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Not been on here for ages, I cant remember how this interweb thing works :)

 

Im in desperate need of help this Chrimble, recently been diagnosed with a wheat and dairy intolerance, and the best thing is Im intolerant to soya as well!!!!! The Chrimble treats are gonna be few and far between and racking my brains trying to think of adequate substitutes... and failing...

 

Just been to TESCO, they rock!!! got a nice selection of wheat free goodies, not that theres anything festive about wheat free jam tarts!!! (they'd ran out of wheat free mince pies grrrr) My main issue is CUSTARD!!! I really want custard and christmas just isnt christmas without a trifle but there isnt anything I can use cos of the whole soya thing!!!!

 

Holland and Barrett werent much use, they just stared at me blankly... but then most people do :)

 

Any advice would be gratefully received, right now Im resigned to getting drunk in a corner at Chrimble which is also good, but distinctly lacking in custard!! Cant even have egg nog ffs!!!!

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Here's a list of dairy free deserts

 

there's a diary and soy free maple custard in the list

http://www.godairyfree.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=671&Itemid=49

 

and a mince pie recipie too

http://www.godairyfree.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=753&Itemid=49

 

there's even a thai icecream (using coconut milk)

http://www.godairyfree.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=498&Itemid=49

 

 

if you have a recipe that calls for soymilk, you can try is with rice milk or almond milk for deserts

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Sorry but the wheat free or 'Free From' range pastry products (i.e. mince pies AND jam tarts) all contain Soya flour.

 

Oh poo! :suspect:

Cant make up custard with the powdery stuff cos even that has actual milk powdery stuff in it!!! WAAAAAH!

 

Think its gonna be a liquid diet this year!! oh well I might actually loose weight this Christmas for a change, especially as I cant have the baileys milkshakes anymore :(

 

Just checked the apple pies, no soya huzzah, alas the choc cake does, but I suppose if i dont eat the whole thing in one go I should be fine!!! *fingers crossed*

 

The works Chrimble do is coming up soon and pretty sure all the nasty things I cant have will be involved, so Im almost accepting the fact I shall have to eat things and be damned because no-one seems to cater for the intolerant type :( hey ho!!

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Oh poo! :suspect:

Cant make up custard with the powdery stuff cos even that has actual milk powdery stuff in it!!! WAAAAAH!

 

No it doesn't- Bird's custard powder was originally made by Mr Bird for his wife who had food allergies. I think you're thinking of the instant stuff that you add water to. I mean standard custard powder that you add your own milk to.

 

Oh- and BTW- when you get a craving for hot chocolate- Green and Blacks hot chocolate is vegan so you can add milk of your own choosing (like sheep, goat or rice milk).

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Just checked the apple pies, no soya huzzah, alas the choc cake does, but I suppose if i dont eat the whole thing in one go I should be fine!!! *fingers crossed*

 

Sorry again! Tesco Free From Apple Pies:

 

Bramley Apple Filling (49%), Vegetable Oil (from Palm, Rapeseed, Sunflower), Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Sugar, Maize Flour, Soya Flour, Salt, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate).Bramley Apple Filling contains: Bramley Apple (35%), Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Humectant (Vegetable Glycerine), Maize Starch, Water, Malic Acid, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Flavouring, Salt.

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No it doesn't- Bird's custard powder was originally made by Mr Bird for his wife who had food allergies. I think you're thinking of the instant stuff that you add water to. I mean standard custard powder that you add your own milk to.

 

Oh- and BTW- when you get a craving for hot chocolate- Green and Blacks hot chocolate is vegan so you can add milk of your own choosing (like sheep, goat or rice milk).

 

that's very true - a friend of mine uses birds and soya milk - but in your case you could just use rice dream or another type of milk you can have

 

(just checked my tub of birds, it has just cornflour, salt, colour (annatto) and flavouring listed as ingredients)

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