Acidic foods

[Guest guest]

For those of you who can't tolerate acids, you can substitute pureed

pumpkin for tomatoes in soups or stews. You will not taste the

difference, but pumpkin doesn't sting your mouth or bother your

stomach. Just make sure when you buy a can of pumpkin that it's not

spiced for pumpkin pie - that you'll taste! Anyway, just mix a scoop

of pumpkin with beef or chicken broth and maybe some seasonings (I

like thyme and bay), and then add whatever it is you put in your soup

and cook it all together. (I serve this to people without telling

them what it is, and they assume it's a tomato-based stew and think

it's great.)

Kris