dog food, and kissing

[Guest guest]

Okay, so these two things do not sound good together! Sorry about

the combo.

This is part of the ongoing conversation about inadvertant exposure.

Reading posts lately I'm thinking that I need to be even more

strict. I share a kitchen with a gluten eating roommate. I have my

own cutting board and toaster oven and sauce pan in which I cook my

gf hot cereal, and my own sponges, but overall the space and

implements are not separate. I share the same plates, bowls and

utencils with him. I should probably go for full separation.

I'm also wondering if others have dealt with the issue of dog food,

and treats, etc. I got a dog about 15 months ago and all of his food

and treats have gluten in them -- they seem to have either wheat,

barley, or rye. I pay close attention to my handling of the food and

treats in that I scrub my hands right afterward and try to never put

my hands in my mouth unless they're very clean. But maybe I need to

step it up a bit and use a dust mask when I open the big dog food

bag and wear gloves.

Putting the dog on a gf diet seems really inconvenient and very

expensive.

Also, how is everyone handling the issue of physical

intimacy/kissing? I only started to pay close attention to it with

my last boyfriend -- I asked him to wash out his mouth after he had

eaten or drank gluten before kissing me. Do others take these

precautions? Or do they ask their significant other to actually go

gluten free?

thanks much for your input,

[Guest guest]

I learned the hard way to pay attention to sig. other's diet before

kissing them... I don't ask my sig. other to go gluten-free, although

my husband is largely gluten-free, but I do ask him to rinse mouth or

brush teeth before kissing if he's been munching on gluten. *blush*

My picky, spoiled cats are NOT on a gluten-free diet- they will not

eat the specialty foods without gluten. *sigh* However, I have the

food in a pour dispenser (like cereal) and I generally ask my hubby to

pour the bag of food into the dispenser. He also usually feeds

them.... I don't usually give them treats, but bonito flakes/

katsuobushi are gluten-free and they love them. I buy them at Japanese

markets rather than the pet store- it's a lot cheaper for the same

stuff. (This is a rare, rare treat.) More frequently I give them juice

from the tuna can- also GF.

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> Also, how is everyone handling the issue of physical

> intimacy/kissing? I only started to pay close attention to it with

> my last boyfriend -- I asked him to wash out his mouth after he had

> eaten or drank gluten before kissing me. Do others take these

> precautions? Or do they ask their significant other to actually go

> gluten free?

>

> thanks much for your input,

>

>

[Guest guest]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, redchickn wrote:

> Putting the dog on a gf diet seems really inconvenient and very

> expensive.

I have no advice on dog food, but the mask and gloves sound like a

good idea.

> Also, how is everyone handling the issue of physical

> intimacy/kissing? I only started to pay close attention to it with

> my last boyfriend -- I asked him to wash out his mouth after he had

> eaten or drank gluten before kissing me. Do others take these

> precautions? Or do they ask their significant other to actually go

> gluten free?

My guys are mostly gluten-free at home, but they do occasionally have

a gluten goody. I do ask the guys to wash out their mouths and/or

brush their teeth after eating gluten before kissing me. One forgot

once, and kissed me deep and I freaked and then HE freaked because he

realised what he did, and I quickly washed my mouth out, and I was

lucky and didn't get sick.

I cook entirely gluten free at home. I did try to cook gluteny stuff

occasionally, but did it less and less as time went by. When we moved

to our currently house, the kitchen is much smaller and much harder to

clean, so I declared that anything gluteny must be entirely contained.

We kept cereal and frozen waffles in the kitchen, and anything else is

kept in their rooms. However, since Chex now makes GF Rice Chex that

everyone loves, it means no more gluteny cereal and probably no more

gluten waffles.

--Ruth Anne

[Guest guest]

My daughter, in her house, has two cats. They are extremely prone to stomach upsets. My daughter kept trying different foods for them, and she finally found one that calmed their digestive tracts. Then she noticed that it's GF! Big bonus: their box is less stinky.

i'm away from home, and so is she, so I can't include the brand name. I can get it later if it's needed.

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[Guest guest]

There have been studies done with peanuts that show that the residue can

last up to three ours so I think this is a realistic concern with

getting contaminated by kissing. I will not kiss my wife if she has been

eating her wheat products until she brushes her teeth. It caused

problems at first but I think it is routine now.

As far as the dog food and treats there is actually one product that is

gluten free. Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice says right on the label

that it is gluten free. We have a Maltese who has a very sensitive

stomach and this is the food we feed him. It does not cost any more then

the other premium brands of dog food. Our other dogs eat O'l Roy and

their is wheat in that. When I feed the dogs I wash my hands afterwards

but usually one of the girls feeds them. I also will not pour the dog

food into the storage container because of the possibility of inhaling

some of the dust. And I stay out of the area afterwards.

Since I do all the cooking I do not worry about my pots and pans being

contaminated. We have separate toaster ovens for my gluten free and

their gluten containing products. There are times when they use my

cutting boards for their breads and times when I find bread crumbs on

the counter tops but I wash then before every time I use them. Some

times this can get frustrating for me. The cutting boards are always

washed in the dish washer. I do not consider plates as a problem because

they will go through the dishwasher and with multiple rinse cycles I

feel that they are sufficiently sterilized.

Condiments always have a spoon in them and that spoon is to scoop out

what they need but not to touch the bread. Or they are in squirt

bottles. The only time we have problems with this is when friends are

over and even though they are told I still catch them using the spoon to

spread their condiments and they are told To not put it back in the

bottle and put it in the sink.

Mark

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

One of my dogs is sensitive to grains she is unable to eat anything with grain

without digestive and behavior problems. They eat a raw prey model style diet

consisting of 80% raw beef, lamb, chicken, and fish, 10% organs, and 10% bone.

Ironically I had changed my dogs diet to gluten free before My daughters and I

were diagnosed they are both doing wonderful. I find it less expensive they only

eat about 3 oz. a day.

Sharron