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Richard Seager's avatar

I've just confirmed that I'm allergic to wheat. It wasn't a very pleasant experience.

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Who does the cooking at your place?

Dinner probably not a problem.

I wonder what triggers these allergies.

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We were out. It's definitely wheat.

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In this case a bulghar wheat salad. I've moved to gluten free bread a few months ago so it was probably a little silly to think that I could have the salad.

I provided the restaurant with a solid 20 minutes of entertainment. Ambulance was called, didn't turn up, and then finally cancelled when a smidgeon of water dislodged the bulghar wheat.

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Glad that you never ended up in the hospital.

What a fright!

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Richard Seager's avatar

Yeah wasn't what I wanted to be doing that's for sure.

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Still recovering. Can still feel a bit of constriction in throat but it's mostly gone. But this time it affected me as far as shock goes. That hasn't happened to me before normally a glass of water has dislodged whatever was there, this time the glass of water came back up.

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As for who cooks. Me about 70% (or more) of the time.

I have yet to figure out how to bake gluten free bread. My efforts so far have been very solid. Which is expensive as the flour is not cheap.

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