Best/worst gluten and dairy substitutes?

[lph]

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Both should avoid gluten.

There is absolutely NO benefit to avoiding gluten if you are genetically able to produce the gluten-digesting enzymes. In fact, such a person is missing out on a valuable protein source.

Thanks, Knot, that made a lot of sense. I don't know why these people I met avoid gluten. They're also trying to lose weight so maybe there's something there.

[malkin]

We made GF playdough with the kids yesterday at work!

It turned out great, and I didn't see anyone eating it (always a risk with the Kool-Aid variety). On a dare, I did take a taste of the mix and I regretted it for quite a few minutes.

1/2 C Rice Flour
1/2 C Cornstarch
1/2 C Salt
2 tsp Cream of Tartar
1 tsp oil
food coloring if you want something other than light yellowish
(This is actually why I ended up tasting it. A kid said it looked like milk, and I said I didn't think it would taste like milk, and the kid said it would be macaroni and cheese, and I said I didn't think so. He asked what it would taste like and I guessed that it would taste a lot like salt and he seemed interested, and then I tasted it, and I think the look on my face eliminated any interest he might have had in tasting it. Hey--just because he has autism doesn't mean he's stupid!)

Mix it all together and cook on low heat.
We ended up with a few burned spots in ours (I guess they really mean LOW heat), but they disappeared when we mixed them in.

[shootingstar]

Thanks, Knot, that made a lot of sense. I don't know why these people I met avoid gluten. They're also trying to lose weight so maybe there's something there.

Sounds like maybe they are confusing things abit ..that some high glycemic foods (such as bread) just happen to have gluten. Important not to oversimplify the world of food, especially whole food in weight control/loss diets.