u/AngryGypsy2180

Okay, so my dr has recently recommended a low-oxalate diet for me, which eliminates the following flours: cassava, buckwheat, teff, amaranth, brown rice, white & sweet potato flours (starches are ok tho) and all nut flours.
So now I’m left with white rice, sweet rice, oat, corn, sorghum, tapioca starch & potato starch.

I also have to eat diary & egg free so my baking is SERIOUSLY struggling rn. I tried to make pancakes yesterday and they simply wouldn’t cook all the way thru, so I pivoted and tried to fry the batter and make them into fritters which also failed. So in an attempt to not end up with a waist of time and expensive baking supplies, I poured my batter into a baking dish and just baked it and ended up with something odd, but edible.😂

If anyone else has experience juggling the gluten free life with a low oxalate diet, please give me all the tips and tricks you’ve learned! If anyone has any ideas for the best ratios to combine the remaining flour types available to me, please share! I’m hoping to find a vaguely all-purpose flour blend, but would be thrilled to find a combo that works for specific recipes too!

Hi! My apologies in advance if this is not the appropriate place to ask this question!

I'm a hobby fiction writer with aspirations of being published one day. In my current work-in-progress (WIP) I have a character that is going to go through some things and will turn to one of his vices as a coping mechanism and that vice will come to bite him in the butt a little further in the story. I'm currently leaning towards the idea of that vice being gambling. But I want to accurately represent the very real and difficult struggle that some people face in quitting as my character tries to do so.

What kinds of things would you wish to see in media about gambling addiction? What would make it resonate with you? What would solid representation look like to you? What are common pitfalls that you've seen in media representations that I should avoid?

Hi all,

I was in the middle of boiling some potatoes to make smashed potatoes for the week when I suddenly had to take a loved one to the ER and had to simply turn off the stove and dash.
I’m now home a few hours later, my potatoes had gotten down to room temp. Do you think it’s okay to simply restart the cooking process? Or do I need to abandon them entirely?