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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a petty vent. We were invited to a family friend's house for Thanksgiving. One of my favorite Thanksgiving foods is stuffing. These people put candied walnuts in their stuffing and I have a nut allergy. I may go buy some Stove Top tomorrow to have with my leftovers. [/quote]
That's on you for not telling them about your nut allergy.[/quote]

NP. What makes you think she didn’t? My mom has grandkids with nut allergies on both sides, including my 18yo nephew, her first grandkid, who first presented with bad symptoms and was diagnosed *14 years ago* and who once was hospitalized because of cross-contamination at a party.

What did she do last Thanksgiving? Set out the food, even after my sister and I double checked about nuts. She said, “Yes, yes, I made the chocolate pie with vanilla extract instead of almond extract; I know, I know.” These were her exact words.

Then when I went to make a plate for my young niece and the other kids were lined up behind us, I asked niece if she wanted cranberry sauce, and she said yes. Then I looked at it and saw it had nuts. I loudly yelled (my sister was a bit behind me), “Mom, are these walnuts in the cranberry sauce,” and my mom said cheerfully “Oh yes, I tried a new recipe.”

So we had to put the cranberries in a separate line and warned every allergy kid and made sure all four parents knew. Then my mom still didn’t get why that was a problem until a month or so later, when the penny dropped and she called me and called my sister to apologize for not realizing and not communicating.

To be clear: no problem that she made something with nuts. Problem: she not only failed to communicate, she failed to remember and mention it when WE communicated with HER, brushing us off instead. [/quote]

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