Hey, love y'all, huge fan! Kosher law is actually extremely strict and the entire facility the products are produced in has to be set up, cleaned, and blessed in very specific ways, so it's very helpful for people who follow Kosher law strictly to have actual Kosher items marked that way. Another thing is having items marked specifically as Kosher for Passover - as there are even more strict rules to follow for food to be marked that way. All that to say, it is actually much harder for food to be marked Kosher (and actually be Kosher) than for food to be marked gluten free.
I smiled so hard when Claudia brought out the White Rabbits! White Rabbit candies are THE sweets of every Asian kid's childhood. When I was younger and Chinese New Year rolled around, some teachers would give them out to kids in hong bao/red envelopes, and I remember it being one of my highlights of the year :)
As someone from Canada where homely means ugly it took me a second to register that you weren't just insulting Claudia, an objectively wonderful person.
It's the one green vegetable our whole family can agree on! One dislikes zucchini and brussel sprouts, and another dislikes green beans and peas. But broccoli - everyone loves broccoli! (except Grandma...)
My firstborn has always loved broccoli. I remember when they were a toddler (they're 24 now) and I was cooking some for a snack, and they were demanding to have their broccoli now! ☺️
I love Jamie and Shaaba. Too bad they couldn't come in person. But I understand quarantine. I'm actually in quarantine right now. Almost over this virus. But we need to protect each other still. Love that you call them gingerbread people. 😊
I love how Claudia explains the concept of her outfits. I hope your feeling better and getting some sleep. Jessica the next series of the crown is November 2022, I think its around my birthday.
As an audience, don't you think the streaming shows are just SOOOOO long to wait for. It's like we're not being thought of at all. In the time before cable, most shows had like 30 episode a season and there was a hiatus in the summer, and shows were on "re run", which was an opportunity to watch the show you didn't watch during the regular season. Younger audiences today may be satisfied with such short seasons (8 Episodes !) but I feel we are cheated. But some shows are like a mini series and well done, so I guess we accept it.
@@KindCountsDeb3773 I think possibly the delay this time could be that the pandemic has caused problems. Also, with the issues with the Sussex's and the death of The Duke of Edinburgh may have been a factor. But I agree with you, it does feel like we are being cheated with the short series.
@@annajackson9001 The pandemic caused issues, I agree. But even before there were series that took a long time to return. I wonder IF Netflix just waits to see IF they will renew the series and negotiate before starting production again. That would delay. I guess it comes down to MONEY the producers and companies want to earn. Be Well Anna !
Proudest moment of my parenthood was the day I had occasion to say to my toddler, "Finish your ice cream first, *then* you can have more broccoli." 🍦👶🥦
The gluten free thing is because sometimes food is made in the same factory as something with gluten, and if a celiac person eats food even exposed to gluten then they can get sick.
I actually like them writing if something is gluten free. Because I've found random things that have gluten like chocolate chips, ice cream, corn chips. And if they write that it's gluten free on a package product in Australia (where I am) it means there's no detectable gluten so it's safe for coeliacs. Whereas even if there aren't ingredients that contain gluten, it could still be prepared near to gluten and therefore contain gluten.
Reason it has to be explicitly said it's kosher is because 1 it could have gelatin in it and 2 in order for it to be accepted as kosher it has to be under rabbinical supervision
Fun fact - Kosher isn't just a distinction for meat. There are Kosher rules for all kinds of food and other products, even electronics. I think maybe the non-meat guidelines are mostly followed by the more Orthodox communities.
Especially with Omicron having milder symptoms, particularly for vaccinated people. I watched an interview with one fo the South African doctors who announced the discovery of the new variant and she said that a vaccinated person might think they just have a cold and not even know it's Omicron unless they get tested.
That could be it, but my bet is on the kosher labelling being on there because a lot of red food colourings aren't kosher because beetles are used in the ingredients
In addition kosher involves a method of strict preparation of food items in a kosher environment not just limited to meat and what’s in it. I know that as Muslim it would be great if we all got to know each-others religions to be truly tolerant and accepting
You do realise kosher is the way a product is prepared. Kosher is stating that meat and milk products are mixed together. The way the animal is slaughtered but also how the meat is prepared. That is also why there is kosher salt. It is also somewhat more important for passover, there are blue and red Matzah the blue one is for everyday really and the red one is specifically for passover. Coming from someone who is jewish so, dont at me please.
Wait, I thought kosher salt was called that because it's used in the kosher slaughtering process to draw out blood, rather than itself necessarily being kosher? Of course it almost certainly is (regardless of labels) because of its use, but what I'm reading from Jewish websites says that kosher salt is not always *certified* kosher.
Bless your beautiful hearts! I'm so sorry y'all are feeling ill. Wishing you health, love and light this Advent! Much love to the Kellgren-Fozard family!
Soooo many ice creams have gluten, you have no idea! Definitely not only the cookie-flavored ice creams that have gluten. I'm celiac, so that means I'm well versed in the art of reading labels. I think they have it because people tend to use gluten as some kind of thickener. Why make things easy for people with dietary restrictions, am I right? But yeah, signaling gluten or lack thereof in everything is actually needed. Once I've seen orange juice with gluten! ORANGE JUICE!!! Sure it's industrialized, but it's still juice, it shouldn't have gluten. Having the signaling that it contained gluten prevented me from being really sick.
Loved this!! Just a note - my dad has to be gluten free and apparently quite a few ice creams have been problematic in the past, so maybe it is needed. Completely agree it sounds silly though! Hope you're both feeling better now
@@RichardGadsden if you're coeliac you can't kiss someone when they have eaten or drunk gluten. So having gluten free alcohol for your partner on a night out etc is actually helpful for someone who is strictly gluten free and doesn't drink but their partner does ☺️
@@user-rc1my2xc3s True, but (a) distillation will denature gluten, (b) lots of vodkas are made from non-gluten-containing starches in the first place, e.g. potato and (c) vodka should really not contain anything other than alcohol and water in the first place. In other words, all vodka is gluten-free.
My son once made ninjabread men as gifts for the grandparents. Some of them had been badly injured and needed head bandages, peppermint walking canes, and so on.
