{"id":84,"date":"2007-07-13T18:24:02","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T18:24:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-05-15T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T14:31:22","slug":"non-meat-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/meat-allergy\/non-meat-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Meat Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"

My favorite non-meat meat is a style of Chinese cooking developed by Buddhists. They are true non-violent Buddhists who follow their beliefs closely, which precludes eating meat, since to eat meat means to harm an animal.<\/p>\n

The thing is though, that the Chinese love<\/em> their meat, so what to do?<\/p>\n

They have developed this fantastic vegetarian cooking style that is so good, that most carnivore will not feel deprived of their meat if they eat these dishes!<\/p>\n

The best example of this is a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Penang, Malaysia. Home-cooked every day. Wish I could give you directions, but I’d only know how to find it if I was still there and tried walking there.<\/p>\n

What I later found out is that this food based on wheat<\/a> gluten<\/a>. I did not know this at the time, and yet it did not seem to trigger my wheat allergy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Obviously, celiacs<\/a> must avoid this food<\/a>! And yet I am left wondering why I was able to eat it without apparent problems. Why is this?<\/p>\n

For a start, I am not celiac. Lucky me! I assume that I am not allergic to gluten, but some other protein in wheat. The other possibility is that because I was on an extended holiday at the time, my allergies where less noticeable. <\/p>\n

So should I try this food again? Well, it seems a bit risky to me, but you never know, next time I am in Penang …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"