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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:36:49 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 15:33:36 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:16:36 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> *sigh*
>>>>
>>>> I was told that I had OAS. Not a true allergy. With OAS the body
>>>> mistakes
>>>> the food for a pollen. One can have it year round or it can be present
>>>> only
>>>> when the pollen that the food cross reacts with is high. In the case of
>>>> something like an apple, sometimes the person can eat it cooked but not
>>>> raw.
>>>> At this point in time, almonds are not a problem for me. Doesn't mean
>>>> they
>>>> won't be again.
>>>
>>>My wife has to be careful with mangos. The sap on the skin causes a bad
>>>reaction on her hands and mouth. I have to peel it for her and make sure
>>>to rinse the fruit off. Mostly, I end up eating all the mangos. Hee hee.
>>
>>Same with me, I'm probably allergic to mangos. But matters not, I
>>don't like mangos, not much to eat on a mango, they're all pit and
>>fibers that stick in my teeth. I'd much rather eat a field ripened
>>cantaloupe or honeydew.
>
> It depends on the mango, some types are more fibrous than others. I
> think old school mangoes are the fibrous type, which explains that you
> think they're all like that.

The few I tried to cut up were like that.