Post by kickingfrog on Sept 7, 2014 7:30:50 GMT
West coast France - Gallette - ble de noir - sarrisin
Posted by GillM on 3/9/2014
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Just back from France (St Gilles de Croix) and found that the pancake places with sarrasin/ble de noir/buckwheat pancakes were fine for Sam. These savoury pancakes are usually available with all sorts of fillings and make a great reasonably priced meal. You can also ask for them with sweet filling, although the sweet fillings normally come in wheat pancakes ('wheat' is sometimes call 'ble blanc' to distinguish it from 'ble de noir' (buckwheat))
In some places they said they used 20% wheat flour in the gallettes, so obviously we avoided those. However the ones which used 100% buckwheat seemed to be OK, although I know buckwheat can have traces of wheat contamination.
For info: if anyone is in that region, the Hyper U, Super U supermarkets have by far the best range of gluten free bread, and some are open on Sunday morning!
Other supermarkets only had gf cakes, biscuits and pasta.
Knowledge of gluten-free issues is much higher now than in previous years. EU Labelling laws are great but many, many products have the French equivalent of 'may contain gluten' which I always find annoying!
Sam had several egg and ham gallettes, vendeen ham, sausages, steak frites, ice cream, gf bread and nutella, and particularly liked the dried saucisse, and more ice cream. He could have had salad and local beans and ham, but not to his taste!
As in the UK I found sticking to cafes and restaurants with good reputation (e.g. ones mentioned on web sites) was more reliable. Also ate in FLUNCH once, which is a chain of restaurants attached to various supermarkets and good basic reliable affordable food, the Flunch in St Hilaire de Riez open 7 days per week, lunchtime and evenings.
Posted by GillM on 3/9/2014
GF board
Just back from France (St Gilles de Croix) and found that the pancake places with sarrasin/ble de noir/buckwheat pancakes were fine for Sam. These savoury pancakes are usually available with all sorts of fillings and make a great reasonably priced meal. You can also ask for them with sweet filling, although the sweet fillings normally come in wheat pancakes ('wheat' is sometimes call 'ble blanc' to distinguish it from 'ble de noir' (buckwheat))
In some places they said they used 20% wheat flour in the gallettes, so obviously we avoided those. However the ones which used 100% buckwheat seemed to be OK, although I know buckwheat can have traces of wheat contamination.
For info: if anyone is in that region, the Hyper U, Super U supermarkets have by far the best range of gluten free bread, and some are open on Sunday morning!
Other supermarkets only had gf cakes, biscuits and pasta.
Knowledge of gluten-free issues is much higher now than in previous years. EU Labelling laws are great but many, many products have the French equivalent of 'may contain gluten' which I always find annoying!
Sam had several egg and ham gallettes, vendeen ham, sausages, steak frites, ice cream, gf bread and nutella, and particularly liked the dried saucisse, and more ice cream. He could have had salad and local beans and ham, but not to his taste!
As in the UK I found sticking to cafes and restaurants with good reputation (e.g. ones mentioned on web sites) was more reliable. Also ate in FLUNCH once, which is a chain of restaurants attached to various supermarkets and good basic reliable affordable food, the Flunch in St Hilaire de Riez open 7 days per week, lunchtime and evenings.