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Seeking to please my DH who now can't have sugar and has missed the wonderful pollo en mole that our favorite restaurant makes, I tried making some sugar-free in the crock-pot today. Only problem - it made a LOT - good grief. I have a large crock pot up to it's lid - the plastic lid is actually floating - with sauce and chicken (mostly sauce). And then we stuffed ourselves on it and thanks to the large amounts of unsweetened chocolate in the sauce, we're all completely caffeine buzzed now. Thank goodness for freezers - I think we'd all be buzzing along on mole sauce for a week otherwise.

All this steer-around-the-ingredient stuff is coming easier to me with time - I've now learned to steer around wheat, sugar and salt. It is annoying how much prefab stuff is loaded with all of the above, I am terribly fond of lazy convenience when I can get it.

How's the food allergy situation in your house? Or are you one of the lucky ones who can eat anything they like?

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Date: 2006-01-15 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrs-pippin-took.livejournal.com
Primsong....would you believe food allergies can even happen when you are older? I have an allergy for sal-ammoniac (is this the right word) When I eat even the tiniest bit of it, I will get from those white spots in my mouth that will hurt very much. And they will last for two weeks before they disappear.
I will never laugh at somebody with food allergies. It is not funny and it is a problem too. But to find good alternatives can be fun sometimes.

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Date: 2006-01-15 08:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] primsong.livejournal.com
I had to go look that one up! Wikipedia says it is used in soldering, for feeding cattle, in shampoo, in printing, and in cough medicines among other things - And the real clincher for you, I'm sure - "In several countries sal ammoniac is used to spice up liquorice-type dark candies (Finland's salmiakki is a popular example), and as a flavoring for vodkas." Wow - I guess you have to just read the labels then. :-P

I'm very allergic to sulfates in medicines, but thankfully haven't run into any reactions like that in any day to day foods. (((mrsp)))

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