On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:50:57 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>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.

It's possible. The concentration of "egg" in an egg is much higher
than in a pie or a pancake. Most likely, though, they should have used
the word sensitivity or intolerance rather than allergy.