In article . net>,
ilaboo > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:43:34 -0600, Katra
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I googled, they are white wood ear. :-)
> >>> Reconstitute to a crispy/chewy texture.
> >>>
> >>> But, after eating them, my face broke out in hives and has taken 4 days
> >>> to heal. :-P I'm not 100% sure that they are the culprit but I've never
> >>> had my face break out like this before and these were the only "new"
> >>> foods I've added to my diet this week.
> >>>
> >>> I'll let my poor itchy sore face heal up, then try them once again to
> >>> pin it down...
> >>> --
> >>
> >>I hope all is well soon! Sorry to hear you had a bad
> >>reaction... but as they say - it coulda been worse, at least
> >>you lived through it. So in keeping with the season, count
> >>your blessings (or you can count your hives).
> >>
> >>) (if you're in the mood)
> >>
> >>sf
> >>Practice safe eating - always use condiments
> >
> >
> > <snicker> The face is pretty well healed up now. ;-)
> > I'm not entirely sure it was the white woodears, it's just that I had
> > not introduced anything else new that I can think of.
> >
> > We shall see! They add an interesting texture to some dishes, and they
> > rehydrate well.
> i once had an allergic ractionto chinese herbal toothpaste that only
> affected the back of my thorat--could almost not swollow
>
> tooth paste had a heavy pine taste and i brobably got a chemical
> reaction to it
>
> would not try to determine if you where allergic to the ear mushrooms as
> you could get a severe reaction which means 911 and possible intubation
>
> hth
>

Wellllll... That is probably good advice, but all I got was hives. No
respiratory symptoms.

I need to know what I'm allergic to so that I can avoid similar foods in
the future.

If I am allergic to white wood ears, I'd probably be allergic to the
black ones as well, and possibly other polypores.


Thanks!
--
K.

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