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[ajrw88]

Hi, my daughter has recently been diagnosed with celiac. We are trying to get everything in the house gluten free but unfortunately I made the mistake last night of giving her frozen waffles that were not gluten free (for some reason I thought they were but sadly didn't double check). We also bought a new toaster but I put the waffles in it. Do I now need to run out and get another toaster? The waffles are the only gluten thing that has gone in it, everything else has been gluten free. 

Thanks

[kareng]

2 minutes ago, ajrw88 said:

Hi, my daughter has recently been diagnosed with celiac. We are trying to get everything in the house gluten free but unfortunately I made the mistake last night of giving her frozen waffles that were not gluten free (for some reason I thought they were but sadly didn't double check). We also bought a new toaster but I put the waffles in it. Do I now need to run out and get another toaster? The waffles are the only gluten thing that has gone in it, everything else has been gluten free. 

Thanks

 Would just wipe it out, turn it upside down, etc.  maybe run a couple of gluten-free waffles thru it and you can eat them.

[Ennis-TX]

Waffles are often not that crumby or sticky, bread on the other hand can stick the mesh and leave crumbs more. Toasters are cheap if you want to play it safe, or use toaster bags for awhile, 500F can destroy gluten...unsure how hot those get.
It is easier the manage the diet the first few months and makes healing faster to use whole foods only and nothing processed. When foods are only 1-2 ingredients you do not have to worry that much about missing something in the long ingrident list also.

Here are some helpful links since you mentioned she was recently diagnosed.
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/91878-newbie-info-101/
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/121148-gluten-free-food-alternative-list-2018-q2/

 

[ajrw88]

26 minutes ago, Ennis_TX said:

Waffles are often not that crumby or sticky, bread on the other hand can stick the mesh and leave crumbs more. Toasters are cheap if you want to play it safe, or use toaster bags for awhile, 500F can destroy gluten...unsure how hot those get.
It is easier the manage the diet the first few months and makes healing faster to use whole foods only and nothing processed. When foods are only 1-2 ingredients you do not have to worry that much about missing something in the long ingrident list also.

Here are some helpful links since you mentioned she was recently diagnosed.
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/91878-newbie-info-101/
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/121148-gluten-free-food-alternative-list-2018-q2/

 

Thank you so much for this!