A totally salicylate free diet is proving hard.
I have twice been out for turkey dinners. Even by avoiding stuffing and picking and choosing vegetables it seems hard to avoid the herbs that get into the cooking. Tonight's of turkey slices, brussels sprouts and roast potatoes was not particularly pleasant nor did me any good.
Sunday lunch was possibly the worst I've had in my life, consisting of hard, dry chicken pieces, undercooked cabbage and roast potatoes.
By Christmas Day I think we will have worked out how to make herb and pepper free gravy.
Last night I ended up having a sort of Chinese-Italian meal. Spaghetti topped with mince stir fried with soy sauce, cabbage, celery and potato slices. Not bad if I could work out how to make it a little juicier.
I have purchased two papayas but have no idea how to eat them. I don't dare cut one open for fear it will need hours of preparation. My latest purchase of bananas is nearly gone. Also obtained some cashew nuts which were excessively salty and pretty tasteless once the salt was washed off.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
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I came across your blog in a search for information on salicylate allergy/intolerance. I believe we're about to get that diagnosis from our pediatrician regarding my almost 2 year old daughter.
I'll be checking back with you, to be sure.
Hi,
I have the same problem with salicylates and it seems quite challenging to find help in the UK. There has been alot of research done by the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Australia within their Allergy Unit. They have a website which might be helpful and also you can buy diet guideline booklets and even a recipe book which tries to assist with the limited variety of food choices we are faced with.
You may find it helpful
http://www.cs.nsw.gov.au/rpa/allergy/
I knew since I was 5 that I was allergic to asperine, but I didn't know until now that it was in a larger group called salicylate. I had a bad cold, and I noticed that my doctor wrote "salicylate allergy" on the paperwork. I had never heard that term before (now 32 yrs. old), so I thought I would check it out for myself. Why hadn't they told me? I wonder how long it's been in my medical records. ?? I've been diagnosed with all sorts of rhinisitis (sp), and always have allergies. I just assumed it was seasonal, now I guess it could be related to foods. I always get canker sores in my mouth from eating raw onions, but can tolerate cooked onions. Onions seem low on the salicylate list, so I wonder why I have such a strong reaction to them. I can get the canker sores to go away by putting raw ginger on the sores, but it is listed high on the salicylate list, so that seems to be a little contridictory (sp).
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