Not Reccomended: Space Camp "gluten-free" Food.

[glutenkiddies]

I went to space camp in Huntsville, Alabama over the summer and they had supposedly "gluten free" meals. I went there, and the first day the cafeteria had no idea what "gluten free" was. It took them and hour and a half to get my food ready, boiling some chicken and carrots. It was horrible. Nothing was organized, and they weren't careful about anything. I personally saw a cafeteria lady put her gluten syrup covered gloves on top of the gluten free waffles my dad sent to me, and they were contaminated so I couldn't eat them. At lunch and dinner the salad bar was "gluten free", but not really. Croutons were spread everywhere and everything was contaminated. Screw that.... and then, when dinner came, they forgot most of the time about my gluten diet. And THEN, when a new batch of cafeteria workers came the second week I was there, I went through starvation again as mostly everything I got was contaminated and they had no idea what they were doing.

WARNING: DO NOT TRUST THE SPACE CAMP "GLUTEN FREE" DIET!

Just a bit of info

[MySuicidalTurtle]

That is very dissapointing to hear. I know it costs a lot of money to attend space camp in the first place and then to be hungry! How sad!

[ruddabega]

I can relate. I went to the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Boston this summer, and practically starved.

For my first night, I got there late and they offered me pizza, so I ate the rest of the apple and Bumble Bar I had brought on the eight hour flight. I didn't get to a grocery store for another day, and practically starved. I ate gluten-free bread and peanut butter and cheese... that's about it. It sucked!

Someone should do something about camps for kids... especially when the cost of food is included, and they either starve you or make you sick.