Guest guest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 <<Yeah like when I discovered that my Tropicana ruby red grapefruit juice got that ruby red color from cochineal extract which comes from crushed beetles. I still haven't recovered from that one. >> EEEWWWWWWW AmyF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 They told us that in HIgh school, thankfully I hate anything grapefruit! You guys remember my experience a few weeks ago :x beef fat in my great value frosting! BLARF! Whit akfral wrote: <<Yeah like when I discovered that my Tropicana ruby red grapefruit juice got that ruby red color from cochineal extract which comes from crushed beetles. I still haven't recovered from that one. >> EEEWWWWWWW AmyF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Hi Everyone; My husband and I just got back from a fun weekend in the city. We have developed ways of handling our nutritional needs when we travel that seems to work most places. One of our staples is commercial houmus on plain rice cakse that we get at grocery stores along the way. This weekend, we got a container of one of our favourite types, assuming it was as it was vegan, as it has always been. Well, we started eating it and remarked to each other that that it seemed quite different in both flavour and texture. The next day, although it had been kept in the fridge over night, it was obviously fermenting due to the expansion of the increased gas content in the closed container (ie., the lid was puffed up). Finally, I got curious enough to read the label. Guess what, second ingredient was sour cream. You may have heard the recommendation: always read the label, even for favourite products because the ingredients can change without warning. Well, there you go... case in point! Just thought you might like to hear about our experience. Deborah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Wow - hummus with sour cream. YUCK! I must comment that you are so lucky that your husband follows a vegan/gluten free lifestyle too. My husband has no interest or dietary/digestive needs and traveling with him is a challenge. He loves restaurants and gets frustrated when I look at a menu and realize that there is nothing I can eat besides a green salad. That is fine for one meal, but day after day on a vacation can be a nerve wracking. We have compromised and always get a room with a refrigerator so that I can keep my stash of gluten/vegan free foods to keep me satisfied and healthy. Just thought I would share.... Any other ideas/thoughts you may have would be most appreciated. I find it challenging to live for a week on fruit, vegetables, potatoes and rice - and some occasional beans if they don't add ham hocks. Lisa In a message dated 3/1/2009 9:50:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, pdworkman writes: Yeah, we ran into that in the US too, when our usual brands were all made with corn. Pam On 3/1/09, Deborah Pageau <_dpageau_ (dpageau) > wrote: > Hi Everyone; > > My husband and I just got back from a fun weekend in the city. We have > developed ways of handling our nutritional needs when we travel that seems > to work most places. One of our staples is commercial houmus on plain rice > cakse that we get at grocery stores along the way. This weekend, we got a > container of one of our favourite types, assuming it was as it was vegan, as > it has always been. > > Well, we started eating it and remarked to each other that that it seemed > quite different in both flavour and texture. The next day, although it had > been kept in the fridge over night, it was obviously fermenting due to the > expansion of the increased gas content in the closed container (ie., the lid > was puffed up). Finally, I got curious enough to read the label. Guess > what, second ingredient was sour cream. > > You may have heard the recommendation: always read the label, even for > favourite products because the ingredients can change without warning. > Well, there you go... case in point! Just thought you might like to hear > about our experience. > > Deborah > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies & ncid=emlcntusyelp00\ 000005) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yeah, we ran into that in the US too, when our usual brands were all made with corn. Pam On 3/1/09, Deborah Pageau <dpageau wrote: > Hi Everyone; > > My husband and I just got back from a fun weekend in the city. We have > developed ways of handling our nutritional needs when we travel that seems > to work most places. One of our staples is commercial houmus on plain rice > cakse that we get at grocery stores along the way. This weekend, we got a > container of one of our favourite types, assuming it was as it was vegan, as > it has always been. > > Well, we started eating it and remarked to each other that that it seemed > quite different in both flavour and texture. The next day, although it had > been kept in the fridge over night, it was obviously fermenting due to the > expansion of the increased gas content in the closed container (ie., the lid > was puffed up). Finally, I got curious enough to read the label. Guess > what, second ingredient was sour cream. > > You may have heard the recommendation: always read the label, even for > favourite products because the ingredients can change without warning. > Well, there you go... case in point! Just thought you might like to hear > about our experience. > > Deborah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 I always read labels but there have been a few occasions when shopping that I've been nagged at excessively to hurry up because it takes me 2 hours to buy 2 bags of groceries, and then I get home and scan labels again as I put stuff away just in case I've missed something, and sure enough the product I was holding when distracted has gluten, dairy, eggs, or a combination of them! It's worse with the kid there because then I have 2 babies crying it's taking too long! It's very frustrating especially with foods you know and love and have eaten for years then all of a sudden you can't have it any more because they decide to add