Re: gluten-free cookbooks/spelt, kamut Vs sorghum

[Guest guest]

" Also, i'm seeing ads for wheat free stuff that is made from kamut or spelt,but

don't those have gluten? What is the difference between being wheat free and

gluten free? Isn't a sensitivity/allergy to wheat essentially a response to the

gluten? " (Elaine)

I'm curious about this too as we can't seem to get sorghum here in Australia.

My nephew has a wheat allergy (eczema gets worse when he eats it), but he

doesn't react to Spelt. People who have problems digesting wheat seem to be ok

with Spelt and the latest rage is kamut. But why can't we get sorghum? I read

that sorghum is drought resistant so you'd think it would be a perfect grain for

Australia.

(just as an aside,fyi, his eczema flares up when he drinks pasteurized milk too

but clears up when he drinks raw milk!).

Filippa

[Guest guest]

At 11:45 PM 10/31/2003, you wrote:

>I'm curious about this too as we can't seem to get sorghum here in Australia.

My nephew has a wheat allergy (eczema gets worse when he eats it), but he

doesn't react to Spelt. People who have problems digesting wheat seem to be ok

with Spelt and the latest rage is kamut. But why can't we get sorghum? I read

that sorghum is drought resistant so you'd think it would be a perfect grain for

Australia.

They probably do grow it in Australia, but it is usually sold for

animal feed. You can buy " white sorghum " grain

very cheaply at some feed and seed stores. Also

at Indian groceries, if you have those.

Kamut and Spelt are a lot less reactive than Wheat,

and a lot of people do better on them. Basically they are

a lot lower in gluten and have a different protein

mix. However, those are like the grains the Egyptians

ate a lot of, and they didn't seem to do well on them,

long term.

Btw since we are on the subject, here is a good GF list

for those who eat packaged products:

http://www.henhouse.com/docs/nutrition/Gluten-Free.pdf

Also there is an interesting GF set of PDF cookbooks

at a reasonable price from Buckwheat Pete. They are about $6

each, and he emails them. I'm ordering the bread one and

will try it out, if it works good I'll let you know. He has

a very unique method and it's worth the cost of the

books. (do a search on " buckwheat pete " ). He uses

buckwheat flour, but any non-gluten flour will do,

plus tapioca flour (common in oriental food stores).

-- Heidi