Generally, I try to bring something relatively healthy or at least not loaded with sugar. Veggie tray, or meat and crackers, crock pot of soup/chili and buns. It goes over well and there is never any left overs.
Out of all my coworkers, I am the one with the food intolerances, not the 'don't eat it because of personal choices' person, but really, gluten and dairy give me pain in the digestive system so bad, I refer it to a bout of gout. Stomach gout. The guys at work can relate, they ask how much pain can gluten and dairy cause, I say, think of it as gout, and you can see them wince at the thought.
Do any of my coworkers ever think of me when they are thinking of what to bring for food week? No, but I am okay with that, truly, I am, I don't expect people to go out of their way for me. Until today. When one coworker asked me what I was bringing for the table, and I said that I would have to re-think it as a lot of people brought a meat and cheese tray, which I was going to do as well.
Co-worker says, "Well, just bring something that you can have that no one else would want". Meaning, and I know they meant it, g-free and dairy free cannot taste good at all, so who would want to eat it anyways. It gets soo tiring.
This is my life...
Non g-free person: "How can you do it, I would starve, what can you eat that doesn't have gluten in it?"
Me: "I dunno, steak is usually pretty good."
Fine, a bag of regular chips it is then for the food table, because we all know potatoes are loaded with gluten.
(Thanks for listening to my rant, I feel better now...
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