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[quote=Anonymous]OP someone mentioned other allergies like dairy. I find those so much harder to deal with than peanut allergies. Most people are so aware of peanut allergies, and they accommodate. Many food prep people take a standardized class that deals with kitchen cleanliness, safety, and cross contamination, so it's becoming much more common to find safe places to eat.

I avoid Thai. My son loves pho and had a reaction at age 3 from it from a new restaurant. I now check which restaurants have peanuts on the menu. Pho 75 in Rockville does not and he eats pho there once a month or so.

We don't do Thai food at all. Very careful with Indian. But other than that, he's been good to go at all restaurants. Desserts are iffy but many places have allergy information for that. (Many restaurant desserts are prepared elsewhere, FWIW).

My son is fine with items cooked in peanut oil. Chik fil a is fine. His allergist said he's only had one patient in his 30+ years who had a reaction to peanut oil.

Chocolate from foreign countries also often has nuts as flavoring even when not listed on the label.

And for my son, things made in facilities that "also process" nuts are just fine. We avoid Anything that says "may contain" peanuts except for regular plain M&Ms. He's been eating them forever with no issues.  He never reacted before diagnosis, so I didn't stop letting him have those on occasion. 
My kid has no problem sitting next to other kids who are eating PB&J.

Each kid is different. You'll find your level of comfort.  Just keep the epipen and Benadryl with you everywhere. And inhaler of your kid also has asthma: mine does. They are at worse risk of anaphylaxis and (knock on wood) my son has never had a sever reaction.

Good luck!

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