rootofnewt | Glutano

I've been naughty lately and haven't been rotating wheat in and out of my diet. As a result, it's making me sicker, so I've gone of it if for a few days.

Meanwhile, I'm craving crispbread, of course. Tonight, my husband happened to pick up a box of Glutano Crispbread at Whole Foods and he asked "uh, what language is this in?" I looked at it and told him it was in English. It turned out he was staring at the Russian label for it. So I read off the ingredients in Russian, too, just to be obnoxious.

Anyhow, this stuff is labeled as being soy, wheat, egg, gluten, and milk free. It's mostly made from rice and corn products (with a bit of sugar and salt) and is vegetarian, from what I can see. It's bland, but has a nice, airy crunch to it. My husband compared it to Cap'n Crunch cereal without so much sugar. I dipped it in very garlicky hummus and fell in love. I highly recommend the Glutano Crispbread for dipping in bean dips, eating with goat cheese, marmite, or any other thing you might use crispbread for.

I was rather amused that the labels are in both English and Russian. I wasn't aware of an interest for GF food in any Slavic communities. I'd expect to see Swedish on a label for GF, but not Russian. I'm going to have to investigate this. Wheat, rye, and barley products are quite common in Russian cooking.

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