Did you know that...........

Did you know that imitation crab often has gluten in it? I didn't.

The other night we went out to a sushi place for my Mom-in-laws b-day. It is called Fuji Sushi. Now, I will tell you right now, I am not a big fan of sushi or most fishy things. What I do like when it comes to fishy things is Tilapia. Yum! If I did like sushi and if I wasn't restricted on what I could eat, this place is pretty good. That is coming from my in-laws, whom some people could refer to as food snobs. (I do say that in a good way). :)

I basically figured that I would just have to resort myself in to eating just the edamames. There is definitely no complaining about edamames though, I like edamames. Steam them a little, toss some(*alot*) of salt on them and you are good to go. After talking with the waitress though and the family, I decided that I would give some sushi a try. It was the Mermaid Roll. Imitation crab, some fish eggs, some other stuff that I don't know what it was, avocado, all rolled in cucumber with some vinegar. The waitress said that she knew that particular roll was gluten free, the family, as well as myself was sure it was gluten free. Maybe it was.

No, I can tell you right now that I don't like imitation crab. Yes, I have tried it before, multiple times. Remember though, I was being brave. The first couple were not that bad. Not fantastic but not bad. The cucumber and the vinegar helped hide the fishy taste pretty well. The third or fourth roll,(can't quite remember which) I thought I was going to hurl. I was done.

The following day I got a headache. It kept progressing until it turned into a full blown migraine. Getting headaches for me is nothing too uncommon but getting migraines is pretty rare. I felt miserable, sick, and nauseous. I was useless.

A couple days later I came across this site, MyGlutenFacts.com. It is a really good site, might I add. On this site, one of the facts was about imitation crab. I was baffled. I had no idea. Now, I am wondering if that crab I ate(which probably only equaled about 1 1/2 tablespoons, at most) did in fact, have gluten. Could that be what brought on my migraine the next day?

Needless to say, I will not be having crab again. Oh Darn! Haha! I honestly don't think that will be a problem. Now I have a good excuse for when people say, "Oh come on, just give it another try. Your taste buds may have changed. This one was cooked differently than the last one."


.........Well, now you know!