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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably it's because she didn't make anything with cheese or milk, so she thinks it's dairy-free. She didn't consider that butter (not a "food" so much as an incidental) is dairy too.

I'm a vegetarian. My Inlaws have for YEARS told me this or that is vegetarian, yet when I press for details I find it's made with chicken stock, or a casserole with a can of Campbells cream of chicken soup. They don't do it to stick it to me, they just don't realize that a Broccoli Rice casserole (no meat, sounds vegetarian to them) made with cream of chicken soup is actually NOT vegetarian!

Do you think she's deliberately doing this, or just not thinking? [/quote]

Great post--this very well could be the case.

I have the same situation as the other poster with the Gluten allergy.  People without much first-hand experience don't necessarily know that it isn't just bread and wheat that contains gluten, but can also be really random things like soy sauce, canned tomatoes, or a myriad of other "non-wheaty" types of food. This was harder for my Dad, who has been cooking for himself for 50+ years without restrictions, to wrap his head around than it was for me (someone who had to be acutely aware).

If the OP truly thinks this was a malicious "test your allergy", than this is a separate, much larger issue.

If it is just a lack of education or experience about what exactly "dairy free" means, the the OP should be more explicit and helpful during the food preparation process.

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