something off limits! I feel like I'm starving to death in the middle of an all you can eat buffet! When traveling, I pack enough food to get me through the trip. I figure I can always bring what I don't eat back home, but should I run into a situation where I can't be accommodated, I'm covered! I bought one of those little car fridge things a while back too, which has a switch to heat food as well. I pack the cooler but have that as a back up to keep food cold as well as a food warmer whenever we need it! Sorry you lost one of your favorite snacks! On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Deborah Pageau <dpageau wrote: > Hi Everyone; > > My husband and I just got back from a fun weekend in the city. We have > developed ways of handling our nutritional needs when we travel that seems > to work most places. One of our staples is commercial houmus on plain rice > cakse that we get at grocery stores along the way. This weekend, we got a > container of one of our favourite types, assuming it was as it was vegan, as > it has always been. > > Well, we started eating it and remarked to each other that that it seemed > quite different in both flavour and texture. The next day, although it had > been kept in the fridge over night, it was obviously fermenting due to the > expansion of the increased gas content in the closed container (ie., the lid > was puffed up). Finally, I got curious enough to read the label. Guess what, > second ingredient was sour cream. > > You may have heard the recommendation: always read the label, even for > favourite products because the ingredients can change without warning. Well, > there you go... case in point! Just thought you might like to hear about our > experience. > > Deborah > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 I had a dream once, after some years of being vegan, that I was reading the ingredients on a box of Raisin Bran while I ate, only to discover to my horror that one of the ingredients was " chicken wings " . That'll wake a vegan up in a cold sweat! Pam On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jae Jones <recyclednew wrote: > I always read labels but there have been a few occasions when shopping that > I've been nagged at excessively to hurry up because it takes me 2 hours to > buy 2 bags of groceries, and then I get home and scan labels again as I put > stuff away just in case I've missed something, and sure enough the product I > was holding when distracted has gluten, dairy, eggs, or a combination of > them! It's worse with the kid there because then I have 2 babies crying it's > taking too long! It's very frustrating especially with foods you know and > love and have eaten for years then all of a sudden you can't have it any > more because they decide to add something off limits! I feel like I'm > starving to death in the middle of an all you can eat buffet! > > When traveling, I pack enough food to get me through the trip. I figure I > can always bring what I don't eat back home, but should I run into a > situation where I can't be accommodated, I'm covered! I bought one of those > little car fridge things a while back too, which has a switch to heat food > as well. I pack the cooler but have that as a back up to keep food cold as > well as a food warmer whenever we need it! > > Sorry you lost one of your favorite snacks! > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Deborah Pageau <dpageau wrote: > >> Hi Everyone; >> >> My husband and I just got back from a fun weekend in the city. We have >> developed ways of handling our nutritional needs when we travel that seems >> to work most places. One of our staples is commercial houmus on plain rice >> cakse that we get at grocery stores along the way. This weekend, we got a >> container of one of our favourite types, assuming it was as it was vegan, >> as >> it has always been. >> >> Well, we started eating it and remarked to each other that that it seemed >> quite different in both flavour and texture. The next day, although it had >> been kept in the fridge over night, it was obviously fermenting due to the >> expansion of the increased gas content in the closed container (ie., the >> lid >> was puffed up). Finally, I got curious enough to read the label. Guess >> what, >> second ingredient was sour cream. >> >> You may have heard the recommendation: always read the label, even for >> favourite products because the ingredients can change without warning. >> Well, >> there you go... case in point! Just thought you might like to hear about >> our >> experience. >> >> Deborah >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 After I had surgery this past summer, the nurses tried to give me Saltines as I was coming out of the anesthesia, even though my chart clearly said I was gluten intolerant and had food allergies. I managed to fend them off so that I could just eat the snack mix my husband had packed for me. I had nightmares about that for several months afterward, though! (If I'd been slightly less lucid, I would have ended up so sick!) I always make a point to read labels, which I'm sure Deborah usually does, too. I hope the sour cream didn't make you as sick as I would be if I ate that---the dairy would do me in for at least a day or two, which is so awful on an otherwise lovely vacation. Yick. I planned the meals and bought the groceries for a trip with church folks this past weekend. The young adult pastor and his wife offered to come with me to the store, but I told them that they really have no idea what it's like to read every label, and that I didn't expect them to spend the hours I would spend there with me. I must say: when I was shopping for the trip this weekend, I went to four different stores trying to get the best prices for the stuff. It is *amazing* how much easier it is to shop in stores that focus on organic, whole-foods ingredients---they just tend to be much less likely to stick weird ingredients in foods. I shopped at Publix for some of the stuff (which I don't do very often), and it was a nightmare trying to read the ingredients on those products and decipher the chemicals in