Ask TracyFood: about my granola 9 September 2008 10:10 am
Posted by Tracy in : Morning Glory, breakfast, ingredients, baking, advice, restaurants, health, cooking , add a commentSo a few weeks ago, I got an email:
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Hi, Tracy.
I heard that Padnah’s Pit BBQ is now serving Tracy’s Granola.
First, is this your granola?
If so, is it gluten free? (i.e. no wheat products, rye or barley … and are the oats from a dedicated, wheat-free source, such as Bob’s Red Mill?)
Many of us are gluten intolerant or have full-blown Celiac disease, and most granola uses oats that share process facilities with wheat flour manufacturing, so every grain of oats has a small amount of flour on it, making it dangerous.
If you’re the one making this granola people are raving about and you have not been processing it with gluten free ingredients, your market would increase HUGELY if you began doing so and labeled the packaging with “GLUTEN FREE”.
I appreciate your time and hope to hear from you …. I miss granola!
Sincerely,
Carolyn
Portland, OR
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Here’s what I wrote back: (more…)
Fun facts! 6 August 2008 3:33 pm
Posted by Tracy in : not even vegetarian, work, Morning Glory, news, books , 2 commentsI started writing these on Friday, for extra bonus alliteration points, when I discovered that our toaster oven does not work unless it is plugged in (I know, I know, dur-hurrrrr, but in these exciting times I’m not exactly the swiftest). Then I got distracted (no big surprise). Whatever. The toaster oven was unplugged because Peter installed shiny new GFCI outlets in the kitchen, thus satisfying (more…)
(Late) Monkey Monday: many goodbyes edition. 5 August 2008 11:56 pm
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, garden, weird, work, Morning Glory, people, eugene, friends , add a commentI’m posting this super-late on Tuesday, the day of my last Morning Glory paycheck. Last Wednesday was my last day at work, and it was a good one, and I don’t really know what else to say about it. Instead, I will try to write about my time at the café in more general (and even more glowing) terms…. but not today. (more…)
Why yes, I am up awfully early. 17 July 2008 6:20 am
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, kitchen gear, work, Morning Glory , add a commentThat’s what 6:30 AM opening shifts do to a person, doncha know. I traded for this one, since the prep list was freaking huge and I felt bad inflicting it on the new guy (who had to leave early yesterday, which contributed to the mess I’m about to go wrangle, but then again I actually like prep). Also, there was this:
Phew! 2 July 2008 6:21 am
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, breakfast, work, Morning Glory, restaurants, news, cooking , 3 commentsOn my way out the door to an opening shift, I realized again that yesterday was a doozy (doozie? no, that’s definitely not spelled right). I got to Morning Glory a little late, so I didn’t really get any of my prep chores started before opening time, and at 7:30 (yes, AM) the phone rang, and I was within arm’s reach:
“Are you guys open yet?”
— “We’re open 7:30 to 3:30 every day.”
“So can I order some food to go?”
Okay, I thought, so that’s how it’s going to be. (more…)
