Reply To: Frum and Gluten Free (Egg Free?)

WOW!! Truthsharer, thank you so much for that info!!! I’ll check into it right away!! This stuff is unquestionably a fortune.

anon – the company that makes the wraps is Food for Life, and they’re the Brown Rice Tortillas. They were great. Their website has a store locator which is only somewhat helpful, but certainly a way to start. The bean flour (I use garbanzo) should be carried anywhere that carries GF flours, and if not, then I ask them to get it for me. Most places carrying GF flours carry Bob’s so it’s not a problem.

As for breads: I had purchased a bread machine a few years ago (Panasonic) and started using it for the GF breads. I use the shortened cycle (two hours) because the flours can’t tolerate too much kneading, and it’s pointless anyway because there’s no gluten to activate. For breads, I follow GF recipes exactly because I’m not a maven in how to get it to rise without clear directions. All recipes I have found include Xantham gum. Some people have told me that they can taste it in the finished product, but we don’t notice a difference. Cakes – interestingly enough, most recipes call for egg replacers in addition to regular eggs. When we were completely egg free, I used to use only cakes that I knew would be forgiving such as Brownies, or other cookie bar type cakes, and replace all eggs with the replacer.