Beer Store Visit

[luvtorunn]

So I went to the beer store the other day to get my dear friend her favorite "Corona", well after about ten minutes all my previous symptoms came back, hot and cold feeling, terrible stomach rumbling, overall zapped of all strength, the runs, all that stuff. Now, unfortunately, just prior to buying the beer, I had a good helping of taco dip with lots of sour cream. Did not know about Lactose intolerance at that time. Well, at first I thought for sure there must be airborne barley or whatever in the beerstore to cause such a reaction, but thinking about the lactose thing....? Was it gluten or lactose? I have not dared set foot into the beer store again.

[aklap]

Hi Luv,

Welcome to the board! It could be both gluten and lactose. It's possible that the taco dip could have gluten in it, it maybe possible the sour cream had gluten in it.

Airborne barley in the beer store - I'm thinking not.

Do you get a reaction when you go to the grocery store? Maybe when you walk past the bread section?
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[Dan]

I agree with Al, it's probably from the dip. For me atleast I needed to be in the kitchen all day breathing the dust to cause a mildish reaction. Sorry Al, but I needed to quit my job as chef (getting away from my fruitcake boss too). I think a grocery store would have a higher amount of glutens in the dust. I did go to Wal-mart to get some gluten-free beer today and that didn't seem to bother me.

[luvtorunn]

Thanks for the replies, I have only had one other reaction like the beer store one (you just know instantly that you shouldn't have had "something"), as in within 5-10 min. of consuming/ handling whatever culprit ( don't you get tired of this guessing game?).
Anyway, I made chocolate chip cookies the regular way for the kids. Honest, all I did was bake them, didn't lick any dough, I tried not to breath when I added the whole wheat flour ever so carefully. And boom, a bee line to the bathroom within minutes.

I guess I'll never know, because I'm never gonna bake the regular ones ever again

[Dan]

Well, being trained as a chef, it take a lot of guessing out of the puzzle. I have a friend I met about 2 years ago, so I understood the requirements for the diet. I never realized how carefully you have to be about cross contamination. Right now I would like to expand my going out to eat.

But it seems like your more sensitive than I am. I was thinking there maybe a fair amount of gluten on the bottles. I haven't handled any wheat beer products since I went GF. This was by accident, I think I will avoid handling beer just in case.

I guess the ironic thing that I was a chef is the I did most of my culinary schooling concentrating in the bakery.

By the way whats your name?