Re: I made Quinoa Flour (and Popcorn Patties)

[Guest guest]

White flour contains gluten, which forms a sort of sticky mass when wet, more so

when kneaded. Quinoa or non gluten flours won't have the same consistency-you

generally need more of the non gluten flours, or add a tiny bit of tapioca

starch, flax gel, or chia gel to give it a bit of the same gooines (is that a

word, lol)?

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> Now I have a question (I'm posting the link so you can see what I mean).

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> How come when I made the flour-club soda mixture, it did NOT resemble the same

as when I did the Regular white flour and club soda mixture.

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> In this case I had to add some spelt flour and then all was fine.

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> What (if anything) can I do next time to make a thicker batter?

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> Here's the video.

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> And Alan ate all the popcorn shoot patties, they were THAT good!!

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IEeyz415Q

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> Melody

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[Guest guest]

Hi. Just looked up tapioca starch. Loaded with carbs and it raises blood sugar

so I'm not going there. I have both chia and flax. I can make chia gel by

soaking some seeds and using the gelled liquid and adding that to the batter

(next time that I do this).

Not going to be for a while because as we go into summer I'm not going to be

cooking that much. I'm doing salads and half sandwiches, etc.

I'll be back in full force in October, doing my soups, etc.

But for now. And I'm excited because I actually had a tuna fish sandwich for

dinner (I took out all the inside of a semonlina roll) added some tuna, celery,

and lots of sprouts and I was in heaven.

Didn't have any popcorn patties left but thankfully I made zucchini ones. OMG,

EXCELLENT. And I made some for tomorrow. Thank god I have a convection oven.

Takes 5 minutes.

I also saw the video about the guy who has been cooking his food in a solar oven

for over 20 years. Amazing.

Melody

> >

> > Now I have a question (I'm posting the link so you can see what I mean).

> >

> > How come when I made the flour-club soda mixture, it did NOT resemble the

same as when I did the Regular white flour and club soda mixture.

> >

> > In this case I had to add some spelt flour and then all was fine.

> >

> > What (if anything) can I do next time to make a thicker batter?

> >

> > Here's the video.

> >

> > And Alan ate all the popcorn shoot patties, they were THAT good!!

> >

> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IEeyz415Q

> >

> > Melody

> >

>

[Guest guest]

hi melody.....whole wheat, spelt, kamut flours will thicken it up nicely because

of the gluten content.....it sounds as if you fixed the problem with your

mixture.....what great fun !.....i loved your video and i'm glad the your new

flour worked out.....peace, mary

>

> Now I have a question (I'm posting the link so you can see what I mean).

>

> How come when I made the flour-club soda mixture, it did NOT resemble the same

as when I did the Regular white flour and club soda mixture.

>

> In this case I had to add some spelt flour and then all was fine.

>

> What (if anything) can I do next time to make a thicker batter?

>

> Here's the video.

>

> And Alan ate all the popcorn shoot patties, they were THAT good!!

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IEeyz415Q

>

> Melody

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I'm glad too. I'm learning all sorts of cool stuff to do with the vitamix.

Makes absolutely the BEST ice cream in the world and I get to eat it too!!!

This afternoon I made regular Chocolate banana ice cream(no peanut butter).

Less Calories and just as delicious. Used Stevia in the Raw.

Thank god for Bananas!!!!

lol

Melody

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> > Now I have a question (I'm posting the link so you can see what I mean).

> >

> > How come when I made the flour-club soda mixture, it did NOT resemble the

same as when I did the Regular white flour and club soda mixture.

> >

> > In this case I had to add some spelt flour and then all was fine.

> >

> > What (if anything) can I do next time to make a thicker batter?

> >

> > Here's the video.

> >

> > And Alan ate all the popcorn shoot patties, they were THAT good!!

> >

> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IEeyz415Q

> >

> > Melody

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Well, I had NEVER made batter before. I was using bread crumbs, egg and stuff to

make a fritter. So one day I'm in the backyard with the Italians and they are

now growing pea shoots. My landlord said " Have you ever made batter with just

flour and either club soda or seltzer " . I said 'What?? " Club soda or seltzer? "

She said 'Yeah, they puff up really nice "

I happened to have Club soda in my fridge and she was right.

