35 PM	#17
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	I make sweet potato, pumpkin and apple pie with a sweet potato "crust". Basically, I thin-slice a few sweet potatoes and bake them on a cookie sheet at 450 until they're soft enough to press into the bottom of a buttered pie dish- don't cook them until they're crispy! Then just press them onto the bottom of the pie dish, add mashed sweet potato, pumpkin or apples, and sugar, butter and spice. Add about 1/4 cup tapioca to thicken it all. Bake at 350 about an hour. If top gets too brown, cover with foil. So good. If you make any kind of soup and you want to make it thick, just add mashed potatoes. a little or a lot, to whatever consistency you like. ( I haven't had much luck with arrowroot powder for that purpose). Gluten-free grains include: Millet, Buckwheat aka Kasha (NOT related to wheat), Quinoa, amaranth, and of course, rice. Don't be fooled by "spelt"- it's wheat! And barley, oats, rye...might aggravate you if you can't have wheat. some people that are gluten intolerant have problems with corn and dairy products, too. Good luck!

11-08-2004, 03:37 PM	#20
elf Yay! We're Dooomed! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mostly: New York. Most Recently: New Jersey. Currently: Colorado Posts: 214	one part rice flour, one part tapioca flour, one part corn starch. Toss in a bit of xanthan gum and just a little bit of potato flour, and you've got about as perfect a replacement for wheat flour as I've found yet. (thanks to bette hagman, the gluten-free gourmet) I see how it is, Griff mentions wheat-free and everyone chimes in - but nary a whisper for my post . . . K, well, I got to share, I feel better.

11-09-2004, 10:29 AM	#23
elf Yay! We're Dooomed! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mostly: New York. Most Recently: New Jersey. Currently: Colorado Posts: 214	HM: I snorted my coffee when I read that. Thanks. :p I don't think there's any relation between the two, though. And I always always spell her name wrong - it is indeed Betty, not Bette. And Hagman, not Hageman, which I tend to misspell when I get her first name right. . . . Nevermind, I'm going to go away now. :p Griff: You have a bread machine? Betty's recipe for Challah bread is awesome, doesn't crumble, and is springy and delish.

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