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Shoutout to places which have 1 “free from” sandwich in their entire range, and it’s lactose free vegan salad on gluten free bread because that ticks all the “food intolerance” boxes in one go.

And by “shoutout”, I mean “fuck you”.

You wonder why nobody is buying your dismal sadness cardboard. It’s because gluten intolerant people like chicken as well (for example)

in reply to Sarah Brown

Being a vegetarian who's gluten and lactose intolerant, I can't believe they've actually made a sandwich I can eat! (Provided there's no vinegar-based dressing on the salad... nor tomatoes, nor onion... the list goes on)
in reply to Sarah Brown

Yup!
I often end up with meat only bit of food as I have to be free of dairy, gluten, soya, yeast, and alcohols. Also can't have highly processed oats.
It often rules out most processed vegan products.

So I bring my own GF wrap and ask for a pile of bacon to be dumped on it.

I've gotta say that at the last two steam fairs I went to the Thai food stalls got my trade.

in reply to Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

Also,gotta love the cake stalls that have GF and DF options.

GF cake made with butter and with a real dairy cream filling, or DF cake made from wheat flour.

in reply to Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

@Alfred Chow - Maker of Things Although I tend to steer clear of stalls because, IME, they typically take no precautions against cross contamination. Learned that the hard way.
in reply to Sarah Brown

That is very true.
I do watch, in cafes, to see if the same tongs are used.
I've seen ice cream parlours that use the same scoop that has been soaking in milky water to scoop sorbet and dairy free offerings.
in reply to Sarah Brown

It’s just ‘free from’ anything resembling edible food at that point honestly.
in reply to Kate Watson

@Kate Watson The shop worker was like, "that's the only one we have"

Probably wondering why they never sell any of them.

"Oh, we barely stock gluten free sandwiches because we tried sticking three pairs of cardboard with some dismal lettuce between them on a shelf and nobody bought them, so we assumed there's no demand"

in reply to Sarah Brown

By the time you’re both vegan and GF the only thing still worth eating is pickles. 🤷‍♀️
in reply to Kate Watson

@Kate Watson regrettably, I’m a supertaster. The intersection of vegan and gluten free food that I can eat would leave me profoundly malnourished.