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Skriven 2015-11-06 16:00:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: bread
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11-03-15  16:17 <=-

 RH> We went out to a Mexican restaurant for lunch, since we go to Wed.
 RH> night service that starts at 6:30. Had pumpkin roll for dessert at
 RH> supper, and finished it yesterday. Now he's old enough to collect
 RH> Social Security but debating if we should wait on it a few more years.

If you have enough to live on coming in from other sources, it probably
pays to wait and let it grow larger... We ended up starting it before
Richard was full age, mostly because we were not quite making it on what
was coming in already... 

 RH>> I used half stevia, half sugar for the cake, as per my norm, then
 RH>> experimented and used half stevia, half powdered sugar in the filling.
 RH>> It came out quite well, and not quite as sweet as if I'd used all
 RH>> powdered sugar. The stevia for baking is a light, fluffy product, very
 RH>> much like powdered sugar so I thought it would work--and it did.
 NB>> The stevia for baking is still just stevia, no additions, just
 NB>> processed differently to make it fluffy instead of granular...?

 RH> That's it, as far as I know.
 
I asked, partly because I'd noticed that the Splenda for baking used
sugar to make it work "better"...
 
 NB>> It probably helps that you are experienced in thinking outside the
 NB>> "normal" cooking parameters... with a repertoire for avoiding certain
 NB>> food-related problems...  one can extrapolate easier that way... ;)

 RH> Very much so. Now that the baby is a year old, mom is beginning to
 RH> wean her so said we could start to incorporate more gluten products
 RH> into our cooking. We'll probably ease into it somewhat, and continue
 RH> to cook dairy free, for her son's sake.

And she might find, after all, that she doesn't want to get too much
gluten for herself, too... ;)  And won't you need to still have
gluten-free for the baby...?

 NB>> Last night we had a joint Reformation Day service, at another
 NB>> church... the family from our church that is over 50%
 NB>> gluten-intolerent was there along with others from our church...
 NB>> there were refreshments after, supplied by the host church... 
 NB>> Unfortunately for us, they aren't as used to coping with
 NB>> intolerences/allergies, so the drink choice was coffee, hot apple
 NB>> cider or water; and there were no gluten-free alternatives in the
 NB>> baked goods...  At least there were alternatives to the cookies
 NB>> etc... a couple of veggie trays (from which I could safely eat the

 RH> Bummer--somebody should have let them know to have something that could
 RH> be enjoyed by those with problems.
 
It just wasn't thought about...  

 NB>> raw celery and raw carrots) with a dip and a container of hummus... a
 NB>> plate with deli meats and a cheese ball, along with slices of cheese
 NB>> and a couple kinds of crackers... The gluten-intolerent kids could
 NB>> at least have some of the meats and the veggies... 

 RH> Yes, but kids, being kids, want cookies too.
 
True.  :)

 NB>> I wasn't exactly expecting the refreshments, although we often do have
 NB>> them at such services, to allow for longer less formal fellowship... I
 NB>> think if I was thinking, I might have brought along a package of
 NB>> gluten-free cookies, or at least suggested to Amy that she might want
 NB>> to do so for the kids... She and one daughter are normal, her husband
 NB>> and the other two kids (a girl and a boy) have the gluten issues...

 RH> She probably should plan to bring some all the time; if they're
 RH> needed, then she has them. If they're not needed, then somebody else
 RH> has had the foresight to plan for such contingencies.

She often does... at the hotdog roast last month, she'd brought some
special gluten-free "graham" crackers for s'mores for them...  But I
think we were just lulled by the fact that it's become commonplace at
our own church to have that thought of by others...  :)  And, as I
mentioned, we weren't expecting refreshments exactly...  :)

 NB>>> Time will tell... and you'll get a feel for what works
 NB>>> eventually, as long as you pay attention... :)
 RH>> Yes, it has been interesting, even in the first year. Last year we had
 RH>> a lot of sweet gum balls but haven't noticed any this year. Don't know
 RH>> if we'll have an overabundance of them next year, time will tell.
 NB>> Maybe they drop later...?  Or maybe they do run in cycles...  :)

 RH> We'e thinking it's cycles, like the avocado tree we had in our back
 RH> yard in HI. Every other year it was loaded down heavy with fruit, the
 RH> off years there was hardly any.

Could be, then... you'll find out as time elapses...  ;)

 RH> Word did get around the years we had lots of it, but it still had
 RH> more than could be picked, even using a long picker pole & basket.

Guess you needed more friends to pick... and people with ladders and
cherry-pickers...  ;)

ttyl         neb

... I poured spot remover on my dog, now he's gone.

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