Since I am now reactive to rice, I made some cassava pancakes to eat. Halfway through them I looked up the nutritional info…. And well…

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I hope this doesn’t get grim fast, but I started reacting to rice today, and without it I’m a mess. Husband is at the store buying every alternate carb source we haven’t tried - buckwheat, couscous, anything - because I really will be starving without one.

Welcome to this accounts first medical crisis (less than 24 hours in, woohoo!) I have been suddenly hit with food poisoning from hell, mid work day! The culprits could either be my potato experiments, which always hurt my tummy a little, or inadequately reheated soup with rice (let’s hope not!)

This morning was ok, because my husband Sean managed to make a FLUFFY BISCUIT using nothing but rice flour, tapioca starch, egg, olive oil, sugar, salt, and xantham gum. With a fried egg and homemade ketchup, the best thing I’ve had in weeks.

Did you know that Pepperidge farm makes frozen cakes?? Did you further know they make the best coconut cake, AS LONG AS you eat it while it’s still slightly frozen. It’s fluffy and the frosting is just a tiny bit slidey and the coconut is insanely sweet, and I want one so bad. A whole cake.

Chocolate cake, exactly four layers, with a soft and fluffy milk chocolate filling inside and a slightly sturdier chocolate buttercream on the outside, with fancy chocolate shards all over it. And a glass of red wine the size of the Lusitania.

I am Jessica! After being diagnosed with long covid, I developed a so-far untreatable reaction of itching and throat swelling to almost all food. As a lifelong foodie, I’m using this account to lavishly describe all the cravings I have and updates on my condition. Feel free to follow!