Harry Demidavicius wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:00:17 -0600, "ms_peacock"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>"Denny Wheeler" > wrote in message
. ..
>>
>>>On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:56:12 -0800, "Dave Bugg" >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Denny Wheeler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Could you maybe print something up and have it available for such
>>>>>folks? I hate to have you lose business--and I do fully grasp the
>>>>>issue.
>>>>
>>>>This may sound cold, but I don't WANT them to eat at my place. Someone
>>>>who
>>>>is *that* "allergic" becomes a liability suit waiting to happen.
>>>
>>>Doesn't sound cold; it's a good point.
>>>
>>>--
>>>-denny-
>>>"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth
>>>unannounced?"
>>>
>>>"It's come as you are, baby."
>>>
>>>-over the hedge
>>
>>Most people that have severe allergies already pretty much know what kind of
>>places they're going to be able to eat in anyway.
>>
>>Ms P
>>
>
> I agree - But it's when some idiot 'chef' decides to thicken the chili
> with peanut butter that inevitably nails some poor schlubb. It nearly
> did in my SiL a few years ago. If she as much as gets downwind of a
> peanut, she's in trouble.
>
> With Dave's food it's quite simple - there's meat and there are
> spices. List the spices & it's done. I bet there's no peanut butter
> on his property unless he brings his lunch to work, eh.
>
> Folks with serious allergies automatically avoid sauces & gravies.
>
> Harry

It seems like 10 years ago you never heard of a peanut allergy and there
were no "produced in a facility that also processes peanuts" labels on
food. Is this a fairly new allergy or did people always suffer from it
until it was isolated?

Dan