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I've recently been trying out living vegan, mostly on the basis of "Why not?". I'm lactose-intolerant anyways and supermarkets have plenty vegan foods around here.
Problem is, when I say "recently", I actually mean multiple years ago and I'm at the point where randomly eating non-vegan food can throw my body into unforeseen consequences, so I avoid it nonetheless.
Well, my parents came to visit this week and we went to this bakery place, which also has options for lunch.
Last time we were there, I ate a bun with a salad without the dressing, because they didn't have just vinegar+oil dressing.
Which is a sorry excuse for a lunch, but the best they have, so this time, I went to order the same. But then the lady behind the counter told me that they didn't have salads today, and asked whether I want something else instead.
So, I evaluated my options – sorry, not plural – there was only one option: I guess, I'll have another bun with my bun.
Fucking hell.
Like, I kind of don't care. I went home afterwards and cooked myself much nicer food than my parents got.
But just the look from that lady, as I basically told her, I literally do not want any of the other foods you have in stock. I'd rather eat two dry buns, even though I just wanted a salad.
So, yeah, I wish just some fucking iceberg lettuce on bread was always an option.
Gluten free should also be wheat free, though, right?
Which ones still use wheat?
All the ones I've ever seen use a mix of gluten-free starches and flours - rice flour, corn flour, tapioca, sorghum, potato starch, etc.
Edit: googling around, its apparently actually a thing, but it's pretty rare.
It actually works in reverse: by making a dough and washing it, starch washes out and leaves gluten and the rest of the flour.
If you dry the wash water, you're left with wheat starch, which if you're careful enough can be gluten free. It can be added to a gluten free flour mix in the same way that you'd use corn starch and potato starch.
At that point… I’m not sure it’s worth eating out. That’s pretty tricky.
Interesting. So you can eat the gluten from wheat as long as it's washed out of everything else? What are you allergic to in wheat then, to the starch?
Why not just get a bakery item instead?
I'm not sure, what you mean. I did get a bakery item with my second bun.
Well, I had to simplify a lot, because English has no word for the Laugenstange:
It's basically a very long lye bun. Or a pretzel shaped like a half-sized baguette.
It's one of the least dry bakery items there is, but it's still very doughy and kind of does the opposite to your digestion than a salad...