many of them. Lisa, to respond to your post very bluntly, if my husband were not supportive of my dietary restrictions---which is not to say that he has to follow them always, but if he weren't going out of his way to help me deal with them, treating us as a team---he and I would have to have a serious heart-to-heart about what supportiveness in marriage means. I could not put up with that when I was having to deal with finding foods in an already often-difficult travel situation. Sally http://aprovechar.danandsally.com On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM, pdw <pdworkman wrote: > I had a dream once, after some years of being vegan, that I was > reading the ingredients on a box of Raisin Bran while I ate, only to > discover to my horror that one of the ingredients was " chicken wings " . > That'll wake a vegan up in a cold sweat! > > Pam > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jae Jones <recyclednew<recyclednew%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > I always read labels but there have been a few occasions when shopping > that > > I've been nagged at excessively to hurry up because it takes me 2 hours > to > > buy 2 bags of groceries, and then I get home and scan labels again as I > put > > stuff away just in case I've missed something, and sure enough the > product I > > was holding when distracted has gluten, dairy, eggs, or a combination of > > them! It's worse with the kid there because then I have 2 babies crying > it's > > taking too long! It's very frustrating especially with foods you know and > > love and have eaten for years then all of a sudden you can't have it any > > more because they decide to add something off limits! I feel like I'm > > starving to death in the middle of an all you can eat buffet! > > > > When traveling, I pack enough food to get me through the trip. I figure I > > can always bring what I don't eat back home, but should I run into a > > situation where I can't be accommodated, I'm covered! I bought one of > those > > little car fridge things a while back too, which has a switch to heat > food > > as well. I pack the cooler but have that as a back up to keep food cold > as > > well as a food warmer whenever we need it! > > > > Sorry you lost one of your favorite snacks! > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Deborah Pageau <dpageau<dpageau%40dccnet.com>> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Everyone; > >> > >> My husband and I just got back from a fun weekend in the city. We have > >> developed ways of handling our nutritional needs when we travel that > seems > >> to work most places. One of our staples is commercial houmus on plain > rice > >> cakse that we get at grocery stores along the way. This weekend, we got > a > >> container of one of our favourite types, assuming it was as it was > vegan, > >> as > >> it has always been. > >> > >> Well, we started eating it and remarked to each other that that it > seemed > >> quite different in both flavour and texture. The next day, although it > had > >> been kept in the fridge over night, it was obviously fermenting due to > the > >> expansion of the increased gas content in the closed container (ie., the > >> lid > >> was puffed up). Finally, I got curious enough to read the label. Guess > >> what, > >> second ingredient was sour cream. > >> > >> You may have heard the recommendation: always read the label, even for > >> favourite products because the ingredients can change without warning. > >> Well, > >> there you go... case in point! Just thought you might like to hear about > >> our > >> experience. > >> > >> Deborah > >> > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Don't get me started on the incompetence of medical professionals! One when I was in the hospital with a fever of 106 and nearly dead to begin with a nurse came in with amoxacillian to add to my IV. Luckily I was lucid enough to warn her of my severe allergy to it (which was clearly marked on my chart and wrist band) otherwise I wouldn't be here now! I could write a book of horror stories dealing with doctors and nurses alone! I agree with you about shopping. Whole Foods and similar type stores seem to have things better organized and clearly labeled. Giant Eagle is one of the main grocery stores here in Pittsburgh and they carry gluten free foods but they are mixed in with everything else and they are constantly changing things around and it's very frustrating! In a hurry one night I grabbed an Amy's meals, which they have dairy free and cheese versions of a few of there meals. Anyway, they never had the cheese one at the location I was at and I grabbed it in a hurry and got home to find that I had a cheese one and therefore no dinner! As for the man, he generally is supportive and understanding, but never having an issue with anything it's impossible for him to relate. We have heart-to-hearts all the time. I can understand his frustration when shopping because I'm frustrated too. We go in, split up to get what we need and he comes back with all his shopping done and I've barely begun! When the store is crowded or you have a headache or it's just been one of those days, it makes it all the worse! Then there's my issue of chronic pancreatitis which complicates things more because there is very little I can eat and then there are times I'm feeling good so I buy a lot of fresh foods and then a day or two later I'm sick again so we ether have to give food away or it goes to waste. Either way we're wasting money because I'm not eating the food I bought! The whole ordeal is very disheartening to me so I can only imagine what he's going though emotionally! I have to yell at him to eat when I can't because he feels so bad for me and doesn't want to eat in front of me. It's a sweet gesture but ridiculous at the same time. I think at times we underestimate the emotional turmoil our healthy loved ones go through on our behalf. It's like have a loved one with cancer or another terminal illness. You go through a long process of trying to understand and help, but you really don't know. That not knowing can be more difficult