I love cooking, but, same reasons, I would never be a chef.
I was so proud of my dinner tonight. SO healthy and yummy at the same time.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:19, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Nice
This is the thing...our cooking was born out of A) a desire to eat a bit better and B) spend less money at the supermarket. As a result the only things that come out of packets in our house these days are herbs and spices.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:25, Reply)

Pretty much the same here.
Except for the gluten free pasta/bread. That I have to buy.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:28, Reply)

Ah, allergic?

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:31, Reply)

quite sensitive now, which is pissing me off.
I never used to be, but started to feel unwell about 18 months ago all the time, mentioned how I was feeling to a friend who I didn't know was coeliac, and he said to try removing gluten. Took it completely out of my diet for three weeks, felt amazing. Reintroduced it, felt awful.

Thought I could get away with it on monday when my mate cooked me pasta for tea. I ended up looking four months pregnant and being so uncomfortable I couldn't get to sleep til after midnight.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:38, Reply)

Man, that sounds pretty serious
Still, as you say, there are a lot of gluten free products out there now. Imagine how these people must have had to live 20 years ago or more. Must have been terrible.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:39, Reply)

the most annoying thing is that my parents don't believe me.
so when I go home to visit, they're like, "Oh, we've got pasta for tea tonight!" and I'm like, "is it gluten free?" "No" "well I can't eat it then." "SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR DINNER."
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:44, Reply)

Haha, mothers are the least sympathetic creatures on the planet

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:47, Reply)

no, my mummy loves me, she just doesn't believe me because I'm not diagnosed as coeliac.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:55, Reply)

Then either get diagnosed, or SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR DINNER

(PsychoChomp, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 14:55, Reply)

there's a difference between coeliac disease
and gluten sensitivity. Coeliac disease is caused by a genetic mutation, whereas gluten sensitivity is usually brought about by a long term exposure to gluten and a corresponding immune response. you can't test for the gluten sensitivity, only for a wheat allergy or for coeliac disease mutations.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 15:00, Reply)

Sounds like a fake illness if ever I heard one.
Like depression.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 15:02, Reply)

Or PMS

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 15:05, Reply)