# Am I allergic to Kiwi?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allergic-to-kiwi/313537>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 21, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allergic-to-kiwi/313537 "2005-07-21T21:46:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allergic-to-kiwi/313537/21 "2005-07-23T08:20:19Z")

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> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> I dunno. Maybe braised, like a woodcock. They look plump and yummy…

mmmmm… plump kiwi _garglegarglegargle_

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allergic-to-kiwi/313537/22 "2005-07-23T08:24:35Z")

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I just get a bit of a kick out of reading stuff where people refer to kiwifruit as the shortened version “kiwi”. Chuckles abound. 🙂

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