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Jun. 4th, 2002 11:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rootofnewtat some point yesterday, i consumed soy.
not a lot. possibly just a minute bit of lecithin, mono & diglycerides, vitamin E, or even soy oil. most likely, it was soybean oil, because the reaction is quite nasty, but not systemic.
just a few nasty patches of itchy itchy skin (with a lovely rash to boot).
*sigh*
the only culprit is my favorite restaurant. i ate there yesterday with fil. normally, this place is really good about my allergies. since the waitress was new, i mentioned the soy allergy and asked that she not serve the falafel. normally, i just ask for the falafel to go on a separate plate, but this place uses chickpeas *and* fava beans in the falafel and fil can't eat fava. (It's that whole glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency of erythrocytes...)
Anyhow, she gave me stuffed grape leaves instead, which i gave to fil. when i'm on my period, certain things, like grape leaf, trigger my gag reflex. the other food was so good. the new owner has made some of the recipes spicier and yummier. she asked how i was (this is the place i ordered take-out from while in the hospital in february, so she knew something was up when boy and fil arrived to pick up food *without* me) and such. YUM.
but...
the lebanese salad in my veggie combo tasted different. later, after dinner, i realized why--it tasted like commercial italian dressing, rather than olive oil, lemon juice, and parsley.
*sigh*
i hate my allergies sometimes.
not a lot. possibly just a minute bit of lecithin, mono & diglycerides, vitamin E, or even soy oil. most likely, it was soybean oil, because the reaction is quite nasty, but not systemic.
just a few nasty patches of itchy itchy skin (with a lovely rash to boot).
*sigh*
the only culprit is my favorite restaurant. i ate there yesterday with fil. normally, this place is really good about my allergies. since the waitress was new, i mentioned the soy allergy and asked that she not serve the falafel. normally, i just ask for the falafel to go on a separate plate, but this place uses chickpeas *and* fava beans in the falafel and fil can't eat fava. (It's that whole glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency of erythrocytes...)
Anyhow, she gave me stuffed grape leaves instead, which i gave to fil. when i'm on my period, certain things, like grape leaf, trigger my gag reflex. the other food was so good. the new owner has made some of the recipes spicier and yummier. she asked how i was (this is the place i ordered take-out from while in the hospital in february, so she knew something was up when boy and fil arrived to pick up food *without* me) and such. YUM.
but...
the lebanese salad in my veggie combo tasted different. later, after dinner, i realized why--it tasted like commercial italian dressing, rather than olive oil, lemon juice, and parsley.
*sigh*
i hate my allergies sometimes.
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Date: 2002-06-05 04:49 am (UTC)I have discovered that salad dressings don't affect me. And I plan to try miracle whip sometime this week, as I love it, but haven't had it for a while, and I'm afraid I'm going to react to it.