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Re: Gluten free ideas for celiac disease
By: STiG Date: August 22, 2022, 9:02 pm
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Ordering the gluten free cake is great! Make sure to use a well
cleaned knife and server to cut and serve it.
Beyond that, I would discuss the menu with them to ensure they
will be able to eat something. Most burgers use some kind of
binder like bread crumbs or oatmeal. Oatmeal is usually
contaminated with gluten. Rice crispies aren't a safe food - a
good example of something that you would think would be OK.
They'll help you figure out what will work best for them and if
that means they bring their own food and an undressed salad to
share (with dressing and croutons on the side), then go with
what makes them most comfortable.
I have a friend with celiac; when I make anything for her, I
make sure to thoroughly wipe down the kitchen, use parchment
paper on cookie sheets, etc, so what I'm preparing doesn't get
contaminated from any residual on the bakeware. If I am making
anything that does contain gluten, I make sure to put the gluten
free items away from where I'll be working.
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Re: Gluten free ideas for celiac disease
By: TootsNYC Date: August 24, 2022, 11:38 am
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I have celiac. However, it is silent celiac, so I don't have a
reaction if I get zapped, so that means I don't have the same
early warning system.
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Gluten is in spices
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Which ones?
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I find that a lot of spices are actually gluten free. But it's
important to check. Go to the company's website. McCormick
single-spice spices are GF; their mixed spices might not be, but
they promise to be careful with labeling. Old Bay is GF; Bell's
Seasoning is GF.
Watch out for cutting boards, etc.; make sure gluten free buns
get sliced in ways that keep them VERY separate.
Maybe create a corner of the kitchen and some supplies that
haven't been used yet, and let them use those.
Be extra careful to cut veggies, etc., so that they get done
BEFORE any bread containing things, or any pasta salads, come
out. Or, do all the pasta salad stuff ahead, clean well, then do
non-gluten side dishes.
Watch out for colanders! Don't use the gluten pasta colander to
rinse vegetables, even if you've washed it. I have separate ones
(all my GF equipment is green) that get used for veggies and
fruit, and for GF pasta.
Soy sauce is the sneaky one; you can get GF soy sauce, though,
if it's important to any of your dishes.
Lots of BBQ sauces are GF, but some aren't, so you have to
check.
Ditto lots of condiments, salad dressings, etc--many are safe,
but read the label.
But I would also say that you need to worry whether people are
wiping the tip of the mustard bottle against their bun when they
use it. Or any kind of spreader, for the mayo, etc.
So I'd get some new condiments and set them over in the GF
area, and maybe label them. (my jelly jar says "GF--use a
spoon," and everyone in my family drops their jelly from a
height onto their bread.)
I would say to clean the grill VERY VERY well. And then make
sure to not use binders in any burgers (though my MIL bought GF
breadcrumbs and uses those), or soy sauce (unless it's GF) in
any marinades, and make sure every marinade or BBQ sauce is GF
(honestly, that's not hard). Then you don't have to worry, and
they can eat every meat.
BUT...Set aside some of the meat for them specifically, so
they don't have to worry that other people used the tongs and
brushed them against the bun when they were serving themselves.
I find it stressful when the gluten stuff is on the same table
as the other stuff. I don't know to trust whether someone used
the pasta serving spoon to scoop out some rice salad. So if you
at all can, create a GF serving area
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Re: Gluten free ideas for celiac disease
By: TootsNYC Date: August 24, 2022, 11:41 am
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oh--GF buns.
If you can, get Schar's; Udi's is awful. I had an odd brand the
other day--Ener-G--and it was disgusting.
Canyon Ranch makes a new Brioche bun that's great, but you need
to slice it.
The Schar's GF hamburger bun is just OK (they just improved it,
and moved the slice a bit higher on the bun, which is a massive
improvement). I like the Schar's chiabatti rolls for buns; but
they also need to be cut.
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