Going out to a restaurant, a time that's supposed to be full of good times and good food, but having a food allergy drastically changes the experience. Before we dive into this I'd like to say that a food allergy is such a pain, it seems like a small matter but it rears it's ugly head everywhere you look. I have celiac disease, better known as being "Gluten-Free". No I'm not one of those cliche trend surfing hipster idiots that take it upon themselves to be as fake as Hillary Clinton. Alright enough of the rant, I'm better than that. On to the main obstacle of this disease, finding food at restaurants and home that won't bore oneself to tears.
It's challenging to find food that I'm truly excited about when out to eat. In the beginning of having this disease it was honestly pretty depressing. Being in middle school and having to watch all the other kids be able to eat whatever they wanted and I hate to bring a stupid lunchbox. I ended up having to put my lunch meat on chips because gluten free bread was still in it's infancy and man was it bad. But over time the gluten free movement gained a lot of ground and many substitutes started to pop up.
My hometown has been a major help for gluten free options. Being a more modern town, my hometown has evolved into more of a midwestern Seattle in recent years. A hipster Mecca if you will. With the building of a market area downtown, and multiple other old locations being destroyed and turned into health food markets many more options are being opened up to me. Alos, several gluten free options are opening up. Where a lot of growth in the gluten free sector is would be major chain restaurants. Whether it be Culver's/Red Robin and their addition of gluten free buns,or all the major fast food pizza/ pizza delivery places offering gluten free crusts, gluten free foods have truly become more prevalent in our society. Also, many new products have become to stock the shelves of the organic/health food sections of the local super markets. All these little additions add up to mean the world to me.
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