If you're allergic milk and wheat some more creative ingredients are required to make safe allergen free batter. It's certainly left me feeling left out and like I'm missing the old treat of battered fish and chips. What is batter made from? I always assumed that the batter fish and chip shops used contained milk, mainly because when I've asked that very question I've … [Read more...]
Allergy Free Product of the Week – Bacon Crispies
These are Sainsbury's own brand and I think they are a copy of the branded Frazzles crisps that I remember from childhood. They are bacon flavoured maize snacks so no good for anyone who can't tolerate corn either. They are shaped like little bits of streaky bacon and just melt in your mouth. Sainsbury's Bacon crispies ingredients:Maize; Rice Flour; Sunflower Oil; Bacon … [Read more...]
A poem about having an anaphylactic attack…
I wrote this poem after my last very frightening anaphylactic attack which got me whilst I was on my own, at home, in the middle of the snow in February last year. Fear grips by Ruth Holroyd My lips are tingling I feel kind of odd My brain is now jingling Please help me God First of all it’s the wheezing My throat feels tight I touch my face And get quite a fright It feels … [Read more...]
Taste testing hemp milk
Hemp isn't something you would normally associate with milk; It's a natural fibre derived from the cannabis plant and has been used for thousands of years to make rope, canvas, paper and clothing. Cannabis is the most popular illegal drug in Britain so you might initially be put off by hemp milk but it contains none of the unsavoury qualities of cannabis. It's made from water … [Read more...]
Have you really got an allergy?, a poem by Ruth Holroyd
Here is another poem I wrote a while ago about allergies and some of the frustrations I often feel... “Have you really got an allergy? It’s all in your mind!” I don’t think they really mean to be unkind One lapse of diligence is all it takes. The lure of chocolate biscuits and cakes. My nose gets sneezy If I eat any eggs I feel a little wheezy Itchy rash on arms and legs If … [Read more...]