[mom aka the evil dictator]

I am allergic to beef, eggs, milk, fish, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, apples, bananas, peaches, pears, wheat, corn, honey and artificial sweeteners. What do any of them besides the beef and milk have in common? Makes eating anywhere but home a challenge. And yes an allergist diagnosed me.

[muawiyah]

You have an inborn allergy to a chemical found in the peel of apples, pears as well as the inner bark of birch trees. It's also found in multi-flora hedge and can irritate scar tissue that comes in contact with it during hedge trimming sessions.

The chemical is destroyed during cooking ~ and yes, people eat the inner bark of birch since it's nearly pure sugar.