Gluten Free Breeze (formerly Brendygirl) Blog

I had a pretty nice dinner at The Ritz this weekend. I enjoyed the seafood appetizer with horseradish and shrimp sauce, the lobster salad, and the shrimp c%$#$tail. The lamb was ok. The mashed potatoes and veggies fine. The berries for dessert were fresh, but had a VANILLA WAFER stuck in there, so I only ate a few out of the other side. ALMOST perfect.

Celiac.com Sponsor (A13):
Plus, there had to be a person at the table who couldn't resist telling me how good my berries looked while he was downing his chocolate cake. I mean, come on. Just SHUT UP about it.

What was REALLY less than appetizing was the way my dinner companion (not the berry admirer) kept raving over the food courses that I couldn't have: The bread-"I just LOVE this bread. It's so warm..." The soup "This soup is so awesome. Do you want to taste some? I just wish it came with a bigger piece of BREAD!" The appetizers: Why can't you have this? You CAN have it! Don't you like it? It's SO good! I should've taken more! OMG, It's SO good! I HAVE to learn to make those at home!

I mean, come ON! My brother is allergic to poultry, and at Thanksgiving, I'm not like, OMG This turkey is SO good, want a bite? Give me a BREAK.

And this same person does the SAME thing with EVERY meal we eat together.

It's getting really old, really fast.