Eating breakfast in diners

[Woodself]

I guess I can’t eat bacon and eggs in diners anymore.

I have tried. Must have flour on the grill.

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, Woodself!

Probably not a good idea to eat at diners unless you ask them to cook your eggs and bacon in a clean pan instead of on the grill and they are willing to comply. Studies show that eating out is the number one sabotager of the celiac's effort to truly eat gluten free. It's easy to eat a low gluten diet but much harder to eat totally gluten free because of cross contamination events. And just because there isn't enough gluten consumed in such situations to make you feel ill, doesn't mean there is no subclinical damage being done to the small bowel lining. So, whether or not you experience a discernable reaction is not a reliable indicator of safety in at eatery.

Edited November 20, 2023 by trents

[Woodself]

Thank you for your input. I guess I’ll have to fry my own eggs.🙂

[Aaron2018]

My favourite thing to make at home for breakfast is an English muffin sandwich, it has a gluten free English muffin for the bun , with a gluten free breakfast burger in side and a poached egg inside. It’s all most like McDonald’s egg McMuffin, but homemade and much better. I buy the gluten free English muffins at my local grocery store. Gluten free English muffins are easy to find and almost all grocery stores have them, they are normally frozen at the store when you buy them,  lightly unthaw them in the microwave and then throw the 2 halfs in your toaster and they are ready to use. 
 

if you choose to you can even add hollandaise sauce, McCormick has a mix package you can buy or make your own from  scratch.

 

[Aaron2018]

Just an fyi if you buy the McCormick hollandaise sauce package make sure to make sure you select the gluten free one, the company also make a gluten version, so read carfuly.

[Aaron2018]

  On 11/20/2023 at 6:10 AM, Aaron2018 said:

Just an fyi if you buy the McCormick hollandaise sauce package make sure to make sure you select the gluten free one, the company also make a gluten version, so read carfuly.

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Sorry I meant to say Just an fyi if you buy the hollandaise sauce package make sure you pick the gluten free one, the company also makes a gluten version, so read carefully 

[Woodself]

  On 11/20/2023 at 6:18 AM, Aaron2018 said:

Sorry I meant to say Just an fyi if you buy the hollandaise sauce package make sure you pick the gluten free one, the company also makes a gluten version, so read carefully 

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Thank you Aaron, I will try gluten-free English muffins. 🙂

[Aaron2018]

  On 11/21/2023 at 5:00 AM, Woodself said:

Thank you Aaron, I will try gluten-free English muffins. 🙂

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Your welcome.

[Nikki2777]

Yes, it's sad - unless it's a place known to do well by Celiacs (there are a few where I live), I won't get eggs at a diner, other than soft-boiled in the shell (and most diners won't do that.) As I'm not getting eggs, I don't get bacon either, but I imagine the issue would be similar. It's a real shame, and one of the things I miss most.

[Aaron2018]

It’s safer just to make things at home yourself, it can be nice to eat out, but you really gotta trust the restaurant and know that there reliable. Sometimes you can call places or look on their website and they’ll tell you they don’t market on their menu gluten free , but they can make things gluten-free, in any case it’s a matter of trial and error, always be aware that cross-contamination is a possibility and there is a higher chance of it happening when you eat out, but if you have found some restaurants you trust and have ate at safely hundreds of times you should be fine majority of the time. I say majority of the time, because there is always a chance that cross contamination could occur, good restaurants that have safe gluten-free protocols should rarely contaminate you if ever when you eat out there, but like I said, just know the risk is there and it could happen.