"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/7/2015 8:23 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On 7/7/2015 6:05 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:22:36 PM UTC-7, graham wrote:
>>>>> http://www.iflscience.com/health-and...-free-diet-rea
>>>>> lly-healthier
>>>>
>>>> It is healthier for you if you have an allergy to gluten or even a
>>>> sensitivity.
>>>>
>>>> If you don't have a gluten allergy or sensitivity then why bother?
>>>>
>>> Because it's trendy. Gluten free seems to be the big thing right now.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I think that is true. I will grant some folks do seem to have a real
>> intolerance (not celiac, but issues yet the same) I suspect many who go
>> 'gluten free' are following a trendy diet idea.
>>
>> Carol
>>
> It seems that way to me, Carol. Merely because it's being talked about so
> much, and only in recent years. I'd never heard much about problems with
> gluten. Then there was a recent explosion of gluten-free products.
> Everyone's talking gluten-free. Um. Remember when eggs were bad for you?
> Then they weren't? That's about the way I feel about the gluten-free
> thing. All you have to do is wait a minute, popular opinion will change.

The only people I hear talking gluten free are the few celiacs I know
online. I only know of one in real life. She used to own the health food
store near here. I know of two girls who had what Angela did. Gluten
intolerance. One outgrew it. Not sure about the other one as I am no
longer in contact with her mom. My friend's dad has both celiac and type 1
diabetes but I have never met him.
>
> I've only ever met one person who actually had celiac disease. She was an
> executive at the company where I worked. She flew in from corporate. She
> told me she really wished she could try cornbread one day but couldn't
> find a recipe that didn't call for flour. Granted, this was around 1997
> and she obviously wasn't very proficient with computers. Back then I
> couldn't find many references to celiac or recipes. I did find her a
> recipe for cornbread that did not contain wheat flour. No idea if she
> ever tried it.

There are recipes for hot water cornbread that don't use flour. I never
tried them. Was going to but I discovered that I can't have corn. I
suspect they would come out more like a corn pancake though and not
cornbread.

Used to be a company called Allergy Free or Allergen Free or something
similar that made out of this world cornbread! No dairy, eggs or flour of
any kind. I bought it from them once. Came in a huge, sheet cake sized
pan. I was on my way out when it arrived. I left it in the garage but it
had fallen by the time I got back and had cracked. I saved a huge chunk
which we ate as is. The rest was cubed, frozen and saved for stuffing.

They began selling some of their things on either HSN or QVC. Can't
remember. But the price went way up. I bought a cake from them. It lasted
a year in the freezer. They also made a faux cheese that tasted good buy
made me very sick. They said they were going to reformulate it and bring it
back but that never happened. They also made gluten free chicken in various
forms. Came frozen. They made that available through something called
Angel Networks.

I am not sure of the particulars on that because it wasn't available in this
area but I think they worked with churches to provide food to the needy.
Yet you didn't have to be needy to take advantage of it. Depending on how
much money you had to spend, you could get the chicken and some other things
like rice, gluten free pasta and fresh fruits and vegetables delivered to
you. I did look at the various packages that had been available and the
prices were quite cheap! I read online about some people who used them and
they said that you'd quickly grow tired of that chicken because it was the
only protein they offered but for some, it was the only way they could
afford to get food.

Something bad happened with this though. I think someone embezzled money or
some such thing. I think someone else took it over. Not sure. But the
prices went up and the foods offered have changed.

I don't know what became of the food company though. They stopped selling
premade items and sold only mixes. I bought the cornbread and made it.
Just add water. It was good but I discovered weevils (dead ones) in one of
the two remaining packages. And now? The company seems to have vanished.

I have bought many different brands of gluten free cornbread and biscuit mix
in the past and most of it is just awful. Sickly sweet and the texture is
all off. I like a dense cornbread and this stuff was fluffy like cake.
Like they used corn flour instead of corn meal.

On 7/9/2015 12:44 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> They made that available through something called Angel Networks.
>
> I am not sure of the particulars on that because it wasn't available in
> this area but I think they worked with churches to provide food to the
> needy. Yet you didn't have to be needy to take advantage of it.
> Depending on how much money you had to spend, you could get the chicken
> and some other things like rice, gluten free pasta and fresh fruits and
> vegetables delivered to you. I did look at the various packages that
> had been available and the prices were quite cheap! I read online about
> some people who used them and they said that you'd quickly grow tired of
> that chicken because it was the only protein they offered but for some,
> it was the only way they could afford to get food.
>
> Something bad happened with this though. I think someone embezzled
> money or some such thing.

Angel Food Ministries

I don't know about the gluten-free or that special chicken but yes,
anyone could buy boxes of food. It was available for pickup at a
participating local church once a month. IIRC all the food was donated
and handed out by volunteers.

Angel Food Ministries tanked when it was discovered the founders were
paying themselves huge salaries and misdirecting funds. Attempts by the
remaining board members to reorganize and start up the operation again
failed in 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Food_Ministries

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/9/2015 12:44 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> They made that available through something called Angel Networks.
>>
>> I am not sure of the particulars on that because it wasn't available in
>> this area but I think they worked with churches to provide food to the
>> needy. Yet you didn't have to be needy to take advantage of it.
>> Depending on how much money you had to spend, you could get the chicken
>> and some other things like rice, gluten free pasta and fresh fruits and
>> vegetables delivered to you. I did look at the various packages that
>> had been available and the prices were quite cheap! I read online about
>> some people who used them and they said that you'd quickly grow tired of
>> that chicken because it was the only protein they offered but for some,
>> it was the only way they could afford to get food.
>>
>> Something bad happened with this though. I think someone embezzled
>> money or some such thing.
>
> Angel Food Ministries
>
> I don't know about the gluten-free or that special chicken but yes, anyone
> could buy boxes of food. It was available for pickup at a participating
> local church once a month. IIRC all the food was donated and handed out
> by volunteers.
>
> Angel Food Ministries tanked when it was discovered the founders were
> paying themselves huge salaries and misdirecting funds. Attempts by the
> remaining board members to reorganize and start up the operation again
> failed in 2011.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Food_Ministries

Yes, that was it.

