The innards

[Thomas]

This post is aimed mainly at Engineer, whose extensive traveling must mean that he has an iron gut!

After having to change my daily diet, when I travel and must eat all means out I find that my gut is not exactly happy. The major culprit, I believe, is butter (not to mention salt, but that's another issue).

I don't eat butter at home anymore (and I miss it). But out and about, I have no control over how food is prepared. I find that even those so-called broiled fish dinners often include some butter, which chefs obviously know provides texture as well as flavoring.

Over three days in Manhattan my gut screamed bloody murder at me! Now that I am home, it seems to have become relatively peaceful.

The long and short of it: I do wish restaurants would provide a choice. It's a pain in the backside to have to have a conversation with the wait staff, most of whom become annoyed at the mere mention of changing a dish to meet a customer's desires--and they often forget to or can't get the change made.