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| Can't touch this! |
In recent travels I have twice encountered a new trend in
hotel breakfast buffets. Hotels are using slices of bread—for crying out loud!--to
absorb the grease from the sausages and bacon offered their guests. It’s a
good idea, I guess, unless the guests happen to have celiac disease.
In both cases I felt a brief sense of grief and loss, as I
realized that one of the few foods on the morning buffet that I could eat was
no longer an option for me. (No way can folks with celiac disease partake of the
ubiquitous waffles, cereals, toast or muffins.) But then I gathered my courage
and explained the problem to the breakfast attendants, both of whom kindly
offered to fix sausages for me without the “grease absorbers.”
The lesson: Don’t be shy to educate hotel managers and breakfast
attendants about such issues. Being an educator is a role that those of us with
celiac disease must take on—whether we want it or not--if we hope to improve
our chances of eating safely while on the road.
