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  • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

    Originally posted by MinnesotaNorthStar View Post
    Depends on the nature of the allergy. Sunflower seeds are banned in my work area because one person is deathly allergic.
    Bingo. For the longest time, FlagDUDETTE and I wouldn't go to some restaurants because of her food allergies. Heck, there are some that are blacklisted because they weren't too good or aware when it came to cross-contamination. Letting the staff know sometimes isn't enough.

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    • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

      Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
      Bingo. For the longest time, FlagDUDETTE and I wouldn't go to some restaurants because of her food allergies. Heck, there are some that are blacklisted because they weren't too good or aware when it came to cross-contamination. Letting the staff know sometimes isn't enough.
      True. A friend of mine has a shellfish allergy. One night we went out to dinner, he alerted the waitstaff to his allergy, and ordered a steak and fries. He had an allergic reaction after eating one french fry, because the restaurant cooked their french fries in the same oil they used to fry seafood.

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      • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

        Originally posted by DisplacedCornellian View Post
        True. A friend of mine has a shellfish allergy. One night we went out to dinner, he alerted the waitstaff to his allergy, and ordered a steak and fries. He had an allergic reaction after eating one french fry, because the restaurant cooked their french fries in the same oil they used to fry seafood.
        It's always interesting to see which kitchen managers are on top of things, and which ones are sleazes that look to take shortcuts. FlagDUDETTE's major allergy is also shellfish, and the ones that are the best when it comes to that were actually seafood restaurants. Went to a small diner on the Pacific, she mentioned the allergy, and the waitress immediately stated any side she gets is a salad because it's one fryer. Heck, I had lobster at a regional chain near the Atlantic one time, they had things very well separated, and things were just fine. One local place does fried shrimp, the kitchen manager come out previously to inform of that and that the fryers can splash between the two, on a later trip got an unbeknownst fried item, and they're now on the blacklist. And then one REALLY sleazy place at a major casino in Vegas with a prime rib and shrimp special saw the chef put it all together and then take off the shrimp, it was an open galley so she saw it, the guy tried to take a shortcut to "fix it", said no again, then the manager had to actually watch the chef in every step of preparing a shrimp-less special. Needless to say, we found somewhere else to dine during that trip.

        You don't know how much I could go for some sushi...

        BTW, EpiPen == blacklist, even if it's my favorite spot.

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        • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

          Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
          Bingo. For the longest time, FlagDUDETTE and I wouldn't go to some restaurants because of her food allergies. Heck, there are some that are blacklisted because they weren't too good or aware when it came to cross-contamination. Letting the staff know sometimes isn't enough.
          Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
          It's always interesting to see which kitchen managers are on top of things, and which ones are sleazes that look to take shortcuts. FlagDUDETTE's major allergy is also shellfish, and the ones that are the best when it comes to that were actually seafood restaurants. Went to a small diner on the Pacific, she mentioned the allergy, and the waitress immediately stated any side she gets is a salad because it's one fryer. Heck, I had lobster at a regional chain near the Atlantic one time, they had things very well separated, and things were just fine. One local place does fried shrimp, the kitchen manager come out previously to inform of that and that the fryers can splash between the two, on a later trip got an unbeknownst fried item, and they're now on the blacklist. And then one REALLY sleazy place at a major casino in Vegas with a prime rib and shrimp special saw the chef put it all together and then take off the shrimp, it was an open galley so she saw it, the guy tried to take a shortcut to "fix it", said no again, then the manager had to actually watch the chef in every step of preparing a shrimp-less special. Needless to say, we found somewhere else to dine during that trip.

          You don't know how much I could go for some sushi...

          BTW, EpiPen == blacklist, even if it's my favorite spot.
          Now we have people without real allergies claiming them (esp the gluten fad) it has given some the false impression that all people who have 'allergies' are really just primadonas. Have a friend who's kid needs an epi-pen if they open peanuts on a plane. Had a patient who anaphylaxed if near latex gloves in room. So not fun!

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          • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

            Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
            Now we have people without real allergies claiming them (esp the gluten fad) it has given some the false impression that all people who have 'allergies' are really just primadonas. ...
            and one of the ironies is that the prima donnas make it more difficult for the restaurants that conscientiously try to do the right thing for people with legitimate food allergies.

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              Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
              Now we have people without real allergies claiming them (esp the gluten fad) it has given some the false impression that all people who have 'allergies' are really just primadonas. Have a friend who's kid needs an epi-pen if they open peanuts on a plane. Had a patient who anaphylaxed if near latex gloves in room. So not fun!
              One of my hockey buddies has celiacs disease/allergy/whatever. He blows up like a puffer fish, breaks out in hives, and his airways constrict if he eats wheat. So when we're at a bar, he'll always have his epi-pen ready even after telling the server to hold the bread or bun, and says he has the actual allergy and not the fad diet thing. They usually look at him with a disinterested glance, and the vast majority of the time he's all right. It's just that every so often, you see on his Facebook wall that he was in the hospital because somebody didn't believe him.

