The Anonymous Widower

Gluten Free For Players At Wimbledon

According to The Times today, gluten free food is there if the players want it.

Very good!

June 27, 2011 Posted by | Food, Sport | , | 1 Comment

Lindsey Bareham’s Upmarket Fish Fingers

This is part of one of Lindsey Bareham ‘s recipes in The Times on Friday.

She suggests.

  1. Taking sole fish fillets and cutting them in half lengthways and patting them dry on kitchen paper.
  2. Smear one side with mustard.
  3. Put some flour on a plate, whisk an egg in a shallow bowl and make some fresh breadcrumbs from bread without crusts.
  4. Dip the fillets into the flour, shaking off the excess, swipe through the egg and then press into the breadcrumbs.
  5. Layout on a plate, cover with cling film and chill until required.

I think I’ll try that sometime. Here’s the full recipe.

June 18, 2011 Posted by | Food | , , , | 1 Comment

Barry’s Gluten Free Muffins

Barry, the chef in my local pub, the Northgate Arms in Southgate Road, is a coeliac, so he knows his gluten-free well.

As today, it was raining when I got my paper from next door to the pub, I popped in for a drink. They were offering a Brunch Menu, which contained Eggs Royale, which is a poached egg on top of smoked salmon and a muffin.

I decided to have one, whilst I read the paper with a drink.

For me, instead of a muffin, Barry grilled a slice of aubergine, added a slice of a large tomato and some spinach to the top as a delicious substitute.

June 18, 2011 Posted by | Food | , | 2 Comments

It Pays To Complain

A couple of months ago, I bought a Genius loaf in Waitrose in Islington Upper Street and it went mouldy almost immediately.  I think it might even have been mouldy when I unwrapped it. I did post details here.

The outcome was better than I expected.  I complained to both Genius and Waitrose and got a voucher for five pounds from Genius.

And then today, I got another five-pound voucher from Waitrose.

On the bread side though, the last Genius loaf was more or less fresh to the last slice.

So it’s a result in all ways.

June 15, 2011 Posted by | Food | , | 4 Comments

Is This How To Educate Teachers About Gluten-Free?

Adam’s Gluten-Free Surprise is a book written about a coeliac child by a teacher.

I hadn’t been diagnosed as a coeliac when I was at school, so it couldn’t have helped me, but it might help all of those gluten-free children, who suffer in an unsympathetic school.

June 5, 2011 Posted by | Food | , | Leave a comment

The Only Way is Essex!

I bought some Tiptree Barbecue Sauce today and notice that each is individually stamped.

Tiptree Barbecue Sauce as Finished by Linda

Obviously, Essex has different ways of doing things.

It doesn’t say so, but I think the sauce is gluten free.  As it’s not for me, I’m not bothered, but none of the ingredients seem dodgy. This page gives all the ingredients of the various Tiptree sauces.

June 5, 2011 Posted by | Food | , | 2 Comments

How The Turks Deal With Pollution

This horrific story is in The Times today, although I’m pointing to a green web site, so evryone can read it.

Turkey may well have nine percent economic growth, but at what cost?

So is it right,  that we increase unemployment, because of imports from Turkey?

In my view it isn’t!

C and I once had a holiday in Turkey and in some ways we weren’t impressed.  Luckily we could afford to go somewhere better.

As a coeliac, I starved in Turkey, as they just couldn’t get the idea of what gluten-free was! Despite the fact I had an excellent translation.

May 31, 2011 Posted by | Health, News, Transport/Travel, World | , , , | Leave a comment

Two Greedy Italians

Antonio Carluccio has said tonight, that his religion is food. So tonight he and Gennaro Contaldo are exploring Puglia looking at religion and food.

But Gennaro did come up with this glorious recipe. I’ll try it sometime. It’s gluten-free too.

Antonio seems to be rather dismissive of the religion and is much keener on the food.  I’ll drink to that!  As I sip a gluten-free beer!

May 25, 2011 Posted by | Food, Transport/Travel, World | , , | Leave a comment

Diet and Warfarin

With the scare from Denmark about Marmite, I thought I’d check that my diet was OK? Especially, as I’m on a gluten free diet and take Warfarin.

It can’t be too bad, as I’ve been on the same level of Warfarin for about seven or eight months now and the last test was in the correct range.

I found this informative page in the Grown Up Congenital Heart Patients Association web site.

I liked the section about alcohol.

The interaction between alcohol and warfarin is complex. Alcohol acts as a mild anticoagulant. It also can affect the metabolism of the liver, which s important tor metabolising warfarin. As a rule of rhumb, two to three drinks per day – glasses of wine. beer etc -(typical cardiologist input) are unlikely to affect your warfarin levels. Intermittent binge drinking (typical medical student input) leads to an increase in INR (international ratio, the measurement used to check warfarin levels in the blood) due to warfarin being metabolised more slowly. Chronic heavy alcohol intake (Harley Street cardiologist input just joking!) results in a lower warfarin level because the alcohol increases the metabolism of warfarin.

It’s good to see a bit of humour in sites like this.

But then it says it’s a site for grown ups, by which they mean young people and adults.

May 25, 2011 Posted by | Food | , , | Leave a comment

Rabbit Awareness Week

To celebrate Rabbit Awareness Week, I ate an excellent rabbit in Arbutus last night.

This restaurant is surely one of the best places to eat gluten-free in the UK.  The chef, Anthony Demetre, is I believe a coeliac, so you never have any trouble choosing something to suit your taste.

The restaurant, despite its location in Soho, is not as expensive as some I could name.  In fact, because of the way they sell wine in 250 ml. carafes, it often works out to be extremely good value.

May 24, 2011 Posted by | Food, Transport/Travel | , , | 3 Comments