I share my kitchen with my husband and daughter who are not gluten free. Although I do most of the cooking, and prepare gluten free meals for all of us, I don't restrict gluten from my kitchen. My family eats regular bread, cereal, cakes etc, but they know that I get very sick if I eat gluten so they are extremely careful not to contaminate any of my food or food prep areas with anything that is not gluten free, starting with the toaster! We have 2 toasters, I have my own toaster for gluten free bread, they have their own for regular bread. Mine is marked by magnet letters. I guess you could call it the "virgin" toaster, it has never toasted anything with gluten in it!
Why, you may be thinking, do I take the chance of cross contamination by having gluten products in the house? Let's be honest, if I didn't have to eat gluten free, I wouldn't ! Although the taste of gluten free breads and other products has greatly improved over the years, they don't taste as good as the ones with gluten. And, they are much more expensive! So, I don't expect my family to give these up. I do expect them to respect my need to keep my food from cross contamination so I don't get sick. A knife that is used to spread butter or mayo on a sandwich is never dipped back into the jar. Dishes and utensils are always washed in the dishwasher. Gluten crumbs are cleaned up. We never share a gluten contaminated glass or spoon. I've never been "glutened" by my family being careless, I have been glutened many times by careless restaurant staff!
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