Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 I would like to join my friends for a dinner party at a Thai restaurant tonight. Any idea what could be legal? Just stir-fried chicken + legal veggies and no added sauce or fried fish with lime etc? Anything with coconut milk? I would hate not able to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 2 years in and I'd go and bring your own - no legal coconut milks and chances are there's something in everything - just my opinion :-) sorry eileen almost 24 months scd > > > I would like to join my friends for a dinner party at a Thai restaurant tonight. Any idea what could be legal? > > Just stir-fried chicken + legal veggies and no added sauce or fried fish with lime etc? Anything with coconut milk? > > I would hate not able to go > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Andy, I'm a bit paranoid about restaurants. Chicken can be marinated or have added broth and flavorings before cooking. The safest thing I have found is a steak house- with steaks that are not marinated or with added seasonings, or a fish house with the same conditions. I usually call ahead of time and speak to the chef about what to order- saves going into it at the table. When a waiter or waitress takes the extra time to see that I get what I need- I leave a good tip too. You can still go out with friends. I would eat ahead of time and just order tea or a glass of dry wine. I have come to realize I go for the company not the food. You get used to it. I hope over time I can tolerate the illegals in an occasional restaurant meal, but for the first 2 years on SCD, it's not worth it. PJ > > > > > > I would like to join my friends for a dinner party at a Thai restaurant tonight. Any idea what could be legal? > > > > Just stir-fried chicken + legal veggies and no added sauce or fried fish with lime etc? Anything with coconut milk? > > > > I would hate not able to go > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 >no legal coconut milks Ok, this worries me, as diluted coconut milk is the only thing I've figure I can use in coffee instead of milk. Do you mean not legal as in a letter hasn't been obtained or not legal as in there are known illegals in coconut milk, or coconut milk per se is illegal? I've been using cocnut milk from Trader Joe's and it has no gums or other additives listed, and TJ's in general is, I find, very good about that kind of stufff. Thanks in advance for any illumination on this, don't really like blck coffee but am a definite coffee addict..:^) Lilian IBS-C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 I usually bring my own food wherever I go, restaurants are not adverse to that, I find. Andy, I'm a bit paranoid about restaurants. Chicken can be marinated or have added broth and flavorings before cooking. The safest thing I have found is a steak house- with steaks that are not marinated or with added seasonings, or a fish house with the same conditions. I usually call ahead of time and speak to the chef about what to order- saves going into it at the table. When a waiter or waitress takes the extra time to see that I get what I need- I leave a good tip too. You can still go out with friends. I would eat ahead of time and just order tea or a glass of dry wine. I have come to realize I go for the company not the food. You get used to it. I hope over time I can tolerate the illegals in an occasional restaurant meal, but for the first 2 years on SCD, it's not worth it. PJ > > > > > > I would like to join my friends for a dinner party at a Thai restaurant tonight. Any idea what could be legal? > > > > Just stir-fried chicken + legal veggies and no added sauce or fried fish with lime etc? Anything with coconut milk? > > > > I would hate not able to go > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 At 01:38 PM 1/1/2010, you wrote: Just stir-fried chicken + legal veggies and no added sauce or fried fish with lime etc? Anything with coconut milk? Andy, I don't know about Thai cuisine, but I have gone to Chinese restaurants. I ask for beef or fish with whatever veggies (I like pea pods, mushrooms, broccoli, carrots) stir fried with fresh ginger and garlic in sesame oil. (If beef, I like toasted sesame oil.) — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 At 03:26 PM 1/1/2010, you wrote: Ok, this worries me, as diluted coconut milk is the only thing I've figure I can use in coffee instead of milk. Do you mean not legal as in a letter hasn't been obtained or not legal as in there are known illegals in coconut milk, or coconut milk per se is illegal? I've been using cocnut milk from Trader Joe's and it has no gums or other additives listed, and TJ's in general is, I find, very good about that kind of stufff. Thanks in advance for any illumination on this, don't really like blck coffee but am a definite coffee addict..:^) The majority of commercial coconut milks have gums and starches in them, making them SCD-illegal. TJ's SEEMS to be okay, but no one has obtained a letter from them on it. