Or, the more humorous title: my apple gave me a fat lip!
The other night, I was eating an apple. Said apple had been in the fridge, so it was mighty cold. I started eating it, and as I did, my lip (my lower lip, specifically) started getting cold and uncomfortable. I chalked it up to the fact that my lips often get chapped, but after awhile (ten, fifteen minutes?) I got up and saw that my lower lip had swollen up. So I continued with the apple a little longer, but eventually gave up.
I was a bit freaked, so I put my lip on ice for awhile, and the swelling went down. It was fine this morning, if a little red. So I’m wondering, was this apple poisoned? I’ve never had a reaction like this to apples before, so I didn’t think it was allergies. And I washed the apple off before I ate it, if that means anything.
I’m going to try eating an apple again under similar circumstances again. I can try reconstructing the experiment, with control groups and so forth if no one has any ideas. But if you have experienced this, or know anything, I’m very curious. Thanks, all!