Time to stock up on normal(ish) gluten-free foods, that is!
Yes, 'tis the season to eat matza, and the Passover-kosher items are on the shelves. As regular flour is a no-no, the bakers will either use matza meal, or do without the wheat altogether.
Unlike much non-gluten food, which is made for the health crowd and tastes like soil, Passover treats are made with taste and texture in mind. Not that they manage it all the time, but the odds are still better than with normal non-gluten products.
My mother specifically stocks up for the rest of the year on Osem cakes. They really do taste just like normal.
If your local supermarket has a kosher section, look there. If you don’t have many Jews around… it might really be worth your time to find an all-kosher store and browse the isles.
Also, Kosher-for-Passover Coke has real cane sugar instead of corn syrup. They have yellow caps.
All the matzo I’m familiar with have been made of wheat… which has gluten whether it’s leavened or non-leavened. Is there non-wheat matzo that’s kosher?
I am hoping these people will answer me. This is coming from England, and the oats used are supposed to be GF after testing. I am pretty sure from the website that they are kosher.
whoa–they are are expensive (as expected)
Yes… but that’s not what I meant. Er, sorry for not being clear. Passover carbs that aren’t made of matza meal ususally don’t have any grain at all- hence them being good for people with Celiac’s.
ETA: My mother eats those oat matzas. They taste even worse than normal matza, which is quite an acomplishment.
Specifically, potato starch is usually substituted for the flour or matza meal.
There are reasons in Jewish law and custom why people would want to avoid matza meal in their Passover food, but what is more significant here is that the manufacturers are now marketing it to the celiac crowd as well.
I wish we lived in a community that actually had Jewish people. My sister doesn’t have celiac disease, but she is intolerant/allergic to gluten, and she would benefit greatly from this.
Mentioning Potato starch reminds me that I so miss my grandmother’s potato pancakes. I wonder if they were anything like the Jewish version. They look exactly like pancakes (except not as flat), but taste kind of like combination of pancake and hashbrown.