# If a food item makes you gag when you try to eat it, is it fair to say you're allergic to it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624 "2014-08-15T18:14:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/41 "2014-08-16T18:48:29Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > Not fair to whom ? People like me with _real fucking allergy_ to something. Look, if you claim to be allergic to peas, and they sneak some pureed peas into say brownies, which you eat with evident ease and no reactions to, then obviously you were lying about being allergic. If more people lie about being allergic when they are not, then shit like what happened to me. I got deliberately fed hidden mushrooms, which sent me into shock and ended up with a very expensive ride in an ambulance and visit to the ER. People will gleefully feed people who say they are allergic to something that exact item hidden in your food with every expectation of being able to jump up and down taunting you about having eaten exactly what you said you were allergic to and you had no bad reaction and are a liar!!!11!!eleventy!!1! If I had not had epipens with me, I would have fucking died because of shit like this. Please do not lie about being allergic. [URL=“[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”] ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/42 "2014-08-16T18:49:38Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > (1) If you have no medical/health issue regarding a particular food, such as intolerance, allergy, etc. > > (2) If you have no religious or ethical/moral prohibition regarding that food (such as being Jewish or vegetarian), > > (3) If you are in a social situation in which you are being fed by someone else, > > then > > (4) You should be able to politely accept and taste a little bit of it and subtly discard the rest > > (5) Without ever stating that you don’t like or don’t prefer that food (unless someone asks), and > > (6) Without lying. > > That is what is required of a mature, properly socialized adult. > > If the host obnoxiously presses you about why you didn’t finish it or why you _should_ like something, then that’s a fault on the part of the host. But up until such happens, a guest should be able to perform the above. So in your opinion I can turn down food because 1)a medical reason 2)a religious reason 3)an ethical reason Why not because of “a personal reason” (ie I don’t like it). What if I said 1)Try just a little, I’m sure your allergies won’t flare up 2)Your God won’t mind if you’re just being a polite guest 3)the cow is already dead, might as well have a few bites, right? What gives you the right to say that my reason is any less valid than the reasons you gave. Basically, what you’re saying is that the arbitrary reasons you picked out are the right reasons for being able to turn down food and that my reason is silly. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/43 "2014-08-16T19:05:51Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > People like me with _real fucking allergy_ to something. > > Look, if you claim to be allergic to peas, and they sneak some pureed peas into say brownies, which you eat with evident ease and no reactions to, then obviously you were lying about being allergic. If more people lie about being allergic when they are not, then shit like what happened to me. I got deliberately fed hidden mushrooms, which sent me into shock and ended up with a very expensive ride in an ambulance and visit to the ER. People will gleefully feed people who say they are allergic to something that exact item hidden in your food with every expectation of being able to jump up and down taunting you about having eaten exactly what you said you were allergic to and you had no bad reaction and are a liar!!!11!!eleventy!!1! If I had not had epipens with me, I would have fucking died because of shit like this. > > Please do not lie about being allergic. > [URL=“[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”] A friend of mine is one of those people that ends up in the ER once or twice a year because of food allergies. She carries an epipen but she has a pacemaker so if she uses the pen she needs to go have the ER people or cardio people deal with everything going haywire. Anyways, one of the things she does whenever she’s out with new people, because she’s so ridiculously allergic to foods is to pull out her epipen and say “everyone, here’s my epipen, if something happens to me, it’s right here in this pocket of my purse.” If you’re with a group that you’re worried about it might be worth putting on a little show like that 'yeah guys, I’m allergic to this and that, in fact, here’s my epipen, I carry it with me all the time just in case I even accidentally get a mushroom in my food at a restaurant or something". ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/44 "2014-08-16T23:05:26Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > People like me with _real fucking allergy_ to something. > > Look, if you claim to be allergic to peas, and they sneak some pureed peas into say brownies, which you eat with evident ease and no reactions to, then obviously you were lying about being allergic. As I said, I am not as far as I know, allergic to aniseed; however if someone sneaks that stuff into anything I consume, it won’t be unnoticed and the reactions will be messy. No-one should force any food a person rejects, for any reason. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/45 "2014-08-17T00:06:38Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > As I said, I am not as far as I know, allergic to aniseed; however if someone sneaks that stuff into anything I consume, it won’t be unnoticed and the reactions will be messy. No-one should force any food a person rejects, for any reason. But you’re just acting like a child, you should at least have a bite of my aniseed brownies before subtly hiding the rest in your napkin, it’s only proper. