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In September, my hubby & I went to The Western Washington State Fair in 
Puyallup, WA.  We found a vendor booth advertizing & selling gluten free 
food mixes.  There were about 6 or 7 colorful chip dips on display for 
sampling.  The women in the booth asked me if I'd like to sample the dips.  
Yes, of course!  Then she offered me a pretzel stick for dipping.  I asked 
if the pretzels were regular pretzels or gluten free pretzels.  They woman 
looked puzzled & said, "regular, I guess."  I asked if people had been 
dipping these pretzels into the dips all day.  They had.  I then explained 
to this under educated employee that their dips had all been contaminated w/ 
gluten from the pretzels.  The poor woman appeared flustered & bewildered.  
I don't blame her for not knowing.  The company she worked for should have 
educated her before putting her in a booth promoting GF foods.  I don't 
remember the product brand name, but I certainly wasn't favorably impressed 
by their presentation!

This incident really drove the message home that we gluten intolerant can't 
be too careful about what we put into our mouths and who we trust to prepare 
food for us.

~Valerie in Tacoma

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