You know I remember, back in the “before” days when I didn’t know I had Celiacs… I used to think all the “gluten free” warnings were ridiculous. Then I found out I had Celiacs (which overall is fantastic, I hadn’t even known how sick I was! So much better now…). Now I have the exact opposite opinion, I don’t think enough things have glutten warnings! Did you know that frozen fruit can have gluten in it (‡)? I know, how could frozen strawberries, bananas and blubberries have any gluten in them? Well, Sir/Lady Uninitiated, did you know that some frozen fruit manufacturers use a light dusting of flower to help keep frozen fruit from binding together? Go ahead, guess how I figured this out. Did you know that chips (french fries) are not gluten free? How?! I hear you scream. HOW?!?! Well, in fairness it depends on where you get them. If you make them yourself it’s probably fine. But if you go to a shop that is frying your chips in oil that also has fried, say, breaded chicken….. The gluten will survive the oil and cling to your lovely chips. Did you know that manufacturers in the US (and many other places) are only required to list the ingredients they put in their food (and even then, only if it’s over a certain percentage of the total mass of the product. That’s how the wheat in frozen food slips through ;)? I know, this sounds like how it ought to be, right? Well, consider…what was used to make the ingredients that go into the food you are eating? Sure the food manufacturer might list it as “madeupnamatel fenitrate” but the person who made said preservative may have used a product with gluten in it somewhere in their process. It would be a touch ridiculous to list all the ingredients from all the ingredients from all your ingredients, so manufacturers don’t do that (and I don’t blame them). Sadly, the won’t prevent me from getting glutenned…secondhand 0_0. So………..yeah. I also use to think it was silly. But now I live in a world where I’m terrified of accidentally gluttening myself and I wish every damn thing had a gluten warning. Did you know, for example, that many hair care products use gluten and repeated exposure to your scalp can cause issues for you (if you have Celiacs or a severe gluten allergy)? Yeah, I didn’t either…. *sigh* The moral is basically that restaurants are my new personal great satan and I should always cook my own food from whole ingredients. So…there you go. So, yeah, the gluten free warnings are nice but in reality I wish manufacturers would simply go out of their way to *always* list possible allergens. Not just for themselves, but on behalf of any manufacturers who’s products they may be using. If they just would pass the allergy information forward (and all the way to the consumer) I’d be happy. Right now it’s not terribly standardized…and that really effects anyone with any sort of allergy, mind you. I’m just yelling about gluten because it’s the one effecting me ;) Anyway, I do so much love your content and shall continue to watch. Hopefully this was taken in the lighthearted manner I really tried to write it in… Just figured I’d share a different perspective on this… ;) (‡) EDIT (2020/12/17): I hadn’t expected this much of a reaction to my comment! I wanted to clarify (and possibly correct) a couple things in this. When I first wrote it I was working entirely from memory but, now, I’ve gone back to look at my sources for all of this. As I mentioned before, misinformation regarding gluten is quite high so…I’m just trying to be responsible. I stand by most everything I said, but there is one topic that I feel wasn’t up to snuff, and that’s the topic of frozen fruit. I first looked into this topic when I was doing research after few smoothies I made from frozen fruit went down very poorly. I switched to fresh fruit to fix the problem (without changing any other ingredients), low and behold, the issues went away. Somewhere in the aftermath of this is where I dug deep and found some evidence that *some* (not all) cheaper brands of frozen fruit use a light dusting of flour to help keep their frozen fruit separated during transport (when temperatures may vary and fruit may unfreeze and refreeze into a clump). Case closed, right? Well, the issue is that, at this point in time, I’m having a devil of a time finding *any* evidence that this is true (granted, I only spent 15 minutes on it). There are several ways to keep fruit separated during the freezing process (the most obvious being to simply lay them on a tray next to each other, rather than on each other, until frozen) and during transport (other dusting materials can be used that contain no gluten). Some of them are more expensive than others and…honestly I have no clue who uses what process. Keep in mind, manufacturers are not under any obligation (in the US) to tell folks how their process works. Further complicating the issue is that there are other possibly culprits for my gut throwing a fit. For example, many Celiacs who are first quitting gluten will develop other intolerances, the most common being milk and sugar. These often go away given some time. In fairness, my smoothies contained both and I was making them relatively soon after dropping gluten. Is it possibly that in the time between making the smoothie with frozen fruit and making it with fresh fruit my gut righted itself? I honestly am not sure. Another complication is that it’s entirely possible it was a coincidence. While your gut is recovering it will sometimes relapse a touch and you’ll just feel sick. Further, there are other allergen vectors I simply may not have been aware of at the time, and perhaps it’s a mere coincidence that I stopped those around the same time I switched to using fresh fruit in my smoothies. I know this is becoming confusing, but I bring it all up to drive home a simple point: Gluten research is a minefield of half-truths and the gluten experience is hardly better. And frankly, while I am quite possibly wrong, I am also quite possibly right. I did have smoothies made by a local shop before I was making my own at home with froze fruit, and those were fine… so maybe it wasn’t that I developed other sensitivities? See how complex this gets? I said it before and I will reiterate it: There is a massive need for allergen reporting all the way through the supply chain for all consumer products that come into contact with the inside or outside of our bodies. It needs to be standardized (another fun fact, gluten reporting is not standardized and when you see “Gluten Free” it’s sometimes impossible to know what is meant by that) and it needs to be enforced by law, again, for all allergens. This is the only way I think anyone can be completely certain they aren’t consuming anything they are allergic to. Anyway, hopefully this broadens the scope of what I was saying appropriately. If I hadn’t been writing my original comment so hastily, I would have double checked my sources and, probably, would have omitted the story about the frozen fruit (or at least contextualized it more) though…well, it does appear to have helped a few folks so perhaps it’s best I put it there and perhaps it’s simply good I’ve contextualized it at this point. Anyway, there are dozens of other examples along the lines of what I’ve described here, so I don’t feel bad about the gist of what I wrote, I just wanted to be as factual as possible if this comment is going to have this many eyes on it.
