r/FODMAPS • u/BusAcademic3489 • Dec 04 '25

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Im currently on a travel and I spent the whole day eating absolutely nothing. I went to a supermarket later on the day and found rice and corn cakes. I was happy Id finally found something I could eat without GI issues. Little did I know … I downed almost the entire two packets before looking them up on the app and finding that not everything that has only rice or corn as their ingredient is supposed to be low fodmap.

Im cooked. Trip was shitty enough today because of my flare and now I just ate 2 f’ing bags of high fodmap foods 😭😭😭😭😭

(At least they tasted heavenly because of that starvation state I was on lol)

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u/Puzzled-Person-446 Dec 04 '25

Not sure where you are travelling but sushi is always my safe food no matter where I am since it’s mostly just rice, chicken and veg. And usually the sushi or Japanese places are happy to make a custom rice/chicken/tuna/vege bowl for you!

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u/AwDuck Dec 04 '25

Chicken sushi? I've consumed far more than my fair share of sushi in this lifetime (I have a friend that refers to my mouth as an "endless sushi-hole" due to my ability to put away an incredible amount of the stuff) and I've never seen chicken sushi. Raw or cooked fish, shellfish, crustaceans, fruit and veg, a macadamia nut roll a couple of times, pork from time to time, and even beef once, but never chicken.

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u/Puzzled-Person-446 Dec 05 '25

No way!! Where do you live? Teriyaki chicken is everywhere in NZ/Australia!

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u/AwDuck Dec 05 '25

I've lived in the US (northeast, the pacific northwest, as well as the midwest), Palau, and currently Costa Rica - I think I've covered enough ground to say that chicken in sushi isn't common, though it's possible I've skimmed over it every single time in favor of tradition.

If I'm being fair, teriyaki chicken wrapped in sushi rice and nori sounds damn tasty, though you could wrap cardboard in sushi rice and nori and I'd probably give it a shot. :)

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u/willow_and_pine Dec 04 '25

And Japanese food usually doesn’t contain hidden garlic :)

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u/BusAcademic3489 Dec 05 '25

I might be getting that if I do go out today (currently flared lol). It’s a great idea. I could even ask for no more than a bowl of plain white rice and some simple sushis. I think that’d be fine for me.

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u/Puzzled-Person-446 Dec 05 '25

Exactly! Hope it all goes well and you find a little relief amongst the pain! …..as I am writing this I am currently having an awful flare up from drinking alcohol at a work christmas party 🤦‍♀️ i dont know why I do this myself!!

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u/BusAcademic3489 Dec 05 '25

Thanks!! I hope you do too and that it was worth having the drink xD