Dining out roulette
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Dining out roulette
I live in a small town. This evening we went shopping in a nearby town and had dinner at Red Lobster. I ordered crab legs and steamed broccoli without butter. I informed the server of my food sensitivities and didn't order a baked potato because she said the potatoes are rubbed with butter. As I was eating the broccoli I thought I tasted something "funny" and after I was finished I noticed several pieces of rice on the broccoli dish. The server told me prior to ordering that the rice pilaf had seasonings on it. I took a Gluten Ease as soon as I got home (I forgot to take it along) so now I have to wait and see....even the best attempts to eat clean don't always work out.
Marcia
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
Marcia,
I had a similar experience last Tuesday at a place where I've eaten numerous times previously. I ordered a rib eye steak and baked potato, with nothing on them. When the baked potato arrived it had been sliced lengthwise, so right away I was suspicious, but since they had done OK in the past, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. About 2 am it dawned on me that my suspicions were correct — confirmed by D.
I'm guessing that someone absentmindedly picked up a knife that had previously been used to spread butter on buns before they were warmed on the griddle, and used it to slice through that potato, including the foil. Butter never caused me to have D, so probably there were some crumbs from the buns on that knife blade. I'm pretty sure it was a butter knife, because it was never sharpened, as evidenced by the tiny slivers of foil that were pushed into the potato.
I only had a single episode of D, so I got off very lucky. Hopefully you will be just as fortunate.
Tex
I had a similar experience last Tuesday at a place where I've eaten numerous times previously. I ordered a rib eye steak and baked potato, with nothing on them. When the baked potato arrived it had been sliced lengthwise, so right away I was suspicious, but since they had done OK in the past, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. About 2 am it dawned on me that my suspicions were correct — confirmed by D.
I'm guessing that someone absentmindedly picked up a knife that had previously been used to spread butter on buns before they were warmed on the griddle, and used it to slice through that potato, including the foil. Butter never caused me to have D, so probably there were some crumbs from the buns on that knife blade. I'm pretty sure it was a butter knife, because it was never sharpened, as evidenced by the tiny slivers of foil that were pushed into the potato.
I only had a single episode of D, so I got off very lucky. Hopefully you will be just as fortunate.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Good morning, Tex. So far I'm OK so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I was just reading a post on Facebook about what fast food restaurants add to the food. IHOP adds pancake batter to the eggs. Someone wrote "what does that matter?" I got sick after I was first diagnosed after eating eggs at a restaurant. I thought eggs were a safe choice but found out sometime later that they probably added pancake batter to make the eggs fluffy. Who knew! Since the EnteroLab testing I no longer eat eggs so that's no longer a concern for me. Diligence is the word of the day! 
Marcia
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
That's for sure. I agree that diligence is the most powerful weapon we have in our "battle" to maintain remission and preserve our health.Marcia wrote:Diligence is the word of the day!
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Re: Dining out roulette
I haven't come across Gluten Ease before - does it work and which brand do you suggest. I often have to eat out and generally only eat steamed vegetables and meat from the Carvery. So far I have been fine but one day it might happen that I eat something by accident. Next Sunday we are going out for lunch - I always feel a bit anxious about eating out.Marcia K wrote: I took a Gluten Ease as soon as I got home (I forgot to take it along) so now I have to wait and see....even the best attempts to eat clean don't always work out.
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Allergies
Severe Atopic Reactions
HIT
Elimination Diet Start : 1/9/15
GlutenEase is an enzyme advertised to digest gluten and casein. It doesn't do a 100 % job, so it can't safely be used to abandon our diet, but if taken soon enough after (or before) the accidental ingestion of small amounts of gluten or casein (as in a cross-contamination situation in a restaurant), it can often prevent or at least minimize a reaction.
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Tex
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Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.