Yay! The gluten free hamburger buns arrived this afternoon. John and Melody had hamburgers with buns with us all for the first time in years. What fun! Before, Melody would just eat hers like a steak with A1 Sauce and John would use corn tortillas as buns.

These were from Grandma Ferdon's (  http://www.grandmaferdons.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=26&sort=2a&page=2 ) and are made primarily with cornstarch and potato flour (no rice flour). These non-wheat buns were pretty good. The texture was between biscuit density and traditional wheat buns and held together very nicely. Great flavor with no aftertaste. Very slightly on the dry side.

For you celiacs and non-celiacs alike, see if your local grocer carries Smiles (made by McCain). These are tasty and soooo cute. They are somewhat like tatertots but the texture is very smooth and they look like smiley faces. They are gluten free. The same company makes several types of seasoned fries that use rice, not wheat flour. To see if they might sell these near you, go to http://www.mccainusaretail.com/Retail/locatorStates.asp?section=3&subSect=15&id=1275 and click the link for your state. Please note that McCains is not a dedicated GF facility and it is possible to have cross-contamination. Thus far, we have not had any problem with the smiles or their GF seasoned fries. THere is one flavor that is not GF, so read the label!

In addition, we tried blueberry herbal tea for the first time. Oh, now that was gooood. It is a new favorite, replacing our old favorite flavor of cranberry.

Here is a quick picture to show the GF buns and the cute Smiles that make for novel fries. I wish now that I had grabbed the picture after all the hamburger condiments were on, but I had my hands full with finishing up dinner.