General Food Talk

[barefootdyke]

i've never had white castle, but a co-worker who grew up in detroit gets a big bag everytime he goes home to visit mama

i saw how they make them on the food network show "unwrapped" and i can see why they taste so good (onion adds some awesome flavor to meat).

[Critical]

*lalalalafingersinmyearsoverwh itecastlesliderslalalala* My family is from the Midwest, so I grew up hearing about WC. We used to go there whenever we visited family. The frozen ones are pretty good, but they don't hold a candle to fresh.

I'm about to go wheat-free again, so tonight was my last hurrah. I had a wild mushroom and truffle flatbread from Trader Joe's. OMG = It was SO good! I was totally stuffed, but it was the perfect decadent thing to eat right before I detox off wheat.

I'm not allergic to gluten or anything: I just feel better when I'm not eating wheat. Plus, I tend to lose weight when I go off wheat, so that's a nice incentive. Ezekiel bread and quinoa pasta, here I come!

[CaliLily]

Going off of wheat is the BEST diet! I did it for 3 months last year and lost 40 lbs without hardly trying. Too bad I like pasta too much... BTW, don't eat the gluten free pasta. It all congeals into one giant blob and refuses to seperate. The taste isnt too bad if you can get past the blob visual.

Good luck!

[Lucy]

I thought wheat bread was supposed to be good for me? What exactly do you do when you "go off wheat"? Because losing 40 pounds without trying sounds awesome.

[Critical]

Going off of wheat is the BEST diet! I did it for 3 months last year and lost 40 lbs without hardly trying. Too bad I like pasta too much... BTW, don't eat the gluten free pasta. It all congeals into one giant blob and refuses to seperate. The taste isnt too bad if you can get past the blob visual.

Good luck!

I've tried a bunch of different gluten-free pastas and the ones that congeal like that are generally made from rice flour. The best one is VitaSpelt, made from spelt flour. It holds it shape and has a good texture. They even make a variety that is processed to look and taste like regular semolina pasta. Corn flour pasta is okay. Quinoa pasta is new since I was last off wheat. I thought I'd give it a try though.

Lucy - going "off wheat" just means cutting out anything with wheat flour in it, including processed flour. Since I'm not allergic to gluten, I don't go as far as to cut everything - and there's surprisingly A LOT of food out there with gluten in it. I just cut the obvious stuff like breads and pastas.

I thought wheat was 100% good for me too. Turns out that, for many people, wheat gluten can inhibit your insulin metabolism and can interfere with how your body absorbs calories: basically it can slow your metabolism. Not good. Like I said, it's not everyone, but a lot of people have this reaction to wheat. I know I feel better - less bloated, more energy, etc. - when I'm not eating wheat. It just sucks that so many foods I like happen to be made with wheat.

[prhoshay]

Does anyone know where I can buy Dusseldorf mustard off the shelf? Kroger used to carry it years ago, but they don't anymore. And Trader Joe's does not exist in my world.

[CaliLily]

Lucy - going "off wheat" just means cutting out anything with wheat flour in it, including processed flour. Since I'm not allergic to gluten, I don't go as far as to cut everything - and there's surprisingly A LOT of food out there with gluten in it. I just cut the obvious stuff like breads and pastas.

I thought wheat was 100% good for me too. Turns out that, for many people, wheat gluten can inhibit your insulin metabolism and can interfere with how your body absorbs calories: basically it can slow your metabolism. Not good. Like I said, it's not everyone, but a lot of people have this reaction to wheat. I know I feel better - less bloated, more energy, etc. - when I'm not eating wheat. It just sucks that so many foods I like happen to be made with wheat.

I have a disease called Celiac Disease that I was diagnosed with late last year. It basically means that I am allergic to wheat and dairy products and shouldnt (I'm bad, I do anyway) eat either of those food groups at all. It isnt so severe that I puff up like a blow fish, I basically just get a really upset stomach/digestive system and feel like I am going to die when I eat it.

I try to limit myself to the 'hidden' gluten products (ie- brown sodas, frozen meat that has been injected with flavoring, etc...) but every now and again I get too tempted and eat pizza or pasta. Most of the time I can settle for pizza with rice flour crust and cheese made from veggie oils, but sometimes you just gotta have some Pizza Hut.

If anyone is interested in some great gluten free recipes just ask ir IM me and I will be happy to share. I also have a list of common foods like pizza, brownies, cookies, etc... that have mixes in most grocery stores that are gluten and dairy free and don't taste too different from the real thing.

[MRD]

Calilily, I have a friend with Celiac's. She's had it about 30 years and says its so much easier now than it was when she was diagnosed because back then you couldn't find gluten free anything. However, she has told me that she used to "cheat" like you did and at first it wasn't too bad, but it eventually got so bad that she was hospitalized and almost died and she has been totally gluten free for about 15 years now without cheating. So ask your doctor about what could happen if you do occasionally eat wheat and how that will impact you down the road.

[Trista]

One of my favourite gluten-free food items are these Thai rice noodle packets sold at the local grocery store that come in a variety of flavours. I like the Bangkok Curry, and then I will add some mushrooms, green onions, and of course, a clove of garlic, and voila. A good meal. I recommended these to a lady at my church who also has to avoid wheat and she loves them.

[CaliLily]

One of my favourite gluten-free food items are these Thai rice noodle packets sold at the local grocery store that come in a variety of flavours. I like the Bangkok Curry, and then I will add some mushrooms, green onions, and of course, a clove of garlic, and voila. A good meal. I recommended these to a lady at my church who also has to avoid wheat and she loves them.

Those are great! They have a variety that come in a plastic bowl that you can microwave too. My fav is the garlic one.

Best gluten free/cheese free food ever...tamales! I could eat them every day for every meal and never get sick of them!