On 6/15/2017 9:37 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>>>
>>> If we happened to go to a restaurant, it was noticed by many that
>>> the allergic individual did in fact eat dishes that contained
>>> gluten. What an asshole.
>>>
>>> This entire allergy issue simply ****es me off.
>>
>> I never knew a single person that had allergies when I was a kid,
>> not one. Peanut butter sandwiches were rampant I tell you, simply
>> rampant, home baked cupcakes were sent to school for parties etc.,
>> and nobody ever went to a friends house with a note to tell their
>> mother what they could and couldn't have for snacks. LOL
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>>
>
> I had the same experiences, Cheri. There was never a fuss about food
> or what it contained. People only fussed about something they didn't
> like.
>
> When I was a kid I wasn't overly fond of chocolae chip cookies, but I
> loved peanut butter cookies. My mother always packed quite a few in
> my lunchbox, as she knew that some of the other kids would end up
> getting some of them.
>
> Babies that were beyond the bottle-feeding stage were virtually
> always given bits of many foods to taste and learn to eat what the
> family ate. IMO, many kids are being raised in such a rarified
> environment that they never built up a wel-develope immune system.
> No wonder they're sick all the time.
>

When my daughter was in high school her best friend said she was
allergic to eggs. If she stayed over, she never touched one but always
made a big fuss. I'd laugh every time she had pancakes, pound cake
lemon meringue pie, and on and on.