One good thing about the pandemic

I have come to the conclusion that there are three good things to come out of this time of lockdown.

Firstly, there is the fact that my dermatitis herpetiformis (no, nothing do do with herpes) has nearly cleared up completely. This is because I don't eat out any more so prepare all my own meals.

Normally, I eat my 'red Thai curry with tofu' (which I also call 'medicine on a plate') at Saturday lunchtime. Sadly, the place had to move out of the building because it was closed and I don't know if they've been able to open a new place, what with everything being shut for 7 months. 

I don't even indulge in the occasional portion of chips in the Altstadt. 

This means there is no cross-contamination when I choose a meal that is naturally gluten-free, and they cook it in woks that have previously had noodles or breaded products in them. Or the chips are fried in fat that have had something with gluten fried in them. 

The skin on my legs, therefore, looks better than it has done in the last decade or more. At least the pandemic has been good for that, then.