Gluten Free

I’m gluten free, so if you do decide to buy bread, which I agree is very hit and miss, my current favourite is M&S Made Without Brown Seeded Bread Loaf, which is £2.80 I think. It freezes very well.

First of all, gluten can cause inflammation for some people that leads to joint paint. If she has had a knee replacement, there will be post-operative inflammation to deal with. Maybe she wants to reduce the effect of that. Maybe she had been advised to try a gluten free diet to help with other parts of her body where she may have inflammation. Does he have arthritis in her other joints, for example?

Most shops now have a section selling gluten-free food. It isn’t difficult to buy a loaf of gluten-free bread. It’s a bit more expensive but not excessively so. Sainsbury have a Warburtons gluten-free loaf for £2.00.

If you had someone with diabetes coming to lunch or someone who does not eat meat or fish would you not cater for them either?

My sister in law is celiac, so has a very strict gluten free diet for health.. not by choice. She always carries a gluten free roll or crackers everywhere with her as she cannot risk cross -contamination. It means she can also have something to eat that she knows won't have catastrophic results!
Gluten free breads etc can be very expensive and if this is for just one meal/occasion I can understand from that aspect alone you don't want to buy a whole loaf. Equally your relative would know what bread/ rolls she likes as my sister in law says there is a great variation in the quality/taste of the different brands. She says some are simply awful!!

It sounds like you see her frequently, so why not buy a gluten free loaf, and put it in the freezer afterwards for when she comes again, that will save you wasting anything and keep her happy too.

I have a gf diet and always offer to provide my own bread/rolls etc when invited for a meal. GF food is expensive and I would not expect my host to buy a whole loaf or pack of rolls, sausage rolls or whatever, as there would be loads left over and they would not necessarily want to eat the leftovers themselves (GF food is an acquired taste!). I would feel uncomfortable if they then offered the leftovers to me to take home.

We were preparing a food list with the caterers for my mother's funeral when it was pointed out to me that a cousin was gluten-free.
I phoned her in a panic as to how we could cater for her independently of the many others and she replied that she would, of course, bring her own food and that this was what she routinely did for social occasions.

I am gluten intolerant and was upset to be told to bring my own food to a wake. I doubt you would tell a vegetarian or vegan to bring their own food.

TBH I’d just provide some gluten free bread, assuming there will be plenty of other GF brunch-y stuff to fill up with - eggs, bacon, smoked salmon, mushrooms - is it going to be largely a ‘bakery’ brunch, though?

I doubt it’s a meal wwm, more of a buffet I would think.

I don’t think so, for an occasion like this (I share your dislike) where she will be able to eat most of the food on offer and is only asked to bring a bread-type item. It sounds as though this is a choice rather than a medical necessity. She sounds very entitled and demanding.

Tbh - if I invite someone to a meal - I don’t then expect them to bring their own food😄😄😄