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We had a great time out Monday evening; we were able to sample some new (brand new!) products from fatgiraffebakery that were fabulous!, and the mixes for cakes and brownies and pancakes from CherryBrook Kitchen were a real treat, GF or not!, the Full Flavor Foods table had Beef Burgundy, Turkey with gravy, and an Alfredo that will blow you away!…Can you tell I am excited with the new GF options that are out there now all of a sudden?

FHF will also be carrying very soon a couple of additional new products from an old favorite GF supplier, Bob’s Red Mill…Rolled and Steel Cut Oats! Cindy (from FHF) said that they are just waiting on the suppliers now the orders have been placed. I don’t have any pricing info on the new products but having the availability at a relatively local grocery will be fantasic.

Let me back up to the fatgiraffe for a moment…these folks were so COOL! Peiter has been living wheat free (not celiac, but he’s been eating gluten free for a while now) and wanted there to be something a little more “fun” available and has developed cookie mixes that are so yummy I may be in diet trouble very soon All in all, the “tasting event” went off beautifully.

Paul Swanson, of FFF mentioned that the traffic through the store was quite steady throughout the day which is always good to hear when something is held open for a number of hours. It was quite busy while we were there and I thought we were hitting the tail end but people just kept coming. I really think the GF food industry is about to bloom into full force…there are so many of us out there now and more on the way, no doubt as people become more aware.

I have been busy contacting various vendors regarding sending us samples and have gotten some VERY positive responses!  I’m so excited about it!  We have some hot cereal from Bob’s Red Mill, some dry mixes from the Allergy Grocer, and a TON of stuff from Lundberg Family Farms!  I’m talking about a TON!  There were 5 huge boxes waiting for me at home!  Today, I came home to samples for the group from Cebe.  I can’t believe how generous the vendors have been!

I need some volunteers to do some baking, though!  How about it?  Just let me know if you can help.  Boy, I think we all need to skip dinner before the November 19 meeting! 

I also need some volunteers to write some posts for the website.  They can be anything–like…

• restaurant reviews
• product reviews
• book reviews
• general information about Celiac or GF Living
• Celiac/GF events that are coming up
• etc. — be creative! 

We also want to get the word out to the general public about the group so we can help as many people as we can.  I had some business/information cards printed, so I’ll pass those out at the next meeting.  If you have some ideas, please let me know!

From Paul Swanson:

“I wanted to let you know that I recently spoke to Tom Otto (at Otto’s Turkey Farm in Middleville) and he wants to put Full Flavor Foods products on his store shelves.  He will be offering a few of my other products (not currently available at Forest Hills) and they will be easier for you to acquire. The “other products” will include FFF Cream Soup Mix, Mushroom Sauce and Cheese Sauce.  These items will probably be brought in by Forest Hills soon.”

So, we have another location which it seems some or most of the group was at least familiar with the Otto farm anyway.  Paul is very anxious to have all of us have access to these mixes which are really great tasting too.  We had one for lunch today when Bill brought home one of the sales reps who was in town for some meetings and he was not only happy for a home cooked meal he was clueless as to the fact that it was GF!

P.S.~We hope to have Paul as a guest at our January meeting!