I had no idea about the frozen fruits and hair products! I couldn’t figure out why I was having at &Mach cramps after eating frozen raspberries!!! And my scalp is super sensitive I hadn’t considered that. Thank you for your comment! I have a gluten allergy that I’ve been trying to manage on my own. I discovered it through eliminating different things from my diet. When I cut out gluten a rash I’d had for over 20 years on my inner elbow disappeared and my stomach problems reduced greatly.
@@madalynlopez5098 It’s definitely a journey… I’ve found most of this out by, basically, being paranoid. Anytime I feel any of my symptoms flaring up I try my best to take an inventory of what I’ve let into or onto my body for the last 24 hours and start googling. Unfortunately it’s a bit of a minefield of misinformation…and double unfortunately, different products seems to effect different folks to different extents. But! Patience in all things, right ;). Given time you’ll figure out a good routine that doesn’t set you off at all!
in the EU (afaik) every food manufacturer has to highlight allergens in the ingredients list and also list when something "may contain traces of", like if it's been made in the same factory. And in restaurants, they have little letters next to the dishes to tell you about the allergens. I think it's a very reasonable way to handle it. And also very useful as a vegan (even though things like meat or gelatin don't get pointed out, so that is annoying again)
As a fellow gluten free person, the most sad moment for me was seeing how a majority of chocolate bars have gluten. I get so excited when anything new comes out that is gluten free.
I like it when things are clearly labelled, even if it seems unnecessary. Cheese is usually vegetarian but some isn't. Knowing for sure that something is vegetarian or gluten free makes things so much easier.
I still remember the Starbucks strawberry frappuccino drama. Apparently for a while (in the U.S.) the red in the strawberry mix was red from those crushed bugs. People freaked so they changed the formula to something non-buggy.
I throughly enjoyed watching this before bed especially since my kids, husband, and I have all been coughing for weeks( we’ve been tested and are good and not actually sick anymore just the cough) so i’m happy to see your spirits high and happy christmas season♥️
I know quite a few people who have had negative lateral flows but positive PCRs in the last two weeks - it would be worth getting that done as well! Get well soon.
Even vegan food can be non kosher if the food is processed in things that also hold non-kosher food like certain meats etc. Or it just wouldn't be clear whether you can eat it with only meat or only dairy products alongside with it etc.
Aww yay! I love cookie decorating, I'm a big fan of pushing in the top of the head and making Ginger Batman. Also I'm so happy to see that the mats are being well used and loved! I just had to double check my Amazon history, but those are the ones I got for your registry. :)
Thanks for working thru your illnesses. Please work on getting better. Enjoyed the Gingerbread people and you both were creative. 🧸 Glad you could feed Claudia; you know how she gets !! 😋
Thank you both for such a lovely light hearted video. I especially loved the end clips of Jessica looking stunning introducing Rupert to the beauty of Christmas. I’m struggling to get the Christmas spirit still this year. In our family, my Mum was the “Spirit of Christmas”, she loved EVERYTHING about Christmas! Since she passed in 2015, I have struggled. This year though we did buy a tree (fake one) & various decorations, but they are all still in their boxes. Watching you both, with Ru, getting into the spirit is slowly helping to heal my bruised & battered Christmas spirit, but it’s not quite there yet.
Hi I was watching your video today and thinking how happy it makes me just watching your videos Nov was a hard month for us , 2 of our cats died 12 days apart, then we found out my mom has Lung cancer after battle breast cancer for 18 months and 4 days later my Nephew was killed in a Motorcycle accident so I haven't been feeling very Christmasy but your videos bring so much joy and make me look forward to it .I Love your videos and the LGBT+ history you do and your lovely Family and Claudia's beautiful pictures and I love when you bake cause I'm not really good at it. Please take care of yourselves and rest and get better, Having a lung infection is not fun. Sending Love and healing energy your way, please stay safe 😊💜🖤
Love your videos! ❤ Both of you did a good job with your gingerbread cookies. I also enjoy the ending with you 3 outside. Hope you both feel better soon! ❤
One year, I made gingerbread crinkles. Those cookies were eaten in days. Am there time, I made gingerbread cookies, and those were eaten in days. I love how gingerbread makes my kitchen smell so good!
I really enjoyed this! I meant to make gingerbread people for Christmas, but I'm ill since the start of the week and it is still unclear whether it's serious (like having to get surgery serious) or I can sit it out at home. So I'm very happy to see you decorate some ginderbread people before I get to my being exhausted from being sick midday nap 🙂
i love holiday baking, and eating lol. it's so much fun to do these things together. to be fair jess was put at a disadvantage with the expired decorating pens, but i think i'd pick claud's nut cracker, jess's jumper and claud's party attire but it was a very narrow margin.
Some icing may contain gelatin, which is a pork product, hence the kosher rating. And yeah, most plain flavour ice creams are gluten free but mixed ice creams may not be so its just easier for them to mark gluten free on everything.
Decorating a good gingerbread man just isn’t about style and taste, it’s about the emotional range of conversation you can have with not just one cookie man, but many. Personally I prefer an overall look of betrayal and disbelief or maybe they were in the middle of saying something (perhaps a speech), perhaps they were concentrating really hard on a math problem or proposing to another treat (need not be another cookie and it may even be savory) the options are endless.
Gingerbread figures? Gingerbread folks? Gingerbread Peeps? Gingerbread Super Heroes? Gingerbread Gingers? Gingerbread Garments? Gingerbread Gremlins? Gingerbread Kith? I dunno, there’s got to be a few more out there…
Fun fact about gluten free ice cream: they do that cause barley malt (gluten!) is a popular alternative sweetener. Source: I have celiac and am sick of barely malt being in things.
You have inspired me to create The Village People as Gingerbread People. Loved Darcy and Snowflake Jumper (Sweater) People. Maybe next year Jamie and Shaaba can come bc I to am a fan of them.
Just loving this chill vlog. Don’t even think of gingerbread men, as we lucky to have collections of choices, namely the gingerbread houses. Wonder if anyone has seen movie CODAs? I can’t access on Netflix but would love to see it…. Get better Jess and Claud 🤒
I'm loving this so much! It's been really tough lately but your videos have made me smile. You both win the gingerbread challenge. Though, if you could see the Yule log cake I made last year, I'd have my voting rights removed because it was really bad. lol
Jess, I love your hair without curls .. I don't think I ever saw it like this and it is so lovely :) You look so lovely .. and I wonder if these gingerbread people will be eaten .. I mean with expired pens .. no please.
