How To Clean Gluten Off Surfaces

Video How to clean gluten from surfaces

When you’re not living a gluten-free life

Chances are if you’re living gluten-free, you already have a Gluten-Free Kitchen (oh for your sake, I hope). If you’re baking for someone who’s gluten-free or has been diagnosed with Celiac disease, we’d like to offer some tips to keep your kitchen safe before cooking or baking. rather than cross-contaminated components. Some people barely react, some react horribly to the presence of even very small amounts of gluten. Cross-contamination is the hardest part for gluten-free eaters, and it’s something that forbids those of us with this problem from eating outside the home.

Cross-contamination won’t happen in a gluten-free kitchen

This is true, that most pans and utensils will contain gluten cross-contamination. Gluten is very sticky by nature. This means we have to take a few small steps to cook gluten-free safely. Of course, our Test Kitchen doesn’t contain anything that could contaminate. But many people baking in solidarity for being gluten-free aren’t so lucky. Cookies, crackers, breadcrumbs, pasta, you can name it, almost anything has gluten. It’s best to keep everything in the closet if possible. If you have large jars of Flour, Sugar, and the like on your counter, you can temporarily move them.Flat surfaces are the easy kind. You start with old soap and hot water. Yes, HOT WATER. If there is gluten on the surface of your counter or kitchen island, we need hot soapy water to break up the sticky gluten. Wipe, wipe, wipe those surfaces. Once done and the surfaces cleaned, we use a secret weapon to make sure any leftover gluten breaks down. Our Secret Weapon – LYSOL Wipes!!! We love Lysol wipes. They are an important part of our cleaning arsenal when we serve food at people’s homes or work in professional kitchens. Lysol wipes disinfect surfaces leaving them pristine. Lysol wipes are also capable of breaking down the proteins that gluten resides in, rendering it harmless and ineffective. wash, wipe and rinse a second time to make sure the surface is truly safe for our gluten-free dishes.When we first entered a completely gluten-free kitchen, the thought of getting rid of our collection of wooden spoons was daunting, but necessary. There’s no use in gluten-free cooking when using only wooden or plastic spoons to potentially contaminate. So to be on the safe side, We use a lot of stainless steel for our utensils. It makes cleaning up in a mixed kitchen much easier. Again, hot soapy water is our friend. I let the pan and utensils soak for a few minutes. You have to get all the corners and seams of the pan very well. It’s in the seams and corners and around any studs that gluten can definitely hide. Rinse the pan, dry the pan and then if you’re the savvy you’ve guessed using lysol wipe on the pan. Then soak in hot water again for a final rinse. Well, not really, but I understand why you think so. My family’s first gluten poisoning after being diagnosed was from the pan. A great pan that has many great stews and stir-fries created in it. I knew it was time to create a truly Gluten Free Kitchen. Like it or not, I still have to get into the kitchen for real. I threw out every pan we owned that wasn’t stainless. To be on the safe side, we scrubbed the stainless steel twice. Read more: How to put a picture on a locket Then I bought a new set of non-stick cookware. My research shows that in nonstick cookware, any stain or scratch on the lining makes it susceptible to gluten contamination. The nature of a scratch makes it difficult to completely remove gluten. We cannot be contaminated. The response to pollution takes almost two weeks for the body to eliminate. It can damage the physical body just as sugar will destroy the engine. For me, it was a week of feeling like I had a bad flu, followed by a week of intense joint pain that made it almost impossible for me to stand fully upright. Then it leads to a week or so of just pain all over the body. Did I forget to mention the inability to think thrown straight into it? My daughters did not react very badly, but it still took more than two weeks for a small contaminant to be completely eliminated from the body. addicted to prilosec, then gluten shouldn’t be a problem for you (YAY!!!). But, if you’re like many of the amazing people in my life who created a gluten-free kitchen the day I visited, these tips will help you keep your friends and loved ones safe from harm. long-term effects of gluten exposure alone. Resources: Information on Lysol Wipes Gluten Facts Gluten and Kitchenware Don’t live near us? You can buy our mix online at our gluten-free baking mix store Read more: How to make a tornado in a box