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Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025)

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Re: Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025)

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Post by luqtas »

whiterock wrote: post #26
luqtas wrote: post #8

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gotta try the combo VEGAN + CELIAC hehehe i literally gave up from Brazilian industrialized/processed food a long time ago :D

what are you saying - you are coeliac and gave up on eating gluten-free?

no, i gave up from buying processed food that's vegan and gluten-free... they usually are expensive and at the best, mediocre. i'm much better suited cooking at home and to not say everything veg and gluten-free sucks, the brand Schär has some neat stuff but the prices are quite steep here

Re: Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025)

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Post by bananamogul »

svachalek wrote: post #36
nacozarina wrote: post #32

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where’s the extra-gluten pasta? the rise of the gluten-phobes is unchecked and I feel the rest of us are getting hosed.

This is typical "help, the 99% is being oppressed because the 1% is not being oppressed" garbage. There's gluten everywhere. In a lot of American cuisine, every single item on the menu has wheat flour in it. Gluten isn't a phobia, it's an allergen that causes a variety of symptoms in people who are sensitive to it, from constipation and sneezing all the way up to bleeding and brain damage.

All the way up to death, actually. Celiacs who consume gluten destroy their digestive system and die.

You know how celiac disease was first discovered?

Wheat shortage in the Netherlands during WWII. Suddenly kids that were trending towards death got much better. Then after WWII, they suddenly got sick again. Someone put two and two together.

Re: Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025)

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Post by smartscience »

dav_Oz wrote: post #34
throw567643u8 wrote: post #9

> Greg Smith from ISIS as well as collaborators Didn't know ISIS gave a hoot about gluten free.

It is unfortunate that at some point in midst of numerous renaming itself after a brief stint in mass media around 2014 the programming on both side was so successful that the latin string of "isis" to this day is basically reduced in many westerners minds as a pavlovian reflex to this meaning, ironic because most arabs in egypt and elsewhere lack the association so kudos to the article/institute, leaving as it is gr…

I work there, and when we give tours and people raise the issue, I like to point out that we had the name first and so we're not changing it. Though we did once get an official reminder that, to avoid ambiguity, we had to always say 'ISIS Neutron Source' in full on immigration and customs paperwork, especially in anything that also uses the word 'nuclear'.

Re: Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025)

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Post by bluefirebrand »

svachalek wrote: post #36
nacozarina wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

where’s the extra-gluten pasta? the rise of the gluten-phobes is unchecked and I feel the rest of us are getting hosed.

This is typical "help, the 99% is being oppressed because the 1% is not being oppressed" garbage. There's gluten everywhere. In a lot of American cuisine, every single item on the menu has wheat flour in it. Gluten isn't a phobia, it's an allergen that causes a variety of symptoms in people who are sensitive to it, from constipation and sneezing all the way up to bleeding and brain damage.

I really hope that the person you replied to was being sarcastic..

It's getting better to be celiac but it's still very difficult. People who can eat gluten aren't being inconvenienced in any way by celiacs needing gluten free food at grocers

Re: Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025)

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Post by sylos »

svachalek wrote: post #39
DuncanCoffee wrote: post #25

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Pasta is the only thing I don't miss. I recently found some pasta made with 100% red lentils, rice or peas, which is really good, I can gladly offer it to people. They cost a premium but the state gives us around 100€ a month to spend, and I don't eat that much gluten free stuff. Pizza on the other hand makes me sad ;(

I've found the hardest thing is to get a really soft, fluffy bread or cake. You really need the bonding strength of gluten to hold up a structure like that. So a nice airy New York style pizza crust is out, but thin crispy crusts are doable.

Try adding a bit of psyllium seed.

Re: Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025)

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Post by gib444 »

bananamogul wrote: post #42
svachalek wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is typical "help, the 99% is being oppressed because the 1% is not being oppressed" garbage. There's gluten everywhere. In a lot of American cuisine, every single item on the menu has wheat flour in it. Gluten isn't a phobia, it's an allergen that causes a variety of symptoms in people who are sensitive to it, from constipation and sneezing all the way up to bleeding and brain damage.

All the way up to death, actually. Celiacs who consume gluten destroy their digestive system and die. You know how celiac disease was first discovered? Wheat shortage in the Netherlands during WWII. Suddenly kids that were trending towards death got much better. Then after WWII, they suddenly got sick again. Someone put two and two together.

> You know how celiac disease was first discovered?

> Wheat shortage in the Netherlands during WWII. Suddenly kids that were trending towards death got much better. Then after WWII, they suddenly got sick again. Someone put two and two together.

It was the link to wheat specifically that was discovered in the Netherlands, not the discovery of celiac disease itself.

The disease has a much longer history [0] [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease#Etymology_and_...

[1] https://www.beyondceliac.org/celiac-disease/celiac-history/

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