@@teeandessing12 oh noes. That’s sad. We can tell she’s sick but this means she’s sick enough to have no energy to curl her hair . I hope they get well soon xx
I hope you both feel better soon, have u tried a nebuliser? My daughter recently had a cough and cold and we used a little portable nebuliser from Amazon with some filtered water and a single drop of eucalyptus oil in, it helped. Xx
I hope you see this comment because I can answer the kosher question. In order to be classified as kosher, any dairy products used in the creation of desserts must be derived from kosher animals and must not contain any non-kosher derivatives.
Your Christmas tree is looking amazing and you made me laugh all the through this video you’re both hilarious I think. Just loved this video a lot and enjoyed and agree with Claudia that they are Gingerbread people and I appreciate everything you’re doing for Vlogmas I am loving the videos a lot
hey Jessica! i’m not sure if you have thought about this before something that could make your videos a little more accessible is whenever you have sped-up footage, you could just insert an audio description saying what was happening. i got this idea from Molly Burke’s video and it could help blind people enjoy your video! i understand if you are unable to do this, you too are very busy!
For Kosher certification, you have to make sure any fillers or additives are also considered kosher. This aspect goes way deeper than the go-to example of a non-kosher cheese burger. Also, no visible kosher symbols in the UK!?!
I don't know about the UK but in Germany, we generally have no symbols to show a food is kosher or even halal (Even though the muslim population is quite large) - or at least I've never seen them
They definitely have them here in the UK, they're just less common than in the US - it seems that almost everything in the US has the label if applicable? (I always see it on imported sweets), whereas in the UK it's a bit hit and miss. Presumably it's affected a bit by there being a smaller Jewish population here compared to the US. I think the labelling is increasing here too, in the same way veggie and vegan labelling has been increasing.
Here in the us, sadly sometimes gluten is added into certain brands of ice cream. Which is dumb and unnecessary in my opinion. But I have found that out the hard way being gluten sensitive
Dairy is also everywhere. I can't even eat a chicken cup noodle soup in an emergency because they decided to add dairy into the ingredients 😐 And let's not get started on cross contamination. My favorite vegan (actually labeled vegan) noodles almost killed me after two little bites.
@@XSemperIdem5 yeah the USA has decided that it’s totally fine to put all kinds of crap in our food. Like cottonseed oil. Literally a fabric/textile and it’s in soooo many bags of potato chips and fried things. I don’t know if it’s cheaper and that’s why they do it or if they just don’t care about us. But I know a lot of stuff that the fda approves are not all legal in other countries
I would genuinely have gotten Surfshark tonight, if they didn't force you to pay the whole sum for the 24 months up front. It's a massive discount, but still having to pay $52 in one go is a lot, and personally not a possibility. I'm very happy they sponsor the channel though!
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Hey, love y'all, huge fan! Kosher law is actually extremely strict and the entire facility the products are produced in has to be set up, cleaned, and blessed in very specific ways, so it's very helpful for people who follow Kosher law strictly to have actual Kosher items marked that way. Another thing is having items marked specifically as Kosher for Passover - as there are even more strict rules to follow for food to be marked that way. All that to say, it is actually much harder for food to be marked Kosher (and actually be Kosher) than for food to be marked gluten free.
I really love how Claudia is so relaxed and not making any effort to be showbizzy when she comes into shot, it is thoroughly charming
I smiled so hard when Claudia brought out the White Rabbits! White Rabbit candies are THE sweets of every Asian kid's childhood. When I was younger and Chinese New Year rolled around, some teachers would give them out to kids in hong bao/red envelopes, and I remember it being one of my highlights of the year :)
I'm loving Claudia's relaxed attitude to youtube lately!
Casually sitting down mid intro whilst eating😂 so homely
😂❤️
Claudia's just great xD!
As someone from Canada where homely means ugly it took me a second to register that you weren't just insulting Claudia, an objectively wonderful person.
Broccoli was my favorite food as a child! (And my first word!) I think Rupert has great taste in vegetables!
It's the one green vegetable our whole family can agree on!
One dislikes zucchini and brussel sprouts, and another dislikes green beans and peas.
But broccoli - everyone loves broccoli!
(except Grandma...)
My firstborn has always loved broccoli. I remember when they were a toddler (they're 24 now) and I was cooking some for a snack, and they were demanding to have their broccoli now! ☺️
I loved broccoli as a kid too. Used to eat it raw along with carrots.
That's so fun, he really does love broccoli!
I love Jamie and Shaaba. Too bad they couldn't come in person. But I understand quarantine. I'm actually in quarantine right now. Almost over this virus. But we need to protect each other still. Love that you call them gingerbread people. 😊
Thank you, we couldn't agree more! ❤️
The banter between Jessica and Claudia is hilarious 😂 The gingerbread people are very cute.
JESSICA WITH STRAIGHT HAIR IM SCREAMING !!! So cute !!
I love how Claudia explains the concept of her outfits. I hope your feeling better and getting some sleep. Jessica the next series of the crown is November 2022, I think its around my birthday.
As an audience, don't you think the streaming shows are just SOOOOO long to wait for. It's like we're not being thought of at all. In the time before cable, most shows had like 30 episode a season and there was a hiatus in the summer, and shows were on "re run", which was an opportunity to watch the show you didn't watch during the regular season. Younger audiences today may be satisfied with such short seasons (8 Episodes !) but I feel we are cheated. But some shows are like a mini series and well done, so I guess we accept it.
@@KindCountsDeb3773 I think possibly the delay this time could be that the pandemic has caused problems. Also, with the issues with the Sussex's and the death of The Duke of Edinburgh may have been a factor. But I agree with you, it does feel like we are being cheated with the short series.
@@annajackson9001 The pandemic caused issues, I agree. But even before there were series that took a long time to return. I wonder IF Netflix just waits to see IF they will renew the series and negotiate before starting production again. That would delay. I guess it comes down to MONEY the producers and companies want to earn. Be Well Anna !
