Bad Restaurant Service

[overratednormal]

I have celiac disease, which means I am intolerant to anything with gluten. Obviously, it can be limiting especially when dining out at restaurants, which is why I try to go to restaurants I know either have a gluten free menu or can cater to people who are gluten free

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[philstar22]

Ug. My sister has Celiac, and it pisses me off when restaurants do this. It has happened to her several times too.

The big thing here in Texas is peppers. It is invariably in nearly everything, even when the menu doesn't specify. While my reaction is obviously not as bad as Celiac, even bell peppers make me really nauseous. I've gotten in the habit of always asking, but sometimes even if you say no peppers they still put it on. Really irritating.

[greensquiggly]

Same for me with regards to sulfur. I know what I can and cannot eat that's sulfuric, so most of the time it's just a matter of "no onions, please" but SOMETIMES. Like if the garlic in roasted garlic mashed potatoes isn't actually roasted. e.e

I have the added bonus of getting massive intestinal pain on top of nausea, too.

[philstar22]

I get the intestinal cramps if I eat any pepper stronger than a bell pepper. Lots of fun.

I can't imagine not being able to eat garlic. It is my favorite flavoring in the whole world.

[greensquiggly]

I can eat roasted garlic in moderate quantities, if prepared right. Minced, garlic powder, and otherwise I have to be careful with. It either has to be very heavily cooked, light handed, or done without. My mom recently, forgetting this, made an excellent dip, but put waaaaay too much minced garlic in it, uncooked. One bite had me in massive pain.

[overratednormal]

For the most part, I've had really good luck with restaurants (knock on wood!) understanding my limitations. Unfortunately, I got a bad one this time.

I can't imagine not being able to eat peppers. They are in SO many different types of dishes!

[krista0000]

I feel your pain on peppers.
back in highschool, our cafeteria type thing our cook guy was a bit of an asshole. I'm pretty allergic to peppers, and lactose intolerant.
I asked if they had any vegan options with no peppers (just to be safe) and he just laughed at me! he told me that if i didnt want something with peppers in it, i could just eat the ceasar salads... that had excessive cheese in them. told him i couldnt eat the cheese, he called me a picky liar. Some people just dont get it :(

[roselover58]

I'm a recent GF person, and it is so hard! I found these gluten tablets that seem to help (you take one with a meal), which makes it so i just double over and wish I was dead, instead of crawling into a small ball and really wishing I was dead (yea, not a lot of help, but it takes the pain down a level).

I found a restaurant here in town (BJ's) which has a gluten free pizza. I tried it - expensive, but it was a real pizza! No side effects (I worry about nearby foods, but...).

I am turning into a raw food person - if I don't make it, I won't eat it, and the less processed the food the better.

[philstar22]

That is pretty much what my sister does. It helps that she is a really good cook and enjoys cooking most things for herself. And it also helps that we grew up overseas, so she got used to fresh stuff and non-processed foods and doesn't have the taste for things that she can't eat. She's had Celiac since she was in middle school, so she's had a long time to get used to it.

I'm not sure what I'd do if I was the one with Celiac. Probably end up really sick as I don't have the patients, the cooking ability, or the taste buds for the gluten free breads and things.