"Emma Thackery" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> "Emma Thackery" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
> Joe said:
>> >> OK. Maybe I'm the only person on earth who would not believe a
>> >> "trusted list" of products with gluten, which claimed that PAM
>> >> contained wheat. I'm the only person on earth who would look further
>> >> than that list. So sue me.
>> >
>> > Try taking the exorbitant amount of time to carefully read the
>> > ingredient lists on every single food product you want to buy (whether
>> > you've bought it before or not) and you'll start relying on your
>> > "trusted list" much more often.
>>
>> Emma! Humor me for a moment and answer these two questions!
>>
>> 1) Consider a bottle of canola oil. On the label, it says "Canola Oil".
>> Not
>> the ingredient list, but the front label. Without looking at the
>> ingredients, how likely is it that it contains wheat?
>
> We're not talking about a bottle of canola oil. We're talking about a
> much more highly processed spray (of God-knows-what for the
> uninitiated). Moreover, we're talking about a person--- me--- that has
> not used very many processed foods in the last few years. I also never
> use canola oil btw. I use olive oil mainly.
>
> What it seems you're attempting to say is that my "intuition" should
> have told me that PAM, a highly processed food product in a spray can,
> would have no wheat because canola oil has no wheat in it. That is an
> error in logic. First of all, I had no idea that PAM was even made of
> canola oil. I don't have any, nor have I ever used it. So how would I
> even relate it to canola oil?
>
> Second, just because a food seems like it would inherently have few
> additives, you simply cannot make such an assumption. Those of us for
> whom wheat is a dangerous toxin have learned that lesson the hard way.
> Even salt has anti-caking agents and, sometimes, iodine in it. Oats,
> another food with usually no other named ingredients, are restricted for
> most people with celiac because those grown in the US are always
> contaminated with wheat. And you won't find that on the label either.
> There are many more.
>
>> 2) Next: Before today, did you even know there was a special version of
>> PAM
>> just for baking, one which contained wheat flour?
>
> I object; you're badgering the wtiness! Before today, I knew almost
> nothing about PAM other than it was a cooking spray. I looked at my GF
> list and when it said PAM (only one listing) was not gluten free, I
> decided to go with plain old olive oil. And besides, I'm not real big
> on foods in spray cans anyway. So shoot me.
>
> Emma

I don't like the sprays that much either, but I keep a can around in case
Jamie Lee Curtis ever shows up, and I want to make her all shiny.

Where did this trusted list of yours come from? I'd love to see it.