Proudest moment of my parenthood was the day I had occasion to say to my toddler, "Finish your ice cream first, *then* you can have more broccoli." 🍦👶🥦
The gluten free thing is because sometimes food is made in the same factory as something with gluten, and if a celiac person eats food even exposed to gluten then they can get sick.
I actually like them writing if something is gluten free. Because I've found random things that have gluten like chocolate chips, ice cream, corn chips. And if they write that it's gluten free on a package product in Australia (where I am) it means there's no detectable gluten so it's safe for coeliacs. Whereas even if there aren't ingredients that contain gluten, it could still be prepared near to gluten and therefore contain gluten.
Reason it has to be explicitly said it's kosher is because 1 it could have gelatin in it and 2 in order for it to be accepted as kosher it has to be under rabbinical supervision
Fun fact - Kosher isn't just a distinction for meat. There are Kosher rules for all kinds of food and other products, even electronics. I think maybe the non-meat guidelines are mostly followed by the more Orthodox communities.
Just a practical point, if you are symptomatic you should get a PCR test not just lateral flow. They are more accurate and sensitive
My GP also mentioned that the Omicron variant might be dodging the Lateral Flow tests :(
what of you get positive lateral flows but negative pcrs?
claudia’s last gingerbread person looks like they got slimed in that nickelodeon show 😂
Lateral flows are not for symptomatic testing! They're fine to use if you're asymptomatic but if you have symptoms you need to get a PCR!
Especially with Omicron having milder symptoms, particularly for vaccinated people. I watched an interview with one fo the South African doctors who announced the discovery of the new variant and she said that a vaccinated person might think they just have a cold and not even know it's Omicron unless they get tested.
This is the cosy energy I needed to get though my fatigue today
Me too!❤️
I hope everyone has a better day tomorrow! 🙏❤️
It's probably Kosher because it doesn't have gelatin made from "unclean animals" in it.
That could be it, but my bet is on the kosher labelling being on there because a lot of red food colourings aren't kosher because beetles are used in the ingredients
In addition kosher involves a method of strict preparation of food items in a kosher environment not just limited to meat and what’s in it. I know that as Muslim it would be great if we all got to know each-others religions to be truly tolerant and accepting
with meat, doesn't the Rabbi "bless" the meat ?? So maybe it's Kosher because the non meat food is blessed, too.
You do realise kosher is the way a product is prepared. Kosher is stating that meat and milk products are mixed together. The way the animal is slaughtered but also how the meat is prepared. That is also why there is kosher salt.
It is also somewhat more important for passover, there are blue and red Matzah the blue one is for everyday really and the red one is specifically for passover.
Coming from someone who is jewish so, dont at me please.
Wait, I thought kosher salt was called that because it's used in the kosher slaughtering process to draw out blood, rather than itself necessarily being kosher? Of course it almost certainly is (regardless of labels) because of its use, but what I'm reading from Jewish websites says that kosher salt is not always *certified* kosher.
Y’all are always so much fun to watch! It’s a blessing to share your levity and laugh along with you! And all the gingerbread people are lovely!
Bless your beautiful hearts! I'm so sorry y'all are feeling ill. Wishing you health, love and light this Advent! Much love to the Kellgren-Fozard family!
Soooo many ice creams have gluten, you have no idea! Definitely not only the cookie-flavored ice creams that have gluten. I'm celiac, so that means I'm well versed in the art of reading labels. I think they have it because people tend to use gluten as some kind of thickener. Why make things easy for people with dietary restrictions, am I right?
But yeah, signaling gluten or lack thereof in everything is actually needed. Once I've seen orange juice with gluten! ORANGE JUICE!!! Sure it's industrialized, but it's still juice, it shouldn't have gluten. Having the signaling that it contained gluten prevented me from being really sick.
Loved this!! Just a note - my dad has to be gluten free and apparently quite a few ice creams have been problematic in the past, so maybe it is needed. Completely agree it sounds silly though! Hope you're both feeling better now
My favourite stupid one was gluten-free vodka.
I am personally tired of the carb-free butter 🧈 in the grocery store!
@@RichardGadsden if you're coeliac you can't kiss someone when they have eaten or drunk gluten. So having gluten free alcohol for your partner on a night out etc is actually helpful for someone who is strictly gluten free and doesn't drink but their partner does ☺️
Probably a cross contamination issue too
@@user-rc1my2xc3s True, but (a) distillation will denature gluten, (b) lots of vodkas are made from non-gluten-containing starches in the first place, e.g. potato and (c) vodka should really not contain anything other than alcohol and water in the first place. In other words, all vodka is gluten-free.
My son once made ninjabread men as gifts for the grandparents.
Some of them had been badly injured and needed head bandages, peppermint walking canes, and so on.
GENIUS idea! 👏
That sounds adorable! Like the gingerbread man from Shrek! 🍪
Wasn't it? This year, his grandma was inspired by them to make brown felt gingerbread man ornaments with 'bites' taken out of them.
Broccoli was my favorite as a baby too! Alas, I could never relate to the TV references to hating broccoli
Thanks for powering through your illnesses and making an entertaining video for all of us to watch! Love the ginger-people! Especially Jessica. 😉
You know I remember, back in the “before” days when I didn’t know I had Celiacs… I used to think all the “gluten free” warnings were ridiculous. Then I found out I had Celiacs (which overall is fantastic, I hadn’t even known how sick I was! So much better now…). Now I have the exact opposite opinion, I don’t think enough things have glutten warnings!
Did you know that frozen fruit can have gluten in it (‡)? I know, how could frozen strawberries, bananas and blubberries have any gluten in them? Well, Sir/Lady Uninitiated, did you know that some frozen fruit manufacturers use a light dusting of flower to help keep frozen fruit from binding together? Go ahead, guess how I figured this out.
Did you know that chips (french fries) are not gluten free? How?! I hear you scream. HOW?!?! Well, in fairness it depends on where you get them. If you make them yourself it’s probably fine. But if you go to a shop that is frying your chips in oil that also has fried, say, breaded chicken….. The gluten will survive the oil and cling to your lovely chips.
