The Dairy-free Diary: Mentors And Mockery
This evening marks the first week of my journey into the realms of no moo-lactate partaking. For those who don't know, last week my doc dropped a existential life change bomb on me, that I was allergic to dairy and it was most probably the cause of all my auto-immune misery.
Let me tell you, I have felt not at all well for most of my life, and this last year since getting the Long Covids has been a Herculean-level struggle. Just getting through the day was hard, and I like to go through days dangit!
So, imagine my brain wave activity as I was told the news, that if I wanted to feel better, I would need to omit some of my all time favorite foods from my diet, as it was causing my immune system to go all Defcon 75 on my hobbit-esque form.
Sigh.
Here's the thing, my friends, just one week in I feel so much better. It's like a veil of fog has been lifted off of my brain.
My joints and muscles aren't as achy, my sense of humor and witticisms are returning to me (how I have missed that part of my brain), and I am finding I don't want to hide because I lack the energy to deal with even the most simple parts of life. All that has occurred in just one week of leaving out the moo juice.
I know I am probably in the honeymoon stage and that eating this way will probably be a PITA at times, but you know what, I don't care. I love to whip up tasty comestibles in the kitchen and am a little bit of a mad scientist in regards to kitchen craft, so instead of pouting about my beloved butter being forever MIA, I am just going to find new ways to make things I love to nosh on.
That said, there have been some interesting moments beyond the kitchen in regards to my no more moo lactation food news.
Have you ever noticed there are two types of loved ones when it comes to your bad news? Like, most of the friends and family who found out I can't have dairy anymore were empathetic and yet excited because they are happy I have answers. You know, Hallmark end-story feelz themes.
Then there was my dad and my bestie.
My parents were the first to hear my dairy-free me news, as I had planned to go and visit them after my doc appointment since they live near the town where my doc's practice is. My mom was awesome, full of hugs and compassion. I love you Mom.
The first thing my dad said was, "Hey, you want some cheese curds? Oh wait you can't have them anymore MUH HA HAHA!"
My bestie took it a step further. He's a pretty hardcore gamer and keeps absolutely insane (at least to me) hours. So each morning I have had the absolute pleasure to wake up to a plethora of Tik Toks and Reelz from him. They used to be memes and comedy content. Not now, now I get all things dairy.
Like, minutes upon minutes of video recipes full of cheese, butter, cream cheese, cream, pizza, you name it. It's like a butter knife to my dairy-deprived soul.
I have taken to calling him Moo-cifer.
But you know what, I honestly am not that torn up about abstaining from dairy. At this point in my life I have had quite a bit of practice at giving up things in order to feel better. It's not really that much of a tribulation to go through discomfort when that perceived discomfort is actually the key to alleviating actual harm.
Plus, I have some extra butter around to throw at certain family members should they annoy me with their insolence.😉
Congrats on the meat machine working better. It is rather amazing how much of a difference cutting out dairy makes for so many. After your detox phase is passed it will be interesting to hear how sensitive you are to dairy. I find I am able to have a meal with cheese once in a while and it doesn't destroy me but I do notice the differences in how I feel. (Plus I do still cook with butter sometimes like the garlic turkey noodles last night which the butter is required for browning the garlic.)
Lol! Thanks! It's nice for the meat machine to be back online, this past year has been beyond ick in the functioning wellness department, hoping for better things this year. For you too!
Garlic turkey noodles sounds lovely! One of the first things I am going to experiment with is ghee, but I am in no hurry, it feels amazing to feel not like a walking pain zombie for once.
Hope all is well on your side of the Hump😊
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Ghee is really good and I probably should try it again, I last had it when I was still inputting dairy but liked it a lot and had forgotten about it until you now bring it up. The processing of it makes it a good bit less dairy-y.
I'm on the countdown to tooth removal surgery next week so have a big plaid elephant sitting on my mind, I hate dental work. At least I can take solace in the fact that my wisdom teeth won't be bumper carring my nerves at random times.
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I feel your pain, I used to have a severe milk allergy, and ended up getting over it only after avoiding the stuff like the plague until I was in my twenties. Also, only whole milk and real cheese for me, none of this synthetic "pasteurised cheese product" bollocks, which is usually loaded with MSG, another thing I'm allergic to.
I suggest substituting olive oil for butter in recipes, it works surprisingly well, even in cookies. Olive oil also works for frying, not nearly as well as bacon fat, duck fat, or peanut oil, but it works well enough to make decently crispy potatoes.
Oh Kaja, I am so sorry you went through that! I am glad that you can enjoy the whole milk yumminess now though. I think that's part of my problem honestly, I spent the first years of my life eating whole, wild, and real foods only to be tossed into a new environment when we moved to Alaska when I was ten and subsisting on mostly processed food. My system definitely doesn't like that stuff.
For years I had goats, milked them, and made all the things. Might have to go back to that realm😉
I will say though, it's very satisfying to throw cheese product at insolent heathens. The way it slaps when it sticks to their faces is very pleasant indeed lol! Might have to keep some around just for that purpose.
I adore olive oil and use it a lot. But I got distracted by the words bacon fat and duck fat. Oh yum. Especially on taters, you eat nice things...
Hope you are having a most pleasant evening!
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I am glad you found something that helps! Looking forward to your new recipe workarounds...
I made a dairy free lasagna last night that made me happy. It's actually kinda fun trying to craft things that taste halfway decent, aren't full of processed fake food, and don't have three thousand steps to complete. Things are definitely going to be interesting round here lol!
Thanks btw😊 Hope you are having a fantastic evening!
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Que bueno que hayan encontrado un diagnostico. Ánimo en tu nueva dieta sin lácteos
Muchas gracias! I am pretty happy to finally know why I feel so gross all the time. Hope you are having a buenas noches!
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Hahaha, your Moo-cifer :) seems to me your humor is just fine indeed! And I'm very happy to read you feel a lot better <3
The brain fog thing you mentioned makes me wonder, am I also allergic to something as I seem to have this a lot as well but it also may be because of the cold inside and not wanting to get out of bed because of it.. lol
Stay awesome and get better dear @generikat <3
Hi! 😊
And I sometimes suffer from being allergic to getting out of bed too lol!
So glad to hear from you, and I also hope your brain fog alleviates sooner rather than later, I wish that affliction didn't exist. Hope all is well across the pond and that you have a splendid weekend.
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