a reasonable article

[Gabes-Apg]

an article that highlights that a GF /DF diet is not necessarily a choice,.....

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 1066a.html

Traveling away from the security of a GFCF kitchen takes extra planning.

"Planning, planning and more planning is the first order of business," says Jackie Polvado, co-founder of the local publication Connections Kids: The Special Needs Directory, and mother of three GFCF children (ages 9, 6 and 4). "Decide what needs to be made ahead of time and what can be bought upon arrival."

[MBombardier]

Good article, Gabes, thanks for posting this. Wendy's has GF items... that's amazing. I just wonder what training they do of their employees.

Yesterday I ate my first meal out since going GF at a little hole-in-the-wall BBQ place here in McKinney, TX. They may not have passed muster if I was a food inspector, but the BBQ and the green beans were excellent. This whole trip has given me confidence that I really can live this way without mistakes and without feeling deprived.

[tex]

They may not have passed muster if I was a food inspector, but the BBQ and the green beans were excellent.

I hear you. I've been in a few places like that, too, but since I'm more afraid of gluten than germs, I adjust my thinking accordingly.

On trips, I've eaten the chili at Wendy's, and it ain't half-bad. I believe the product is OK, in general, but the last time I tried it, when I got to the bottom of the bowl, there was a chunk of something that didn't look like chili, and didn't taste like chili, and sure enough, a few hours later, it cleaned me out. I'm guessing that it was just something that had accidentally fallen into the chili.

What puzzles me is why I ate it anyway. I noticed that it didn't look right, and when I bit down on it, it didn't taste right, and yet I ate it anyway. Why do people do such dumb things? I was discussing the next leg or our trip, with my traveling companion, and even though a red flag went up, for some reason, I didn't respond to it, and I just went ahead and chewed it up and swallowed it. Afterward, it dawned on me that maybe I should have paid more attention to what I was doing. LOL.

Tex

[MBombardier]

What puzzles me is why I ate it anyway. I noticed that it didn't look right, and when I bit down on it, it didn't taste right, and yet I ate it anyway. Why do people do such dumb things?

Because of the starving children in India. That is how I was trained as a child to finish everything on my plate.

[tex]

You're probably right. It's hard to break old habits.

Tex