Paphos People

I was really excited with my find of Gluten Free Easy Bake Bread Mix in Paps in Polis. As I type it is in my breadmaker, but I have a feeling it isn't going to be too appetizing. It looks very pale and a bit like the flour and water mix we used to use for paste when I was a kid. Has anyone else used this sort of mix?

Only another hour and a half to wait for the finished result.

I may make a gluten free cake later so that I can have something nice to nibble on when everyone else has munchies at the coffee afternoon.

Verity.

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Gluten free bakery products are never as nice as normal,
more so in bread , as its the gluten that gives bread its body.
I was a baker for 10 years, in my past life

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Maybe you should make something for Verity then Neil, use your expertise to make something nice that is Gluten free

When I finished my bakery career, I swore I would never bake another thing in my life.
after you have done 20,000 bread rolls every night + everything else , for 10 years , you would understand..
I wont even make bread at home , the wife keeps asking..
I will always remember hot x bun time (easter)
I could still smell them until near christmas ,, oh! then it was time for mince pies by the million

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or half empty ? .
I drank it .....
The opportunist..

Neil, the gluten free bread from the bakers in Geroskipou is really tasty. It is brown and has seeds in it and is a bit like a granary loaf.

I am assured that it is gluten free - a lady from another forum went to great lengths to find out information from the baker - but I am surprised at how tasty it is. I love it toasted with marmalade on, which is a good job as it is what I seem to be surviving on at the moment.

The stuff in my breadmaker isn't looking too promising.

Verity.

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Gluten gives bread it elasticity texture , thats why gluten free bread is normally a bit flat ..
It is more likely to snap in half, rather than tear apart
we used to make it for people with certain diet needs.
some people can die If you give them the wrong bread.

Another thing is , I suppose it will be dried yeast that you use in cyprus ?
Unless you into the bakeries and ask if the have any fresh yeast .
its much better than dried

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or half empty ? .
I drank it .....
The opportunist..

It is more subtle than that, too. If you should be on a gluten free diet because of Coeliac's it is to protect you from an increased risk of stomach cancer and ulcers.

I have the serum antibodies for Coeliac's (antibodies found in a blood test) but it is only a screening test. Hence the biopsies I had taken. They will confirm or refute the findings of the serum screen. But because of the size and position of the ulcer they found I am supposed to be on a strict gluten free diet anyway. So I just hope that the guy in the bakery is not like the guy in my tyre topic.

I will bring some of the bread when we meet up just to amaze you with how good it is.

Verity.

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Verity.

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So I just hope that the guy in the bakery is not like the guy in my tyre topic.
that thought did go through my head.
I have never seen realy nice looking gluten free bread.
it does not rise as well as normal bread..
as there is no body in it..

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Whilst the optimist and the pessimist argued that the whisky glass was either half full
or half empty ? .
I drank it .....
The opportunist..

Hi Verity,
I am quite an enthusiastic home bread maker and have loads of recipes for different types of bread.
Although I have no experience using Gluten free flours one of my books says that a good substitute for gluten in baking is to use xanthan gum. This apparently acts in much the same way as Gluten and restores the "elastic" texture that gluten free breads all suffer from.
I don't know if this is helpful but I thought I'd post it anyway.

Regard
Brian

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Thanks Brian. I am gluten free at the moment (I hope, anyway) but may not have to maintain that diet after I get my results. If I do have to adopt it I will look into where I can get that product.

I have some white plain flour, so could make my own bread, but the packet mix that I used today has yielded a very strange looking white bread. Phil has had a slice and says it is nice. It cost over €4 for the packet mix, so I will be forced to eat it as my accountant husband has already commented on the cost.

I will try it in the morning for breakfast. It smelt okay when it was baking, but not as scrummy as the gluten-loaded real thing.

Verity.

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Verity.

Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

http://coecyp.blogspot.com