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>I was struck by a recent post that used of the term "legal" to characterize a
>product as gluten free.  I certainly do not mean any offense (nor am I
>humorless), but am a little concerned that use of such a term may perpetuate a
>misconception about Celiacs.

Curious as to what is a good word ... At the supermarket deli counter,
they have great fresh mozarella that I love to get. Sitting right next to
the fresh stuff is mozarella soaked in distilled vinegar. So I always
ask if the spoon has been used for other dishes. Which doesn't
sound quite right. Thankfully, I explained to one woman and she
sees me and says "hang on, let me get a clean spoon, don't want
you gettin' sick on my account" and we make a joke of it.

Last week, she was busy with another customer and I asked the
new counter person if the spoon was clean and she got all
snappish about their cleanliness. I tried to backpeddle and
explain ... but she still seemed huffy ...

Soooo ... any ideas as to a quick-n-dirty way of finding out
what's, ah, GF?  I hate having to explain the whole shebang,
esp. in in a longe line ....

Tracey in Connecticut   GF lodging:  http://www.innseekers.com/feature.htm