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Skriven 2008-12-01 23:11:51 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: fruit & fruity 294
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-30-08 08:21 <=-

 NB>> suspect that the degree of eccentricity would be more a matter of
 NB>> perception... in any case, meeting someone in person helps to put
 NB>> things in perspective.  ;)
 ML> Though there are those whom I've liked less in person than on
 ML> the boards - not here but on some of the frequent flyer echoes,
 ML> for example.

One would still get a bit more perspective on the person... a better
sense, perhaps, of why messages might have been disturbing... ;)
 
 NB>> No Trader Joes around here.  Weggie's has some pricey pure juices in
 NB>> the Nature's Marketplace section... but those are single juices, not
 NB>> mixes... the apple seems to get into the mixes most of the time there,

 ML> You pay for your defects. I've at times been stretched to the
 ML> breaking point paying for lactase pills, which come in at a
 ML> quarter apiece, with a handful required for a pizza or some
 ML> ice cream, effectively doubling the cost of the food. But don't
 ML> compare the price of pure juice to that of cran* cocktail,
 ML> which is way diluted and then sweetened.

Oh, I know.  But the price of pure juice can be double or more that of
the 100% juice that has apple in it.

 ML> If the single juices are available at whatever cost, can't you
 ML> mix your own mixes? Say 3 parts cranberry, 2 parts blueberry
 ML> with a shot or two of sugar syrup or Splenda per glass?

Well, I'd skip the sugar syrup and certainly the Splenda...  maybe a
part of grape or pear for sweetening if needed.

 ML> How careful do you have to be, i.e., what's your tolerance for
 ML> contamination of, say, your pear juice with apples? I don't get
 ML> the impression that yours is as crippling as many people's
 ML> peanut allergies, where just a whiff may be enough to put the
 ML> victim into anaphylaxis. I know my sensitivities have relatively
 ML> minor consequences (various fruit -> itchy mouth; milk -> bloating
 ML> and the runs and a stuffy nose; caffeine -> temporary insanity)
 ML> in the greater scheme of things.

Well, I don't go into anaphylaxis, thankfully, and so far the smell of
apples doesn't trigger things.  But a very small amount of apple
contamination will cause problems.  In fact that was how I found out
that it wasn't just an imagined thing... I tried a grocery sample of
some mixed juice, and got the apple reaction halfway down that long
aisle... went back to check ingredients (the name of the juice gave no
clue whatsoever), and there it was... that time not even the first
ingredient, but there in the list...  I get a nasty empty pit of the
stomach feeling, that doesn't go away by eating anything else... has to
wear off eventually.  On a full stomach, it's even worse...  And I don't
know of anything that would mitigate it.  For our family get-togethers,
I make the punch, so that I can make sure that none of the fruit juices
have any apple mixed into them.  Otherwise, I just don't drink it.  And
I don't sample stuff without first discerning whether or not there is
apple there... Sometimes I have hubby be my taster, he's usually rather
discerning...   Anyway, in the greater scheme of things, much as I miss
all things apple, it's much better to avoid them.

There are other foods to which sensitivities are milder, and those I eat
cautiously...

ttyl       neb

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