I love the flaky baked goods I’ve been eating and am happy to keep trying them, though they don’t give me much of a reaction (if any) at all. I remember more whole grain stuff causing me the most problems. Between that and the reactions to gluten-free oats, it’s likely I have a problem with prolamins rather than gluten (or just gluten). I’m probably going to have to keep eating the tomatoes and peppers, which stinks because they make me feel horrible, but the reaction is part of the whole process, I guess. And I still haven’t had that burger and fries I’ve been thinking about…

Reading up on it, I’m finding it could take longer amounts of time than days to be significant. We’ll see.

Right now though, I would have to say that homemade ice cream, a nutella and strawberry crepe, and kraft mac n cheese would top my list hands down. (Also, the running joke with my friends is that my allergies are keeping me from becoming overweight…judging by that list I would have to say it kinda seems like it.)

The one other weird thing that I do (and I have found my friends who have food allergies as well also do) is asking people to describe how good something is that they are eating. It’s the weirdest food-porn thing ever but it started without me even realizing I was asking weird food questions. It is somehow super satisfying just hearing people talk about how much they enjoy something you can’t have. Do you do that, too? It’s kind of weird but it makes having allergies less of a pain, and gives you a reason to laugh at the situation (because it’s super hard to sit there and be completely serious after you just asked them to describe the best qualities of the food they are eating, how creamy it is, or to describe the flavors as they eat the food).