California Pizza Kitchen suck.

[starrynight]

Backstory: I was born with an egg allergy. I cannot have egg whites, yolks, some vaccinations, etc

Comments

[fluffydragon]

I think she was misinformed by someone incredibly dense in the kitchen. Souffles have A LOT of eggs in them... it's one of the primary ingredients, actually. Cheesecake is typically made with eggs as well, fyi

[plushabilities]

Just thinking '...aren't souffle's mostly beaten eggs?'.

It's like saying a poached egg is egg free.

[gemfyre]

That was my thought too. It is possible that the OP and the waitress had no idea what a souffle was/what it involves. It would have set off alarm bells in my head though.

[starrynight]

Yeah, I def. did not know that souffle had eggs. And now I know all CPK desserts contain eggs :/

[l0verlada]

That is what I was thinking, but I'm not that good in the baking department!

[starrynight]

Well, I honestly had no idea that souffles were made with eggs. I trusted the waitress when she said that it was egg free.

I don't like cheesecake, so there's no worry about that.

Usually I don't order dessert when I eat out because of the possibility something bad may happen, but I thought I'd take a chance. Guess I should stick to eating dessert at home.

[bekscilla]

Plus, as someone who can't eat egg, you've probably not had anyone serve you souffle before, or learnt much about it

[starrynight]

Exactly.

I've never been served souffle, I've never seen souffle, I had no idea what it was until after I posted here.

[starrynight]

Yeah, and the funny thing was, she said she sympathized because she has Celiac's and knows what it's like to have dietary restrictions.

[fluffydragon]

Heck, my husband is a celiac AND allergic to wheat. He has to carry an epi pen wherever we go. Fortunately, it's a pretty good time to be a celiac, as new options are cropping up all the time for eating out :)

For him, dessert is almost never an option when eating out, so I feel ya. He's been pretty lucky so far, and only has had one or two instances where something had to be fixed, or had to send back a salad because it had croutons on it.

[starrynight]

I think an epi-pen would do me more harm than good though. Otherwise, I would keep one around.

I'm scared to find out what epinephrine may do to me because I make too much adrenaline and naturally have a high heart rate because of it, it sucks.

That reminds me, my boyfriend once asked me to try a Caesar salad. NEVER AGAIN. I had no idea that dressing had eggs in it. I know certain ones do, like Russian, but not Cesar.

[i_id]

I only learned this summer that Caesar dressing often has anchovies in it.

[silvers_shadows]

I learnt that the hard way when I developed my fish allergy.

Also, some idiot decided it was ok to put anchovies in a Ceasar dressing labelled suitable for vegetarians. /stabstabstab

[teffielynne]

but...but...but...fish is a vegetable! (seriously, I have met soooo many vegetarian who have told me that)

[starrynight]

LOL, what?

I'm a vegetarian. I stay away from animal meat, gelatin (unless it's vegan), and cheese with rennet in it.

My logic is this.

If I won't eat meat of an animal, why would I eat the connective tissue/boiled bones of one? And kosher gelatin isn't much better. It has fish and beef skin.

[silvers_shadows]

My poor friend blamed herself for it, when I told her not to worry. I think she had a hard time taking me seriously while I was puking my guts up in her loo :(