Prompt: Introductions

[runpunkrun]

Hello, gluten-free friends and family! It is I, Punk, speaking to you with my words. If you haven't already, please read the community guidelines for your safety and mine.

If I can keep my act together, I'll be posting a weekly discussion topic to prompt conversation about gluten-free cooking. This week I thought we could introduce ourselves and do some light mingling.

Let's do name, rank, and preferred pronouns. And maybe answer one or more of the following questions:

• What's the last gluten-free thing you made with your own hands?
• If your answer is "coffee," that's valid.
• What kind of foods do you like to prepare?
• How much baking experience do you have?
• What type of recipes are you interested in?
• Are you here to post, comment, or just be a friendly lurker?
• If you are going to lurk friendily, please say hi just this once. We'll say hi back.

Also, as the comm opened on Pi day (3.14), why not tell us your favorite pie?

Come join me in the comments!

Comments

[ironymaiden]

ironymaiden, she/her.

What's the last gluten-free thing you made with your own hands?
Birch Benders Paleo Pancakes
What kind of foods do you like to prepare?
fix it and forget it, stir fry, desserts
How much baking experience do you have?
I am not afraid of egg whites or pie crust. I keep a GF kitchen for my husband's well-being.
What type of recipes are you interested in?
fix it and forget it, or things that have always been GF rather than attempts to emulate gluten things (like Brazilian recipes that use tapioca flour, pavlova, panna cotta), oat recipes

Are you here to post, comment, or just be a friendly lurker?
Hopefully post and comment, but I'll say hi just in case.

[runpunkrun]

Hello! Authentic Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo) was one of the first GF things I made--because it was entirely new to me and always GF--and it was such a weird process, but it worked! Mine were never rolls, they were always UFO shaped, like a flying saucer, but I loved how chewy they were and unlike anything else I'd ever eaten up until that point.

[spikedluv]

We were introduced to Brazilian Cheese Bread at a Brazilian steakhouse and I was thrilled when I realized they were GF! I've only tried to make them once, but I keep thinking that I need to make them again. The recipe makes quite a few and I think I threw out some last time because we didn't eat them before they went bad. Have you tried freezing them?

[runpunkrun]

I did freeze them! They tolerated it well. The texture just changed a little, if I remember correctly, but I defrosted them and then warmed them up in the oven or toaster oven and they were still chewy and delicious.

[spikedluv]

Good to know, thanks!

I printed the recipe off and did a *head desk* because in the notes at the bottom they talk about freezing them. Only they suggest freezing them before baking.