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Lola · Joined: 26 Apr 2009 Posts: 13 Location: Cleveland, OH

Thank you for the bump. This is helpful.
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Lola

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 10612 Location: WI, USA

bump for Bec
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 10612 Location: WI, USA

bump
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

LucyGoose · Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 111 Location: N.W. Indiana

Thanks for the bump!

Wow......I am trying......all this CC stuff is got me all in a tizzy.....LOL......you mean to tell me, that all my bowls like tupperware that have had soups or anything with noodles and stuff I can't eat out of now? Shocked

....I can see the toaster.......but a bowl that I can bleach or my favorite cutting board that fits over the sink that I do use bleach as I am funny about cleaning it......now I can't use that? Mad

I just ate a nice salad with just Mrs Dash on it in a PLASTIC tupperware bowl...... Crying or Very sad

Gus's Mama · Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 143 Location: Boston MA

If the plastic bowl has scratches, or has those microwaved "boiling around the edges" marks, gluten can hide in there. As far as I know, alcohol is the only substance that will break down gluten and render it harmless to celiac patients (please correct me if I'm wrong, gang).

Cutting boards have the same problem....scratches and cut marks that can shelter that sneaky gluten. To be safe, we tossed all of our plastic cutting boards, plastic cooking utensiles, and even got rid of the last teflon pan in the house (don't like that evil stuff, anyway...but that's for another thread). I even got rid of my *sniff* waffle iron, as I just couldn't be sure it was adequately cleaned.
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SPD Little Boy, Gus: Getting better by the day! Improved digestion, skin issues clearing, able to focus and follow instructions, talking (the boy is TALKING!!!)

cultureslayer · Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 921 Location: NC

Alcohol might denature proteins, but to my knowledge it won't degrade them. Since it's the protein sequence we react to alcohol won't get rid of it.
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The Edifying Conscience · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2920

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 10612 Location: WI, USA

This may be coming from me. I think it's in a CC thread - I made reference that gluten is not water soluble, but rather alcohol soluble. This is not to say that a celiac can eat gluten then guzzle alcohol to fix the problem - it doesn't work that way...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliadin

Gus's Mama · Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 143 Location: Boston MA

Yup--Al was my source on that one.

Thanks!
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Deb
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SPD Little Boy, Gus: Getting better by the day! Improved digestion, skin issues clearing, able to focus and follow instructions, talking (the boy is TALKING!!!)