myfunnybunch Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 but still.... We got our paperwork for our fall exchange student from China. She's allergic to GARLIC. :svengo: A year without garlic. :svengo::svengo: (And yes, we'll probably prepare some garlic meals with non-garlic portions, and I love welcoming these young women into our home, and I am mostly being silly. But still...garlic???? Sigh.) :nopity: Although, now that I think of it, I can't imagine having to live a lifetime without garlic. Poor thing..... Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Although, now that I think of it, I can't imagine having to live a lifetime without garlic. Poor thing..... :iagree: That is just tragic. Though I knew a girl who was allergic to garlic, chilli, tomato and onion. Would life be worth living? Well, she obviously thought so, since she was alive to tell the story. If it were me, I'm not so sure. I think it would give me life long food psychosis, and having lived through two bouts of that (thanks to gestational diabetes) a whole lifetime of would be horrible! Make the most of life, Rosie! Eat that bowl of garlicky soup you have sitting next to you. Yum yum. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 but still.... We got our paperwork for our fall exchange student from China. She's allergic to GARLIC. :svengo: A year without garlic. :svengo::svengo: (And yes, we'll probably prepare some garlic meals with non-garlic portions, and I love welcoming these young women into our home, and I am mostly being silly. But still...garlic???? Sigh.) :nopity: Although, now that I think of it, I can't imagine having to live a lifetime without garlic. Poor thing..... Cat Ask for another girl, citing irreconcilable differences. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 My Grandmother is allergic to garlic. Even the smell of it will make her violently ill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 My dh would be happy! He doesn't particularly care for garlic and I eat it practically every day. He says it oozes out of my pores. One year without garlic would be tough, but I'll bet she's a really nice girl, so it will be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Horrors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Make sure she's not a vampire. :lol: (sorrry... someone had to say it, right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 My dh is allergic to garlic. He loves garlic as do the rest of us. But I'm cooking without it.:crying: Just a warning that garlic is found in a LOT of prepared foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 Make sure she's not a vampire. She looks awfully pale in her picture..... Seriously, you made me nearly spew coffee on my monitor. :lol::lol::lol: Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 My dh is allergic to garlic. He loves garlic as do the rest of us. But I'm cooking without it.:crying: Just a warning that garlic is found in a LOT of prepared foods. So how allergic and what happens if he eats garlic? We don't eat a lot of prepared foods, but is there something in particular that might surprise us? I expect we'll have to be careful of anything prepared in a restaurant too, since so many foods have garlic. We have a child with a peanut allergy, so we're used to reading labels and so forth. I'm wondering if that's part of the reason she was placed with us, because we're used to dealing with a food allergy. The good news is that she cooks for her family (and does other household chores--Yay!), so she can make us some non-garlicky Chinese food. I am drooling already thinking of it. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 So how allergic and what happens if he eats garlic? We don't eat a lot of prepared foods, but is there something in particular that might surprise us? I expect we'll have to be careful of anything prepared in a restaurant too, since so many foods have garlic. We have a child with a peanut allergy, so we're used to reading labels and so forth. I'm wondering if that's part of the reason she was placed with us, because we're used to dealing with a food allergy. The good news is that she cooks for her family (and does other household chores--Yay!), so she can make us some non-garlicky Chinese food. I am drooling already thinking of it. Cat Dh gets sinus problems with garlic. So far it hasn't been a huge deal but we do try to avoid is as much as we possibly can. Of course, her reaction to garlic may be very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Garlic makes my son vomit repeatedly. I fed him veggies that I had inadvertently cooked with sausage that contained garlic. He didn't eat the sausage. He was very sick. He doesn't react to smell though...I don't think...now I'm wondering though if that might be our mystery vomiting episodes. Rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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