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From: Chris Holland on 24 Jan 2010 15:29 On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:10:33 +0000, T i m wrote: >>Legumes which just appen to be associated with causing the sorts of >>allergies caused by real nuts... Legumes which are so much like nuts >>that they're even called `pea /nuts/' so you get the idea... > > As an asside, do you work for Mars chocolates by any chance? Not a chance mate. Rowland McDonnell has a wife to support him. Besides, I don't think he'd last long at the Mars company. > > My daughter bought a bag of Revels a while back and ate something that > made her mouth swell up just like peanuts (and only peanuts) do. > > She emailed them telling them what happened and including a photo of > the half chewed nut but they said it was impossible? Chewing a nut half way? Yes, that does sound impossible, unless she has very small teeth. They may have a point there. > > (She said) It looked like a peanut, tasted like a peanut and caused a > reaction that only a peanut (so far) would but apparently it couldn't > be a peanut? Maybe it was a goober? > > I wonder how long ago they replaced peanuts with raisin and what the > chance of one (peanut) randomly dropping out of the system was? I'm sure Rowland has that all worked out and will 500 lines of pure venom to prove the point. -- "btw, you do know that I'm the chap who got this newsgroup created? And that I have a couple of university degrees, obtained back in the days before everyone went to college?" Rowland McDonnell - Einstein was jealous - Mar30, 2008
From: T i m on 24 Jan 2010 15:58 On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:29:27 -0600, Chris Holland <ilove(a)macs.com> wrote: >> She emailed them telling them what happened and including a photo of >> the half chewed nut but they said it was impossible? > >Chewing a nut half way? Yes, that does sound impossible, unless she has >very small teeth. They may have a point there. They may indeed. However, she's *very* sensitive to them and the merest hint of a peanut (or even the smell of them for that matter) has her reaching for the Piriton. > >> >> (She said) It looked like a peanut, tasted like a peanut and caused a >> reaction that only a peanut (so far) would but apparently it couldn't >> be a peanut? > >Maybe it was a goober? Or even if it was a booger it would have caused less reaction. Q. What's the difference between Brussels sprouts and boogers? A. Kids won't eat Brussels sprouts. > >> >> I wonder how long ago they replaced peanuts with raisin and what the >> chance of one (peanut) randomly dropping out of the system was? > >I'm sure Rowland has that all worked out and will 500 lines of pure venom >to prove the point. I'm open to any logical answer. ;-) T i m
From: Rowland McDonnell on 24 Jan 2010 16:44 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > Chris Holland <ilove(a)macs.com> wrote: [snip] > Or even if it was a booger it would have caused less reaction. > > Q. What's the difference between Brussels sprouts and boogers? > A. Kids won't eat Brussels sprouts. [snip] I've not idea what a booger is. But I've always like sprouts and I've no idea what any child could have against them - unless they're badly cooked or prepared. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Richard Tobin on 24 Jan 2010 17:03 In article <1jcuemo.176vijq1tkmc05N%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >But I've always like sprouts and I've >no idea what any child could have against them - unless they're badly >cooked or prepared. People who like sprouts tend to be convinced that those who don't would like them if only they were cooked properly. They are mistaken. I have never heard of anyone who had disliked sprouts, but then found that properly cooked ones tasted nice. The fact is that some people find sprouts completely disgusting, and there's no more point trying to find some way to make them like them than there is trying to make them enjoy being beaten with iron bars. -- Richard -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
From: T i m on 24 Jan 2010 17:21
On 24 Jan 2010 22:03:03 GMT, richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote: >In article <1jcuemo.176vijq1tkmc05N%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, >Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >>But I've always like sprouts and I've >>no idea what any child could have against them - unless they're badly >>cooked or prepared. > >People who like sprouts tend to be convinced that those who don't >would like them if only they were cooked properly. They are mistaken. >I have never heard of anyone who had disliked sprouts, but then found >that properly cooked ones tasted nice. The fact is that some people >find sprouts completely disgusting, and there's no more point trying >to find some way to make them like them than there is trying to make >them enjoy being beaten with iron bars. > Exactly. Dad would eat a plate of the things on their own, me, I'll force a couple down at Xmas but they still (and always have) tasted disgusting. I believe it's something to do with how we taste what we taste. Like, I can't stand the aftertaste of 'diet' stuff, nor do I like most of the marrow family (? and .. croquette or aubergines etc). I find it very difficult to eat 'leafy veg' in general (because of the bitter taste). [1] I 'like' runners, butter, broad and most beans, carrots, Swede, parsnip, spuds and onions (I'm ok with most salad stuff and fruit as well). [2] Cheers, T i m [1] Talking to those who like cooking / eating and it seems it's quite common to mask such flavours with other more pleasant flavours during the cooking cycle. [2] I started a small veg patch a few years ago and I've now given up on all but onions (as nothing creature wise seems to eat them which means we actually get something for our efforts). |