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I loved your message about the benefits of being a celiac.  It is fun to
turn the tables sometimes on those "wheat-eaters" and act like the
priviledged ones!  I especially enjoy the envious looks I get from my
fellow students (I am a slaving grad student) when I bring in fresh
baked bread or bagels to school, and tell them "yes, I do all
my own baking".  They think I'm superwoman - I don't tell about the bread
machine...

-jen stadler

On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Peter Hyatt - BRIDGE wrote:

>      As for me I find there are some real advantages in my diet
> discipline. In restaurants while my wife and others are reading
> over the menu and trying to make up their mind I have already
> read the 5 or so choices available to me, made my decision and
> with just a touch of arrogance put down the menu, Always the
> first. It's great fun finding some small town greasy spoon and
> ordering their house specialty Bacon/cheese Burger with extra
> lettuce, and oh, hold the bun. (Watch the server's face.)
> It always amazes me the number of people who will bring a
> "special dish" to church potlucks, Just for me! My wife loves it
> when I use our bread machine because I always clean it out so
> well. And I'm the family expert on fruit stuffing for the
> turkey.I almost always get the best meal on the airplane, or the
> only special lunch at the catered conference.....I say all this
> simply to illustrate that a Celiac can face this rather special
> discipline without it's becoming a life obsession or a barrier
> to normalcy. It might even be an asset.