Thank you, Terra Chips, or, The Dangers of Impulse Shopping.

[alfreda89]

I think that "natural flavors" added into Terra Chips makes me dizzy.

Yup, that's probably gluten. They don't put gluten-free on their bags for a reason. And the Terra lady on the phone says she definitely would not suggest someone avoiding gluten try anything but the basic root chips cooked in oil.

PROS: Score! If gluten is what has been making me dizzy, then as I get rid of gluten in my life, I can go back to ballroom dancing!

CONS: I liked those cinnamon spice sweet potato chips.

Will just have to bake my own in the oven. I don't have a fryer, because the oil would coat the apartment -- maybe if I had an outdoor cooking area, I'd get one. And watch Alton Brown's show on proper frying of fries (sweet, in my case.) I'd better go have my last fries at Kerby Lane, too -- they cook everything in the same oil, I'm pretty sure, so there go those sweet potato fries, too. Bah --

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Another solution!

[originalkitsune.livejournal.com]

Get one of those George Foreskin Grills. Coat some thin cut sweet potatoes with whatever oil. Cook. Done in 10 min.

I got one of those things because I can't tolerate any oils besides olive, coconut, sesame, flax, and fish. So to make my own fries i've got to do this. Of course those grills have teflon on them, which isn't that awesome...

Re: Another solution!

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I thought the danger was eating Teflon -- as in, the thing gets scratched, it's no longer food safe? And of course, at high heat it kills your parrot.

It does suggest its not great for us. I have two small pans that are coated I use to heat up my vega tea and for eggs when I'm tired. The rest are polished steel or cast iron. Elbow grease time!

Re: Another solution!

[originalkitsune.livejournal.com]

I can't have most oils, even things thought to be "healthy" like safflower or sunflower or peanut or walnut or even almond oil. :( My body rejects it. It just pours out of my skin in copious quantity within an hour of ingestion. I ate at Magnolia cafe one night with sheilagh and another friend and I guess they used canola oil in my otherwise delicious stir-fried vegan fare. I was pouring oil out of every pore esp on my scalp. Within one hour my scalp itched and was covered in oil as if i hadn't washed my hair in weeks.

I'm sure the teflon is bad for me but the oil is going to get me first.

:p

Re: Another solution!

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Wow -- I wonder if you have to press the blasted stuff yourself, if it has to be THAT fresh for your body to accept it? Can you buy EVOO in small amounts and use it? I refrigerate all my oils -- otherwise they start turning too fast for me.