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What Would You Eat?

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floridanative Community Regular
floridanative
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I would like to ask any of you out there what you would eat that contains gluten if you could. My biopsy is in several weeks and the most bothersome sypmtom I have is anemia so I can eat gluten with no noticeable effect. Plus the doc says to eat whatever I want now in case I can't do so after the test. I know if I have celiac disease I'm damaging myself by eating gluten but since I'm supposed to eat it before the test for accurate reading I'm going to eat it. Plus even if the test is negative I'll have to go gluten-free to see if my anemia goes away with it. If it does, then it's no more gluten for me - positive test results or not.

I have compiled a list of foods that I want to have one last time in the event I have to go on a gluten-free diet soon. Please feel free to add anything I may not have thought of.

favoite pizza, favorite pasta dish, mexican food (including tres` leches cake), Panera Bread bagel, Krispy Kremes, tiramisu, full high tea at local hotel, funnel cake, homemade pumpkin bread (will try gluten-free version later), pineapple casserole.....what am I forgetting?

Thanks for any suggestions! :)

Tiffany M.

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I would like to ask any of you out there what you would eat that contains gluten if you could. My biopsy is in several weeks and the most bothersome sypmtom I have is anemia so I can eat gluten with no noticeable effect. Plus the doc says to eat whatever I want now in case I can't do so after the test. I know if I have celiac disease I'm damaging myself by eating gluten but since I'm supposed to eat it before the test for accurate reading I'm going to eat it. Plus even if the test is negative I'll have to go gluten-free to see if my anemia goes away with it. If it does, then it's no more gluten for me - positive test results or not. 

I have compiled a list of foods that I want to have one last time in the event I have to go on a gluten-free diet soon. Please feel free to add anything I may not have thought of. 

favoite pizza, favorite pasta dish, mexican food (including tres` leches cake), Panera Bread bagel, Krispy Kremes, tiramisu, full high tea at local hotel, funnel cake, homemade pumpkin bread (will try gluten-free version later), pineapple casserole.....what am I forgetting?

Thanks for any suggestions! :)

Tiffany M.

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Cupcakes, grilled cheese on normal bread, French Bread with cheese fondue, birthday cake, lasagna, fettucine alfredo, swiss cake rolls.

Guest Viola
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Chinese buffet, go out for coffee and muffins and lunch and dinner most days until your sick of going out, because you will have the "what's in it" hassel forever after and will not enjoy going out to restaurants as much after.

Although I'm determined to educate as many restaurants as I possibly can to make it easier for anyone getting diagnosed after me. I swear ... someday we are going to able to go into any restaurant, sit down and order right of the menu without giving it a second though, and know that it will be gluten free when it is placed in front of us :P

Guest gfinnebraska
Guest gfinnebraska
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... apple fritter, soft chewy molasses crinkles cookies, oreos and milk, cookies N cream ice cream, Big Mac, onion rings, fried anything! :ph34r: , big beefy burrito from Taco Bell, bloomin' onion from Outback, crunchy raisin bran cereal, Golden Grahams cereal, french toast, biscuits n gravy, ...

I could go on and on!! :) Just wanting you to think through ALL your options!! :)

Enjoy, and take a big bite out of that apple fritter for me!! *sniff* I can still smell them in the bakery...

Nantzie Collaborator
Nantzie
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I'm waiting to go to my biopsy too, so I've been thinking about this as well. Here's my list -

I've been thinking about the upcoming holidays and all that food - real bread stuffing, pies, cakes, cookies, anything with breadcrumbs, mac and cheese, biscuits and gravy, real flour-thickened gravy, favorite gluten-containing halloween candy, homemade cinnamon rolls, etc...

Mmmm...

Nancy

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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sourdough with olive oil and balsamico. mmmm.... yeah!

pain au chocolat (chocolate croissante, really)

rosemary foccacia

floridanative Community Regular
floridanative
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Yum yum!! Thanks for all the tasy ideas! I did have some of those things already so I didn't put those on my list. Fettucine alfredo is my hubby's speciaty so that's going to be at the very end. I think I married him partly due to this dish. Just joking of course.

Shirley - we travel quite and bit and eat out a lot even when staying with relatives. It's a huge part of our lives. I'm not worried about not eating out as much while in town but it will be very hard for me to travel and enjoy it if I have to go gluten-free. I agree with your statement that one day we'll all be able to go out and eat anywhere without fear of being glutened. I'm just hoping that day comes sooner rather than later. Here's to continuing to educate restaurants to the point that they all offer gluten-free menus eventually!!

Tiffany M.

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MySuicidalTurtle
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Grape jam sandwiches.

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skoki-mom
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Haaaaaa! You sound just like me! I had about 4.5 months between my initial blood work and my biopsy, so I totally went for it. I was also asymptomatic, so I figured if I was going down, may as well go down in flames! Besides, I told myself I wanted conclusive results, lol. So, I embarked on what I called the farewell tour, and this is what I ate.....

Toast, lots of it. Every day. At least 2 slices.

Chicken fingers from my fave restaraunt (Earl's, in my case) with plum sauce.

Hamburgers. From every location I like, all over town.

Cinnamon buns.

Cheese and crackers.

Sugar cookies

Gingerbread men

Chocolate chip cookies

Gingersnaps

Buns

Hamburgers

Chocolate cake

Chicken McNuggets

Kentucky Fried Chicken Big Crunch sandwich

Chinese food, lots of it!!!!

Hamburgers

Burritos on wheat flour tortillas

Pringles potato chips

Campbell's chunky soup

Chicken noodle soup

Hamburgers (did I mention that yet?? lol)

Cookies By George Double Chocolate Chunk

Kit Kat bars

Smarties

As you can see, I was the hamburger queen, not so much into pasta. I liked pasta well enough I guess, but I'm living ok without it. It's noodles I miss far more, like in Chinese cooking.

Enjoy your spree. I did find that the more I ate, the more I found myself thinking "yeah, this is good, but I can live without it".

Good luck!

Nevadan Contributor
Nevadan
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It's noodles I miss far more, like in Chinese cooking. 

Enjoy your spree.  I did find that the more I ate, the more I found myself thinking "yeah, this is good, but I can live without it".

Good luck!

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Hi All,

Except when eating out, life isn't as bleak as you may think. Lots of Chinese dishes use rice noodles which are ok - just watch out for the soy sauce. There's also several gluten-free pasta's available these days, often at regular grocery stores. For those who miss bread, there's some pretty good gluten-free recipes that do well in bread machines - bake it and freeze it to have on hand when you need it.

Enjoy!

George

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