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Hey Andy- Just wanted to put out my encouragement on the restaurant front as well... Thai seems like a tough genre of cuisine to eat. I love Marilyn's advice on Chinese! I have discovered that I can count on brunch- you can order poached eggs so that you don't have to worry about oils or dairy being added. And then get some yummy (LEGAL) cheese on top! Depending on how advanced you are (I think we are both in the very beginning stages) you can add avocado... and someday tomatoes or other veggies. Eating out is so much fun- I know how sucky it can be bringing your own food. But it's worth it, right? Hope you had/have fun with your friends- that's what it's all about -Joanna SCD 15 weeks, Crohn's 1992 > >Just stir-fried chicken + legal veggies and no > >added sauce or fried fish with lime etc? Anything with coconut milk? > > Andy, > > I don't know about Thai cuisine, but I have gone > to Chinese restaurants. I ask for beef or fish > with whatever veggies (I like pea pods, > mushrooms, broccoli, carrots) stir fried with > fresh ginger and garlic in sesame oil. (If beef, I like toasted sesame oil.) > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I used to call the restaurant ahead of time to find out what would work for me. I had at least one place that requested I bring my own food because they couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be cross contamination issues. After I stopped eating meat I basically gave up on eating restaurant foods because all they would be able to give me would be a plain salad and it wasn't exactly satisfying. All my coworkers know that I bring my own (or they suggest going to WF so I can make my own salad ). Stacey > > > I would like to join my friends for a dinner party at a Thai restaurant tonight. Any idea what could be legal? > > Just stir-fried chicken + legal veggies and no added sauce or fried fish with lime etc? Anything with coconut milk? > > I would hate not able to go > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 I used to call the restaurant ahead of time to find out what would work for me. I had at least one place that requested I bring my own food because they couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be cross contamination issues. After I stopped eating meat I basically gave up on eating restaurant foods because all they would be able to give me would be a plain salad and it wasn't exactly satisfying And sometimes, alas, what they tell you they can/will do doesn't accord with what they WILL do when you get there. Once a group of mine was going out to lunch. I called the restaurant and explained very clearly that my requirements were certain veggies plus lettuce for salad, and listen what I could eat at that time. I was assured that this would be no problem whatever, they had those and lots more fresh veggies. Came the day, a rather snippy waitress said no, of course they couldn't customize a salad. I repeated what I had been told. She said well, they DO have a lot of fresh veggies " back there " but that's not where the salads were made and by gosh, neither she nor anyone could go " back there " for me. I ended up paying $7.00 for a small handful of lettuce and was pretty hungry because I hadn't brought enough to compensate for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 OTOH - For my best friend's rehearsal dinner, she went to the chef of the hotel they were using, told him my dietary restrictions (vegetarian and SCD) and, according to my best friend, he rubbed his hands together and said " Oh! I LOVE a challenge! " He came up with a phenomenal, safe meal and I didn't suffer any ill effects. Unfortunately the next day the caterers screwed up and they gave me a meal that I couldn't eat even though they actually requested a recipe (which I gave them). Some people are good with restrictions, others not so much :\ Stacey > > And sometimes, alas, what they tell you they can/will do doesn't > accord with what they WILL do when you get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Well, I didn't go for the dinner but joined them for dessert with my own SCD yogurt and pearsauce. My friends later told me that I could've brought my own stuff to the restaurant. I enjoyed the evening nevertheless -- its more about the company. > > OTOH - For my best friend's rehearsal dinner, she went to the chef of the hotel they were using, told him my dietary restrictions (vegetarian and SCD) and, according to my best friend, he rubbed his hands together and said " Oh! I LOVE a challenge! " He came up with a phenomenal, safe meal and I didn't suffer any ill effects. Unfortunately the next day the caterers screwed up and they gave me a meal that I couldn't eat even though they actually requested a recipe (which I gave them). Some people are good with restrictions, others not so much :\ > Stacey > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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