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[rm]

I have food issues. Specifically, celiac disease.

I do not have "food issues".

Air quotes, even textual ones, are rude.

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[demotu.livejournal.com]

How very John McCain of whomever this was.

[shipchan.livejournal.com]

heh I was just having this problem today. I hate to call rank on people, but I do think I have a little more of a right to pitch a fit about food arrangements then a Vegan, especially if said Vegan is being quite a bit more rude about it. It's just not the same shit.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Well I'm referring to a certain email in a certain group. I was going to say something and then I was like, "I'm not going to this damn dinner anyway."

[miep.livejournal.com]

I don't think "issues" is the word I'd use.

[jo02]

Air quotes, in any form, are rude, and more than a little passe.
Take the moral high ground *g*

I, on the other hand, had peanut butter toast and a giant lemon tart for breakfast ...
I think I actually need to acquire some food issues.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Dude, that's so me it's hilarious.

I think of all the celiac things I miss the most it's lemon tarts. I should get on doing a gluten-free version.

Air quotes are rude.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Amen.

[shipchan.livejournal.com]

I think we're on the same page, boss. Now I'm getting the 'there will be meat' email, which doesn't really help as I'm sure everything will be breaded. If they can't figure anything out I'll probably not go because I really can't afford a $40 salad.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Veal piccatta is not breaded. And it sounds like the shrimp will be safe too.

But yeah. I was really displeased by the whole thing.

[better-late24.livejournal.com]

So I went to wikipedia because I keep forgetting what exactly celiac disease is (and I've looked before). And I'm skimming through when I get to "Roman Catholic position" and am just baffled by what the context of that header is. Turns out there's this whole issue over what's a valid eucharist and that you can't be a priest if you have the disease because you can't have the official eucharist. Some days, I learn very random things.

That said, I'd be vaguely irritated, myself, with the air quotes. I'd apply "food issues" to something like...I don't know, not liking green vegetables. In that realm.

Also, gluten seems like one of those things that are hidden in lots of foods I don't think about. For example, I have a friend that can't have eggs (and dammit, there's a term for it, and I can't remember it), and they're hidden in EVERYTHING. Like, things I'd never think to ask about.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Gluten is sneaky.

And yes, the Catholic Church feels that since transubstantiation means you are consuming the body of Christ one should not be harmed from the gluten in the communion wafer. Those who cannot consume gluten are to be viewed with suspicion if trying to enter the priesthood.

[better-late24.livejournal.com]

Well, I never learned that in Catholic school! And hmm, yeah, either it's proof that transubstantiation doesn't actually exist, or you're evil. They're going with evil.

Seriously, weird fact of the day.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Well, it doesn't come up that much. But there's been an ongoing drama in the news about an eight year old girl who can't take her first communion because of this mess. They will provide a low-gluten host, however, apparently gluten is a necessary part of the miracle. Rice won't do.

[better-late24.livejournal.com]

Well, come on, it's common knowledge that gluten has a MUCH easier time transforming into flesh than rice.

That's pretty sad =/ Then again, there's not much I agree with in Catholicism anymore. We've long since parted ways.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Grr.

A freakin' *disease* is not "issues", in quotes or otherwise.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

Man, I don't understand how the Catholic Church got from bread (you know, food) to weird little round crackers in the first place.

The not-quite-Catholic church I attended used real bread, and I'm sure they would have been happy to bless gluten-free bread if it had come up. Because it's the blessing, not the gluten, that makes it holy.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

i'd try an almond flour shortbread base. the rest should be easy-peasy. can you do cornstarch?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yup and yup. I'm a big fan of the almond flour but am cogniscant that that may only be viable for a limited amount of time (nuts make people in my family wheeze as they age).

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

yes, we used actual BREAD. cut into ickle cubes. and real wine in teeny glasses. :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

It was in a mass email also covering concerns of vegetarians, so I didn't mind the word choice to cover the rage, but the airquotes made me go insane.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

ouch, that would suck. i've had decent luck with bean flours in sufficiently flavoured deserts. and i sure wouldn't cry over a lemon tart on a meringue nest. :)

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

actually, i think i have to go make that now. lemon curd in meringue nests.

and maybe macarons with lemon cream.

*makes recipe list*

I believe

[newwaytowrite.livejournal.com]

this is the same treatment from others that a friend who is chemical/scent sensitive faces on a daily basis.

Off topic. Have you read any of the writings of Don DeLillo? I could not help thinking of you when I was reading a book he wrote in 2001 called The Body Artist .

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Oh!!
I just had an evil, delicious thought. For skit, in which gluten is like holy water and burns witches, devils and all other assorted foes. Then the gluten free products can "take over" the church to twist it to their nefarious ways.

Please stop me before I actually write it.

[tearsinger.livejournal.com]

We just make a chocolate chip mini muffin that was GF, high fiber and tasted like the real thing.