Questions about gluten free...Any help would be good

[SMOKE FREAK]

OK...Long story short...
Was making meatballs in a red wine shroom sauce for Lena to take to a potluck at her Bible study...
One of the gals in the group is eating a gluten free diet after her cancer gig...
Meatballs were made with gluten free bread crumbs...
Got gluten free rice flour to make the gravy...Its all good...
Till we look at the ingredients in the beef base that I use in the shroom sauce...Not so good...
Stuff like soy powder, corn syrup solids, yeast extract, and potato flour...WTF?
Why is that stuff in there anyway...Is this a gluten happy playground...I just don't know...
I don't know enough to determine what the gluten status of this stuff is...
Checked a box of veggie broth we had in the cabinet and it has yeast extract in it too...Is that a problem? I just don't know enough about this stuff to go forward with the gravy...

Any help would be appreciated...

[barkonbutts]

Looks like you will be fine, gluten is a wheat by product. so unless there is wheat or wheat product all is okay. yeast is fine as well. atleast that is what my friend told me who is very allergic to gluten..

[Ryan]

Is she allergic or just dieting? Cause if its dieting I've read its kind of BS fad. Maybe give her a call and see if those ingredients are OK. Wish I could help more.

[gmotoman]

Gluten free means no soy, oats, rye, wheat, and a few other things. If it is a personal choice then no worries. If she has celiac disease then ya got problems.
All i really no other than those I listed is no beer, and if you need to use Tamari not Soy sauce.

[Slanted88]

are these gluten free brownies...ain't got a clue...was asked at Church...she got after em...Louie is this a betty crocker dump box or homemade...homemade Mikey...uhhh if she is gluten free...she's gettin it on in the brownie gig ya did...

[Fishawn]

Dont know much aboot it, but had a buddy just recently change his diet tl Gluten free. He drinks Gluten free beer

Says he feels better and lost like 7 pounds in 2-3 weeks. Might be something to it, just dont know much aboot it

[Richtee]

Gluten is the name for the protein in grains. All grains contain protein that is theoretically gluten but people with celiac disease and most other gluten allergies only react to the form of gluten found in wheat (including spelt, kamut, triticale and all varieties of wheat), barley, and rye.

Yeast should not be an issue. Use corn starch for the gravy thickner. Or arrowroot. Or that rice flour.

[bkleinsmid]

OK...Long story short...
Was making meatballs in a red wine shroom sauce for Lena to take to a potluck at her Bible study...
One of the gals in the group is eating a gluten free diet after her cancer gig...
Meatballs were made with gluten free bread crumbs...
Got gluten free rice flour to make the gravy...Its all good...
Till we look at the ingredients in the beef base that I use in the shroom sauce...Not so good...
Stuff like soy powder, corn syrup solids, yeast extract, and potato flour...WTF?
Why is that stuff in there anyway...Is this a gluten happy playground...I just don't know...
I don't know enough to determine what the gluten status of this stuff is...
Checked a box of veggie broth we had in the cabinet and it has yeast extract in it too...Is that a problem? I just don't know enough about this stuff to go forward with the gravy...

Any help would be appreciated...

The part that caught my eye was the cancer thing. My other half has a short list of things to stay away from after her fight with cancer (now 4 1/2 years clear). Do your best to keep the gluten out but don't worry if a bit is still in your recipe.

Brad

[SMOKE FREAK]

The part that caught my eye was the cancer thing. My other half has a short list of things to stay away from after her fight with cancer (now 4 1/2 years clear). Do your best to keep the gluten out but don't worry if a bit is still in your recipe.

Brad

We ended up making the gluten free meatballs on the grill with the vortex...Just fantastic...Made a sauce that included the beef base with gluten free rice flour as a thickener...Only thing even close to questionable was the beef base used to season the sauce...Hopefully not even an issue...

In my mind if a person is THAT worried about their diet then they had better bring (and eat) whatever they can handle to a gathering like this...

[Fishawn]

In my mind if a person is THAT worried about their diet then they had better bring (and eat) whatever they can handle to a gathering like this...

Totally agree Craiger

[SMOKE FREAK]

However we did all we could to cater to their needs and still give em something great...
Hope there is some leftovers so I can try em too......It smelled like it would it would be worth eating

[Fishawn]

However we did all we could to cater to their needs and still give em something great...
Hope there is some leftovers so I can try em too......It smelled like it would it would be worth eating

Yer a good man, no matter what Lena says

[Fairview]

Gluten free means no soy, oats, rye, wheat, and a few other things. If it is a personal choice then no worries. If she has celiac disease then ya got problems.
All i really no other than those I listed is no beer, and if you need to use Tamari not Soy sauce.

Yup. Unless you have celiac or perhaps the cancer involved the digestive system where digesting wheat (etc) is now challenging, gluten free products is more marketing hype than a need. A lot of people have made a personal choice to be gluten free and pay a premium for the profit of food corporations. It is estimated that 2 million people in the US are challenged with celiac. That number is not enough to keep all the businesses to maintain a gluten free line and in the black unless a lot of non celiac people jump on the bandwagon through advertising..

I would straight out ask if she has been diagnosed with celias by a doctor. If not, damn the torpedoes and she can decide to do without. Just send me hers.

[gracoman]

Yup. Unless you have celiac or perhaps the cancer involved the digestive system where digesting wheat (etc) is now challenging, gluten free products is more marketing hype than a need.

There is debate over the existence of nonceliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) -intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms in response to ingestion of gluten-containing foods by people without celiac disease or wheat allergy.

In a cross-over trial of subjects with suspected NCGS, the severity of overall symptoms increased significantly during 1 week of intake of small amounts of gluten, compared with placebo. Clinical trial no: ISRCTN72857280.

FWIW, it appears gluten sensitivity is real.

[Fairview]

There is debate over the existence of nonceliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) -intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms in response to ingestion of gluten-containing foods by people without celiac disease or wheat allergy.

In a cross-over trial of subjects with suspected NCGS, the severity of overall symptoms increased significantly during 1 week of intake of small amounts of gluten, compared with placebo. Clinical trial no: ISRCTN72857280.

FWIW, it appears gluten sensitivity is real.

Yeah, I'm sensitive to eating cheese. Tears me up inside but sometimes I choose to eat it like on pizza, mac and cheese, lasagna, enchiladas,grilled cheese sandwiches. No doubt people can be sensitive to wheat products but there is a tremendous difference between being sensitive to something and having celiac or just jumping on a band wagon because it's the latest craze. I still maintain for the majority they make it 'much ado about nothing'.