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Thought I'd do this in time for Thanksgiving shopping, as a few people
wanted the info themselves.

Several people mentioned that the snack food "Funyuns", which recently
appeared on a Frito-Lay GF list, were probably what I was thinking of,
and they are most likely right.  I must admit I've seen them, but they
look pretty gross to me, so I've never tried them - but they are
easier than the alternatives, and I have enough cooking to do that I'm
willing to give them a try!   One person says she adds onion powder
and "crusts them up a bit" (heats them in the over first?) when she
uses them on casseroles.

Alternatives were:

- Thai toasted onion bits, which sound good but aren't readily
available to me on short notice

- Slice onions, dip 'em in milk and dredge 'em in corn starch, then
deep fry.

- Deep fry them temura style, making a batter with rice flour and milk

- "There is a company called Just Tomatoes that makes something called
Just Onions.  They're crunchy, dried, toasted onion pieces that taste
quite a bit like Durkee Onion Rings.  I like to sprinkle them on baked
potato, add to scrambled eggs, or top baked cassaroles with them.
They also make quite a few other dried (actually freeze-dried)
vegetables and fruits: Peas, corn, carrots, tomatoes, mangos,
raspberries, blueberries, cherries, roasted garlic, etc.  "

These last sound good!  Again, though, can't get 'em on short notice.

A couple of people asked what I do for the cream of mushroom soup in
that casserole.  Usually I just make a white sauce with almost any
kind of GF flour, and add mushrooms.  I have also in the past used
Watkins Cream Soup base (Watkins products are available from local
people in a "Tupperware" sort of model.)

Also, yesterday I tried that great idea someone posted of making
"stuffing bread", by using chicken stock for the liquid in any GF
bread recipe and adding poultry seasoning.  I haven't done the drying
step yet (and I don't think it's strictly necessary, as I used to make
stuffing from crumbs from fresh bread that had staled a day or 2), but
it smells and tastes just like stuffing!!  Woohoo!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone-

Laura