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What do you order when eating at a restaurant?

Transplants | Last Active: Jan 6, 2022 | Replies (67)
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@hello1234

Thank you so much @rosemarya for checking with your son in the restaurant business... That's super awesome! I also like your idea to switch to pecan pancakes at a restaurant instead of blueberry to assure the pancake is cooked well. When you eat out, do you eat from the bread basket...is that an okay idea? I am a real bread LOVER but my concern at a restaurant is that the bread may be handled by the server. I am pretty confident that a reputable restaurant wouldn't re-serve the "leftovers" from someone else's basket, but you can never be sure depending on the server. Do you eat the bread out? Use the ketchup on the table or ask for takeout packets of ketchup? No ice in your drink and ask for a straw? Clean the utensils with your napkin? Ask for no garnish on the plate? ....I wish I lived close to your son's restaurant!! I would go there all the time Rosemary!!! ❤❤

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Dec 3, 2021

I eat the bread and my friends and family let me select my piece first. I am the official bread cutter a well as the permanent designated driver. If there is olive oil or any dipping dish, I ask for a separate dish. Of course I do to with a smile and a 'please' . (It is a wonderful opportunity to mention that I am a transplant recipient and do a bit of promotion for organ donation! I have even extended invites to Mayo Clinic Connect.
I never use any of the condiments on the table, even before Covid. I have even learned that fries without catsup taste good! Sometimes, I ask my husband to put some catsup on my plate when he gets his.
My choice beverage is unsweetened ice tea with no lemon slice.
I do like to use a straw, I always have. But even that can be tricky - wrapped, partial wrap, unwrapped, in a dispenser are all confusing. It is a judgement call based on where I am.
I am selective about ice in my drink. Early after transplant I drank everything at room temperature to avoid ice. I have eased up in my 'older transplant years'.
I do wipe silverware. I don't know that it does much good, but I feel better about it. On rare occasions, I have asked for a replacement.
My husband and I were in Alaska in 2008 and 2010, and all the water was from the well, except for the drinking and cooking water. That is where we found some of the cloudiest silverware and glassware I have ever seen. It was cloudy, but clean - and it accompanied the best salmon imaginable.

@hello1234, Let common sense guide your choices. You will find adjustments cumbersome at first, but it does get easier over time.
Did you dine out much before your kidney transplant? What do you look forward to ordering when you do go out to eat?

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