On 12/19/2013 9:05 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
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>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
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>>>> 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
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>>>> 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.
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>>> I've read of that happening here too. Some parents complain but they
>>> wouldn't do so if it were their child with an allergy. Those
>>> allergies can kill
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>> True, unfortunately. But there are all sorts of degrees of allergy.
>> E.g., I play for one of my wife's classes (we're both music/theater
>> people and it's a musical theater thing where I play piano) and one
>> child has a nut allergy of some sort but it's not life-threatening,
>> apparently, so everyone just tries to bring in things he can eat, but
>> if someone messes up, we don't have to clear the room, he just has to
>> be told not to eat that particular item. He doesn't require that the
>> ingredients list says it wasn't made in a facility that doesn't
>> process nuts, which some people do require.
>>
>> As I think I've mentioned here before, I know someone whose child is
>> so dairy-allergic that if he has cream in his coffee in the morning
>> and kisses his child on the cheek at 5 PM, the child has a reaction.
>> There but for the grace ...
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> Yes, indeed

You're the master of the two word toss-off, dear...