nimthiriel | Adventures in food.

I have some seemingly unusual food intolerances. I'm lactose intolerant, and soy milk also makes me sick. Thankfully, there is lactose-free milk and a lactase supplement which help.

I also can't have preservative 211 (which is in the vast majority of soft drinks) and 280-283, which tend to be found in bready products like tortillas, crumpets, and "fresh" pasta. There are probably a few more, but I haven't discovered them yet. For the most part though, mine are fairly easy to avoid.

I'm now going to be living with someone who most probably has an intolerance to gluten. This makes me extremely glad that, a while ago, I forked out on a book on cooking for food allergies. This book doesn't just give you a bunch of recipes that don't involve certain things, it actually has a guide for substitutions, which really is what you need so that you can adapt your favourite recipes if you come across someone who wouldn't normally be able to eat them.

I get this strange feeling that I'm going to be learning a lot about cooking over the next few months!