On 7/9/2015 6:57 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/9/2015 12:44 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> They made that available through something called Angel Networks.
>>>
>>> I am not sure of the particulars on that because it wasn't available in
>>> this area but I think they worked with churches to provide food to the
>>> needy. Yet you didn't have to be needy to take advantage of it.
>>> Depending on how much money you had to spend, you could get the chicken
>>> and some other things like rice, gluten free pasta and fresh fruits and
>>> vegetables delivered to you. I did look at the various packages that
>>> had been available and the prices were quite cheap! I read online about
>>> some people who used them and they said that you'd quickly grow tired of
>>> that chicken because it was the only protein they offered but for some,
>>> it was the only way they could afford to get food.
>>>
>>> Something bad happened with this though. I think someone embezzled
>>> money or some such thing.
>>
>> Angel Food Ministries
>>
>> I don't know about the gluten-free or that special chicken but yes,
>> anyone could buy boxes of food. It was available for pickup at a
>> participating local church once a month. IIRC all the food was
>> donated and handed out by volunteers.
>>
>> Angel Food Ministries tanked when it was discovered the founders were
>> paying themselves huge salaries and misdirecting funds. Attempts by
>> the remaining board members to reorganize and start up the operation
>> again failed in 2011.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Food_Ministries
>
> Yes, that was it.

They didn't deliver, you had to go pick it up. But for about $30 you
could get a box of food. It generally included some cryo-vac'd frozen
steaks, a bag of frozen chicken breast halves, bags of frozen
vegetables. They'd throw in a dessert of some sort - a frozen pie or
brownies. It always included a box of shelf stable milk and a carton of
a dozen fresh eggs.

I do recall they offered some sort of specialty meals which might be
what you're thinking of. They came portioned in containers like frozen
TV dinners. I never paid much attention to that. But I certainly did
take advantage of ordering an Angel Food box from time to time. As you
said, anyone could do it. You didn't have to be on welfare or whatever
they call food stamps these days to place an order.

A co-worker went to a church that participated in the program. She
volunteered handing out the food. That's how I found out about it.

It's a shame programs like this, which start with such good intentions,
are so often destroyed due to sheer greed. And they called themselves
"Christians". Ha.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/9/2015 6:57 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/9/2015 12:44 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> They made that available through something called Angel Networks.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure of the particulars on that because it wasn't available in
>>>> this area but I think they worked with churches to provide food to the
>>>> needy. Yet you didn't have to be needy to take advantage of it.
>>>> Depending on how much money you had to spend, you could get the chicken
>>>> and some other things like rice, gluten free pasta and fresh fruits and
>>>> vegetables delivered to you. I did look at the various packages that
>>>> had been available and the prices were quite cheap! I read online
>>>> about
>>>> some people who used them and they said that you'd quickly grow tired
>>>> of
>>>> that chicken because it was the only protein they offered but for some,
>>>> it was the only way they could afford to get food.
>>>>
>>>> Something bad happened with this though. I think someone embezzled
>>>> money or some such thing.
>>>
>>> Angel Food Ministries
>>>
>>> I don't know about the gluten-free or that special chicken but yes,
>>> anyone could buy boxes of food. It was available for pickup at a
>>> participating local church once a month. IIRC all the food was
>>> donated and handed out by volunteers.
>>>
>>> Angel Food Ministries tanked when it was discovered the founders were
>>> paying themselves huge salaries and misdirecting funds. Attempts by
>>> the remaining board members to reorganize and start up the operation
>>> again failed in 2011.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Food_Ministries
>>
>> Yes, that was it.
>
> They didn't deliver, you had to go pick it up. But for about $30 you
> could get a box of food. It generally included some cryo-vac'd frozen
> steaks, a bag of frozen chicken breast halves, bags of frozen vegetables.
> They'd throw in a dessert of some sort - a frozen pie or brownies. It
> always included a box of shelf stable milk and a carton of a dozen fresh
> eggs.

I didn't actually do it as it wasn't available here. I saw that you could
order online so I thought it was mailed out or something.
>
> I do recall they offered some sort of specialty meals which might be what
> you're thinking of. They came portioned in containers like frozen TV
> dinners. I never paid much attention to that. But I certainly did take
> advantage of ordering an Angel Food box from time to time. As you said,
> anyone could do it. You didn't have to be on welfare or whatever they
> call food stamps these days to place an order.

I do know that. The meat that I remember was breaded chicken in the form of
nuggets, patties and maybe strips. I didn't really look into it as it
wasn't available here.
>
> A co-worker went to a church that participated in the program. She
> volunteered handing out the food. That's how I found out about it.
>
> It's a shame programs like this, which start with such good intentions,
> are so often destroyed due to sheer greed. And they called themselves
> "Christians". Ha.

Yep.
>
> Jill