Where do you shop?

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Registered: 06-20-2003
Where do you shop?
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Mon, 05-02-2005 - 5:04pm

I can't do this as a poll, since there's no way to do multiple answers. But here's the question:


What type of (food) stores do you go to? Do you find what you need in normal grocery stores, or are you able to find things in one chain but not the other(s) in your area? Do you tend to go to health food stores, and is it because they have more of the organic, etc, foods or because the normal stores are the pits? How about farmer's markets, roadside stands, etc? And Internet suppliers? Anything I'm missing (besides your own garden, I guess)?


Things got complicated when I found I couldn't eat wheat, barley, rye, or oats (including processed foods with modified food starch, dextrin, and regular vinegar- look through your cabinets sometime and you'll see what I mean). But the nearest grocery store (we only have one chain) happens to be the one whose health food section is pretty well stocked with gluten-free foods (organic foods have less fillers, and so less of the things I can't eat, but it is still hard to find what I need at the other Hy-Vee stores). They don't have as good produce as the other stores, and it's hard to find the things that are considered more "gourmet"- Arborio rice, miso, and a lot of the other things we use a lot.


We do use the local health-food store, though mainly to pick up the miso, etc., to get the type of soy sauce I can eat (it normally contains wheat) and so on. We always went there for bulk wheat berries (before we knew I shouldn't eat them) and rice and so on, but we go more often now.


We do try to hit the farmer's market during the summer, though it's obviously a seasonal thing in most of the U.S.!


I do use an Internet food supplier, but it is for the specialty gluten-free things- mixes for angel cakes and treats, mayonnaise without white vinegar, the dinner mixes like mac and cheese that are handy when you're in a hurry, and so on. Obviously it has little to do with being vegetarian!



Jaseann



co-cl: Celiac Disease


co-cl: Vegetarian Living


People saying you look healthy doesn't men your symptoms aren't valid. Just because some physician didn't listen doesn't mean it's all in your head. Just because there is no definitive test yet doesn't mean the disease doesn't exist. You know you body- trust yourself!

Jaseann

co-cl-Celiac Disease

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 05-03-2005 - 10:17am

i shop predominently at the HFS as well as the local CSAs (community supported agriculture farmer's market) and Trader Joes. we just went 100% organic. yay!

another thing that we did a few months ago was move away from processed foods. with this, a lot of allergens can be avoided quite simply. if you have a problem with gluten, it's relatively easy to avoid these products because you're only buying stuff in it's 'whole' state. so, you know exactly what you're getting. Similarly, if you do want baked goods, it's easy enough to buy gluten free baked goods at the HFS.

anything that you need, you can basicly make--mayonaise, for instance, or any salad dressing, or whatever else you need. finding the specialized soy sauce, etc, is difficult, but thank goodness for HFS.