Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1591
Joseph Fuerst
>Unfortunately, it's not that simple......who ONLY eats at home? Many
>
> > . Would you be so easy going with your children's diet
> > if they could DIE from eating something with a peanut in it?
> >
>
> No, I just wouldn't have any peanuts or peanut-foods in the house.
>
>
restaurants use peanut oil, which is often enough to cause a reaction.
Some even react simply to have the aroma of peanuts in the air.
My daughters girl scout products come with a warning that even if the
product doesn't contain nuts, it was produced in a building that also
produces nut products; even a trace could cause a reaction.
Even sitting at a park where someone else had eaten a PB&J could be a
serious health hazard.
Susan
Lynda
You have my sympathy, Susan. I spent years scared to death about peanut
butter when I was a mere tyke back in the dark ages <g>
We were at Tilton Park in the Bay Area. We use to go to ride on the
carousel and my little sister was absolutely addicted to peanut butter. We
each had our little bag with our sandwiches in them. Mine was tuna, her's
was peanut butter. At anyrate, we also had dehydrated fruit in the bags.
Anther child was playing by us and my mother asked if the child could have
some of the pears because she had brought a whole extra bag of them. The
woman asked me what I was eating. I told her tuna. My mother had one of
those quizical looks on her face. The woman said o.k. not knowing that the
my little sister's sandwich was peanut butter (she was on the carousel with
my dad) and I guess some of the peanut butter got on the pears when my
mother made up the bags.
The little girl went into anaphalactic shock!
It is a truely scary world out there for folks with allergies!
Lynda
butter when I was a mere tyke back in the dark ages <g>
We were at Tilton Park in the Bay Area. We use to go to ride on the
carousel and my little sister was absolutely addicted to peanut butter. We
each had our little bag with our sandwiches in them. Mine was tuna, her's
was peanut butter. At anyrate, we also had dehydrated fruit in the bags.
Anther child was playing by us and my mother asked if the child could have
some of the pears because she had brought a whole extra bag of them. The
woman asked me what I was eating. I told her tuna. My mother had one of
those quizical looks on her face. The woman said o.k. not knowing that the
my little sister's sandwich was peanut butter (she was on the carousel with
my dad) and I guess some of the peanut butter got on the pears when my
mother made up the bags.
The little girl went into anaphalactic shock!
It is a truely scary world out there for folks with allergies!
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Fuerst <fuerst@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1591
> >
> >
> > > . Would you be so easy going with your children's diet
> > > if they could DIE from eating something with a peanut in it?
> > >
> >
> > No, I just wouldn't have any peanuts or peanut-foods in the house.
> >
> >
> Unfortunately, it's not that simple......who ONLY eats at home? Many
> restaurants use peanut oil, which is often enough to cause a reaction.
> Some even react simply to have the aroma of peanuts in the air.
>
> My daughters girl scout products come with a warning that even if the
> product doesn't contain nuts, it was produced in a building that also
> produces nut products; even a trace could cause a reaction.
>
> Even sitting at a park where someone else had eaten a PB&J could be a
> serious health hazard.
> Susan
>
>
>
>
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