Tara wrote:
> I found out yesterday afternoon that my kids need to bring a dozen
> breakfast items each to a chorus breakfast party tomorrow at 7:45.
> Our cupboards are rather low at the moment because I have been trying
> to use up what we have on hand to make way for Christmas cooking. I
> don't have any eggs or breakfast meat on hand.
>
> I do not want to go to the store. My first thought was to pick up a
> big box of doughnut holes on the way to school in the morning, but I
> don't want to bring in sweets. There will already be plenty of
> pastries brought in.
>
> So, I am making mini peanut butter and jelly sandwiches -- PB & J cut
> into triangles. We have a peanut allergy in the chorus, so I am also
> making cheese biscuits. I thought about pinwheel sandwiches or mini
> cheese quesadillas.
>
> Ta-da! Not exciting, but it will serve.
>
> Tara

You have to find out how severe the peanut allergies are. Some children
are so allergic that you can't bring in anything with peanuts on the off
chance that they'll have even minor contact with it somehow. My wife's
school (grades 5 through 8) manages this by the class, e.g., if someone
in the class has a peanut allergy, then no one in that class brings in
anything with peanuts for any group activity like the one you're
describing. One child with an even more severe allergy can mean that no
one in the class can bring in peanuts in any form, period, while a
milder allergy might mean it's OK to bring in peanuts as long as
everything is clearly identified - that's the sort of thing where a
child might have only a mild allergy.

Good to ask about this sort of thing - it's probably something they sent
home a letter/email about in September.

A pain, I know, but those are the facts on the ground these days.

-S-