Xanthan gum! If you’re a celiac, you probably already know that xanthan gum is used in gluten-free baking to add the structure normally provided by gluten. For the non-celiacs, it’s also used to stabilize salad dressings and sauces.
X is also for Xerxes, but I can offer no pictures, alas… Not only is Xerxes an avenue in Minneapolis, it’s also a cd by the local band Arcwelder. So what? Well, I’m actually in the video for the song “Smile” from that cd! 🙂 Sadly, the video is not online, nor do I have a copy from which I can take a photo. My part in it is small – I merely wave at the camera and smile, wearing my black leather biker jacket, hanging out at First Avenue in the mid-90s. (What, you couldn’t tell from the socks yesterday that I had a punk background?!)
Awwwwww, what a great photo of Chaos!
X has definitely been the biggest challenge – good for you for finding something unique!
Ha! I love your x. The Chaos catchen looks good! If not a good boy. Hee hee.
Kitty paws!!! So cute!
And bravo for getting the X. I’m truly impressed!
Cute picture!!
Oh, oh! Doesn’t Chaos want more siblings?
Great Chaos picture! And I learned something about Xanthan Gum.
I love the Chaos shot. You should be a pet photographer.
great x post.
so you are a movie star incognito?! how cool.
btw – your socks from yesterday are amazing. how the heck did you get the stripes to line up exactly like that! very very cool, dude.
Ah, Xerxes and First Avenue…
That is an adorable picture of Chaos!
Oooo! I had no idea what Xanthan Gum was for. I’m seeking out some recipies…..
*sigh* you should mention that they charge an arm and a leg for Xantham gum too!!!
Awww… wee little Chaos looks so huggable. Glad the munchkins are back to getting along!
Chaos is looking pretty vulnerable in that shot…must have been pretty worried about his sister.
very interesting post this morning–I’ll have to check into that band and video somehow
Chaos probably thought you’d come to your senses about a second cat… 🙂
Yay for xanthan gum – I use it getting on for every day 🙂 (And oh, do I notice when I forget it!)
This is a random comment– well, what else is new– but I have cornmeal from that company and the bags just touch my heart. Something about that red rooster rustic look. They’re probably owned by Nestle or something.
Xerxes is also a comic opera by Handel.
🙂
I would have been great at this alphabet soup, had I only played along with you all…
(sigh) I didn’t get in soon enough…
Chaos, you’re just adorable in that pose…it’s one that The Meezer takes up once in awhile, but not on her back, instead, on her side!
(((hugs)))
Your blog is chock full of useful information. I’ve seen xanthan gum in ingredients lists but I never knew what it was for.
A blog star and a video star. Seriously, you’re too cool.
I loved Arcwelder! Weren’t they originally called Tilt, or something as well?
I still don’t know what Xantha Gum is… but want to know more about your punk background!!!
I never knew what that stuff was for either. I just love Bob’s Red Mill products. Now I’m hungry for oatmeal.
Ooo – you’re in a music video :o)
Chaos, not everything is as it smells?
Great Chaos photo!
I am assuming you have read War of the Oaks by Emma Bull? I love that story.
I went to Mac in the ’80s.
A friend of mine has a 3-yr old daughter who was born with Type I diabetes (she has no islet cells apparently). She is now starting to show markers for celiacs disease also. Is there a good website for celiacs disease that you know of?
Classic Chaos picture. Glad May is feeling better. And I love the socks from the last post. Outstanding colors!
Wow, you’re a celebrity! Can I get you’re autograph?
BTW ‘Xanthan gum’ is great to use in charades.
LOL, was he wishing that you brought the wrong kitten home?
Hehe – a knitting punk would make a great photo, wouldn’t it?