[Sca-cooks] So... here's a challenge I'm taking on

[Aruvqan]

High functioning autistic is more common than you think, my generation 
we were "difficult" or 'odd' kids. Too high on the spectrum to be 
'retards' in the 'special programs' in school ... we just learned to 
deal with it and got on with life.

I have digestive issues, many of which are med driven so I can perfectly 
understand her issues [being diabetic, I have a pretty firm requirement 
of food to insulin and calories - there are many days I barely get 500 
calories down so I have gotten *really* good at insulin balance!]

On the plus side, dietary issues respond to a combination of reading 
what will go down and stay down on an ongoing basis and keeping base 
ingredients for what you can manage on hand and cooking from scratch - 
it minimizes surprise ingredients! I know I can go from raveningly 
starving to about to toss my cookies in seconds after getting a whiff of 
some food I wanted to eat and had it set in front of me [ask Phlip how 
frustrated and pissed off this makes me!]

[feel free to pass my email along - I am willing to commiserate or be 
vented at and maybe we can share info about what works on an ongoing 
basis =) ]


On 9/12/2016 2:46 PM, Terri Morgan wrote:
> "And the whole brunswick stew thing is probably because it is a comfort
> food from childhood ... look at #3s listing - most spicy things? Mayo
> goes along with mustard. I see both tree nuts and peanuts, so those
> could be allergy driven rather than taste/texture, the ground
> beef/sausage/soup/stew/chili can be a 'ingredients are touching' thing
> [is this person high functioning autistic? the whole
> texture/spicy/gloppy foods/touching ingredient thing is fairly common]"
>
>
> I don't believe that she is autistic, or if she is, I have not been able to
> notice any mannerisms to indicate such. She has been to specialists who put
> her on an extremely restrictive diet for about six months but were not able
> to isolate what has causing the digestive intolerance.
>
> Some of the information you all (on the list) has been so informative that
> I've copied the pertentent bits in a message to her - she is highly
> intelligent so having an 'unsolved mystery' in her daily life is quite
> irritating for her. I have no idea what her medical folks did or did not try
> but I know that dieticians are not always cooks and may miss things such as
> "used in processing rather than listed as an ingredient" - (or in my own
> very dangerous case, may not be aware that what makes it so one cannot have
> grapefruit also means that one should absolutely avoid Earl Grey tea - which
> nearly killed a friend who was taking the same chemo meds as I was.)
>
> Thank you all for the informative responses. Not only are you helping me to
> come up with a less 'blah' menu, you are providing information that may help
> my "camper #3" lead a happier life.
>
>
> Hrothny
>
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