I've got an allergy to gluten...among other foods. But I tell you what, I'm in gluten free heaven these days as everyone seems to be on that band wagon and suddenly there are so many grocery store options. I don't even need to make a special trip to the health food store any more. Even Winco has a gluten free section now.
I tend to eat pretty health: organic when I can find and afford it, only ingredients I can pronounce and nothing that can survive a year on the shelf or a nuclear blast - which ever comes first. I didn't always eat like this. I grew up with your typical American diet of canned veggies, sugared cereals for breakfast, and processed everything. Remember, I'm a child of the 60s. I was well into my 40s before I understood the word, "tofu". So my nostalgia, comfort foods. . . well let's just say, they shouldn't really be eaten. My favorite meal growing up (that I got to choose for dinner on special occasions i.e. birthdays, graduations and other large, memorable events) was always the same: Velveeta tuna casserole, which consisted of noodles and tuna swimming in a sea of melted Velveeta cheese. Like I said, shouldn't be eaten.
So imagine my delight last night when I found gluten free Pop Tarts. Gluten or not, when is the last time I ate a Pop Tart? Though it did not contain flour, I'm quite sure it was riddled with preservatives and other scary fillers. I didn't even bother to read the ingrediants list. I just wanted to eat a Pop Tart again. So I'm sitting here in the SUB with coffee and a Pop Tart. Yep, it tastes pretty nasty. But I don't care, I'm having a slightly altered nostalgic moment.
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