What do you think about posting oat recipes?

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2506 Location: Washington State

OK - I have been up all night with my baby, so I have been doing a lot of thinking. I was even thinking things besides "For God's sake will you please GO TO SLEEP!"

What do you all think about posting recipes with oats in them? Do you think that would be a good or bad idea? Would it be a good idea if we posted them but included a disclaimer about oats and celiac (ie where to get GF oats, some dr's say to wait a year, talk to your dr first, etc). Or should we not post them at all?

I have my overdue 1 year bloodwork on Monday, so I kind of have oats on the brain right now.
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isto · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1232 Location: OHIO

Since we have access to GF oats, why not? I have a container in my pantry right now - whatcha got?

Maybe a disclaimer would be wise for newbies, we usually write GF before other words in recipes. Why not use 'GF Oats' when posting a listing?

Eeyorific · Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 812

I agree with Isto. The disclaimer would be a nice gesture for newbies.
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SoIhaveAdisease · Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 174 Location: Central Alabama

I'd rather not mess with oats at all. Even if they claim to be GF.
I voted "not".

::shrugs:: doesn't matter to me really though, if it's decided to post oat recipes here, I just won't open them. It's not like I'm rabidly against oats. It's just unaffordable for me to buy the GF oats, and then in the back of my mind I would wonder if there really is cross contaminates. (BTW, I've stopped eating Oatios for the same reason. I felt guilty every time I ate them- wondering if I was doing something wrong. I figured if I felt I had to justify eating it, then I wasn't really supposed to be eating it.)

I do miss oatmeal cookies though.

ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4143 Location: Nebraska

I voted yes but with a disclaimer. I'd make the disclaimer a sticky so it's always on the top of the stack.

I don't think I'll ever be able to eat oats, but I always like looking through new recipes.
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The Edifying Conscience · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2424

As we all know there are lots of newbies who come to this site. I'm afraid it would be confusing to them if they saw recipes for oats intermixed with the regular recipes. I believe both of the national organizations say a gluten free diet is one that is without wheat, rye, barley and oats. If you ask most celiacs which foods they stay away from they'll say oats as well and probably don't know why they stay away from oats.

While we have access to GF oats they are quite expensive and the shipping charges are high. As a result not everyone has access to oats due to financial concerns.

I am vehemently against adding oat recipes to the regular recipe folder.

An option for posting oat recipes would be to post them all in one thread. With a detailed disclaimer (including some basic research) and names and number of companies that sell GF oats. It would also be important to explain why maninstream oats are not GF safe(Quaker, Irish Oats, etc.). Then as recipes are added they'll just be added to the next post, not in a new thread. It would help if the discussion in an oat thread was kept to a minimum though. Otherwise it would take a while to find the recipes one is searching for.

TEC who's not ready to try oats

ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4143 Location: Nebraska

I understand your concerns TEC. Would it also help to post alternatives to the oats? For example you could say in the recipe "1/2 c. of oats or 2 c. of Redmill hot cereal mix". I just don't know how well it would transition. I also agree with TEC that the disclaimer needs to be very, very detailed. With lots of bold, red text saying normal oats aren't safe, etc.
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The Edifying Conscience · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2424

I'm not sure if alternative would help or not. If someone is making a recipe that calls for oats, most likely they're not going to test an alternative. I think the oat recipes just need to be contained somehow.

What makes a 'normal' oat? That I think is the issue. Most celiacs probably don't know the difference between GF oats grown to be GF and other oats.
TEC

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 8512 Location: WI, USA

I haven't fully thought this out yet...but I'm leaning towards TEC and her SBR Smile

It makes me nervous...particularly with newbies.

I'll ponder more on it...probably when I'm sitting at a wedding this afternoon.
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Kathie · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 749 Location: Florida

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2506 Location: Washington State

The Edifying Conscience · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2424

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2506 Location: Washington State

Is there chocolate over there too? I can't drink beer. Smile

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10-YO son Dx 11/05 via bloodwork/biopsy
Daughters (12 and 2) have neg. bloodwork

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The Edifying Conscience · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2424

lorka · Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 234

what about for all of the recipes, you write

for example:
1/2 c. oats (gluten-free only, or alternative)

or something like that? for example, i use quinoa flakes in every single oat recipe of mine.
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