To Bread or Not to Bread

For years after I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease (2001) I never ate bread or any kind of Gluten Free substitute. I had tried gluten free breads the week after I was diagnosed & hated them so I never wanted to try again. It was not until years later when I was on my honeymoon in Thailand, I heard the lady sitting at the table opposite me trying to explain to the waiter she needed a gluten free breakfast. After the waiter left I offered her one of my Thai translated Gluten Free ID Cards. She was so excited as she had really been struggling to explain her situation to the Thai people. In exchange she offered me some Gluten Free bread she had brought with her from England. At first I declined explaining I didn’t eat bread any more (even Gluten Free options) but she assured me that Gluten Free bread had really improved and handed me 1/2 a loaf. I felt it would be ungrateful to decline and so I went up to the buffet, toasted a slice and loaded it with peanut butter (my favourite)… To my surprise it was actually pretty good.

A few days later I ended up with food poisoning from some questionable fried rice in Bangkok. Now rice was my staple diet while I was travelling in Thailand & after being so sick, I could not stand to look at it let alone eat it!! So for 5 days all I ate was Gluten Free toast plus some fruit. I don’t know what I would have done if that lady had not given me the Gluten Free bread, it turned out to be my saviour!
When I returned Australia I decided to give Gluten Free bread another chance and you know what it’s really is great. More & more brands are coming on the market & we now have lots variety to choose from. So give it a go, you just never know when you will need it!