that being the sick one. I've always been the sick one, but I experienced the flip side of the coin when I helped a friend who learned he was HIV+ and although he's gone now, I still don't know exactly what he went though and I still think about him and others who go though that. Although celiac isn't a terminal illness, loved ones look at us as though it where, and the emotional processes are basically the same. Sorry I kinda went on a rant again. Just thinking about stuff! :/ On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Sally Parrott Ashbrook < sally.parrott wrote: > After I had surgery this past summer, the nurses tried to give me > Saltines > as I was coming out of the anesthesia, even though my chart clearly said I > was gluten intolerant and had food allergies. I managed to fend them off so > that I could just eat the snack mix my husband had packed for me. I had > nightmares about that for several months afterward, though! (If I'd been > slightly less lucid, I would have ended up so sick!) > > I always make a point to read labels, which I'm sure Deborah usually does, > too. I hope the sour cream didn't make you as sick as I would be if I ate > that---the dairy would do me in for at least a day or two, which is so > awful > on an otherwise lovely vacation. Yick. I planned the meals and bought the > groceries for a trip with church folks this past weekend. The young adult > pastor and his wife offered to come with me to the store, but I told them > that they really have no idea what it's like to read every label, and that > I > didn't expect them to spend the hours I would spend there with me. > > I must say: when I was shopping for the trip this weekend, I went to four > different stores trying to get the best prices for the stuff. It is > *amazing* how much easier it is to shop in stores that focus on organic, > whole-foods ingredients---they just tend to be much less likely to stick > weird ingredients in foods. I shopped at Publix for some of the stuff > (which I don't do very often), and it was a nightmare trying to read the > ingredients on those products and decipher the chemicals in many of them. > > Lisa, to respond to your post very bluntly, if my husband were not > supportive of my dietary restrictions---which is not to say that he has to > follow them always, but if he weren't going out of his way to help me deal > with them, treating us as a team---he and I would have to have a serious > heart-to-heart about what supportiveness in marriage means. I could not put > up with that when I was having to deal with finding foods in an already > often-difficult travel situation. > > Sally > http://aprovechar.danandsally.com > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM, pdw <pdworkman<pdworkman%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > I had a dream once, after some years of being vegan, that I was > > reading the ingredients on a box of Raisin Bran while I ate, only to > > discover to my horror that one of the ingredients was " chicken wings " . > > That'll wake a vegan up in a cold sweat! > > > > Pam > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jae Jones <recyclednew<recyclednew%40gmail.com> > <recyclednew%40gmail.com>> > > > wrote: > > > I always read labels but there have been a few occasions when shopping > > that > > > I've been nagged at excessively to hurry up because it takes me 2 hours > > to > > > buy 2 bags of groceries, and then I get home and scan labels again as I > > put > > > stuff away just in case I've missed something, and sure enough the > > product I > > > was holding when distracted has gluten, dairy, eggs, or a combination > of > > > them! It's worse with the kid there because then I have 2 babies crying > > it's > > > taking too long! It's very frustrating especially with foods you know > and > > > love and have eaten for years then all of a sudden you can't have it > any > > > more because they decide to add something off limits! I feel like I'm > > > starving to death in the middle of an all you can eat buffet! > > > > > > When traveling, I pack enough food to get me through the trip. I figure > I > > > can always bring what I don't eat back home, but should I run into a > > > situation where I can't be accommodated, I'm covered! I bought one of > > those > > > little car fridge things a while back too, which has a switch to heat > > food > > > as well. I pack the cooler but have that as a back up to keep food cold > > as > > > well as a food warmer whenever we need it! > > > > > > Sorry you lost one of your favorite snacks! > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Deborah Pageau <dpageau<dpageau%40dccnet.com> > <dpageau%40dccnet.com>> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Everyone; > > >> > > >> My husband and I just got back from a fun weekend in the city. We have > > >> developed ways of handling our nutritional needs when we travel that > > seems > > >> to work most places. One of our staples is commercial houmus on plain > > rice > > >> cakse that we get at grocery stores along the way. This weekend, we > got > > a > > >> container of one of our favourite types, assuming it was as it was > > vegan, > > >> as > > >> it has always been. > > >> > > >> Well, we started eating it and remarked to each other that that it > > seemed > > >> quite different in both flavour and texture. The next day, although it > > had > > >> been kept in the fridge over night, it was obviously fermenting due to > > the > > >> expansion of the increased gas content in the closed container (ie., > the > > >> lid > > >> was puffed up). Finally, I got curious enough to read the label. Guess > > >> what, > > >> second ingredient was sour cream. > > >> > > >> You may have heard the recommendation: always read the label, even for > > >> favourite products because the ingredients can change without warning. > > >> Well, > > >> there you go... case in point! Just thought you might like to hear > about > > >> our > > >> experience. > > >> > > >> Deborah > > >> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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