Hello again from another wonderful Stomach ached evening in Gluten Free Island. I am your guide and my name is Growl-Toot-Toot. Please Pardon my horrible gas, it tends to happen when wheat is snuck into my diet and makes me sick.
Lets go grocery shopping! GF General Store here we come!! Well it's not all GF, couldn't be because of course there are people here in town who don't have that stuff ("That GF stuff is all in their heads.. they're not really sick") I don't know how many times I've heard that whispered. anyway..lets get shopping. Produce is a good place to start! I have a good time picking things out here.. usually it's not the fruit itself that will make you ill, it's the dip you put with it that does it. Next is bakery.. It's a MAJOR no no unless they have some area SPECIALLY cordoned off for gf people so it wasn't baked with the same pans and cut with dirty (crumbs from wheat stuff on it) knives and utensils yep..we can get that sick! Next is Condiments, etc.. these are quite tricky.. you have to be a label reader!! Also I just learned if you have chronic migraines to stay away from beans and peanuts...thmey will also make you ill. just info incase you need it. Also in this aisle is Miracle Whip/Mayo and the others like that.. I know that the light blue the Light Mayo isn't gluten-free but the dark regular mayo IS gluten-free.. S: weird. I also think Hellman's mayo is gf, not positive tho.
Next isle is CANDY and Chips... Aww you can't have a good portion of this isle if you are GF..get ready. Any REAL corn chip is a safe one.. but watch the oils used on it. Other than that check the ingredients... MSG is a BAD one for me...MonoSodiumGlutenimate... It's a killer .. hidden in a million different foods.. it even gives me migraines.. Crazy huh! Candies are another thing.. The caramel color is kinda iffy for some people.. I had a problem with it for a while but now am into the GF for a while so can handle a small amount for a little while and be ok. It is also in soda pops that are dark-colored.
Next isle ..lotions, shampoos and conditioners.. WHAT you say MY SHAMPOO CONDITIONER AND LOTION give me NO PROBLEMS! Well... you're lucky so far!! So was I! My friend .. not so much. Let me tell you a little story about my friend named Troody. Troody got GF.. We'd all told her she was this way..she didnh't listen..but finally she went to the dr and was diagnosed. Troody has a lot of other things wrong with her as well.. Iron deficiency (My deficiency is b12..LOL) Troody just went along then eating the right way and trying to do things right but still had a lot of problems.. till she pinned down the problem that was still causing the main problem.. it was lotion, chap stick and her shampoo/conditioner she thought she was doing the "Healthy thing" by buying AVEENO products, but turns out she wasn't doing the healthy thing for her.. as they all had wheat products in them and every time she used them she had blisters all over herself. SO... If you are GF or GI PLEASE don't use Aveeno!!! LOL!! Otherwise it is a very Healthy program for your hair.
Next in our store.. we come upon the meats.. should be all good here except the "pre breaded" EEEEEEHHHH Nix that one.. and the ones with any marinade you have not made yourself.. you don't know what it was made of..scary as if you think you could be "toilet bound" for the next 5 to 6 hours if you are lucky and 6 to 12 if not lucky.
Next is the Bread Isle.. we will Look the other direction while walking down that isle and hold our noses..if they do have any of our breads, they'd prob be in a separate freezer.
Next is the frozen food isle..now if you are in a bigger town.. this could be where you hit the JACKPOT on foods you can eat..WOW finally!! GO HOG WILD!! I suggest if you are from out of town..buy up! Especially if it is winter in the Dakotas! LOL I try to get at least 3 to 4 pizzas (love em) a few noodle mixes and several of whatever else tricks my fancy that day.. it always happens that I Run out... I hope that there is more new stuff the next time we go back...hehe
Well..that pretty much concludes a trip to a store and i am falling asleep at the pc again.. good night and sleep tight.
