Sunday, November 6, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Gluten Free Sugar Bacon and Products!
Sugardale Bacon
All Sugardale bacon is gluten-free.
•Regular sliced bacon
•Thick sliced bacon
•Thin sliced bacon
•Low salt bacon
•Peppered bacon
•Ready Bacon®
Sugardale Wieners
All Sugardale wieners are gluten-free.
•Coney Longs
•Hot Dogs
•Bunfull Hot Dogs
•Super Dogs
•Beef Franks
•Bunfull Beef Franks
•New York Brand Beef Franks
•Smoked Sausage
•Kielbassi
•Bunfull Smoked Sausage
•Bunfull Polish Sausage
Sugardale Pepperoni & Salami
All Sugardale pepperoni and salami items are gluten-free.
•Sugardale Sliced Pepperoni
•Sugardale Sandwich Pepperoni
•Sugardale Hard Salami
•Sugardale Genoa Salami
•Sugardale Stick Pepperoni
Sugardale Lunch Meat Items
All Sugardale lunch meat items listed below are gluten-free.
•Sugardale Thin Sliced Honey Ham (10 oz)
•Sugardale Thin Sliced Ham (10 oz)
•Sugardale Thin Sliced Brown Sugar Ham (10 oz)
•Sugardale Thin Sliced Hard Salami (6 oz)
•Sugardale Thin Sliced Oven Roasted Turkey (10 oz)
•Chunk Braunschweiger
•Emberdale Chunk Bologna
•Bologna
•Garlic Bologna
•Thick Bologna
•Cooked Salami
Sugardale Ham Items
All Sugardale ham items are gluten-free.
•Country Inn Boneless Hams (whole, half, quarter, sliced quarter, slices)
•Virginia Classic
•Prestige Portions
•Prestige Ham Steaks
•Old-Fashioned Natural Juice Semi-Boneless Honey Half Ham
•Skinless Shankless Whole Ham
•Half Boneless Petite Spiral Sliced Honey Ham
•Quarter Boneless Spiral Sliced Honey Ham
•Spiral Sliced Half Ham
•Semi-Boneless Hams (whole, half)
Sugardale Deli Items
All Sugardale deli items listed below are gluten-free.
•Deli Hams
◦Virginia Classic
◦Cooked Ham
◦Chopped Ham
•Deli Loaves
◦Emberdale Bologna
◦Premium Bologna
◦Cleveland Bologna
◦Leona Bologna
◦Old-Fashioned Jumbo Bologna
•Deli Bacon
◦Sliced Slab Bacon
◦Canadian Bacon
•Deli
◦Sandwich Pepperoni
◦Hard Salami
◦Genoa Salami
◦Hamcola
http://www.sugardale.com/GlutenInformation.aspx
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Using Alternative Flours
Making Your Own Flour
Gluten, a protein found in wheat flour, is what gives structure to baked goods. It traps air while breads, muffins, and cakes bake, giving them their soft spongy texture. To replace gluten, you’ll need to use other thickeners like xanthan gum or guar gum in your baking.
For each cup of gluten-free flour mix, add at least 1 teaspoon of gluten substitute.
Xanthum GumThis comes from the dried cell coat of a microorganism called Zanthomonas campestris. It is formulated in a laboratory setting. This works well as a gluten substitution in yeast breads along with other baked goods. You can purchase it in health food stores and some supermarkets.
Guar GumThis powder comes from the seed of the plant Cyamopsis tetragonolobus. It is an excellent gluten substitute and it is available in health food stores and some supermarkets.
Pre-Gel Starch This gluten substitute helps keep baked goods from being too crumbly. This, too, can be purchased at most health food stores.
Homemade Mixes
Start with recipes that use relatively small amounts of wheat flour like brownies or pancakes. Gluten-free versions taste almost the same as their wheat-based cousins. These two gluten-free flour mixtures can be substituted for wheat flour cup-for-cup:
- Gluten-Free Flour Mix I1/4 cup soy flour1/4 cup tapioca flour1/2 cup brown rice flour
- Gluten-Free Flour Mix II6 cups white rice flour2 cups potato starch1 cup tapioca flour
These mixes can be doubled or tripled. You can also purchase gluten-free baking mixes at health food stores and some supermarkets.
Potato Starch Flour This is a gluten-free thickening agent that is perfect for cream-based soups and sauces. Mix it a little with water first, then substitute potato starch flour for flour in your recipe, but use half the amount called for. It can be purchased in a health food stores.
Tapioca Flour This is a light, white, very smooth flour that comes from the cassava root. It gives baked goods a nice chewy texture. Try it in white bread or French bread recipes. It is also easily combined with cornstarch and soy flour.
Soy Flour This nutty-tasting flour has a high protein and fat content. It’s best when used in combination with other flours and for baking brownies, or any baked goods with nuts or fruit, which will mask any “beany” flavor.
Cornstarch A refined starch that comes from corn, it’s mostly used as a thickening agent for puddings, fruit sauces, and Asian cooking. It is also used in combination with other flours for baking.
Corn Flour This flour is milled from corn and can be blended with cornmeal to make cornbread or muffins. It is excellent for waffles or pancakes.
Cornmeal Cornmeal can be ground from either yellow or white corn. This is often combined with flours for baking. It imparts a strong corn flavor that is delicious in pancakes, waffles, or muffins.
White Rice Flour This is an excellent basic flour for gluten-free baking. It is milled from polished white rice. Because it has such a bland flavor, it is perfect for baking, as it doesn’t impart any flavors. It works well with other flours. White rice flour is available in most health food stores, and also in Asian markets. Look for types called fine-textured white rice flour.
Brown Rice Flour Made from unpolished brown rice, brown rice flour retains the nutritional value of the rice bran. Use it in breads, muffins, and cookies.
Kamut and Spelt Flours These are ancient forms of wheat. While they aren’t appropriate for gluten-free diets, they can be often be tolerated by people with gluten sensitivities.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Gluten Free~ Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten-free all purpose baking flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 6 ripe bananas, mashed
Directions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in eggs, maple syrup and mashed bananas until well blended. Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture; mix until batter is just moist. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. If using muffin or cupcake tins, bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