              The gluten fad diet has dang near killed him three or four times now.
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              • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                Originally posted by CLS View Post
                and one of the ironies is that the prima donnas make it more difficult for the restaurants that conscientiously try to do the right thing for people with legitimate food allergies.
                Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                One of my hockey buddies has celiacs disease/allergy/whatever. He blows up like a puffer fish, breaks out in hives, and his airways constrict if he eats wheat. So when we're at a bar, he'll always have his epi-pen ready even after telling the server to hold the bread or bun, and says he has the actual allergy and not the fad diet thing. They usually look at him with a disinterested glance, and the vast majority of the time he's all right. It's just that every so often, you see on his Facebook wall that he was in the hospital because somebody didn't believe him.

                The gluten fad diet has dang near killed him three or four times now.
                Yep- this goes with kids too- parents who need their kids to be 'special' and say they can't eat all sorts of things. Many times it is physiologically impossible to have things happen that they swear do. Then you have the kids who really have stuff and other parents, knowing the knuckleheads, don't believe. I think they should all have to see an anaphylaxis in someone they know to help them figure it out. (said in a sarcastic way)

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                  Yep, damaged in shipping. They sent photos, looked like it had gotten smashed by a heavier package or pinned somehow, because the shipping tube was almost completely ripped open at one spot. Not their fault, and it wasn't expensive or anything (the framing cost was going to be several times the original cost of the poster), but it sucks because I can't just go buy a new one.

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                  • Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                    Yep- this goes with kids too- parents who need their kids to be 'special' and say they can't eat all sorts of things. Many times it is physiologically impossible to have things happen that they swear do. Then you have the kids who really have stuff and other parents, knowing the knuckleheads, don't believe. I think they should all have to see an anaphylaxis in someone they know to help them figure it out. (said in a sarcastic way)
                    If you wanna have fun, try having a kid with an allergy to fluoride like my daughter. Granted we didn't find out until we took her to a dentist and she nearly died, haven't been able to find one for her since. It took a while for her school to get the whole "don't have her drink from the water fountain" thing. Even longer for my parents to realize it was an actual thing.
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                    • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                      Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                      Now we have people without real allergies claiming them (esp the gluten fad) it has given some the false impression that all people who have 'allergies' are really just primadonas. Have a friend who's kid needs an epi-pen if they open peanuts on a plane. Had a patient who anaphylaxed if near latex gloves in room. So not fun!
                      I wouldn't call it a fad so much as a mis-diagnosis. I bet what they're REALLY allergic to is the glyphosates used in pesticides and other GMOs, but because of Monsanto's clout with the corporate oligarchy, they won't actually call it that.

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                      • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                        Originally posted by Jimjamesak View Post
                        If you wanna have fun, try having a kid with an allergy to fluoride like my daughter. Granted we didn't find out until we took her to a dentist and she nearly died, haven't been able to find one for her since. It took a while for her school to get the whole "don't have her drink from the water fountain" thing. Even longer for my parents to realize it was an actual thing.
                        Honestly, and I'm not trying to be a political hack about this, have you tried Alexa filters, which is a brand they happen to resell on the Infowars store? One thing I remember reading, from the Brita filters, is that they actually do not filter fluoride.

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                        • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                          Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
                          I wouldn't call it a fad so much as a mis-diagnosis. I bet what they're REALLY allergic to is the glyphosates used in pesticides and other GMOs, but because of Monsanto's clout with the corporate oligarchy, they won't actually call it that.
                          Its a fad- just like the Paleo, the Zone, the Atkins. People buy into the nonsense that humans should avoid gluten and then into the stupidness about how every human is affected adversely. In truth most of the people feel like sh1t when they eat gluten because they eat garbage and avoiding gluten they have to search for garbage food. True gluten intolerance is a genetic thing and can be really nasty.

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                          • Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?

                            Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
                            I wouldn't call it a fad so much as a mis-diagnosis. I bet what they're REALLY allergic to is the glyphosates used in pesticides and other GMOs, but because of Monsanto's clout with the corporate oligarchy, they won't actually call it that.
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                            • Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                              Its a fad- just like the Paleo, the Zone, the Atkins. People buy into the nonsense that humans should avoid gluten and then into the stupidness about how every human is affected adversely. In truth most of the people feel like sh1t when they eat gluten because they eat garbage and avoiding gluten they have to search for garbage food. True gluten intolerance is a genetic thing and can be really nasty.
                              Those of with some IBD beg to differ. You might want to look at some of the studies of that relationship before making such sweeping generalizations.

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                              • Originally posted by goldy_331 View Post
                                Those of with some IBD beg to differ. You might want to look at some of the studies of that relationship before making such sweeping generalizations.
                                Yup. Seattle childrens, Rush University, Umass boston all have studies going on based on SCD, specific carbohydrate diet. No grains at all.
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