oh good it's not just me
and i have the same problem with all peppers
except orange peppers (and don'tcook ANY of them
or i have trouble)
same problems your wife has
i wonder what is in the skin that causes it!
kate
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"Alan S" >
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...
> On Sun, 29 May 2005 17:47:27 -0500, Sherry
> > wrote:
>
> >Alan S >
wrote in
>
:
> >
> ><snip>
> >>
> >> Can't argue with that - individual allergies
are always a
> >> problem for any food item. You've done it
correctly, by
> >> elimination with medical supervision.
Similarly, my wife
> >> cannot eat tomato skin, but that doesn't make
it wrong or
> >> dangerous for the great majority of those
considering
> >> whether tomatoes should be part of their
diet. <snip>
> >> Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
> >
> >Tomato *skin*? Can she eat the rest of the
tomato?
> >
> >I always wondered - the rest of the plant is
poisonous (as is the
> >potato plant, except for the tuber) - when they
discovered that part of
> >the plant was poisonous, who was dumb enough to
keep trying the other
> >parts until they found the part that wasn't???
> >
> >Sherry
>
> She has a unique gastric system (I hope she
never reads
> this). Skinned tomatoes are OK, but if she eats
them with
> the skin on they just come back up in little
bits for an
> hour or two. No discomfort or medical
difficulties, but
> rather disconcerting.
>
> So, when making a salad we've developed
techniques for
> skinning, like putting the tomato in a mug of
boiling water
> for a few minutes, then dunking it in cold water
before
> peeling. It becomes just an accepted part of
general food
> preparation. Alternatively, I cut the skins off
a cold
> tomato for my salad and she has the rest.
>
> So, I understand why those who have a particular
allergy may
> tend to see that it applies to all; but that's
no truer than
> that carbs will spike everyone - she is
non-diabetic and
> loves her potatoes and pasta and never has BGs
above
> 5.5(100). And we have both been drinking copious
quantities
> of aspartame-sweetened soft drinks for over
three years.
>
>
> Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
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