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The main time I run into problems with it is going to someone's party or something. Honestly, it's not usually that I'll starve, because I can usually find something guaranteed safe in the finger food category. The one thing that irks me is the folks who don't understand how pervasive gluten is, and snark at me for asking.
I went to a party recently where someone had some food in a crock pot with a thick sauce, so of course, I asked, and they were like, "No. God, you think gluten is in everything." No, gluten is used in sauce thickening, for fuck's sake. It pisses me off when people get snarky at me for just making sure.
Yeah, I think the person who took over the ovens was irritated at Adam for asking. "What cheese is in it? Whatever cheddar was in the fridge. I don't know what brand." Then you can't try to pass it off as GF, lady.
No, gluten is used in sauce thickening, for fuck's sake.
Uh, YEAH. One of the most common places it shows up!
That said, my girlfriend from AZ is planning all sorts of yummy GF stuff when I visit and is even going so far as to ban gluten from all 'dinner' meals while I'm there so I can eat anything on the table. Which is so very sweet of her. Hurray for the good ones!
Exactly.
I often will eat something before going to a party if I think there won't be much for me there. I made the mistake 2 x-mases ago of not doing that when I went to a Chamber of Commerce dinner. Every main dish was meat-based and every side had cheese all over it...including the salads! You gotta love the 'oh, just pick it out of the food' lol. Someone actually suggested that to me once for a beef and broccoli dish they brought to a party!
I assume it is pretty similar for any other kind of 'restrictive' diet.
(Am not vegetarian, but have vegetarian friends.)
Yeah, I eat before I go to parties and usually bring something.
Family is always weird in that they see you as who they used to think you were, not who you are.
It amazes me how you keep your life straight sometimes...
I would sit them down before you leave (or call them) and say "Listen. This is my health. I know you don't know what I'm not like unglutened, but you have to trust me on this. I will not do this again next year. I'll resend the links next year, closer to the holiday, and will even include a couple recipes that you can make if you want. If I come down here and go through this again, I will not be coming back."
And then, when you send the emails closer to next Christmas, you should restate whatever you tell them now.
"Yes but it is only a small amount and it is well cooked?!"
*sigh*
Yes, onion upsets her stomach in larger amounts and if it is not cooked well enough. I. AM. NOT. YOU. MUM!
She at least did not put any dairy in anything this time.
I tried to explain that onion has a biochemical in it (I forget its name) that shallots do not have and that cooking with onion, even if I eat around it, means that substance gets onto the other food in the same casserole and MAKES. ME. ILL. FOR. A. WEEK. Which it has. And we are eating there again tomorrow. Ah well, exmas and New Year only happen once a year…
Although the last time she and I went to visit my gran and mum brougs food to reheat it ended up being fish poached IN. MILK.
Maybe she will understand it one day. Then again, she is not getting any younger.
*does not hold breath*
*copies comment to a post on my LJ because I have forgotten to blog about it*
Edited at 2010-12-31 03:10 pm (UTC)
I hate to say it, but people do change. This economy is causing stress that is changing a lot of people super-fast. And someone else on my f-list has had to deal with absolute misery living with someone zie used to totally trust and admire, who saved hir life - but is now much older and has morphed horribly. The racism is a tip-off. I hope I'm wrong :-(
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