Look out for some hidden gluten ingredients and cross contamination!
Are you eating a Takeaway Pizza? Some chain outlets like Bella Italia don’t offer gluten free menus but some of the chains restaurants do hold gluten free pizzas. However make sure you point out to them the importance of avoiding gluten contamination in the kitchen! You may be best going to restaurants that have gluten free pizza's on the menu such as Dough restaurant in Manchester or Stingray Café in Tufnell Park !
Treating yourself to takeout Fish and Chips? Avoid chips if they are cooked in the same oil as battered fish, as the oil can contain gluten from the batter. Just removing batter from fish when you get home will not make it gluten free as it will already have been contaminated with gluten. The best is to find a fish and chip shop that cooks gluten free.
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Trying a Chinese or Thai tonight? Avoid noodles and soy sauce as they contain wheat, and check with the takeaway the sauces have not been thickened with wheat or barley flour. Be careful of food cross contamination with gluten by ensuring your meal is not cooked in the same pan or uses the same cutlery straight after cooking with foods that contain gluten. Ensure it is a different pan or highlight the need for it to be washed thoroughly! Some takeaways may be willing to look through their sauces and see which are gluten free. Remember cornflour is gluten free and some sauces or pastes only contain this ingredient rather than wheat flour.
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An Indian might be safer! Most Inidan dishes are thickened with chickpea or cornflour which are gluten free, but remember to ask what the flour they use is. Do check barley or wheat is not an added ingredient in the curry sauce, especially if you feel the sauce is from a jar and not cooked fresh!
Thanks so much for that
I find eating out so much hassle its easier to eat at home