[taz sharratt]

yesterday tok my kids out to a fun park for the day, didnt have time to pack a lunch for myself, went into the restauraunt asked if they had and gluten-free food, to my astonishment half of thier food was home made and gluten-free, brill, today, bad belly, been to the loo 4 times at least and my tummy is swollen. Hell im annoyed im sure it must have something to do with what i ate out yesterday, dont know whether i should go back and complain but how do i prove it was thier food that glutend me???!!!! Iether way im not eating there again, i go hungry next time or remember to pack a lunch.

[schuyler]

I'm so sorry that you got glutened
Last time I got glutened at a restaurant, I let the manager know, so that he could make sure that it didn't happen to another person (they put pancake batter in my omlet that I had stressed needed to be gluten and dairy free).

I hope that you feel better soon.

Danielle

[Franceen]

I find that saying "gluten-free" means very little to MOST restaurant people without lengthy explanations.
Therefore I just tell them I'm allergic to wheat, bread, flour, most cereals and grains and many additives because they have flour and derivative of wheat in them (e.g. non-clear sauces, gravies, dressings, etc).

The most common response to the word "gluten" I get is about "glucose" and how they have sugar-free stuff.
I told one waitress (very sweet young 17-yr old who really wanted to help) that I couldn't have bread, flour, wheat, etc" and she brought me a salad with extra croutons! She said I know you can't have the dressing so I gave you extra coupons. She was so embarrassed and quickly went and had a special salad made for me, in a separate preparation bowl. But then she brought me onion rings with my steak because she knew I couldn't eat the rolls!

I've found that eating in restaurants, without a gluten-free menu, almost always leads to eating gluten in something. Unless you ask for a "NAKED STEAK" or "NAKED FISH" or "PLAIN SALAD" or stuff like that - makes eating out very boring and unpleasant.

I'm dying for a KRISPY CREME or DUNKIN DONUT!!!!!
And I have to cook for my father and he eats a lot of whole wheat stuff and cookies and crackers.
Makes me sniff the baked stuff and die for some.

[kbtoyssni]

There's probably no way to prove that you got glutened there, but you could call and let them know and try to figure out what when wrong. But the next time a celiac comes in, they'd probably get a different waiter so I'm not sure how much good it would do. I always carry around a little card with what I can and cannot eat on it. A lot of times the waiter will take it back to the cook to make sure my meal is ok. I've been lucky - I haven't been glutened at a restaurant yet, so maybe the card works!