A week ago this past Saturday, I accidentally ZAPPED myself with gluten when I made Boston Baked Beans. The recipe called for Ketchup; I did not have ketchup, I had tomato paste. Thinking, I buy all the groceries, I know this does not have gluten. I opened the can of paste, scooped out 1/3 cup, mixed it into the baked beans (pressure cooker – 60 minutes and they were finished) and checked out the flavor. My was it delicious…. ate a 1/2 cup of beans, went to bed. When I woke up in the morning after tossing and turning all night, and got out of bed, I was not feeling well. Never thought I ate gluten. When my son checked the label for the tomato paste, yup, you guessed it, WHEAT in the ingredients….. I threw the other four cans in the trash. Still not right after 1 week, 3 days. UGH!
The moral of this story is, no matter how long one has been gluten free, one must NEVER let one’s guard down by not reading the label…