I am allergic to corn. Without a doubt. Every time I eat something that contains corn or a corn product I feel awful, my teeth start to hurt terribly, my mouth, throat, esophagus and stomach feel burning and I have a terrible malaise worse than the flu. Everything literally hurts. This happened to me today when I drank some Motts apple juice. I am suspecting it has some corn product. When Eddie left for work today, I was close to miserable, and when he came back, I was recovering from feeling miserable; now I'm just feeling very bad.
Eddie decided to heat some chicken fingers (blech, what a name to call those things) and fry tostones. I can eat neither of them because they contain corn starch in the first, fried in corn oil the second. Eddie's face just fell when I told him I couldn't eat any tostones (fried plaintain, squashed). I told him that at some point I could perhaps soak them in water to bring out the corn oil if any, and then fry them in olive oil. So, Eddie exited and I kept on watching a Christmas movie.
Some 20 minutes later, I went to the kitchen to find something edible, and found Eddie frying some tostones, that looked somewhat bloated. I looked up and the Man I Married smiled at me and said, "I fried some for you!" I said, "What? You soaked them and fried them in..." and he said, "Yes, in olive oil. Just for you."
And, they were delicious! I feel almost normal, being able to eat tostones. Next time I'll buy the plaintains and make them myself.
The end of my story: I told dear husband, 'I'm going to kiss the cook!" and proceeded to do so. And he smiled with his heart in his eyes, I finally understand that phrase, and told me, "The cook loves you!"
I tell you, I'm keeping this guy!
for a picture and recipe, go here: http://www.elboricua.com/tostones.html
Eddie decided to heat some chicken fingers (blech, what a name to call those things) and fry tostones. I can eat neither of them because they contain corn starch in the first, fried in corn oil the second. Eddie's face just fell when I told him I couldn't eat any tostones (fried plaintain, squashed). I told him that at some point I could perhaps soak them in water to bring out the corn oil if any, and then fry them in olive oil. So, Eddie exited and I kept on watching a Christmas movie.
Some 20 minutes later, I went to the kitchen to find something edible, and found Eddie frying some tostones, that looked somewhat bloated. I looked up and the Man I Married smiled at me and said, "I fried some for you!" I said, "What? You soaked them and fried them in..." and he said, "Yes, in olive oil. Just for you."
And, they were delicious! I feel almost normal, being able to eat tostones. Next time I'll buy the plaintains and make them myself.
The end of my story: I told dear husband, 'I'm going to kiss the cook!" and proceeded to do so. And he smiled with his heart in his eyes, I finally understand that phrase, and told me, "The cook loves you!"
I tell you, I'm keeping this guy!
for a picture and recipe, go here: http://www.elboricua.com/tostones.html
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