Did you know that manufacturers in the US (and many other places) are only required to list the ingredients they put in their food (and even then, only if it’s over a certain percentage of the total mass of the product. That’s how the wheat in frozen food slips through ;)? I know, this sounds like how it ought to be, right? Well, consider…what was used to make the ingredients that go into the food you are eating? Sure the food manufacturer might list it as “madeupnamatel fenitrate” but the person who made said preservative may have used a product with gluten in it somewhere in their process. It would be a touch ridiculous to list all the ingredients from all the ingredients from all your ingredients, so manufacturers don’t do that (and I don’t blame them). Sadly, the won’t prevent me from getting glutenned…secondhand 0_0.
So………..yeah. I also use to think it was silly. But now I live in a world where I’m terrified of accidentally gluttening myself and I wish every damn thing had a gluten warning. Did you know, for example, that many hair care products use gluten and repeated exposure to your scalp can cause issues for you (if you have Celiacs or a severe gluten allergy)? Yeah, I didn’t either…. *sigh*
The moral is basically that restaurants are my new personal great satan and I should always cook my own food from whole ingredients. So…there you go.
So, yeah, the gluten free warnings are nice but in reality I wish manufacturers would simply go out of their way to *always* list possible allergens. Not just for themselves, but on behalf of any manufacturers who’s products they may be using. If they just would pass the allergy information forward (and all the way to the consumer) I’d be happy. Right now it’s not terribly standardized…and that really effects anyone with any sort of allergy, mind you. I’m just yelling about gluten because it’s the one effecting me ;)
Anyway, I do so much love your content and shall continue to watch. Hopefully this was taken in the lighthearted manner I really tried to write it in… Just figured I’d share a different perspective on this… ;)
(‡) EDIT (2020/12/17): I hadn’t expected this much of a reaction to my comment! I wanted to clarify (and possibly correct) a couple things in this. When I first wrote it I was working entirely from memory but, now, I’ve gone back to look at my sources for all of this. As I mentioned before, misinformation regarding gluten is quite high so…I’m just trying to be responsible.
I stand by most everything I said, but there is one topic that I feel wasn’t up to snuff, and that’s the topic of frozen fruit. I first looked into this topic when I was doing research after few smoothies I made from frozen fruit went down very poorly. I switched to fresh fruit to fix the problem (without changing any other ingredients), low and behold, the issues went away. Somewhere in the aftermath of this is where I dug deep and found some evidence that *some* (not all) cheaper brands of frozen fruit use a light dusting of flour to help keep their frozen fruit separated during transport (when temperatures may vary and fruit may unfreeze and refreeze into a clump). Case closed, right?
Well, the issue is that, at this point in time, I’m having a devil of a time finding *any* evidence that this is true (granted, I only spent 15 minutes on it). There are several ways to keep fruit separated during the freezing process (the most obvious being to simply lay them on a tray next to each other, rather than on each other, until frozen) and during transport (other dusting materials can be used that contain no gluten). Some of them are more expensive than others and…honestly I have no clue who uses what process. Keep in mind, manufacturers are not under any obligation (in the US) to tell folks how their process works.
Further complicating the issue is that there are other possibly culprits for my gut throwing a fit. For example, many Celiacs who are first quitting gluten will develop other intolerances, the most common being milk and sugar. These often go away given some time. In fairness, my smoothies contained both and I was making them relatively soon after dropping gluten. Is it possibly that in the time between making the smoothie with frozen fruit and making it with fresh fruit my gut righted itself? I honestly am not sure.
Another complication is that it’s entirely possible it was a coincidence. While your gut is recovering it will sometimes relapse a touch and you’ll just feel sick. Further, there are other allergen vectors I simply may not have been aware of at the time, and perhaps it’s a mere coincidence that I stopped those around the same time I switched to using fresh fruit in my smoothies.
I know this is becoming confusing, but I bring it all up to drive home a simple point: Gluten research is a minefield of half-truths and the gluten experience is hardly better. And frankly, while I am quite possibly wrong, I am also quite possibly right. I did have smoothies made by a local shop before I was making my own at home with froze fruit, and those were fine… so maybe it wasn’t that I developed other sensitivities? See how complex this gets?
I said it before and I will reiterate it: There is a massive need for allergen reporting all the way through the supply chain for all consumer products that come into contact with the inside or outside of our bodies. It needs to be standardized (another fun fact, gluten reporting is not standardized and when you see “Gluten Free” it’s sometimes impossible to know what is meant by that) and it needs to be enforced by law, again, for all allergens. This is the only way I think anyone can be completely certain they aren’t consuming anything they are allergic to.
Anyway, hopefully this broadens the scope of what I was saying appropriately. If I hadn’t been writing my original comment so hastily, I would have double checked my sources and, probably, would have omitted the story about the frozen fruit (or at least contextualized it more) though…well, it does appear to have helped a few folks so perhaps it’s best I put it there and perhaps it’s simply good I’ve contextualized it at this point. Anyway, there are dozens of other examples along the lines of what I’ve described here, so I don’t feel bad about the gist of what I wrote, I just wanted to be as factual as possible if this comment is going to have this many eyes on it.
Fellow coeliac here, thanks for your Ted talk! It's all sooooo true! We're not fussy eaters, we actually need to not get food poisoning xx
I had no idea about the frozen fruits and hair products! I couldn’t figure out why I was having at &Mach cramps after eating frozen raspberries!!! And my scalp is super sensitive I hadn’t considered that. Thank you for your comment! I have a gluten allergy that I’ve been trying to manage on my own. I discovered it through eliminating different things from my diet. When I cut out gluten a rash I’d had for over 20 years on my inner elbow disappeared and my stomach problems reduced greatly.
@@madalynlopez5098 It’s definitely a journey… I’ve found most of this out by, basically, being paranoid. Anytime I feel any of my symptoms flaring up I try my best to take an inventory of what I’ve let into or onto my body for the last 24 hours and start googling. Unfortunately it’s a bit of a minefield of misinformation…and double unfortunately, different products seems to effect different folks to different extents. But! Patience in all things, right ;). Given time you’ll figure out a good routine that doesn’t set you off at all!
in the EU (afaik) every food manufacturer has to highlight allergens in the ingredients list and also list when something "may contain traces of", like if it's been made in the same factory. And in restaurants, they have little letters next to the dishes to tell you about the allergens. I think it's a very reasonable way to handle it. And also very useful as a vegan (even though things like meat or gelatin don't get pointed out, so that is annoying again)
As a fellow gluten free person, the most sad moment for me was seeing how a majority of chocolate bars have gluten. I get so excited when anything new comes out that is gluten free.
broccoli is legitimately one of my favorite foods. certainly my favorite veg.
