Tawakega!

[pez]

Wet socks. Ewwww.

Sheep sent me recipes for making chocolate truffles and one "choco crispy cake". The former only need rather basic ingredients so I might try make some. If you happen to see me some time this week, don't be surprised to receive random chocolate from me. :D

*randomly tempts Liz with chocolate cake from cook book*

Erm, this is very random, but I'm curious. Could you guys please tell me what sorts of things you don't eat, for whatever reasons (dieting, allergy, religion, ew it's disgusting)? (lpatobe, I think tez_plush is curious about your culinary preferences, too.)

At some point this week I might need to pop to China Town to buy things to make "turnip cake" with, depending on whether I can actually be bothered. Could just go on Saturday and buy a ready-made one I guess, but those never taste as good.

giving_ground~ I totally forgot about the eye test thing. :D; oh well, it's good for a year anyway.

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[scribblemoose]

Yes, it does - I'm trying to avoid processed foods at the moment, but it's not easy. Fortunately I'm not totally allergic to wheat; so while I have to be careful with bread, and I usually eat rice-based pasta, I can have the occasional pizza or whatever and get away with it. If I know I'm eating out I'll be extra careful the rest of that week.

Ironically enough the processed veggie food that doesn't have wheat in tends to be Quorn. ;_;

Tesco do a reasonable 'free from' range, though. And I quite like cooking so we have lots of stir-fries, home-made bakes and things. And chips are fine. ♥

Mushrooms are the biggest problem for both ready-made food and eating out, though - they're in everything: pretty much any veggie lasagne, bake or even nut roasts have them in, and I can't tolerate them at all. :(

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

*nod* Quorn is made of fungus/mushrooms. It must be difficult.

This is very interesting for me - as far as I know, Chinese people usually don't suffer from food allergies. When someone doesn't eat something, it's almost always a lifestyle choice. It's only after I started living here that I realise how food allergies can affect people. Now, when I eat with someone for the first time, I try to remember to ask whether they have something they don't eat. I don't think a lot of my Chinese friends here do that.

Just out of curiosity (it's okay if you don't tell me)... what'd happen if you ate mushrooms by accident?

[scribblemoose]

Stomach cramps and diarrhoea. :(