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Roasted Chicken From The Grocery Store... Sigh...

Monklady123

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Monklady123
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So... my quick dinner after a long day is to buy two of those roasted chickens from the grocery store (two because I'm feeding teenagers, and then I have some leftovers). Mashed potatoes. Salad. Done. sigh... I didn't even think about it last night in terms of gluten. However, later when I got all those familiar gluten reactions :blink: (I'll leave the TMI stuff out, lol...) I checked the label. There are three kinds: "bourbon", "oven-roasted", and "honey". Only the honey had wheat listed. The one I bought didn't say any of those three on the label. Just said "chicken". However, clearly I either got a "honey" one or it's the same basic sauce that they use back there in the kitchen. -- Now I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat the plain chicken if I take off the skin. I'm going to try and see what happens.

So, when will I learn to READ ALL THE LABELS?!?!?!?! -- Okay, I will read all labels, I will read all labels, I will read all labels.... (I thought I had been really good with reading, but things like the chicken just didn't occur to me.) :ph34r:

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ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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Please don't risk the store bought roasters. Buy fresh and get a crock pot or have one of the teens put the seasoned one you left in the fridge in the oven an hour before you get home. I hope you are feeling better soon.

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Please don't risk the store bought roasters. Buy fresh and get a crock pot or have one of the teens put the seasoned one you left in the fridge in the oven an hour before you get home. I hope you are feeling better soon.

Excellent idea! They're eating all the food, let them do some cooking. lol... It didn't actually occur to me for two reasons. One, I hate to cook. And two, we haven't had a working oven until just two weeks ago. But, we just got a new stove/oven! woot! Now I just need to actually start using it. But you're right, I know it's easy to roast a chicken. And cheaper too, I'm sure. -- I really need to buckle down and do more cooking. And baking. B)

ravenwoodglass Mentor
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Excellent idea! They're eating all the food, let them do some cooking. lol... It didn't actually occur to me for two reasons. One, I hate to cook. And two, we haven't had a working oven until just two weeks ago. But, we just got a new stove/oven! woot! Now I just need to actually start using it. But you're right, I know it's easy to roast a chicken. And cheaper too, I'm sure. -- I really need to buckle down and do more cooking. And baking. B)

Glad you got the oven replaced. I couldn't live without mine. Those teens of yours may balk at first about learning to and having to cook but they will be thankful in their later years.

India Contributor
India
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It sounds as if the plain chickens have a pretty high risk of cross-contamination if other chickens are cooked with gluteny sauce in the same place. As suggested by ravenwoodglass, I wouldn't eat this - even after removing the skin :/ A pain, I know.

lilbit Apprentice
lilbit
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I'm living in a barracks right now and I've been eating the roasted chicken from the grocery store and I have found if I buy it from a higher end grocery store (Like Vons or Shaws) and stick to the lemon or garlic one- no sauces- I don't get symptoms. And I'm pretty sensitive. If I had a choice, I'd cook my own, but when I'm desperate, the roasted chicken seems to be ok.

K8ling Enthusiast
K8ling
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You guys are braver than I am! I have yet to have ANY type of thing like that...I'm a chicken (oops I made a joke too hahaha )

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HA HA!! You're a chicken! I was really afraid the first couple of times, but I read the label really carefully (not that that always matters) and I just went for it... I was pretty hungry and very very sick of tuna!

Gemini Experienced
Gemini
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So... my quick dinner after a long day is to buy two of those roasted chickens from the grocery store (two because I'm feeding teenagers, and then I have some leftovers). Mashed potatoes. Salad. Done. sigh... I didn't even think about it last night in terms of gluten. However, later when I got all those familiar gluten reactions :blink: (I'll leave the TMI stuff out, lol...) I checked the label. There are three kinds: "bourbon", "oven-roasted", and "honey". Only the honey had wheat listed. The one I bought didn't say any of those three on the label. Just said "chicken". However, clearly I either got a "honey" one or it's the same basic sauce that they use back there in the kitchen. -- Now I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat the plain chicken if I take off the skin. I'm going to try and see what happens.

So, when will I learn to READ ALL THE LABELS?!?!?!?! -- Okay, I will read all labels, I will read all labels, I will read all labels.... (I thought I had been really good with reading, but things like the chicken just didn't occur to me.) :ph34r:

I don't know where you live but Whole Foods market does rotisserie chickens and they have one which is plain with no salt. The plain ones always are roasted on the top racks so there will not be any CC from the ones with seasonings and sauces. I have had 2 of these and nary any kind of reaction at all. I am about as sensitive a Celiac as they come and always react to even the most minute amounts of gluten and haven't had a problem with these.

I think it really depends on where you buy the chicken from. Whole Foods does most of their business from a food sensitivity perspective and carries many specialty foods for allergic/intolerant folks so understand the CC issue pretty well. Mainstream supermarkets do not, for the most part.

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Skylark
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I do well with the Whole Foods chickens too.

K8ling Enthusiast
K8ling
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I wish we had a whole foods nearby :(

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