RE: Re: Dinner out tonight--Outback

[Guest guest]

Hey Sy-

Dinner was great at Outback!

I had dessert!! Yummmmmmmmm.

The boys had plain burgers and the funny (haha) thing

that happened was my mom cut up my 4 year old's with

her salad (crouton) fork and knife!

We had to send it back and get a new one (after little

debate at our table from my mom and hubby).

BUT--Outback didn't even charge us for the extra

burger. Nice of them--don't ya think?

Our waitress was very knowledgeable about what was not

gf. She knew no seasoning on veggie and that kind of

stuff. But we all got a chuckle when she brought the

bread out for the 3 non-gfer's.

" Here's the bread, " she said and then looked me in

the eye and said, " You can't have the bread, it has

gluten in it. "

My hubby thought that was the funniest thing he ever

heard. I told him I (later at home)don't care that

she has no idea what gluten free means because at

least she knows what is okay on the menu and what

isn't.

It was a fun night. And the Sox won!!!

Thanks for letting me share with ones who understand!

--- A Olsen wrote:

> Have a great time .It feels so good to feel sorta

> normal going out to eat Ali

>

> heather waters wrote:Thanks

> for the warning too, Janet. I called outback

> and we are set for 7 at 5pm. My hubby wants to

> watch

> the Red Sox on tv and they said they'll try to hook

> us

> up the gf and tv!!!!!

>

> Oh--I hope all goes well! When my hubby balked

> because the game is on I told him I could care less

> if

> he came or not! (Hehe) I want to eat food that I

> didn't cook!!!!!!!!!

>

>

>

>

>

> (cd and two of our four are as well)

> --- JanetB@... wrote:

>

> > When I get tired of cooking we get takeout from

> one

> > of the big chain restaurants- usually Outback.

> > (Eating in with my 3 yr old is never fun for any

> of

> > us.)

> > When we called Applebees we found NOTHING at all

> to

> > feed our kids.

> > I asked the person on the phone- do you have baked

> > potatoes?

> > ---No, she says, but we have mashed potatoes.

> > Well, are your mashed potatoes gluten free? I

> > inquired.

> > ---What???? she asked.

> > What's in your mashed potatoes, my kids can't have

> > gluten so I need to know the ingredients.

> > ---Ha Ha Ha, I don't know! she said (I KNOW she

> was

> > rolling her eyes!)

> > (The conversation went on, but basically that

> tells

> > the gist of it.)

> > We decided to get Texas Roadhouse for the first

> time

> > and it was great even though their fries turned

> out

> > not to be GF having been cooked with the battered

> > chicken.

> > Hope you find some good food out. Since it's 4:00

> > and I don't have a thing planned for our evening

> > meal I'm thinking of doing the same!

> > Janet

> >

> >

> > RE: Dinner out tonight

> >

> > > Applebee's is DEFINITELY an " eat at your own

> risk "

> > place. Even

> > > they say

> > > that, and will NOT give any suggestions as to

> what

> > might be GF on

> > > thiermenu. It's sad...

> > >

> > > Bridget

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

,

I don't think you realize how completely elated you sound in your message! It is

great to hear someone so happy after eating out...usually we only hear the bad

stuff. So, thanks for your message. You have given me hope and given me just a

little more courage to try eating out soon with our son, who was just dx in June

(he's almost 3 and the only CD in our family so far)

Thanks! Bridget

________________________________

From: heather waters

Sent: Sat 10/9/2004 6:55 AM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: Re: Re: Dinner out tonight--Outback

Hey Sy-

Dinner was great at Outback!

I had dessert!! Yummmmmmmmm.

The boys had plain burgers and the funny (haha) thing

that happened was my mom cut up my 4 year old's with

her salad (crouton) fork and knife!

We had to send it back and get a new one (after little

debate at our table from my mom and hubby).

BUT--Outback didn't even charge us for the extra

burger. Nice of them--don't ya think?

Our waitress was very knowledgeable about what was not

gf. She knew no seasoning on veggie and that kind of

stuff. But we all got a chuckle when she brought the

bread out for the 3 non-gfer's.

" Here's the bread, " she said and then looked me in

the eye and said, " You can't have the bread, it has

gluten in it. "

My hubby thought that was the funniest thing he ever

heard. I told him I (later at home)don't care that

she has no idea what gluten free means because at

least she knows what is okay on the menu and what

isn't.

