Or bring your own.
My wife is just as particular as the woman in OP (or maybe more-so: no meat, gluten, soy, dairy, or alcohol), but she doesn't make a big deal out of it. We inform people beforehand so no feelings are hurt when she doesn't touch anything they make, and she often will just make and bring her own dishes to "share" anytime we are invited to dinner.
It was nice this Thanksgiving because my mom and sister went out of their way to prepare a few dishes that met her standard. But they only did it because they wanted to- there was no pressure just appreciation.
In times when my wife simply can't eat within her standard (like say at a work function at a steakhouse), she will plan to eat beforehand or work out arrangements prior to the event.
...and my son-in-law is a bowhunter, and she didn't approve of the turkey, and she went bonzo about the deer sausage.
Edge her on, then tell her the article said...
My uncle has celiac disease. It does indeed suck. I guess a bright spot about the current trendiness of "Gluten free" is that he gets a LOT more options at the grocery store/bakery/restaurants.
Gluten is great and I'm glad that I'm not nutty enough to voluntarily remove it from my diet.
I would let her plan thanksgiving next year. Show up at her house, say nothing but kind things about the food, if there is no meat don't complain, just compliment how excellent her vegetarian dishes are.
As you leave thank her again for a wonderful thanksgiving.
She will feel like shit for being such a bitch at your thanksgiving.
I would let her plan thanksgiving next year. Show up at her house, say nothing but kind things about the food, if there is no meat don't complain, just compliment how excellent her vegetarian dishes are.
As you leave thank her again for a wonderful thanksgiving.
She will feel like shit for being such a bitch at your thanksgiving.
I would let her plan thanksgiving next year. Show up at her house, say nothing but kind things about the food, if there is no meat don't complain, just compliment how excellent her vegetarian dishes are.
As you leave thank her again for a wonderful thanksgiving.
She will feel like shit for being such a bitch at your thanksgiving.
Wow. What a complete fucking bitch -- some fresh baked gluten free bread and she whines about it??
There's a friend of ours who is gluten, dairy AND soy sensitive. Have cooked whole meals with that in mind (yeah, it can be a pain in the ass), she is SO appreciative to have a nice homecooked meal that she can eat (and taste delicious).
Just tell your daughter to never invite that whore over again.
That's a bit harsh.
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Hey, I don't spell color colour either.
No, no, Nanette, go google and see, no "go bonzo." The idiom is "go gonzo."
Not to be rude, guy, you can have an edge on someone, but there's no idiom "edge on" as you used it. The idiom you were looking for, but didn't quite find, is "egg on."
I like where your heart's at but, you don't know anything about "family " do you.
Phil: We're thinking about bringing her a coffee and a bagel every morning. Then, when she's grown accustomed to it, we'll inexplicably stop it.
Ted: Guys, why don't you just talk to Linda? Tell her your feelings are hurt and ... Wait a second, you guys stopped bringing me a bagel and coffee two weeks ago!
Phil: You know what you did.
I think you guys are misunderstanding. The obnoxious sister-in-law was complaining about home made gluten-free bread that had no "official" gluten-free labels. She actually had the temerity to complain about someone going out of their way to give her exactly what she wanted.
The daughter wants to find some generic bags that are labeled "Gluten," so that sister-in-law can actually see that none of "that stuff" is being put in her food. Or is it just to taunt her by its presence? :hmm:
Either way, there is no attempt to feed her what she doesn't want.
Bread baked without gluten is not the same as gluten free. For people with celiac disease eating any food out of a kitchen that is not gluten free can be a dangerous proposition. The only way to have a true home made gluten free bread is to have it come from a kitchen that has never been exposed to gluten.
My daughter's new sister-in-law is a wacky food nut. At thanksgiving she complained about everything there was to eat. Of course she's a vegetarian (the vegetable dishes weren't trendy enough), and my son-in-law is a bowhunter, and she didn't approve of the turkey, and she went bonzo about the deer sausage.
My daughter is a very good cook, and carefully made gluten-free bread for the new relative. But the bozo had a fit that the bread wasn't labeled gluten-free. No, it was made from scratch with ingredients that did not include gluten.
Anyway, daughter wants to get lots of bags of gluten that are labeled gluten in large letters. Just so that the bozo can have a fit if she ever visits my daughter's kitchen again.
Nothing against vegetarians, but I dislike folks who use gluten-free as some kind of holier-than-thou weapon.
Where do we get gluten?
It's not dangerous. Just highly, highly uncomfortable.Bread baked without gluten is not the same as gluten free. For people with celiac disease eating any food out of a kitchen that is not gluten free can be a dangerous proposition. The only way to have a true home made gluten free bread is to have it come from a kitchen that has never been exposed to gluten.
My uncle has celiac disease. It does indeed suck. I guess a bright spot about the current trendiness of "Gluten free" is that he gets a LOT more options at the grocery store/bakery/restaurants.
Gluten is great and I'm glad that I'm not nutty enough to voluntarily remove it from my diet.
You have to be careful these days.
Gluten free diet has become something of a fad and some people think it is "fashionable". This has resulted in a lot of new "gluten free" products coming to market and appearing on supermarket shelves. A lot of these are produced by people who are just catering to a fashion, and don't understand the seriousness. Studies have shown that a significnat number of products labelled as "gluten free" actually contain relevant amounts of gluten. These "fake" products can pose a serious hazard to people with celiac disease.
I believe that there are plans to regulate this and make the words "gluten free" have a specific legal meaning, but I don't know if it is there yet.
That's a bit harsh.
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If she is gluten free, why even try to eat any sort of bread (even if it is gluten free)?
All she is doing is leaving room to complain.
I am gluten free by choice...I have no illusions, I don't eat bread, cookies, or any of the like, as I find the idea of those items to be absurd.
Why can't she offer to come help prepare the food?
Bread baked without gluten is not the same as gluten free. For people with celiac disease eating any food out of a kitchen that is not gluten free can be a dangerous proposition. The only way to have a true home made gluten free bread is to have it come from a kitchen that has never been exposed to gluten.
Man what a wise and beautiful woman.
Hipster foodies need to TPAD