Dave Bugg wrote:
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> >> I absolutely detest dates, myself. I do love pecans, though.
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> > I like pecans but i can't eat them :-(
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> Serious bummer. That's gotta be a hard restriction to follow sometimes,
> especially since you love to bake.


Literally :-(
I like nuts and always had problems after eating walnuts, but the problem
appears to have expanded to most other nuts. I used to love things like
pecan pie, Baklava and carrot cake but have to avoid them now. Last night I
was at a reading of A Christmas Carol and one of the readers was Anna Olsen
(celebrity chef "Sugar") and after the reading they had goodies including a
Strawberry Shortcake Trifle, a Chocolate Mousse Cake and a German Chocolate
cake that she had made. I opted for the German Chocolate Cake. It was
incredible, but when I got the the middle of it I discovered that it was
loaded with little bits of walnut, so I had to skip that part of it. Not so
bad though because I traded with my wife for some of the Strawberry
Shortcake Trifle, which was also very good.