{"id":1096,"date":"2020-02-21T15:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:07:48","slug":"abroad-dairy-allergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/abroad-dairy-allergy\/","title":{"rendered":"My year abroad with a dairy allergy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Rhiannon Thefaut, BA International Business Management<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

As someone who cannot eat dairy, going to France for my year abroad was probably not my best idea. For one, I spoke minimal French and was left using google translate to explain to the waiters that I needed pizza, sans fromage. Secondly, France has not yet progressed to including allergy information on their menus, let alone providing vegan options. And lastly, everything in France includes dairy products, from the classic croissants and French breads to meat, pizza \u2013 and even \u2018les escargots! However, as I narrowly managed to avoid death by dairy last year, I\u2019ve proved that it is possible. Here I will give you some top tips to effectively manage your allergy whilst abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first thing that helped me was stocking up and bringing lots of dairy free foods from home \u2013 luckily, you can get the ferry or the Eurotunnel to France and so I had quite a bit of room to bring everything necessary. I made sure to bring the basics \u2013 sauces, hot chocolate powder, butter etc\u00a0<\/span>and then packed the rest of the car to the brim with as many snacks as possible; chocolate, biscuits, crumpets and sweets. This was vital, because I couldn\u2019t buy them from French supermarkets \u2013 and with 40 hours of lectures a week, stress eating was a common occurrence!<\/p>\n

Secondly, look everywhere for small, family owned businesses \u2013 these are your best bet for finding speciality foods that cater to specific dietary requirements. One that I found in France, called Bio, sells vegan \u2018pains au chocolat\u2019 and croissants; finding these was amazing, especially when my friends had croissant mornings as it let me join in on the fun! Also ensure to look out for international chain businesses such as Starbucks Coffee. They will have dairy and gluten free alternatives, with less risk of contamination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lastly, try to meet people from the country where you\u2019re staying, as they can then explain to restaurant waiters and shop clerks about your dietary requirements. If you don\u2019t know anyone, then make sure you\u2019ve perfected how to explain it yourself in the language using simple phrases such as \u2018sans fromage\u2019 (French for \u2018without cheese\u2019). <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Most European countries aren\u2019t as accommodating towards veganism or allergies as England, unless you\u2019re in a major city like Rome or Paris. But it\u2019s definitely possible to cope with just an extra bit of effort in most places. I went to many different restaurants whilst on my year abroad and whilst I struggled in some places, in the end they want your money \u2013 so they\u2019ll be as accommodating as possible. You got this!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rhiannon Thefaut, BA International Business Management As someone who cannot eat dairy, going to France for my year abroad was probably not my best idea. For one, I spoke minimal French and was left using google translate to explain to the waiters that I needed pizza, sans fromage. Secondly, France has not yet progressed … Continue reading “My year abroad with a dairy allergy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,7,74],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1099,"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}