As a coeliac, there’s a real fear factor when eating at other people’s houses. I try to do a lot of it myself when I’m there and take along my trusted friends and saviours (toaster bags, gluten-free bread and cereal, Lactofree butter, cheese and milk) everywhere I go. I am not risking not being able to eat – no way, man!
Some people insist on cooking for you, so I then have two choices – to watch or not to watch.
I sometimes don’t watch as I don’t want to nag, but I know I am shooting myself in the foot if I don’t. People don’t realise how important it is not to contaminate coeliacs. I definitely didn’t and managed to gluten my best mate (who also has coeliac disease) before I was diagnosed with oyster sauce in a Thai curry, Worcester sauce in a bloody Mary and a stock cube in Thai soup. I felt terrible when I realised.
I guess I usually go for option one and keep an eye on what is happening. And with all the research I have done for Safer Eating, I can see the danger everywhere.
I watch friends and family making breakfast and think: “Is that grill clean?”, then I watch them butter toast and then pick the bacon up with their fingers. “Don’t touch the bacon!” I’m screaming inside, “there’s gluten on your hands.”
My mum makes me a fantastic breakfast and serves it. My brother then grabs a baguette and starts buttering over my plate. Well done, larl bro!
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I recently went to my first barbecue since being diagnosed. And I felt like I was an absolute nightmare – first I asked my friend if the grill was clean, then exactly what he had put in the burgers and, after checking the labels, asked if he could cook mine first, so they wouldn’t get contaminated with other food. My husband supervised. Talk about taking the fun out of it.
Things are definitely not as easy as they used to be. I hope they’ll invite me back!
With lactose, I am not as bad – I can probably tolerate the contamination of someone using the same spoon when stirring tea, for example. But you cannot take that risk with coeliac disease.
Karen Woodford
Managing Director of The Safer Eating Company
Coeliac disease, lactose intolerance and fructose intolerance (IBS)