GF Oats and Stick Blender Questions +More

[Sislea]

In reply to Snappyllama on the intro thread.

Thanks Snappyllama. I watched soaping 101 dollar store items video last week. I did pick up a few of my items there, my glass bowls, measuring items, and spatulas, and icing spatula.

I have a scale that I purchased moons ago that weighs in grams, ounces, and pounds for use when I was selling on ebay so that saved me some money.

DH has a stick blender (he is the cook in the house). So, I figured it would be ok to just purchase new attachments for him, and I would use his old attachments for soap. Please correct me if I am wrong about this as far as using the electric part that the attachments connect to for both food and soap? It was cheaper going this route but I definitely will spend the money if I cannot use his power adaptor.

I figured for DD I could use her gluten free oats in the soap. Not sure if the GF would provide the same benefits on the skin as the other oats would. Maybe need to do more research into that. Anyone have luck using GF oats for soap?

OHOH I did purchase CO for use in the soaps as well as SB. Maybe I will do a small batch with the CO at first to see how it does on our skin. IF it doesn't work out, we can use the CO for cooking purposes.

I just about have all of my ingredients to get started on my first batch. Waiting for my lye to arrive in the mail.

 

[Sislea]

OK after much research. GF (gluten free) oats are as healthy on the skin as regular oats.

I also learned in my research that oats are good for dogs. Think I will cook my babies some oats for breakfast Saturday and add a scrambled egg in for extra protein :razz:

 

[cmzaha]

Word of caution with using the sb for soap and cooking, soap tends to get in the vents of the Stick blenders so I would not use it for cooking. At least it gets in the vents of my sb's so I do not use them for soap and cooking

 

[coffeetime]

Just FYI, oats do not contain gluten. The Gluten free oats are just oats that are grown and processed without contamination from wheat. Otherwise, the exact same oats as regular ones.

 

[Sislea]

OK I will get a second SB for cooking and take the old one for soaps.

DD has a bad reaction to gluten so we just get the GF oats so she doesn't end up with a potential to contamination.

Dorm life has been rough on her. Eating in the cafeteria with a lot of cross contamination, she ends up in the bed when she is home for the weekend. They only allow a microwave and a small coffee pot in the dorm. They provide the dorm sized refrigerators. So it doesn't leave much room for her to eat otherwise healthy on campus. But she graduates in May so all of that can be put behind her.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

There is also a difference between a topical allergy and the edible one - some people have both, but not all. Many people who cannot eat gluten are most likely not allergic to having it on the skin - but as I am not your local quack, I can't of course say for sure, but just something to think about.

 

[Sislea]

Being that soap is a product that is used around the mouth, on that off chance of it accidentally being ingested we go gluten free. Lip gloss, mouth washes and toothpaste, etc...all gluten free for DD