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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

abumbyanyothername

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13. Large numbers of people are actually allergic to wheat

Reply to Flaxbee (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:32 PM

Oct 2012

or at least the gluten in wheat and they don't realize it because they cannot remember feeling any differently.

Not sure what avoiding wheat has to do with avoiding waste however.

Could be that wheat was exportable while foods with more water content were not.

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Frugal ideas: don't waste food. Don't buy junk food, either. [View all] Flaxbee Sep 2012 OP

Great advice, except I don't get the wheat part. cbayer Oct 2012 #1

Most of the posters are old, pro-wartime effort stuff (if you click the Treehugger link, it Flaxbee Oct 2012 #2

It seems so current otherwise. cbayer Oct 2012 #3

thanks. Treehugger.com has interesting recipes, ideas about frugal use of food, power, etc. Flaxbee Oct 2012 #4

Nice site. cbayer Oct 2012 #5

well, it's harder with a blender, especially if you use harder veggies like carrots, beets, etc. Flaxbee Oct 2012 #6

As you can imagine, I have very limited storage space. cbayer Oct 2012 #7

Large numbers of people are actually allergic to wheat abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #13

I wish that people would start to think about this again. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #8

I know -- don't think about it, or just get pissed off if you suggest that they be more thoughtful Flaxbee Oct 2012 #9

We will never get through to everyone, Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #10

I'd be happy if we just could reduce the amount of meat consumed in this country Flaxbee Oct 2012 #11

Your last statement is profound. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #12