Eating Local, Tips For Eating Out

[one more mile]

I live in a small town and really want a few places that I can go out to eat on nights I do not feel like cooking.

I called my favorite place to eat, a golf course with a great view and a real chef. She said she would be happy to cook gluten free and it was a slow night so it would not be a problem. When I got to Golden Oaks I asked the waitress to ask the chef what could be made gluten free. She came out with an offering of three choices and was delighted and well fed.

I think it helped that I called first, It was an off night, it was a higher end place and then I asked what the chef could make gluten free easily.

If that fails I just order broiled scallops( at Red Lobster though this does contain soy). People do seem accommodating if I am friendly. If you look at the menu of a place you can generally make something up. Cooks get bored also. The higher end places to eat seem to like being creative. I travel alot and sometimes it is fun to see what people come up with. Tonight I had a cheese steak served on romaine with sliced tomatoes. It was pretty good.odd but good and warm.

Usually I take a few bites of the meal then wait about 10 minutes to see if it is safe to continue, I get sick fast from gluten and have found this to work well for me.

One night I just had a plate of butter fried mushrooms(ask what they are cooked in). The special of the day was breaded something or other with a blend of three types of mushrooms. Since the meat was already breaded and so was most other things on the menu I explained I was highly allergic to wheat and I wound up with about two cups of awesome mushrooms and a small potato.

So if you have a place you love to eat at Treat yourself sometime.

I was really impressed with what this local club was willing to do for me.

DDLynn

[blueeyedmanda]

Hi and thanks for the heads up. I am in Harrisburg but my hubbies relatives are from the Reading area.