Employee At Large Food Company

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We are going to a family reunion with extended family of hubby and we have not seen these people in about a year and a half. They all live in small communities and as far as I know most of them have never heard of Celiac disease, much less that I have it. Well an uncle called last night to discuss where to rent cabins and hubby had to explain that we would not be able to stay with everyone else due to my condition. He went on to explain that I could not eat reg. bread and such and the uncle (who works where they make Peter Pan products) has never heard of Celiac - no surprise there. Hubby also says it's easy to get plenty of substitute bread products and I pretty much don't do without anything but the hard part is the gluten that's put into so many other things. Well this was the first mention of gluten to the uncle who then states 'oh I'm sure it would be tough then because gluten is in all processed foods'.

Now before anyone asks me to get an uncle (by marriage) I hardly know to change the face of processed foods at Peter Pan, don't worry I'm going to talk to him about it but I doubt he's in a position to do anything. But he'll go back to work after the reunion with a lot more knowledge about Celiac and gluten than he ever wanted to know.