Thank you! And apologies, shouldn't have assumed it was research and not personal. Fortunately for me, it's all research, so I am looking for all the resources I can not to fuck it up.
Yeah, I think of myself as gluten sensitive, too, but I use allergy in public, partially because a) it really is an allergy - just because something doesn't kill you doesn't mean you're not having an allergic reaction (and I understand that with celiac disease it CAN actually kill them, so I understand wanting different nomenclature in this case) and b) say you're gluten sensitive and people's reactions get even MORE dismissive, ugh. But yeah - we are totally in the same boat, there. I eat out A LOT and it's just not worth it to ask the kitchen about every little thing. Sometimes the chefs don't even know, so it doesn't matter anyway. Blargh, gluten.
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Yeah, I think of myself as gluten sensitive, too, but I use allergy in public, partially because a) it really is an allergy - just because something doesn't kill you doesn't mean you're not having an allergic reaction (and I understand that with celiac disease it CAN actually kill them, so I understand wanting different nomenclature in this case) and b) say you're gluten sensitive and people's reactions get even MORE dismissive, ugh. But yeah - we are totally in the same boat, there. I eat out A LOT and it's just not worth it to ask the kitchen about every little thing. Sometimes the chefs don't even know, so it doesn't matter anyway. Blargh, gluten.