Sacrament lore

[Green Monstah]

The best thing about my current ward is that the same family brings the bread every week: really incredible homemade stuff that our priests break into big chunks because, well, they're lazy teenagers. My kids' strategy is always to take the biggest piece they can find, sifting through the chunks as if they were prospecting for gold. They tell me that that choosing the biggest chunk is one way they demonstrate their love for the Savior. Okay, I guess.

We have a family who brings the bread every week, but it is gluten free, and it is nasty.

[Paperback Writer]

We have a family who brings the bread every week, but it is gluten free, and it is nasty.

My ward has a couple of members who require gluten free bread. They provide their own bread, a teacher or priest collects it before the prayer and it is placed on a sacrament tray. After the prayer, a deacon then passes the gluten free bread to those members first before going to his normal station. Seems to be a good solution.

[Green Monstah]

My ward has a couple of members who require gluten free bread. They provide their own bread, a teacher or priest collects it before the prayer and it is placed on a sacrament tray. After the prayer, a deacon then passes the gluten free bread to those members first before going to his normal station. Seems to be a good solution.

Yeah, I think the family finds great satisfaction in providing the ward with bread sans gluten. Maybe I should remind them that Jesus didn't break rice bread and hope they don't go wine/water on me.

[Clark Addison]

A while ago, we had a surprise appearance of cinnamon bread one week. Even though it only happened once, and it was a couple of years ago, I get all hopeful every time the tray draws near.

In a similar vein, once when I was 15 we put 7-Up in one of the sacrament cups.

[LVAllen]

My ward has a couple of members who require gluten free bread. They provide their own bread, a teacher or priest collects it before the prayer and it is placed on a sacrament tray. After the prayer, a deacon then passes the gluten free bread to those members first before going to his normal station. Seems to be a good solution.

Our last ward solved the problem by including a small plastic cup in each tray, and putting the disgusting gluten-free stuff in there, like a little anti-gluten palisade. It kept the enemy glutens from invading, and let everyone else know which bread to stay away from.

[chrisrenrut]

Our last ward solved the problem by including a small plastic cup in each tray, and putting the disgusting gluten-free stuff in there, like a little anti-gluten palisade. It kept the enemy glutens from invading, and let everyone else know which bread to stay away from.

Ditto, but we just use Rice Chex.

[Omaha 680]

My dad told me that when he was a kid he swore that if he were ever bishop his ward would serve hamburger buns and lemonade every week for the sacrament. I reminded him of this many times when he actually became bishop, but it never happened

[Uncle Ted]

My ward has a couple of members who require gluten free bread. They provide their own bread, a teacher or priest collects it before the prayer and it is placed on a sacrament tray. After the prayer, a deacon then passes the gluten free bread to those members first before going to his normal station. Seems to be a good solution.

Yeah, I think the family finds great satisfaction in providing the ward with bread sans gluten. Maybe I should remind them that Jesus didn't break rice bread and hope they don't go wine/water on me.

Maybe y'all should point out to them that they are most likely just a bunch of belly aching whiners...

Science Proves Gluten Sensitivity Isn’t Real, People Are Just Whiners

That may be a snarky way of saying it, but it’s true in some cases. Scientific studies have concluded that sensitivity to gluten for people who do not have Celiac disease may be completely psychological. It is especially relevant in a country where 17 million people may unnecessarily believe that they are gluten-sensitive. (Source: A Mayo Clinic survey in 2012, cited in a NY Times article.)
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http://www.buzzworthy.com/science-pr...-just-whiners/

[old_gregg]

Maybe y'all should point out to them that they are most likely just a bunch of belly aching whiners...


http://www.buzzworthy.com/science-pr...-just-whiners/

turns out celiac disease is a thing

[Uncle Ted]

turns out celiac disease is a thing

And ~17 million folks that think they have it don't.

[LVAllen]

And ~17 million folks that think they have it don't.

But until you can really convince those folks, they will continue to request segregation of bread based on white and very white.

[old_gregg]

And ~17 million folks that think they have it don't.

...but some do

[Sullyute]

...but some do

I had a companion on my mission who had celiac disease. Considering it was Italy, he basically only ate polenta. He wasn't a happy camper, or at least his intestines weren't.

[CardiacCoug]

Sure if somebody has had small bowel biopsies and blood tests that confirm celiac disease and have been definitively diagnosed by a board-certified gastroenterologist with celiac disease then they have the real thing.

For every person who has the real disease there are ten people walking around saying they have "celiac" or "gluten-sensitivity" that are self-diagnosed, diagnosed by a clueless family doctor, or diagnosed by a chiropractor or naturopath (or for kids diagnosed by a crazy parent). These people are idiots or have idiots for parents.

[cougjunkie]

Sure if somebody has had small bowel biopsies and blood tests that confirm celiac disease and have been definitively diagnosed by a board-certified gastroenterologist with celiac disease then they have the real thing.

For every person who has the real disease there are ten people walking around saying they have "celiac" or "gluten-sensitivity" that are self-diagnosed, diagnosed by a clueless family doctor, or diagnosed by a chiropractor or naturopath (or for kids diagnosed by a crazy parent). These people are idiots or have idiots for parents.

We have a friend who went to her gym and had a test done!!! She now claims a severe gluten sensitivity along with being lactose intolerant. I guess they gave her a list of foods that she was sensitive too on a scale from 1-4. All from a simple test. She can't really eat anything per that test.