<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Miscellaneous Notes: -------------------- Have Cupcake, Will Travel: Parents of celiac children need to keep a cache of cupcakes on hand in the freezer for friends' birthday celebrations and parties at school. Often that cupcake becomes a mess as it travels, especially if the child is doing the carrying. Here are some suggestions for a neater cupcake: * Freeze the cupcakes in a Tupperware or similar container so that the icing doesn't stick to anything as it freezes. Then send the cupcake to school in a cupcake-size plastic container to keep the icing intact. * Slice the cupcake in half horizontally and ice the inside to make a cake and icing sandwich. For an added flair you can make two slices and have a mini torte. * Instead of using regular icing, you can make a candy icing using chocolate chips. (Be sure to look in your shopping guide for brands and flavors because not all morsels are GF.) Microwave the chips for a minute to get them soft and ice the cupcakes quickly before the candy gets hard. After the candy gets hard the cupcake travels well because there is no melting mess. Be sure to use a sturdy cake with this "icing". Bette Hagman's Sponge Cake (_The Gluten-Free Gourmet_, pg. 69) and the cake instructions for her Triple-Duty Muffin Mix (_More From the Gluten-Free Gourmet_, pg. 332) both work well.--Luanne Holder Mrs. Richardson --------------- by Ben Boldt How much will Toni Richardson be missed? Last month, you read a couple of tributes to Toni written by adult members of the group. Since then, we received the following poem, written by eight-year-old Ben Boldt. It is a measure of Toni's impact on the group that Ben should write such a poem, for it has been two years since it was determined that Ben's original diagnosis was wrong and that he did not have celiac disease. So Ben's memories of Toni come from a time when he was merely six years old. He hasn't forgotten her in the two years since then, has he? Mrs. Richardson was so nice. She made foods for the Celiac group with rice. The foods she made had no rye, oats, barley or wheat. But everything she made was a great treat. She was our master chef of the Celiac World. She was always in the kitchen, Cooking everything from cakes to chicken. Her pizza and hamburg buns were the best, They were so much better than all the rest. Our lives are much easier thanks to Mrs. Richardson, And I know she will be in our hearts forever.