How to handle - gluten free situation
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Anonymous
| I am part of a non-profit organization associated with my child's high school. A small group of us meets once per month, at rotating homes, and people bring snacks. One member is gluten free. To me, the fair solution seems to be that when the meeting is at this member's house, all snacks brought should be gluten free, and when the meeting is elsewhere, at least one gluten free option should be offered. Other people feel that all food at all meetings must be gluten free to avoid this person feeling left out. That seems fairly extreme to me, and while I like some gluten free options fine, others are rough. What do others think? |
Anonymous
| I agree with you. Not all of it should be gluten free. |
Anonymous
| I would agree with you, especially since it’s just snacks. If the gluten free guest needs more than one option, she can bring it. C |
Anonymous
| No- the celiac member can bring their own food. That's what the ones I know do, because they don't possibly trust some or "all" food being gluten free. It's way to risky for them. |
Anonymous
OP here - I'm not necessarily advocating for that - happy to coordinate so that one snack option brought (by the member or others) is gluten free. I am happy to pick up the gluten free option, I just don't want all food to have to be GF, except for meetings at this person's home. |
Anonymous
DP. I doubt they have celiacs, otherwise they would have already suggested this. “Gluten free” and celiacs are not the same. |
Anonymous
Ask the GF person. My BF has celiac and is GF. She prefers to bring her own or eat something naturally GF (veggies, fruit) because people who aren't GF have no idea which GF stuff is good and which tastes like cardboard. 
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Anonymous
| Gluten free food can be expensive and taste pretty terrible if it’s something that normally contains gluten. I tend to agree with you OP—as someone who eats gluten I think there are tons of foods out there that are naturally gluten free (fruits and vegetables for example), but then if I were gluten free I might come to realize how prevalent it is. Does hummus, yogurt, nuts and cheese have gluten? Those might be a good way to center the snacks around someone who can’t eat gluten and then have some of those nut based crackers in addition to regular ones. |
Anonymous
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Don't hurt yourselves. If someone does a charcuterie board each meeting, the GF person is good, cheese, cured meats, nuts, fresh fruit, dried fruit, maybe some hummus and veggies.
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Anonymous
| It’s once a month. Can’t you deal with once a month gluten free food? I agree to go with natural gluten free food or the tried and true one you like. |
Anonymous
| I agree with you. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think all items need to be gluten free. If I had celiacs and you came to my house I’d plan on providing all food for that meeting, except maybe chips and fruit. |
Anonymous
She should not have to. |
Anonymous
| Have gf child (celiac). DC knows how to read a label and will eat in others homes. Fruit, veggies, hummus, tortilla chips and salsa, cheese are all gf. No need for everything to be gf. The effort to have at least one option is always appreciated. |
Anonymous
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GF is really easy for snacks. Most potato and tortilla chips are gf. All crudite are. Cheese, hummus, guacamole, salsa all should be. Vast majority of charcuterie items are.
We are trying to be lower carb and I prefer slices of cucumbers to crackers for many cheeses/spreads and carrots are fantastic with spicy guac. I think OP is being a little mean and special. |