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busymum 
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Posted: 02 September 2008 at 8:37pm |
I've been gluten-free now for three months but I'm finding that eating out, e.g. meeting a friend at a cafe for lunch, really daunting still. Either you go for the GF marked cabinet food but if none of that can tempt you, you have semi-safe options to choose from such as chips with sauce (but still have to check that there is no flour on the chips). The third option is to specifically order a GF panini or similar which involves so many questions about what they will put on it etc, that it really doesn't seem worth it.
Is this just lack of experience and I'll get comfortable with it in time? Or will eating out always be this complicated? I dread the thought of the next pot-luck dinner we go to 
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soph
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 11:10pm |
I also found eating out is nightmare with my three children after last two trip to cafe end in allergy reactions (both egg and milk), so I just bringing my children's own food boxes because I know their box contain safe foods and then buy dairy-free food for myself (I am still breastfeeding my youngest). If cafe owners complain to me about children's foods in their cafe, then I just simple asked them "ok, do you have any food that are suitable for them that contain no egg, milk, soya, peanuts, tree nuts and fish?" that will shut them up! 
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 8:59am |
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Can you go for salads?
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2girlsandaboy
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 9:00am |
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Hey Soph,
Have you found any good cafes at our end of town?? Its a bit easier for me with Bailey only being Dairy and egg free but he still managed to get his hands on that cake last week - bad mother of the year goes to me!!
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 12:29pm |
Hiya! I don't out very much, but I does usually go to Tower junction's BBs or jamaica cafe (?) in riccarton malls. Or go to one of our friends' house because she is very kind to whip up meal for us  (I tried to buy some foods to thanks her but she won't let me  )
Other place i found it is ok is subways, no reactions from this place yet....  just tell them you got serious allergies involved, so they get clean knife, chopping board and gloves etc....
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 1:52pm |
I'd be careful about chips with sauce T. If there are other products cooked in the same oil (such as battered fish etc) the chips can be contaminated. Recently a coeliac child in America had an epilectic fit brought on by gluten in the McDonalds fries he'd eaten. The fries themselves weren't made with gluten but they were cooked in the same oil as the chicken nuggets which are.
Check out http://www.colourcards.com/coeliac/ to see if there are any restaurants or cafes offered in your region. Otherwise either stick to what you know is gluten free (because when you have food allergies and intolerances what you don't know can hurt you) and always take a snack in your purse jic. I also find many restuarants and upper end cafes are happy to make me something special and it never hurts to phone ahead.
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 2:03pm |
BTW forgot to add it does get easier with time.
I found that I quickly got to know all the local places and my friends and family always mention it to me when they spot gluten free food anywhere. It's also becoming a lot more common for people to go gluten free, whether for personal choice or for medical reasons, which means a lot more places are offering gluten free options.
Most chefs are quite happy to provide a gluten free meal (often it's easier i.e. panfried fish instead of crumbed or battered takes less time) and as I said in my previous post I tend to call ahead when I'm trying a new restaurant because a) I feel a bit embarrassed explaining everything to the waiter/counter staff and b) it means I'm prepared, if they can't do gluten free or can only offer a salad I know to eat something before going out.
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busymum
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 8:19pm |
I'm avoiding subway/salads at the moment because of being pg.
Jo I haven't had any deep fried, e.g. fish n chip type chips, just chips from a cafe so they were kinda on the dry side... you still think I need to be careful of that?
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 8:22pm |
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Yep, sure do. I'd be asking what else is deep fried in the same oil.
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Posted: 04 September 2008 at 8:34pm |
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*sigh*
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Still nervous about eating out
