On 4/5/2016 6:02 PM, sf wrote:

> Whew, that's a relief. Gluten intolerance is hard, but at least it
> won't kill you. You're the first one I've heard of who is allergic to
> oats. I have a friend who can't eat onions or else she needs an epi
> pen. That one is pretty rare too.
>
My sister is also sensitive to oats - and I discovered that a quite a
few relatives on the Scots side of the family, also have problems with
oats. Odd, considering how important oats are and were, historically, in
the Scottish diet.

> My granddaughter is so sensitive to garbanzo beans that she gets a
> contact rash if someone has been eating falafel or hummus and touches
> her without washing their hands first. Fortunately, a good wipe down
> with soap rectifies it - but we take no chances with her eating them.
> Before we knew, my DD gave her a tiny taste of hummus and GD spent the
> night throwing up. DD refers to it as "the night I almost killed my
> daughter". It's a complete overstatement, and a family joke.
>
Poor kid.