Having recently moved to Austin, Texas, home of many things "Tex-Mex" I thought that it would be relatively easy to have gluten-free quick meals. You know, just say "corn tortillas, please". And for the most part it's been fine. But there's a wonderfully funky and good taco place nearby and I always made sure to get corn, not flour, tortillas. But sometimes the next day I'd have those familiar "gluten-free? uh, I don't think it was" feelings.
So the next time I stood around waiting for my breakfast taco (made with corn tortillas) I discovered that the corn tortillas are fried and heated up on the same grill as the flour tortillas. And they're heated up on the same area of the grill where the flour tortillas and tacos are placed. Hmmm... this could be a problem. So this restaurant is off the list of go-to quick food places. And now I'm thinking twice when I think "Tex-Mex".
I've learned, once again, that it not always easy to stay gluten free when I'm out and about. After my experience last year in Sweden, where almost everyone in restaurants knew about celiac disease, it's discouraging to have to be so vigilant. But, that's just how it is. Sigh.
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