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[flamingsword]

I was thinking recently of trying to add gluten back into my diet because of how much I miss croissants.  But then I started making a list of the benefits and possible costs. In the plus column: chocolate croissants. Eating out with friends sans excessive planning. Not having a thing that I have to always be paranoid about.

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[elucreh]

I do this SO MUCH, it's not even funny. There are things I miss that just DON'T HAVE equivalents, and I just run up against them and have to weigh all the consequences all over again. Bah.

I can tell you it gets a little easier over time? It still happens, don't get me wrong, but...it's a little easier.

[flamingsword]

And when you live in a larger city that has Subway's that do GF sandwiches, it will be even easier. But yeah, I've had one GF "crescent roll" and it was a sad, pale shadow of what a croissant should be. It made me sad to eat it, like I was consuming fail that would become part of my self.

If we had grown up eating a wider variety of flours, maybe we wouldn't automatically hold things to a wheat-based standard, but the foods I grew up on and have positive associations with are all gluteny. :( And I don't know how to fix that in my head yet and it's very frustrating.

[elucreh]

Mostly I crave comfort foods, treats from my childhood...poptarts and Hostess snack cakes, stuff like that. No nutritional value WHATEVER...which is why nobody's even tried to re-create them, I think. They're practically made of plastic goo, but I still want to eat them sometimes, lol. I can re-create most other stuff (although not my grandmother's dinner rolls yet, but I suspect that is a flaw in the baker, not the flour)

[marilla82]

There are so many associations with food and happiness. The fact that we seriously consider our options, weigh the risks of our overall health for the satisfaction a chocolate croissant or a piece of pie can give us momentarily speaks VOLUMES for how society uses food as a luxury item, indulgence, reward and often substitute for human connection.

This something I struggle with myself and I am not gluten-intolerant. I am caffeine intolerant (hello, migraines) and have weight issues that stem from a childhood of poor eating habits and Southern cooking.