Best/worst gluten and dairy substitutes?

[malkin]

Maybe I'm a big meanie for saying it right out loud, but here it is:

Some of us really like paying lots and lots of attention to what we eat and especially to what we don't eat.

Maybe it makes us more special.

[KnottedYet]

Maybe I'm a big meanie for saying it right out loud, but here it is:

Some of us really like paying lots and lots of attention to what we eat and especially to what we don't eat.

Maybe it makes us more special.

I'm already special...

The only reason I talk about gluten intolerance/celiac when the topic comes up on the boards is because I have it, most of my family has it, and I've got years of experience dealing with it.

I don't talk about it this much in the real world, because quite frankly there's nothing more tedious than listening to a list of unrelated ailments. I do the listening all day with my patients.

Yes, folks who are focussed on their sensitivities and allergies like it's a hobby are a challenge sometimes. We all know the person who comes charging into a room, announces loudly to the whole room that someone is wearing a perfume that is setting off their allergies, oh noes they can feel their face swelling up, gonna have to take a pill, where's the water fountain, my goodness my allergies are sensitive... yadda yadda yadda. Then there's the person who calmly notices their situation, quietly slips a pill into their mouth, and no-one ever notices a thing.

[Trek420]

We all know the person who comes charging into a room, announces loudly to the whole room that someone is wearing a perfume that is setting off their allergies, oh noes they can feel their face swelling up, gonna have to take a pill, where's the water fountain, my goodness my allergies are sensitive... yadda yadda yadda. Then there's the person who calmly notices their situation, quietly slips a pill into their mouth, and no-one ever notices a thing.

And Knott's like that latter person. On dinners out or in with my family, everyone knows she does not eat wheat. Her motto is "there's always delicious food I can eat" and there always is. I end up thinking "why didn't I order that?"