April 14, 2011
Food Limitations
Dear clusterflock,
Y’all, dietarily speaking, are tough to keep track of. What can’t you eat? What don’t you eat? What won’t you eat? I want to make a dessert, but the thing I had in mind involves a baguette. Can those be had without gluten? Is anyone strictly anti-cheese, and if so does this apply even to soft cheeses like mascarpone? Is there such a thing as a vinegar allergy? I want to accommodate everyone medically and morally. Calorie control will have to be a matter of portion control, for those concerned.
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You can make something baguette-shaped without gluten, but I sure as hell wouldn’t eat it.
Dessert-wise, I’m easy.
Also, most other ways.
I am not allergic to anything (except one antibiotic which I doubt is part of any dessert recipes). I do, however, have textural objections to bananas, and humanitarian objections to durian.
“I’m a level five vegan. I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow.”
I’m going to see if I can find a durian.
Deron, have you ever been around a durian? Ever put a piece of durian in your mouth?
Citrus has nothing on durian. Durian will send you crying into the arms of a lemon meringue pie.
Durian is an evil genius.
So I sadly won’t be joining you for Clusterflockstock, but lets just say I’ll be there in essence.
I eat, unfortunately, anything.
David and I will eat anything, so long as it has a taste. We’re against tasteless food, like the stuff prepared for those without teeth.
I don’t eat meat of any kind and guiltily eat fish and shellfish because otherwise I literally would eat like potatoes only (because I’m bad at self-care). I don’t eat wheat because I tested very very high for celiacs. I don’t care what other people eat on any account, and I don’t need dessert as I’m on a pretty strict diet these days. But I will look at your dessert with loving eyes and if I’m drunk enough sneak a taste.
HR requires that all desserts be made with nothing but pure cane sugar and water. There should also be a sugarless option for those who might be on restrictive diets due to private medical conditions. Cheese is acceptable only if management allows those who need it additional time for biological breaks and a non-dairy option is available.
I’m over my pica phase and no longer crave a sprinkle of iron filings on salads. And I’ll pretty much eat anything, though I’d just as lief bananas do not dominate. Plantains, that’s different.
Also, if there is such a thing as a vinegar allergy, I don’t have one. My first clusterpost was about vinegar — and, implicitly, my love of vinegar.
Kelsey reminds me of a scene in the opening credits of Futurama. There’s a billboard for Bachelor Chow(tm) “Now with Flavor!”
Amanda Mae, if it’s any consolation, in a romance novel I read last week, the heroine has celiac disease, and she gets the hotttt Navy SEAL anyway.
Buck up!
I am about to try a chocolate meringue layer cake. Made with five crispy discs of meringue and lavish layers of ganache. The recipe calls for a bit of flour for the parchment papers but I’m sure something else could be substituted or even omitted.
Cocoa powder.
Perfect, India.