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Songbird76 said:
Yeah, I wondered about 'Ohana for you. That DOES have a lot of pineapple. I personally can't STAND pineapple....I think it's disgusting, but I don't have an allergy to it, so I can just skip the foods that have pineapple on it, but it would be harder for you where it can contaminate your food.

We went to Dublin a few years ago, and we had a large group. We ate at this place that was all-you-can-eat, but it was one of those places where you choose your food and then stand and watch as it's being cooked. But they had these big, round, rotating hotplates, and everyone stands around that hotplate and moves alongside as it rotates, and it gets cooked as you walk along. But the "chefs" use these long blade-like dividers to scrape the food along. There's NO way to keep food from contaminating others'. I saw so many things get into another person's food...the person next to them has carrots, and the chef misses one carrot slice as they scrape, and it ends up in the next person's food. And they had shrimp, they had beef, chicken, pork, all sorts of seasonings and sauces. If there was anything you were allergic to, there would be no way to ensure it didn't end up in your food. The hot plate doesn't actually get cleaned in between cooking....it's constantly rotating and when enough space opens up, they put the next person's food on there. It gets scraped, but not cleaned. I was glad we had no allergies, but it was just a terrible meal. Everything was overcooked by the time it got to the plating section, and your food had mingled with whatever the person next to you had, plus whatever was on that section before your food, so it never tasted right. Nasty! And a complete nightmare for anyone with allergies.

E's developed an allergy to kiwi in the last couple of years. She never had problems with it when she was younger, but now her tongue starts to tingle and swell a bit if she eats it, and we've heard allergies can strengthen over time, so she stopped eating kiwi altogether, because who knows if it would get really bad. Sad, because she really likes kiwi. But she has no problem being around it. She doesn't react unless she eats it herself...at least not at this point.
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Kiwi actually isn't that uncommon of an allergy. Don't be surprised if it gets worse as she gets older, though. That's how it was with pineapple for me. I used to be able to eat it, and then I was like, hmm, better not, and now it's a terrible allergy. Fortunately, nut allergies are so common that a lot of places are nut-free, and fruits are pretty easy to avoid. We do check the menus of places before we go. A lot of times, it just means not having dessert. Cocktails can be a problem sometimes as well. I learned to like hard stuff like whiskey and rum. 🤣

The good thing is that cross contamination isn't an issue for everything. For instance, I can't eat shrimp, but I can be around it without issue (it gives me migraines and I can't keep it down). I can eat other seafood without issue, so going to a seafood restaurant isn't an issue.

When we go to Hawaii, we tend to go to chains or restaurants in hotels because local places tend to feature pineapple, and they're not very good with the food allergies. Local places we double check their menu and if there's any allergens, we stay away.
 
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93boomer said:
Ok any air fryer people out there— can I cook frozen flounder in it without thawing? Anyone try??
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