>  ML> Might as well, I discover that the Kari-Out brand
>  ML> soy sauce, though not particularly good, is also
>  ML> gluten-free, as its management are celiacs.
>   Well that's another brand I can look for if I can not
>   get the san-j.  Thank you.

You can buy the stuff in bulk, but before you
do, consider getting some Chinese takeout and
tasting the packets you get. I have limited
experience with it (not getting Chinese takeout
much) but would not be beyond noting that the
stuff is sort of a betrayal of soy sauces, a
judas is kari-out, if you will. Ingredients
list: water, salt, hydrolyzed soy and corn 
protein, caramel color, 0.1% sodium benzoate.
The hydrolyzed protein is the giveaway.

>  ML> pitfall and source of trouble. Thank goodness I'm
>  ML> no longer so sensitive and can eat a couple slices
>  ML> of aged cheese or a scoop of ice cream with few if
>  ML> any effects. Stick with the course, and maybe you
>  ML> won't have to be so strict forever.
>   That's good.  Does the really old cheddar have any lactose
>   left?  I thought it was mostly gone in the 3+ year old?

For those of us such as I used to be, the claim
by the dairy industry that cheese was "lactose
free" is uninstructive; it must have been based 
on the perhaps true assay of "0% lactose." Well, as 
Andrea's experience indicates, 0% and 0 are different
things. There are plenty of substances that cause
trouble in doses far smaller than 0.5% (the US 
standard for many things to be called 0%).
Nowadays I don't mind so much, but the difference
between 0 and 0% used to be that between happiness
and sleepless nights.

Beef and broccoli 
categories: celebrity, Chinese, main
Serves: 3

2 ts cornstarch
1/8 ts salt
1 Tb sugar
1 Tb sherry
1 Tb soy sauce
3/4 lb beef, sliced
1/2 c water 
1 bn young broccoli 
1 clove garlic, crushed 
1 ts crushed ginger 
4 Tb oil 

Mix together first 5 ingredients. Marinate 
meat in this mixture. 

Peel stalks of broccoli. Drop broccoli 
into boiling water and parboil 1 min. 
Remove and slice. 

Heat pan, add 2 Tb oil and saute beef 2 sec. 
Remove beef. Reheat pan, add 2 Tb oil and 
saute ginger, garlic and broccoli 1 min. 
Add beef and water and simmer 2 min. 

Monty Hall