I like it when things are clearly labelled, even if it seems unnecessary. Cheese is usually vegetarian but some isn't. Knowing for sure that something is vegetarian or gluten free makes things so much easier.
If you have covid symptoms (e.g. a cough) you need to do a PCR not a LFT!
A lot of red food colourings aren't kosher because of an insect (beetle I think) used as an ingredient
I still remember the Starbucks strawberry frappuccino drama. Apparently for a while (in the U.S.) the red in the strawberry mix was red from those crushed bugs. People freaked so they changed the formula to something non-buggy.
I throughly enjoyed watching this before bed especially since my kids, husband, and I have all been coughing for weeks( we’ve been tested and are good and not actually sick anymore just the cough) so i’m happy to see your spirits high and happy christmas season♥️
I know quite a few people who have had negative lateral flows but positive PCRs in the last two weeks - it would be worth getting that done as well! Get well soon.
How are both of your gingerbread men so much cuter and more creative than anything I could come up with?? 😭😭😭
Even vegan food can be non kosher if the food is processed in things that also hold non-kosher food like certain meats etc. Or it just wouldn't be clear whether you can eat it with only meat or only dairy products alongside with it etc.
Get well soon, guys!
Aww yay! I love cookie decorating, I'm a big fan of pushing in the top of the head and making Ginger Batman. Also I'm so happy to see that the mats are being well used and loved! I just had to double check my Amazon history, but those are the ones I got for your registry. :)
I really want to see someone for real wearing that Christmas pudding outfit now!!! It sounds amazing!!
I sew and I need to make claudias Christmas outfit a reality
Thanks for working thru your illnesses. Please work on getting better. Enjoyed the Gingerbread people and you both were creative. 🧸 Glad you could feed Claudia; you know how she gets !! 😋
In Australia all the ice cream has malt now so being coeliac I can't have ice cream anymore (they removed the gluten free ice cream range).
Thank you both for such a lovely light hearted video. I especially loved the end clips of Jessica looking stunning introducing Rupert to the beauty of Christmas.
I’m struggling to get the Christmas spirit still this year. In our family, my Mum was the “Spirit of Christmas”, she loved EVERYTHING about Christmas! Since she passed in 2015, I have struggled. This year though we did buy a tree (fake one) & various decorations, but they are all still in their boxes. Watching you both, with Ru, getting into the spirit is slowly helping to heal my bruised & battered Christmas spirit, but it’s not quite there yet.
Hi I was watching your video today and thinking how happy it makes me just watching your videos Nov was a hard month for us , 2 of our cats died 12 days apart, then we found out my mom has Lung cancer after battle breast cancer for 18 months and 4 days later my Nephew was killed in a Motorcycle accident so I haven't been feeling very Christmasy but your videos bring so much joy and make me look forward to it .I Love your videos and the LGBT+ history you do and your lovely Family and Claudia's beautiful pictures and I love when you bake cause I'm not really good at it. Please take care of yourselves and rest and get better, Having a lung infection is not fun. Sending Love and healing energy your way, please stay safe 😊💜🖤
The whole snowflake interlude made my day.
Aw sadness you are sick! I hope you recover quickly and enjoy a gluten-free Christmas! Much love to your whole family 🥰🎄🎁👶🐶🐶 👩👩👦
Love your videos! ❤ Both of you did a good job with your gingerbread cookies. I also enjoy the ending with you 3 outside. Hope you both feel better soon! ❤
One year, I made gingerbread crinkles. Those cookies were eaten in days. Am there time, I made gingerbread cookies, and those were eaten in days. I love how gingerbread makes my kitchen smell so good!
Omg from 2014...I thought i was straight back them
It's a wonderful life might seem cliché now but it crated the genre of seeing what life would be like if you were never born.
I think Jessica won this one, but I enjoyed Claudia's creative descriptions. lol
Thank you! 💖
I hear the pitter patter of little dog feet 🐾
Some food coloring and gelatins are a kosher issue. It's a lot more than just meat.
I really enjoyed this! I meant to make gingerbread people for Christmas, but I'm ill since the start of the week and it is still unclear whether it's serious (like having to get surgery serious) or I can sit it out at home.
So I'm very happy to see you decorate some ginderbread people before I get to my being exhausted from being sick midday nap 🙂
i love holiday baking, and eating lol. it's so much fun to do these things together. to be fair jess was put at a disadvantage with the expired decorating pens, but i think i'd pick claud's nut cracker, jess's jumper and claud's party attire but it was a very narrow margin.
Some icing may contain gelatin, which is a pork product, hence the kosher rating.
And yeah, most plain flavour ice creams are gluten free but mixed ice creams may not be so its just easier for them to mark gluten free on everything.
On a unrelated note, that Christmas tree in the background is beautiful!
Christmas Pudding outfit gingerbread person has to win! So creative!
Dairy free ice cream often has wheat in the US. My daughter can have either dairy or gluten. 😩
Oh noo!
Decorating a good gingerbread man just isn’t about style and taste, it’s about the emotional range of conversation you can have with not just one cookie man, but many. Personally I prefer an overall look of betrayal and disbelief or maybe they were in the middle of saying something (perhaps a speech), perhaps they were concentrating really hard on a math problem or proposing to another treat (need not be another cookie and it may even be savory) the options are endless.
Gingerbread figures? Gingerbread folks? Gingerbread Peeps? Gingerbread Super Heroes? Gingerbread Gingers? Gingerbread Garments? Gingerbread Gremlins? Gingerbread Kith? I dunno, there’s got to be a few more out there…
There are actual gingerbread Peeps as in the marshmallow Peeps company.
white rabbits! my parents found those out in 1988 when they were in china for my dad's work and adopted my sister. They are great!
