Question for gluten free friends:I have a neighbor who can't eat gluten.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

Question for gluten free friends:
I have a neighbor who can't eat gluten. I have gluten free flour and oats and chocolate chips. Can I safely assume that the butter, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, and salt in my kitchen are gluten free? Or are those foods that might have come into contact with gluten?
#food #GlutenFreeBaking

[highlandlawyer@mastodon.social]

@dillyd
None of those should contain gluten, but cross-contamination in the kitchen is possible- that's something that professional kitchen rules are meant to prevent.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@dillyd Passing the question to a celiac friend who is sleeping now, but I guess those ingredients are alright

[ohokaykay@mstdn.ca]

@dillyd
Make sure the oats are complety gluten free. Some oats are processed in the same factories as flour is and cross contamination is a possibility. That exact thing landed a relative in the ER after eating a slice of apple spice cake.

[_thegeoff@mastodon.social]

@HighlandLawyer @dillyd A friend has coeliac disease. Clinically diagnosed, rather than an intolerance to gluten. We ate together in a cafe where he asked for gluten free and they specifically asked how sensitive he was, and had some stuff intentionally made in a gluten-free bit of the kitchen.

All credit to "Deli In The Square" in Strathpeffer. Also awesome sandwiches.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@dillyd My pal says that he reads and trusts the labels on the ingredients he buys, but Spanish laws about labelling traces of gluten might be different from yours.

He also says that you could buy already baked products and say that you cooked them yourself, proving that he isn't a good person.