So I made the batter.

Try it and see how it goes.

Melody

> >

> > Now I have a question (I'm posting the link so you can see what I mean).

> >

> > How come when I made the flour-club soda mixture, it did NOT resemble the

same as when I did the Regular white flour and club soda mixture.

> >

> > In this case I had to add some spelt flour and then all was fine.

> >

> > What (if anything) can I do next time to make a thicker batter?

> >

> > Here's the video.

> >

> > And Alan ate all the popcorn shoot patties, they were THAT good!!

> >

> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IEeyz415Q

> >

> > Melody

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I would most definitely look for an alternative to any tuna....a lot of it is

coming up positive for bad stuffs related to the Japanese nuclear melt

down......there are some great natural alternatives which have a similar taste

and mouth feel........

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2010/07/vegan-tuna-salad-recipe.html<http:\

//glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2010/07/vegan-tuna-salad-recipe.html>

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/soupssalads/r/vegtunasalad.htm<http://vegetarian.\

about.com/od/soupssalads/r/vegtunasalad.htm>

http://weheartthis.com/2010/03/01/so-simple-so-yummy-vegan-tuna-sandwich/<http:/\

/weheartthis.com/2010/03/01/so-simple-so-yummy-vegan-tuna-sandwich/>

Re: I made Quinoa Flour (and Popcorn Patties)

Hi. Just looked up tapioca starch. Loaded with carbs and it raises blood sugar

so I'm not going there. I have both chia and flax. I can make chia gel by

soaking some seeds and using the gelled liquid and adding that to the batter

(next time that I do this).

Not going to be for a while because as we go into summer I'm not going to be

cooking that much. I'm doing salads and half sandwiches, etc.

I'll be back in full force in October, doing my soups, etc.

But for now. And I'm excited because I actually had a tuna fish sandwich for

dinner (I took out all the inside of a semonlina roll) added some tuna, celery,

and lots of sprouts and I was in heaven.

Didn't have any popcorn patties left but thankfully I made zucchini ones. OMG,

EXCELLENT. And I made some for tomorrow. Thank god I have a convection oven.

Takes 5 minutes.

I also saw the video about the guy who has been cooking his food in a solar

oven for over 20 years. Amazing.

Melody

> >

> > Now I have a question (I'm posting the link so you can see what I mean).

> >

> > How come when I made the flour-club soda mixture, it did NOT resemble the

same as when I did the Regular white flour and club soda mixture.

> >

> > In this case I had to add some spelt flour and then all was fine.

> >

> > What (if anything) can I do next time to make a thicker batter?

> >

> > Here's the video.

> >

> > And Alan ate all the popcorn shoot patties, they were THAT good!!

> >

> >

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IEeyz415Q<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IEey\

z415Q>

> >

> > Melody

> >

>

[Guest guest]

, very many thanks for that valuable post. It never once dawned on me that

the tuna could be contaminated, yet we all knew about Japans nuclear melt down!

It's something I feed my family a lot. The links are brilliant and things I can

eat too (bonus!).

Charlotte

>

> I would most definitely look for an alternative to any tuna....a lot of it is

coming up positive for bad stuffs related to the Japanese nuclear melt

down......there are some great natural alternatives which have a similar taste

and mouth feel........

>

>

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2010/07/vegan-tuna-salad-recipe.html<http:\

//glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2010/07/vegan-tuna-salad-recipe.html>

>

>

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/soupssalads/r/vegtunasalad.htm<http://vegetarian.\

about.com/od/soupssalads/r/vegtunasalad.htm>

>

>

>

http://weheartthis.com/2010/03/01/so-simple-so-yummy-vegan-tuna-sandwich/<http:/\

/weheartthis.com/2010/03/01/so-simple-so-yummy-vegan-tuna-sandwich/>