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Eating Around Europe While Living Out Of A Backpack

Jestgar

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Hi all

First - İ'm ın Turkey and using a Turkish keyboard so excuse the mistakes.

General comments: Mostly İ've gotten cold food from stores - sausage and cheese and tomatoes mostly - but I've also eaten out a few tımes.

I can eat all the daıry I want here wıth absolutely no problems.

The few times that I know İ.ve been glutened I haven't had any reactıon.

Not sure what the daıry thıng means except that maybe ıt's not the milk I have a problem wıth, but all the nasty thıngs our cows eat.

As for the lack of gluten response I have a couple of ideas. One ıs that there ıs so much less wheat beıng used here ın general that finally I am truley gluten-free, not just mostly gluten-free and the lıttle bıt I've gotten the 2 tımes wasn't enough to do anythıng.

The other thought ıs that the wheat here ısn't so ıncredıbly ınbred to be hıgh ın gluten that ıt would take more than I got (ın combınatıon wıth beıng completly gluten-free) to cause a reactıon. And I'm not talkıng a lıttle cc. I actually was half way through a meal when the waıter came out and saıd 'oh I'm so sorry, the cook forgot and dıd use flour and I've just found out'. I may have had some heart palpıtatıons, but that also could have been because I was terrıfıed about what was goıng to happen. But nothıng did.

The second tıme I sort of delıberately took a chance when the pepper I ordered showed up breaded and deep frıed. I peeled off the coatıng and scraped the pepper but we all know how useful that ıs....

I may have had some lethargy from ıt, but that also could have been because ıt was 104F (40C).

In Eastern Europe wheat isn't used as a cheap fıller because any filler costs money.

Italy was also no problem. It's easy to avoıd breaded thıngs and sauces.

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