I have a friend with real Celiac. Whenever I have her over to eat, I always make celeriac, just to confuse her.
Dinner guests who don't eat...
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Again, I understand dietary restrictions. That is why I asked. Had she said " I only eat fish and and chicken and green veggies" I would not have scratched my head. It was the I don't eat beef except hot dogs and no fried food cept wings nonsense that is goofy coming from a grown woman.
Well, I scratched my head and thought for several minutes, but I can't come up with a better word than goofy to describe her.
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LOL. She indicated a preference for lean protein, but loves pork sausage, apparently. Oh, and she is Jewish. In any event, she is getting chicken.
Yeah, goofy works.
Yeah, goofy works.
Hmmm, she'll eat snouts and anuses but not other things. (My brother saw a report on the meet that goes into a non-kosher hot dog. So, they've been snouts and anuses ever since.)
Serve her some dogs and everyone else what she won't eat. That level of picky is just plain silly.
Serve her some dogs and everyone else what she won't eat. That level of picky is just plain silly.
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Natenaaron, you convinced me to remain kosher, at least when it comes to hot dogs! And I went to St. Mary's!!
Best dogs I ever had were in Cleveland. They were 1/4 pound Kosher dogs. My grandfather always bought great buns to go with them.
Yeah, hawt dawgs are kosher only food.
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But what's most important, do you have a picture of her? 
Requests for religious or medical reasons fine...
Otherwise...... sit down and eat your green beans!
Otherwise...... sit down and eat your green beans!
(*insert childhood flashback here*)
If you could that with a Yorkshire accent, that would really complete the picture for me.
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I just watched a TV commercial for a "Farm To Table" dogfood. Sure, why not. The new normal.
My grandma used to go the opposite way for her dogs. farm counter to Farm dog. Skipped the middle man. They got the scraps; all of them. In the winter she heated it up and made for some happy fat pooches.
IF it's a case of life-or-death on a certain ingredient (celiac, severe allergy) then hopefully the guest goes out of his way to let the host know, and the host goes out of his way to completely avoid the life-threatening ingredient.
IF it's a case of "unpleasant allergic reaction" or religious restriction, again, guest's obligation to advise, and I'd say host should at least provide some options. They sometimes act like it IS, but i'm going to say that "vegan" isn't an actual religion.
Picky eaters, dieters, and "personal choice" I-don't-eat-blank people ... generally I'd say you suck it up and eat what you get ... and it's okay to not eat certain things with a "I'm on this particular diet where I'm not allowed to eat turnips (or whatever), so that's why I'm not eating what I am sure are your very delicious mashed turnips" ... and it's also okay for the host to not be bothered by your resulting hunger.
Bingo.
... an' mehk shurr derr's nowtt leff on yer plett.
IF it's a case of "unpleasant allergic reaction" or religious restriction, again, guest's obligation to advise, and I'd say host should at least provide some options. They sometimes act like it IS, but i'm going to say that "vegan" isn't an actual religion.
Picky eaters, dieters, and "personal choice" I-don't-eat-blank people ... generally I'd say you suck it up and eat what you get ... and it's okay to not eat certain things with a "I'm on this particular diet where I'm not allowed to eat turnips (or whatever), so that's why I'm not eating what I am sure are your very delicious mashed turnips" ... and it's also okay for the host to not be bothered by your resulting hunger.
Bingo.
(*insert childhood flashback here*)
If you could that with a Yorkshire accent, that would really complete the picture for me.
... an' mehk shurr derr's nowtt leff on yer plett.
Ay mum!
This is usually the way to tell the difference between someone who is picky/trendy and someone with a legitimate problem. When someone has been dealing with a problem like that for long enough, they kind of know how to take care of themselves. After I married someone with actual Celiac, my regular and social eating habits had to change. Eventually we fell into a groove. In order to not impose too much on anyone, we've developed some mobile eating techniques so that we can enjoy company without restricting them to our needs only. It sure has made me refocus on my cooking and recipes. My Weber Q has made family BBQ's much easier too.
Gluten free is hard! I really don't understand how or why anyone imposes that on themselves on purpose!
My Wife was mis-diagnosed with Celiac about 15 years ago. We went totally gluten-free for about 3 years. So I learned how to cook gluten-free and how to read ingredient labels (this was before the gluten labeling was common.) That's also why my Celiac friend trusts my cooking.
But the reason people purposely impose it on themselves is because it's much easier for them -- they won't get major side-effects or destroy parts of their intestine if they screw up. You can always tell "trendy" Gluten-free eaters because they aren't as intent on scrutinizing ingredient lists and menus. They tend to "trust" the gluten-free labels -- where Celiacs are much more skeptical.
By the way: My wife's "Celiac" ended up being a drug interaction. She had all the symptoms, but not the intestinal damage normally associated with Celiac Sprue. Even her Celiac Specialist was puzzled and thought that it was some variant of Celiac, or that she just hadn't done any apparent damage yet.
It was a happy day for us, when the drug interaction because apparent and the symptoms disappeared, but the whole experience really gave us a lot of understanding of how hard it is to maintain to specialist diets.
That is a happy day indeed!
My wife was mis-diagnosed in the opposite direction by a series of bad doctors. She even had a positive test result ignored in favor of a diagnosis of "faking symptoms". She suffered needlessly for something like 10 years before a new doctor saw the result and told her to get off of gluten immediately. I attribute that to why she is critically sensitive to it now. One crumb will make her sick for days.
I guess I meant "intentionally" to mean without necessity. I totally get why people who have to do it.
My wife was mis-diagnosed in the opposite direction by a series of bad doctors. She even had a positive test result ignored in favor of a diagnosis of "faking symptoms". She suffered needlessly for something like 10 years before a new doctor saw the result and told her to get off of gluten immediately. I attribute that to why she is critically sensitive to it now. One crumb will make her sick for days.
I guess I meant "intentionally" to mean without necessity. I totally get why people who have to do it.
I guess the other piece of the puzzle is that people who do it by choice rather than medical necessity have a lot more room for error. Most people on a 'voluntary' diet will have 'cheat meals' every once in a while ... "I'm gluten free, except for the odd glazed doughnut from the Dutch bakery on 14th Ave" ... without worrying about severe repercussions:
You know what doesn't have gluten? Rib eyes. So, make rib eye with a side of rib eye, with rib eye for dessert. Sorry, I was just thinking about what I would do if I won the lottery
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