It was a fun night. And the Sox won!!!

Thanks for letting me share with ones who understand!

--- A Olsen wrote:

> Have a great time .It feels so good to feel sorta

> normal going out to eat Ali

>

> heather waters wrote:Thanks

> for the warning too, Janet. I called outback

> and we are set for 7 at 5pm. My hubby wants to

> watch

> the Red Sox on tv and they said they'll try to hook

> us

> up the gf and tv!!!!!

>

> Oh--I hope all goes well! When my hubby balked

> because the game is on I told him I could care less

> if

> he came or not! (Hehe) I want to eat food that I

> didn't cook!!!!!!!!!

>

>

>

>

>

> (cd and two of our four are as well)

> --- JanetB@... wrote:

>

> > When I get tired of cooking we get takeout from

> one

> > of the big chain restaurants- usually Outback.

> > (Eating in with my 3 yr old is never fun for any

> of

> > us.)

> > When we called Applebees we found NOTHING at all

> to

> > feed our kids.

> > I asked the person on the phone- do you have baked

> > potatoes?

> > ---No, she says, but we have mashed potatoes.

> > Well, are your mashed potatoes gluten free? I

> > inquired.

> > ---What???? she asked.

> > What's in your mashed potatoes, my kids can't have

> > gluten so I need to know the ingredients.

> > ---Ha Ha Ha, I don't know! she said (I KNOW she

> was

> > rolling her eyes!)

> > (The conversation went on, but basically that

> tells

> > the gist of it.)

> > We decided to get Texas Roadhouse for the first

> time

> > and it was great even though their fries turned

> out

> > not to be GF having been cooked with the battered

> > chicken.

> > Hope you find some good food out. Since it's 4:00

> > and I don't have a thing planned for our evening

> > meal I'm thinking of doing the same!

> > Janet

> >

> >

> > RE: Dinner out tonight

> >

> > > Applebee's is DEFINITELY an " eat at your own

> risk "

> > place. Even

> > > they say

> > > that, and will NOT give any suggestions as to

> what

> > might be GF on

> > > thiermenu. It's sad...

> > >

> > > Bridget

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

,

Glad you had such a wonderful time. My husband and I (both celiac) celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary at the Outback last March. First time we had tried to eat out in a sit down restaurant since being dx. We had a wonderful time and neither of us reacted. We felt so good when we left the restaurant we went to the movies. Before being dx, we would often plan dinner out and then a movie but we never made it to the movie!!! We would end up coming home, confused about why we always felt so lousy after eating out! Ha ha.

Glad you had such a good experience. Thank goodness for the Outback!

Cari

RE: Dinner out tonight> > > > > Applebee's is DEFINITELY an "eat at your own> risk"> > place. Even > > > they say> > > that, and will NOT give any suggestions as to> what> > might be GF on > > > thiermenu. It's sad...> > > > > > Bridget> > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________> Do you Yahoo!?> Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We> finish.> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >

[Guest guest]

,

So happy to hear that you had a great meal at Outback!

We always have good luck there and they are one of our favorite places!

Enjoy!

Barbara in Missouri

From: heather waters Sent: Sat 10/9/2004 6:55 AMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Re: Dinner out tonight--OutbackHey Sy-Dinner was great at Outback!I had dessert!! Yummmmmmmmm.The boys had plain burgers and the funny (haha) thingthat happened was my mom cut up my 4 year old's withher salad (crouton) fork and knife!We had to send it back and get a new one (after littledebate at our table from my mom and hubby). BUT--Outback didn't even charge us for the extraburger. Nice of them--don't ya think?Our waitress was very knowledgeable about what was notgf. She knew no seasoning on veggie and that kind ofstuff. But we all got a chuckle when she brought thebread out for the 3 non-gfer's."Here's the bread," she said and then looked me inthe eye and said, "You can't have the bread, it hasgluten in it."My hubby thought that was the funniest thing he everheard. I told him I (later at home)don't care thatshe has no idea what gluten free means because atleast she knows what is okay on the menu and whatisn't.It was a fun night. And the Sox won!!! Thanks for letting me share with ones who understand!

[Guest guest]

Our waitress at the outback a couple of

months ago did the same thing. I think that habit forces them to bring it to

the table before they figure out what they have done. And yes we had a good

chuckle too!