On Oct 20, 2:29*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Amateur Cook wrote:
> > I wonder if its an enzyme in the cashews or the oil or whatever from
> > the cashews..
>
> > But last weekend we bought some "turtles" candies but instead of
> > pecans they were cashews. I didn't pay attention to that , and if i
> > did, wouldn't have bought them because years ago, when I first had
> > cashews, my "butt" (you know where) got itchy real bad.
>
> > So all this week my butt started itching again and I'm wondering what
> > the heck is going on. In the meantime I'm enjoying the cashew candies
> > every day.
>
> > Then one day I look at the turtles box and see it says Cashews.
> > Zoinks!
>
> > So I've sinced stopped eating and the symptoms have of course gone
> > away.
>
> > Anyone else here with this problem?
>
> Any kind of nut does that to me, and walnuts and pecans are the worst.
> You know type of blisters you get on the roof of your mouth when you
> burn it. I get those from walnuts, and I suspect at the other end too. :-(- Hide quoted text -
>
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I'm severely allergic to all kinds of "tree nuts," especially
hazelnuts, but not to cashews (bush nuts) or almonds (related to
cherries). Go figure.

N.