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Can I Touch Gluten Containing Ingredients While Baking For Others?

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Spudz Newbie
Spudz
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I'm new at this gluten-intolerant lifestyle. After bingeing on foods containing gluten prior to my medical tests (no results yet) I've been back on a gluten-free diet for 10 days now. One thing I've noticed during the two extended periods of time I've been gluten-free is that I actually have a neck -- or more accurately, one that isn't puffy and undefined looking. I decided to make regular muffins for my husband, being extremely careful not to touch my mouth while my hands were handing the flour and batter. Despite my extreme care not to ingest the slightest bit of gluten, my neck (within a matter of minutes) was puffy again.

Does this mean I can't even touch foods containing gluten without reacting? Is this possible, or even common among those who are gluten-intolerant?

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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As poofy as flour is, I think it would be pretty hard not to get some in your mouth while baking.

Skylark Collaborator
Skylark
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As poofy as flour is, I think it would be pretty hard not to get some in your mouth while baking.

Yes, flour gets everywhere! I won't allow flour in my kitchen when family visit. I feed the kids Eggo waffles instead of allowing a box of Bisquik into the house.

kannne Explorer
kannne
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I would never bake with wheat flour.. One time I made my gluten-free tortilla in one end of the room and they made with gluten on the other side. I got sick..

I have not alowed wheat flour to come into my house because I am so sensitiv.

Ahorsesoul Enthusiast
Ahorsesoul
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When I went totally gluten free I told dh he had to make his own lunch because I was not touching his bread.

Mack the Knife Explorer
Mack the Knife
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Yep. No flour allowed in my house. All baking and cooking is done with gluten free flour only.

Flour is insidious. It floats around and gets into everything and is really hard to clean up 100%.

Also, people can get sick just from breathing it in. Some people on this site get sick from construction work when plaster or drywall contains flour.

You definitely should not be baking with gluten flour or be in the same room when someone is baking with it. Ideally you should ban it from the house altogether.

knittingmonkey Newbie
knittingmonkey
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Does this mean I can't even touch foods containing gluten without reacting? Is this possible, or even common among those who are gluten-intolerant?

After having given it some thought, I decided that even if I could shower immediately after, I would not do any work whatsoever with wheat flour.

It becomes airborn

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modiddly16 Enthusiast
modiddly16
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I've cooked with non-gluten free items and just washed my hands vigorously afterwards, it was just the easy stuff though...pillsbury biscuits or pizza dough, that kind of stuff. I don't think I'd bring flour into the house.

Juliebove Rising Star
Juliebove
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No wheat flour in our house either. I occasionally buy pre-made things but I won't bake with it.

Takala Enthusiast
Takala
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At least gluten free muffins are one of the easiest things to master. B)

Every time he eats gluten, he can cross contaminate you with a kiss unless he cleans his mouth out afterwards. Just sayin' ..... :o

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