Re: Are they legal?/ using legal shortening

November 16, 2005

Fay,

I just started this diet with my daughter 4 days ago. I had a raisin pecan

cookie recipe that called for 1TBS of butter however we are casein free. I

substituted the butter with the shortening and the cookies came out great, good

consistency and tastes yummy.

My question is can you melt shortening? Some recipes call for melted butter and

you don't always want to use oil as a replacement sooo what does one use to

replace melted butter?

I am not knowledgeable enough yet about the smoked nuts. Hopefully someone else

will chime in here.

Take care,

Are they legal?/ using legal shortening

Someone mentioned Spectrum shortening. I just got it - I'm assuming it's

legal - and am wondering how people use it. Can you substitute it for

butter? There are a number of recipes I would try but for variousl

reasons don't want to use butter for, and can't always substitute oil

for. I just want to get people's feel for it before I open it - it is

pretty expensive.

Also Whole Foods has smoked almonds. The label reads legal but is there

something inherent in the smoking process that could be a problem?

Thanks and take care, Fay

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

November 17, 2005

>

> When nuts are roasted they are roasted using a starch.

Starch is used in two main instances; mixed nuts and cashew. Buying a single

type of

roasted nut is OK. Not hickory smoked or seasoned of course. So in selecting

almonds,

for example, roasted or raw would be legal.

The starch is dusted into mixtures to keep nuts from sticking together.

Cashew is steamed first. We want cashew butter not made from roasted cashew

unless the

source is reliable and has assured us in writing that no starch was used, nor

cottonseed

oil.

Carol F.

Toronto, Celiac, SCD 5 years

November 17, 2005

>

> When nuts are roasted they are roasted using a starch.

Starch is used in two main instances; mixed nuts and cashew. Buying a single

type of

roasted nut is OK. Not hickory smoked or seasoned of course. So in selecting

almonds,

for example, roasted or raw would be legal.

The starch is dusted into mixtures to keep nuts from sticking together.

Cashew is steamed first. We want cashew butter not made from roasted cashew

unless the

source is reliable and has assured us in writing that no starch was used, nor

cottonseed

oil.

Carol F.

Toronto, Celiac, SCD 5 years

November 17, 2005

>

> When nuts are roasted they are roasted using a starch.

Starch is used in two main instances; mixed nuts and cashew. Buying a single

type of

roasted nut is OK. Not hickory smoked or seasoned of course. So in selecting

almonds,

for example, roasted or raw would be legal.

The starch is dusted into mixtures to keep nuts from sticking together.

Cashew is steamed first. We want cashew butter not made from roasted cashew

unless the

source is reliable and has assured us in writing that no starch was used, nor

cottonseed

oil.

Carol F.

Toronto, Celiac, SCD 5 years

November 17, 2005

When nuts are roasted they are roasted using a starch. Since we do not know

what this starch is we don't use roasted nuts. Also, I use coconut oil. It

turns into a harder butter in the fridge. It is warm and much softer out of

the fridge. You can warm it up putting the jar in boiling water on the stove

and it turns liquid like oil. It is so very good for you. If you're just

using a small amt. like 1 TBL, it would be perfect. I know others warn about

using coconut until later on in the diet because it is sometimes not

tolerated right away. My child has no problems and never did with it right

from the start. You can also use a very small amt. on your baking sheets,

muffin pans etc. It helps by not allowing the baked goods to stick or burn.

It also is very healthy for you and makes the taste more decadent!!! I think

shortening is allowed though. And much less expensive. I hope this helps all

the new ones. Jenn & Kali 95% scd 6 months

Are they legal?/ using legal shortening

>

> Someone mentioned Spectrum shortening. I just got it - I'm assuming it's

> legal - and am wondering how people use it. Can you substitute it for

> butter? There are a number of recipes I would try but for variousl

> reasons don't want to use butter for, and can't always substitute oil

> for. I just want to get people's feel for it before I open it - it is

> pretty expensive.

>

> Also Whole Foods has smoked almonds. The label reads legal but is there

> something inherent in the smoking process that could be a problem?

>

> Thanks and take care, Fay

>

> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

>

November 17, 2005