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Hey Brenda! These gram-flour pancakes don't taste like beans. Have you had Chinese green onion pancakes? They're savory and dense. Well, the gram flour pancakes are similar - savory and dense - but the flavor is on the curry side.
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SIG- I know what eggs do but I am allergic to them. So I try very hard to avoid eating them. But I do eat a little mayonnaise and little bit of baked goods. Sometimes I allow myself to have French Toast which is one of my most favourite things to eat.
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Hey Brenda! These gram-flour pancakes don't taste like beans. Have you had Chinese green onion pancakes? They're savory and dense. Well, the gram flour pancakes are similar - savory and dense - but the flavor is on the curry side.
No Kiki never eaten Chinese green onion pancakes. I know what they are but since I am allergic to onions, I can't eat them.
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I'm allergic to different foods as well. To tell the truth, I'm waiting for them to say I'm now allergic to onions, on top of everything.
Anyway, the take home message (so to speak) is that there are a wondrous variety of pancakes out there that you might enjoy and be able to eat. The curry-savory ones were a very tasty new experience for me.
BTW I support Signy's mention of lecithin supplements (or choline bitartrate). Here's a link I hope your browser can access. https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-436/choline
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
I'm allergic to different foods as well. To tell the truth, I'm waiting for them to say I'm now allergic to onions, on top of everything.
Anyway, the take home message (so to speak) is that there are a wondrous variety of pancakes out there that you might enjoy and be able to eat. The curry-savory ones were a very tasty new experience for me.
BTW I support Signy's mention of lecithin supplements (or choline bitartrate). Here's a link I hope your browser can access. https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-436/choline
I discovered the onion one on my own. Someone had cut up a bunch of onions and I came back, breathed in the oils and started having a hard time breathing, my eyes were watering and itching. Not pleasant.
Might try some savory ones but when I want pancakes, I want sweet ones. They remind me of my dad who made pancakes for supper once in a while when I was a child.
I looked up what foods lecithin is in and I eat brussel sprouts and broccoli as well as seafood and red meat.
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Well, I think I have you beat, allergy-wise. I finally subjected myself to a thorough allergy test (because of chronic sinusitis) and not only am I allergic to just about everything that can be inhaled, I also showed significant allergic reactions to rice, potato, tomato, beef, chocolate, coffee, lettuce (lettuce???), and orange. (I think I'm forgetting something.) In addition, I'm gluten intolerant.
I joke that the typical hamburger - wheat bun, beef, lettuce, and a slice of tomato - is the epitome of "what I can't eat".
I suspect - but am not sure- that I'm also allergic to peppers and eggplant (part of the potato/ tomato family). I may be tested for peppers next time if they have an FDA-approved extract.
Not a big egg-eater myself ... not because of allergies but just don't care for them a whole lot ... so I make sure to do choline supplements.
One of the things I wonder about is whether the rapidly increasing incidence of autism ... now something like 1:40 children ... is due to some stupid lack of something basic, like choline or sunshine.
The "medical experts" for YEARS have been telling people to avoid eggs because "cholesterol(!)" but ... did you know that the pregnant mother mobilizes choline to the fetus, and that the amniotic fluid has 10X the concentration as maternal blood? So when the fetus grows up (and is female) and has a baby of her own, does SHE have the choline reserves to mobilize for HER fetus? Are we seeing a multi-generational deficiency?
Back in the day, people ate eggs and liver and fish ("fish Friday" if you were Catholic) and walked around in the sunshine. Today, not so much. Just something I think about.
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Quote:Have you taught your niece her resonant voice? It should amaze her. Having a whole house makes this easier.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Those train sets were cheap, the most number of track pieces for the least cash. Subsequent purchases could be the same compatible sets of pieces. For their growing imagination, skill.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
When my niece was about 6, I got her a logic puzzle which can be set into different puzzles. She didn't know what to do and asked me how to solve it. I asked her what she thought she should do and how, and once she finished one, she did an entire set in no time. Her dad, my brother is an Engineer, and he couldn't figure out any of the puzzles she had just done. She seemed to have spurred onward in STEM after that.
You can also look for games endorsed by MENSA.
Nice.
Do you have any other suggestions? Preferably anything $20 and under. I'd kind of like to build up a good collection of "smart" toys for her when she comes over. She's still at that age where her imagination can make anything a toy, but she'll probably be growing out of that soon.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I noticed they drew stuff with crayons and stuff, but fill the page/sheet quickly. So I got for each those huge oversized drawing tablets, to eliminate limitations of drawing.
