rebecca wrote:

> People who are actually gluten-intolerant can't have rye, though, nor
> oats, which really don't seem like they have gluten.

My mother was recently diagnosed with celiac, so I have some
familiarity with this. Rye is on her forbidden list. Oats are, unless
they come from a manufacturer who only does oats. She can eat those
cans of expensive steel cut Scottish oats, but the less expensive oats
tend to be cross contaminated with wheat, so they are no allowed.

According to http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/
" People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate a protein called
gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, and barley."

There are a number of grains that she can eat, but she can only
purchase those pricey pre-packaged bags that tend to come only in tiny
amounts. Bulk grains tend to end up being contaminated with the
forbidden grains when people switch scoops around.

Karen