On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:05:53 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> On 7/18/2015 9:37 AM, Cheri wrote:
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>>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Friday, July 17, 2015 at 5:52:38 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>>>>>> I am curious to see how many people on RFC have food
>>>>>> allergies/intolerances. I am highly allergic to dairy and egg. When I
>>>>>> say highly allergic I mean anaphylactic - not a good thing!
>>>>>> So, fire away!
>>>>>
>>>>> Not me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus, I'm only slightly sensitive to poison ivy.
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>>>>> My immune system works to the design specs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
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>>>> None that I know of either.
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>>>> Cheri
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>>> I have no food intolerances, either. OTOH, there are some foods I simply
>>> won't tolerate. 
A wedge of iceburg lettuce comes to mind.
>>>
>>> Jill
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>> I love iceberg lettuce and use it a lot, but I do remember now that not
>> too long ago I ate some blueberries, they made my tongue raw which has
>> never happened before, so don't know what that was about. I like Romaine
>> lettuce and other lettuces too, but I pretty much prefer iceberg for most
>> things around here.
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>Pineapple makes my mouth raw.
That's because you're being too frugal by eating the part too close to
the rind, that's where most of the bromelain is concentrated,
especially at the base/stem end. Bromelin is a natural meat
tenderizer... sucking the flesh from the rinds can put your lips out
of commission for several weeks, plus it can be quite painful, can
also cause permanent scarring... be sure to pare pineapple deep enough
to remove all traces of those 'eyes', and remove that center core, do
not eat/suck its juices. Unless you live where pineapple grows it's
best to eat canned pineapple. Canned pineapple is field ripened and
heated enough in processing to neutralize the bromelin. The
pineapples sold at locations where pineapples don't grow are green,
really not worth eating... field ripened pineapples like most tropical
fruit does not ship well. Once picked pineapple does not ripen, it
ferments, then rots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromelain