Doing SCD in Toronto, was Re: 's trip to Canada

[Guest guest]

Dear Ellen,

I am also in Toronto! (I am also an Ellen!) I buy the JK Gourmet

granola in a health food store on Roncesvalles Ave, but where do you

get her baked goods?

The only place I have been able to eat out at without getting sick is

the cafe in IKEA, of all places. Their salmon + vegetable dinner (I

asked them to hold the potatoes, which are cooked separately from the

veggies) agreed with me fine. The cured salmon salad also seems safe

but a bit yecchh without dressing!

BB/Ellen

Lyme Disease

SCD 3mos

>

> Hi Marilyn. I live in Toronto, so I would like to know more about

where you

> stayed and what you ate while you were here. I haven't been able to

go to a

> restaurant since March. Not that I went to restaurants much before

starting

> on SCD, since most restaurants were not chemically safe for me, with

their

> perfumed staff and customers. Many restaurants were already impossible

> because of my varied food allergies. For example, Mexican and similar

> restaurants were out because I'm allergic to tomatoes, corn, and other

> popular ingredients in that cuisine. Most pizza restaurants were out

because

> of my yeast allergy. But Il Fornello made excellent yeast-free spelt

pizzas,

> which were my treat pre-SCD. Now I make my own yeast-free,

grain-free pizza

> crust. But it would be nice to know of places that I might be able

to eat

> at.

>

> The current contact for the Upper Canada Lower Bowel Society

(UCLBS),

> Lass, recommended the plain rotisserie roasted chicken at Whole

Foods as

> being SCD-legal, so I keep some of that chicken in my freezer to

indulge in

> when I am not up to cooking. Apparently UCLBS is not currently holding

> pot-luck meals or other gatherings.

>

> Being in Toronto has some advantages, particularly the ready

availability of

> Jodi Bager's baking (JK gourmet). Her cinnamon muffin loaves and

bags of

> fruit granola, while relatively expensive, are delicious and fill

the void

> when I can't bake. I have been able to find several stores within easy

> driving distance that sell Western Creamery pressed dry cottage cheese,

> including Daiter's, Sobey's, and Vince in Downsview, so I rarely

run out

> of cheesecake.

>

> One more thing: when are you coming back to Toronto?

>

> Ellen in Toronto