"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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> On 1/25/2012 5:10 AM, sf wrote:
>> > wrote:
>>> > wrote in message
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Your standard tuna casserole is one thing we all like. Tuna, noodles,
>>>>> peas,
>>>>> cream of mushroom soup. But due to our food allergies, we can't have
>>>>> that.
>>>>> I have tried a variety of ways to amend it but it just doesn't taste
>>>>> very
>>>>> good to me. My daughter likes any of the ways I have made it but my
>>>>> husband
>>>>> does not. I just got some gluten free cream of mushroom soup so I
>>>>> will
>>>>> see
>>>>> how that works.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried skipping the soup part and making it from scratch using
>>>> a gluten free flour or heavy cream?
>>>
>>> Yeah. No flavor. It really needs the mushrooms I think.
>>
>> What's stopping you from adding fresh mushrooms?
>>
> Or rehydrating dried ones. I always keep a supply of dried ones in the
> pantry.

I did that too. I made a white sauce, thickened it with dried mushrooms
that had been powdered in my magic bullet and added fresh chopped. The
taste just wasn't the same as the condensed cream soup. It was just very
bland. I added onions and celery too.