On Sat 03 May 2008 07:28:56a, James Silverton told us...

> PeterLucas wrote on Sat, 3 May 2008 14:18:06 +0000 (UTC):
>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_floater
>>>>
>>>> The only use for *tinned* peas that I can think of.
>>>
>>> He won't even eat pea soup. Only cream of tomato (smooth).
>
>> And as a supposed 'adult', he can't be told, "Eat this or go hungry"?
>
>> Does he have *real* adverse reactions to certain foods? Or is it just
>> a spoilt child thing?
>
> People do claim "allergies" to things they dislike without
> regard for the clinical use where an allergist diagnoses an
> allergy by the production of anntibodies, I believe. I have gone
> thro' a fairly full allergy test and even that was a bit
> inconclusive. My mild allergy to cats was confirmed but cats are
> not allergic to me and I don't really dislike them :-)

Oh, he has absolutely no allergies, just a psychological aversion. I look
at it this way...he doesn't know what he's missing. :-)

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