'glutaminated', gluten-tainted.... was When Mom is sick

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Yes, I'm using this term in fun, but I'm also using it in a

serious way. It's important to know when a jar of PB or jelly,

or a stick of butter has been contaminated by gluten.

What do you suggest as a consise way of saying " contaminated by

gluten " ?

Keep 'glutaminated' in quotes?

Glu-taminated?

gluten-taminated?

glu-tainted?

gluten-tainted?

Hmmmmm.... I think gluten-tainted is a good one, although a

mouthful to say aloud.

It's easy for kids to shout " NO DADDY! NOT THAT BUTTER! THAT'S

THE GLUTAMINATED ONE!!! " I'll have to see if shouting " THAT'S

THE GLUTEN-TAINTED ONE! " works as well.

And thank you for the chemistry lesson on glutaminate and glutamine.

I have seen those on labels and found myself cross-checking my big

'no no' list posted on the cupboard on more than one occasion.

Esther in RI

>

> I know you use this term in fun, but you might want to use something

more

> precise, so you don't confusing newcomers to the forum. Glutaminate

is the

> anion form of glutamine, one of the 20 amino acids in protein, but not

> actually a gluten problem (which is a protein chain, not an

individual amino

> acid - it is a sub-portion of that chain that is a problem not any

> individual amino acid contained in it). You are likely to see

glutaminate

> or glutamine on labels, but neither is a gluten problem.

>

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> >

> > I took the idea posted here about labelling foods. I got a bunch

> > of color-coded stickers at the dollar store.

> >

> > Red means GLUTAMINATED.

> > Green means gluten-free.

> >

> > If my older kids accidentally glutaminate the jar

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[Guest guest]

Perhaps Glutened or Glutenated

The problem with the glutaminated in messages here is that some have been

confused before and the diet is limited enough without needlessly avoiding

foods that don't contain gluten but have words in the ingredients that are

similar.

At our house, these products are easy to detect - they reside in a garbage

can (and it's been along time since that solution was needed). This works

especially well in families where the kids have to be the ones to remind

grownups what is safe for them to eat.

K

> -----Original Message-----

>

>

> Yes, I'm using this term in fun, but I'm also using it in a

> serious way. It's important to know when a jar of PB or jelly,

> or a stick of butter has been contaminated by gluten.

>

> What do you suggest as a consise way of saying " contaminated by

> gluten " ?

>

> Keep 'glutaminated' in quotes?

>

> Glu-taminated?

>

> gluten-taminated?

>

> glu-tainted?

>

> gluten-tainted?

>

> Hmmmmm.... I think gluten-tainted is a good one, although a

> mouthful to say aloud.

>

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