rebecca wrote:
> On 20 Oct 2004 01:03:40 -0700, (Mary Irene)
> wrote:
>
>
>>A while back, in my painstaking pursuit of wonderful desem bread, I
>>followed the recipe in Laurel's Bread Book, which takes 2-3 weeks to
>>create the starter. Lo and behold in doing the daily kneading I
>>discovered I had a real allergy to wheat; my hands and forearms broke
>>out in a rash and after a little careful experimenting, I realized I
>>am also intolerant of ingested wheat.
>
>
> If touching wheat gives you a rash, you're probably allergic to wheat,
> not gluten intolerant. I have a friend who gets terrible eczema from
> wheat, and he can eat rye which has gluten and would work better than
> buckwheat for your desem. *You might even be able to eat spelt and
> kamut--they're different enough from regular wheat that some allergic
> people can eat them.*
>
> --Rebecca
I, for one. I have a significant dietary allergy to wheat (and corn),
but spelt works well, and taken in some moderation, hasn't bothered me.
Dave