Isn’t it beautiful? For most people, having a sandwich for lunch, dinner, a picnic, or even for breakfast is just another humdrum, ordinary day. They can walk into any burger joint, restaurant, or sandwich shop and order a ham and swiss on rye, or a Ruben, or a tuna salad sandwich, or a hamburger, and know they can eat it with no problem at all.
But, for those of us who are gluten intolerant or who have Celiac disease, that is not the case. We order a baked potato, or a salad “hold the croutons”, or a “hamburger no bun”, and sit there and watch as our friends and family enjoy that delicious bun or bread in the form of a sandwich.
Most of you won’t ever know what that is like, or even think that it is a problem. And you probably don’t even think about it. You see us sitting there eating our salad or potato and think that is what we really WANTED to eat. But being able to eat a nice, delicious sandwich would be soooooooo nice!
And the reason I bring this up is because I know there are companies out there who make gluten free hamburger buns and gluten free bread. How hard could it be for a restaurant or hamburger place to get some, and keep them in the freezer. The buns or bread can be thawed in a gluten free microwave, and then toasted in a gluten free toaster, as needed. Heck, I do it all the time at home. I would GLADLY pay the extra cost of the gluten free bun or bread, even if it was $2.00 per serving, just so I could have a sandwich when I am out with FabGrandpa.
So, next time you are in a sandwich or burger place, ask them if they have a comment card or form. Get one, fill it out, and tell them you want your gluten free friends to be able to eat there with you. Suggest to them that they should get some gluten free buns and bread, and make a little effort to feed the rest of us! Let them know we expect to pay more, and that we will come to their place of business instead of the other places, just because we’ll be able to get a sandwich there. Ah, a delicious gluten free sandwich. MMMMMMMMM…….
Oh, and YES, that is a homemade gluten free sandwich in the picture.
It does look like a good sandwhich. I presume you like the gluten free bread.
I have a loaf of gluten free bread in my freezer even though we are not gluten intolerant. My daughter prefers to eat it and she has just been visiting.
I agree with you. More cafes should serve GF foods. I see some do here. The sandwich makes my mouth water.
AMEN SISTER!!! and that sounds like a good idea (comment card).
and that sandywich looks good. the nice thing about not having the bread all the time is you appreciate it when the bread is baking or thawing, haha, then you get that wonderful stuff between your teeth. but i do miss the simplicity of wonder bread.
Hear Hear Fab Grandma…I totally agree…I encountered the same thing the other day…filled out their form and asked them why can't they keep one gluten free thing…it's not hard to freeze!!!
Is that homemade bread or store-bought? It looks so good!
jacobithegreat: it is home made from a mix. I'll write about that soon!
Why not go a step further and check out the chain restaurant's web sites and make the suggestion there too?
I'm not GF but I'll fill out cards too when I see them.