On Nov 26, 2:19*pm, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>
> Mike is lactose intolerant and Deidra is diabetic. *Our traditional
> meal worked well enough for both with portion control and our only
> adption was to not add milk/cream/sour cream to the mashed potatoes but
> to have them on the side.

You did the right thing, but the little bit of lactose in a little bit
of sour cream added to mashed potatoes is very unlikely to cause
anyone problems. If you make your own creme fraiche from heavy cream,
there's very little lactose in that. Some lactose intolerant people
even avoid aged hard cheeses, which have almost no lactose. Lactose
intolerance isn't an allergy. Lactaid taken with a full glass of
water right before a meal will easily allow for a lot more lactose
than anyone is going to get from the gram or two of lactose in sour
cream or cheese.

--Bryan

Bryan wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Nov 26, 2:19*pm, "cshenk" > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mike is lactose intolerant and Deidra is diabetic. *Our traditional
> > meal worked well enough for both with portion control and our only
> > adption was to not add milk/cream/sour cream to the mashed potatoes
> > but to have them on the side.
>
> You did the right thing, but the little bit of lactose in a little bit
> of sour cream added to mashed potatoes is very unlikely to cause
> anyone problems. If you make your own creme fraiche from heavy cream,
> there's very little lactose in that. Some lactose intolerant people
> even avoid aged hard cheeses, which have almost no lactose. Lactose
> intolerance isn't an allergy. Lactaid taken with a full glass of
> water right before a meal will easily allow for a lot more lactose
> than anyone is going to get from the gram or two of lactose in sour
> cream or cheese.
>
> --Bryan

I did not know if he would react to it so skipped it. Easier than
making him feel bloated/sick potentially. It was there at the side and
the rest of us used it liberally while he used a large ladle of his
favorite garlic and bean gravy. We were all happy with the meal.

Simple and not as fancy as some of my other meals, but we were feeding
only 5 not 15-30 as we often do at our weekend 'potlucks'.


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and why oh why would one even take the chance for a reaction, i have a
friend who calls her conditin lactose intolerant, it has caused more than
one er visit because of people thinking "only a little won't hurt" how
inconsiderate carol you did the right, kind and safe thing, Lee
"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Bryan wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Nov 26, 2:19 pm, "cshenk" > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike is lactose intolerant and Deidra is diabetic. Our traditional
>> > meal worked well enough for both with portion control and our only
>> > adption was to not add milk/cream/sour cream to the mashed potatoes
>> > but to have them on the side.
>>
>> You did the right thing, but the little bit of lactose in a little bit
>> of sour cream added to mashed potatoes is very unlikely to cause
>> anyone problems. If you make your own creme fraiche from heavy cream,
>> there's very little lactose in that. Some lactose intolerant people
>> even avoid aged hard cheeses, which have almost no lactose. Lactose
>> intolerance isn't an allergy. Lactaid taken with a full glass of
>> water right before a meal will easily allow for a lot more lactose
>> than anyone is going to get from the gram or two of lactose in sour
>> cream or cheese.
>>
>> --Bryan
>
> I did not know if he would react to it so skipped it. Easier than
> making him feel bloated/sick potentially. It was there at the side and
> the rest of us used it liberally while he used a large ladle of his
> favorite garlic and bean gravy. We were all happy with the meal.
>
> Simple and not as fancy as some of my other meals, but we were feeding
> only 5 not 15-30 as we often do at our weekend 'potlucks'.
>
>
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