My brother. No, you don’t get to see him. Or me for that matter. However, he will be writing a few posts (here and there). I’m not sure exactly what he will do, but I’m guessing he’ll say what it’s like to be a gluten eating brother to a sister with celiac. Oh, and he’s lactose intolerant, so from now on, he will be known as the Milkless Brother. (It would have been Milkless Wonder, but he’s my brother) Oh, in case you’ve been reading me forever, he is formerly known as red firetruck. Or my little brother. I’ve used both.
Anyways, without further adieu, here is his first post (ever. so excuse anything he might say. he’s new at this after all. =D)
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Hi I am the Milkless Brother I do eat gluten and am sometimes annoyed by all the gluten free stuff (taste, length of time to make etc.). Our house is now almost all gluten free except for a cupboard that only has gluten in it. Anyways… One of these days I was all of a sudden craving some nutella, so we went out and bought a small jar of it. The only difference was that we had to use a spoon instead of a knife(For use on glutinous bread, bagels etc.) due to cross contanimation. So, we quickly finished that jar and the next time we bought nutella we bought two small jars(although I really wanted to buy two big jars) and labelled one gluten free. It turned out to work and we were both satisfied(for now). Soon though, we will want much more.
Although I am not a celiac(yet) and I do eat gluten, I am becoming more and more gluten free as the days, weeks, months pass. I do have my pet peeves about gluten free eating(see above) I am starting to get more used to the gluten free cuisine. I also enjoy the creations my sister has made for desert especially the chocolate eclairs. I am lactose intolerant and do drink a special milk but, cheese and all that are OK so my sister only has to tweak recipes for here celiac and not my lactose intolerance. As the years have gone by, Our family’s menu has changed alot. Going from having bread at every meal and us all being OK to my sister getting sick and having more salt and other stuff and then ending up striving to keep our meals gluten free except for the few things my sister won’t eat and having that food not touching her food.
That is all I can think to write today I hope I may be able to do another post about having a sister gluten free and not being completely gluten free(for now). Anyways, that’s my segment.
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Thanks little Milkless Brother. This was fun. I hope it happens again.
xoxo
Lauren (and her Milkless Brother)
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