Fun fact about gluten free ice cream: they do that cause barley malt (gluten!) is a popular alternative sweetener.
Source: I have celiac and am sick of barely malt being in things.
You have inspired me to create The Village People as Gingerbread People. Loved Darcy and Snowflake Jumper (Sweater) People. Maybe next year Jamie and Shaaba can come bc I to am a fan of them.
Just loving this chill vlog. Don’t even think of gingerbread men, as we lucky to have collections of choices, namely the gingerbread houses.
Wonder if anyone has seen movie CODAs? I can’t access on Netflix but would love to see it….
Get better Jess and Claud 🤒
I love the Christmas pudding party outfit!! It looked yummy!!
Claudia made a American Football player, that is a helmet on the head if I've ever seen one!!
You two....I mean three! Make me laugh and cry. Happy holidays.
Pepparkakor is what I called them for years, now I call them little gingerbread guys :) or pepparkakor
I love your vlogmas videos. Especially the ones about baking and cooking. ^^
Here to destress before a final exam 😌 loving the christmas puddle outfit
I hope y'all get to feeling better soon 😘
This was a really fun video to watch! You 2 are too cute!:
I'm loving this so much! It's been really tough lately but your videos have made me smile. You both win the gingerbread challenge. Though, if you could see the Yule log cake I made last year, I'd have my voting rights removed because it was really bad. lol
Thankyou merry Christmas
🦌🦌🦌🦌🏎🎄
It's 'best before' not 'use by' so you're good, as far as my partner is concerned 😂😂😂
Jess, I love your hair without curls .. I don't think I ever saw it like this and it is so lovely :)
You look so lovely .. and I wonder if these gingerbread people will be eaten .. I mean with expired pens .. no please.
I think she’s joked in the past that the way you know she’s sick is when her hair is in its natural straight state.
@@teeandessing12 oh noes. That’s sad. We can tell she’s sick but this means she’s sick enough to have no energy to curl her hair . I hope they get well soon xx
Get to feeling better lovely mum ladies!
I LURVE white rabbit sweets (my childhood too!). Everytime i offer one its always "yes, you can eat that, it's rice paper!" 🤣
You guys crack me up with all the fun you have together. Have a great 🎄🎄🎄😘😘🌈🌈
"anyone can wear a bowtie"
**AGRESSIVELY QUES DR WHO OPENING THEME**
I hope you both feel better soon, have u tried a nebuliser? My daughter recently had a cough and cold and we used a little portable nebuliser from Amazon with some filtered water and a single drop of eucalyptus oil in, it helped. Xx
Loved the end bit ..what would you call it? A toenail? Instead of a thumbnail?
I hope you see this comment because I can answer the kosher question. In order to be classified as kosher, any dairy products used in the creation of desserts must be derived from kosher animals and must not contain any non-kosher derivatives.
Your Christmas tree is looking amazing and you made me laugh all the through this video you’re both hilarious I think. Just loved this video a lot and enjoyed and agree with Claudia that they are Gingerbread people and I appreciate everything you’re doing for Vlogmas I am loving the videos a lot
Another great video which you made despite being sick; amazing! I also loved the montage at the end!
Thank you so much! ❤️
hey Jessica! i’m not sure if you have thought about this before something that could make your videos a little more accessible is whenever you have sped-up footage, you could just insert an audio description saying what was happening. i got this idea from Molly Burke’s video and it could help blind people enjoy your video! i understand if you are unable to do this, you too are very busy!
For Kosher certification, you have to make sure any fillers or additives are also considered kosher. This aspect goes way deeper than the go-to example of a non-kosher cheese burger. Also, no visible kosher symbols in the UK!?!
there are kosher symbols such as the Kosher London/Manchester Beth Din or the Orthodox Union symbol
@@anitadhm_ Yay! I was wondering how kosher observant Jews navigated the general marketplace if that were not the case.
I don't know about the UK but in Germany, we generally have no symbols to show a food is kosher or even halal (Even though the muslim population is quite large) - or at least I've never seen them
They definitely have them here in the UK, they're just less common than in the US - it seems that almost everything in the US has the label if applicable? (I always see it on imported sweets), whereas in the UK it's a bit hit and miss. Presumably it's affected a bit by there being a smaller Jewish population here compared to the US.
I think the labelling is increasing here too, in the same way veggie and vegan labelling has been increasing.
@@Rebecca-vg2ef you can see halal sometimes on Haribo sweets but otherwise in your local turkish supermarket. Though Kosher I have never seen here.
Here in the us, sadly sometimes gluten is added into certain brands of ice cream. Which is dumb and unnecessary in my opinion. But I have found that out the hard way being gluten sensitive
Dairy is also everywhere. I can't even eat a chicken cup noodle soup in an emergency because they decided to add dairy into the ingredients 😐
And let's not get started on cross contamination. My favorite vegan (actually labeled vegan) noodles almost killed me after two little bites.
@@XSemperIdem5 yeah the USA has decided that it’s totally fine to put all kinds of crap in our food. Like cottonseed oil. Literally a fabric/textile and it’s in soooo many bags of potato chips and fried things. I don’t know if it’s cheaper and that’s why they do it or if they just don’t care about us. But I know a lot of stuff that the fda approves are not all legal in other countries
Your videos make me feel so relaxed and happy x
I would have expected that Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street was your favorite Christmas film, because of Maureen O’Hara.
OMG, the editing. 🤣 Jessica tells Claudia to shush and she just disappears. I wish that actually worked on some people….
Also, mad respect for Claudia’s Met Gala-worthy gingerbread party outfit. She’s a festive visionary. 😆
Lovely video as always !
Such Fun. Thank you for sharing.
The crown is finished! They didn‘t get anothe season. I was shocked when I found out not to long ago!
Where did Claudia get her shirt? I love it
Football playing Santa Claud!
Happy Christmas to your beautiful family!
I love the jumpers they both painted!
I love your Christmas crafting, its so wholesome. Thanks for the cheer 😊🌟
I would genuinely have gotten Surfshark tonight, if they didn't force you to pay the whole sum for the 24 months up front. It's a massive discount, but still having to pay $52 in one go is a lot, and personally not a possibility. I'm very happy they sponsor the channel though!