I looked for items light on structure/restriction, heavy on repeatability with innovation.
For when she learns words, I recommend Boggle.
Check the results from "Mensa games rating" search, including Mensa Select. They usually break down the list with ages.
Terrace (think 3D Checkers sorta) was an excellent example of a game which you don't have an advantage because you don't already know it like Chess. And simple rules, based on color and size.
Thanks. I'll look into them. She's a smart kid and she's going to a good school. I don't think she gets enough training at home though.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Allergic to chocolate.
That is harsh.
Sometimes I suspect that many ailments, food conflicts, are a result of lack of exercise, more predominant in older adults.
Peppers, onions, milks, cheeses, not digesting as smoothly as in the past, instead of a developing Intolerance, maybe just a change in activity level.
When I was a kid, couldn't eat tomatoes, cheese without being sick. But cooked enough, like on pizza or spaghetti was OK. Around my majority I decided to train myself to eat what I couldn't, change other dietary habits.
Those ingredients for pancakes look the same except for milk and the special flour. Does that flour stand in for the milk? Or are the proportions vastly different to make the pancake work?
Many folk I know firmly believe the primary purpose of pancakes is to provide a repository for syrup. And optional melted butter. So as long as you have real Canadian Maple Syrup, you should survive the effort.
Is it the chicken part of the egg producing allergy? Can you have other species of egg?
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I still drink coffee .... some days, tea just doesn't have enuf caffeine!
Was told to keep a food diary because there is something in my diet which causes my arthritis to kick up, which is not an allergic reaction per se but still an immune response. Haven't figured out what the offending food is except possibly tomatoes being one; since I dropped tomato from my diet my aches and pains have gotten a little better. Altho I STILL make "old people" noises (ugh/oy) when I stand up. 
I think one of MY problems was eating too frequently. long story, but I think that unless you have a blood sugar problem it really helps to go at least 10 hours a day without food every day, and some days even longer. Helps the liver to dump excess glycogen (reduces fatty liver) and helps the intestinal tract to clear (reduces bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine). I walk over a mile every day ... my high-energy puppy sees to that! ... plus I garden something like six hours a week. Not just pinching flowers but digging irrigation systems and pruning down/ digging up large shrubs. So, not terribly intense exercise but still something.
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KIKI- we got almost 1.5" from today's storm, which was more than predicted. I looked at the radar map ... this particular storm stretched from the southern Oregon/ northern California border all the way to San Diego. Can you believe it??? A solid line of rain and snow all up and down the state. Woo hoo!!!
My favorite weather site (wunderground) really does tend to under-predict rain, and it's predicting an inch of rain next Wednesday. Of course, many of these storms have a tendency to evaporate or swing just north of LA, but here's MY prediction for this winter (and don't forget: You heard it here first!!!)
According to the bigwig meteorologists, this will be an el Nino winter.
Now, as we know, that doesn't always mean rain for the southwest. In fact, the last ginormous el Nino that we had was a bust, rain-wise, and IMHO that was because the storms were blocked by The Blob, which didn't allow cold air to swing down far enough to loft the warm humid air and wring out rain. However, THIS year we don't have a Blob off the coast, plus the arctic air does seem to be swinging farther south. So THIS winter, my prediction is normal to higher-than-normal rainfall.
So, we get to see how my seat-of-the-pants prediction works out!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Allergic to chocolate.
That is harsh.
Sometimes I suspect that many ailments, food conflicts, are a result of lack of exercise, more predominant in older adults.
Peppers, onions, milks, cheeses, not digesting as smoothly as in the past, instead of a developing Intolerance, maybe just a change in activity level.
When I was a kid, couldn't eat tomatoes, cheese without being sick. But cooked enough, like on pizza or spaghetti was OK. Around my majority I decided to train myself to eat what I couldn't, change other dietary habits.
Those ingredients for pancakes look the same except for milk and the special flour. Does that flour stand in for the milk? Or are the proportions vastly different to make the pancake work?
Many folk I know firmly believe the primary purpose of pancakes is to provide a repository for syrup. And optional melted butter. So as long as you have real Canadian Maple Syrup, you should survive the effort.
Is it the chicken part of the egg producing allergy? Can you have other species of egg?
It is a cup each of flour and a teaspoon each of salt and sugar and two teaspoons of baking powder.
Never tried eating another species of egg. So all I know is I don't like eggs anyways, but it is akward as I like things that are made from eggs.
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