i wonder why so many people now have such hyper allergies?
Maybe it's that we are just now recognizing some symptoms as allergic reactions to peanuts. I can imagine some allergic children (or adults) being diagnosed as epileptic.
...or maybe they're just now beginning to report all cases recognized.
Either way, I think that restrictions on the handling and consumption of peanut products should not be placed on the general public just because some people are allergic to peanuts. Let them take their own precautions to avoid peanuts. Don't fly Delta, for one thing. Restrict travel to peanut-intolerant locations. Don't try to take peanuts away from the rest of us. It's hard to beat a big ole styrofoam cup full of hot, lightly salted, boiled peanuts, drippin' wet and easy to open. (...and they make a good hand warmer at a cold stadium.)
One friend I have is allergic to mushrooms. What a shame. Ingesting even a small tidbit can send him into convulsions. However, he doesn't suggest that anyone else refrain from eating them.
Another friend is lactose intolerant...whatever that brings with it. I love milk...nature's most nearly perfect food. Stir in copious amounts of Hersey's squirt syrup and you've got yourself a lip-lickin' treat. Hot buttered cornbread crumbled up in cold milk is also a favorite.
Some people are so extremely allergic to bee stings (or wasp stings) that they dare not be stung, lest they be dead shortly thereafter. That does not justify killing all the bees.
