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Hello! If you are a person with complicated dietary requirements, maybe you can give me some advice.
( Advise me! )
( Advise me! )
So, I took myself off to the doctor following my cobnuts episode last week.
( Executive summary: don't eat hazelnuts/cobnuts )
Now I just need to work out where I stand on praline :(
( Executive summary: don't eat hazelnuts/cobnuts )
Now I just need to work out where I stand on praline :(
Well. That was unnecessarily exciting.
I, and a couple of colleagues, went shopping at lunchtime. And![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hjalfi bought some cobnuts, to find out what they were like.
So after my lunch, I ate a couple of cobnuts[*]. We hadn't realised that they were solid enough to require nutcrackers, so I cracked mine open with my teeth. And they're quite nice - interesting crunchy, juicy texture and a very mild flavour. I decided I quite liked them.
And then I noticed that the roof of my mouth was tingling. And the insides of my ears. And I thought, gosh. That's not ideal. I won't eat any more.
And a few minutes later I could feel a distinct lump-in-the-throat sensation that hadn't been there before. And was feeling a little breathless, and rather tight and wheezy about the lungs. And a bit dizzy.
Which wasn't great. I had told my colleagues this, so they'd have some idea what was going on if I toppled off my chair. As one of the work first aiders, I know perfectly well that allergic reactions weren't covered in our first aid course ;)
Anyway, about 90 minutes later and I'm back to normal (modulo a residual slightly sore throat, and the generally bizarre feelings you get from trying to over-analyse whether you feel ok or not). So, no harm done.
Using the absolutely-100%-reliable diagnosis-by-internet, I'm considering oral allergy syndrome and have filched an anti-histamine from a colleague. However, I suspect the best course of action from now on is "don't eat cobnuts".
[*] Which the internet tells me are the same as hazelnuts. Except these were the fresh kind, with green leaves still wrapping them.
I, and a couple of colleagues, went shopping at lunchtime. And
hjalfi bought some cobnuts, to find out what they were like.So after my lunch, I ate a couple of cobnuts[*]. We hadn't realised that they were solid enough to require nutcrackers, so I cracked mine open with my teeth. And they're quite nice - interesting crunchy, juicy texture and a very mild flavour. I decided I quite liked them.
And then I noticed that the roof of my mouth was tingling. And the insides of my ears. And I thought, gosh. That's not ideal. I won't eat any more.
And a few minutes later I could feel a distinct lump-in-the-throat sensation that hadn't been there before. And was feeling a little breathless, and rather tight and wheezy about the lungs. And a bit dizzy.
Which wasn't great. I had told my colleagues this, so they'd have some idea what was going on if I toppled off my chair. As one of the work first aiders, I know perfectly well that allergic reactions weren't covered in our first aid course ;)
Anyway, about 90 minutes later and I'm back to normal (modulo a residual slightly sore throat, and the generally bizarre feelings you get from trying to over-analyse whether you feel ok or not). So, no harm done.
Using the absolutely-100%-reliable diagnosis-by-internet, I'm considering oral allergy syndrome and have filched an anti-histamine from a colleague. However, I suspect the best course of action from now on is "don't eat cobnuts".
[*] Which the internet tells me are the same as hazelnuts. Except these were the fresh kind, with green leaves still wrapping them.
Last night, I was making cake to feed a bunch of people coming round this weekend. Among other things, I got out The Best Cake Recipe Ever.
Now, I'm not claiming that it makes the best cake ever: that would be quite a claim. However, it is the Best Cake Recipe Ever for these reasons:
1. It is trivially simple to make. No baking required, even.
2. It's a wartime recipe made with margarine. Make it with something like Stork and choose your chocolate carefully, and your cake is dairy-free.
3. It's got no eggs. See also (2), you can feed it to vegans.
4. It's got no flour. You can feed it to coeliacs.
5. I've never (yet) met anyone who didn't like it (although for one person I do have to miss the chocolate covering off, because she's allergic to chocolate).
And so it is my go-to recipe for just about every occasion (the only exception being people who are on a totally fat-free diet). Although (as mentioned) it's not the best cake in the world, it has the highest cake quality output to effort input ratio of anything I know. It's a recipe I got from my mum, and has been a staple throughout my life - but even she doesn't know who the Millie Piper named in the recipe is...
( Millie Piper's Rich Fingers )
Now, I'm not claiming that it makes the best cake ever: that would be quite a claim. However, it is the Best Cake Recipe Ever for these reasons:
1. It is trivially simple to make. No baking required, even.
2. It's a wartime recipe made with margarine. Make it with something like Stork and choose your chocolate carefully, and your cake is dairy-free.
3. It's got no eggs. See also (2), you can feed it to vegans.
4. It's got no flour. You can feed it to coeliacs.
5. I've never (yet) met anyone who didn't like it (although for one person I do have to miss the chocolate covering off, because she's allergic to chocolate).
And so it is my go-to recipe for just about every occasion (the only exception being people who are on a totally fat-free diet). Although (as mentioned) it's not the best cake in the world, it has the highest cake quality output to effort input ratio of anything I know. It's a recipe I got from my mum, and has been a staple throughout my life - but even she doesn't know who the Millie Piper named in the recipe is...
( Millie Piper's Rich Fingers )