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/46 "2014-08-17T01:17:28Z")
As someone who gags at a lot of foods (mainly vegetables), no, you shouldn’t be able to say you’re allergic to something just because it makes you gag. Heck, unless it’s something that will kill you if you eat it, you probably should just shut up about it to anyone but those actually serving/preparing your food. edit:But by no means should anyone over 12 feel obligated to eat something they don’t want to no matter the reason. under 12 you’re still under “mom can force you” rules ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/47 "2014-08-17T01:57:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If you’re a super taster, it’s probably best if you stick to superfoods.\* It’s become a sort of hipster thing to claim to be a supertaster, but having an explanation for my [weird food dislikes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_eating_disorder) is such a relief after all these decades, I can’t help talking about it at every opportunity. Anyway, a [supertaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster) is someone who has extra-sensitivity to bitter and sweet foods, though it varies for each. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/48 "2014-08-17T02:50:39Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Let me introduce you to Tony Chu.](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew_(comics)) From the link: > [@](#): > > Tony becomes a vice cop with the Philadelphia Police Department, and when on assignment, trying to find people smuggling chicken, he enters a black market chicken restaurant on invitation from the U.S. FDA. He has a bowl of chicken soup only to find he gets a psychic impression of the cook killing people and putting them into the soup. He goes to bust the cook, only for the cook to kill himself outside the restaurant. _ **Chu eats the cook to find out the names of the rest of the victims.** _ Dafuq? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/49 "2014-08-17T02:53:43Z")
Obviously, your mom failed. The whole point of what happened when you were 12 was so you would know how to behave as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/50 "2014-08-17T02:56:38Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Because that seems to sway people a lot easier than saying: “I don’t like green peas”. > > All too often people will respond: “Oh you don’t like green peas? Well, you haven’t tried MY green peas. You simply must try them!” > > Uh, no. I simply must not. Not unless you want me to hurl on the dinning room table. > So do you think saying “I’m allergic” is a bit of a stretch? 😃 Not at all. I don’t like the taste of alcohol, even projectile vomited on the priest during my first communion because of it, and therefore just told people that I’m allergic to alcohol for quite a while, at least through the first couple of years of college. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/51 "2014-08-17T17:12:44Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s become a sort of hipster thing to claim to be a supertaster. Seriously? that makes no sense, because it seems like hipsters are also the driving force behind hot peppers in everything, and as a scientifically verified supertaster (you can be given paper with chemicals on it, and it will either taste bitter, or just taste like paper, to check for one kind of tasting ability), and generally supertasters are really sensitive to capsaicinoids (the compounds that make peppers hot). To me, for example, peppers, like jalapenos, just make my mouth burn. They don’t taste like anything, because my mouth is so overwhelmed with the burning sensation. All supertasters I know personally have the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/52 "2014-08-17T20:22:33Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I don’t know how the other points are all that useful without No. 4. If you don’t have a true medical diagnosis, then being an adult member of human society requires that you find a way to get over your aversion enough to at least go through the motions. It would seem polite society shouldn’t _require_ anyone to get over their aversion to anything. An awkward performance of prevarication such as you prescribe would leave a less tasteful flavor in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/53 "2014-08-17T22:20:13Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Seriously? that makes no sense, because it seems like hipsters are also the driving force behind hot peppers in everything, and as a scientifically verified supertaster (you can be given paper with chemicals on it, and it will either taste bitter, or just taste like paper, to check for one kind of tasting ability), and generally supertasters are really sensitive to capsaicinoids (the compounds that make peppers hot). To me, for example, peppers, like jalapenos, just make my mouth burn. They don’t taste like anything, because my mouth is so overwhelmed with the burning sensation. > > All supertasters I know personally have the same problem. Supertaster, but I happen to like the extremes of bitter and salty and sour [not so much sweet] I really really really hate the peppers in everything movement because bell peppers taste like ass, and anything hotter tends to leave my mouth burning so badly I then have to tank up on about half a gallon of milk trying to drown out the burn. I also detested the trend to dump handsfull of cilantro on and in everything, I could carry around a box of soap flakes and add my own contamination to food if I really wanted everything to taste soapy. I am also an asparagus smeller, so I can tell when anybody has eaten asparagus in the last few hours 😃 [URL=“[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”] ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/54 "2014-08-18T00:53:13Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Seriously? I didn’t mean actual hipsters. I meant that it’s a point of pride to state you’re something that’s only recently become known, a fashionable minority. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/55 "2014-08-18T07:29:59Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > As Miss Manners wrote of a slightly different situation, all one needs to say is “oh, I’m so sorry, but I just can’t.” I’ve explained to my college-age niece what a useful phrase this is for a respectable young woman. > > “I’m so sorry, but I just can’t eat them” is completely sufficient, even if it must be repeated several times verbatim. And if someone presses for detail as to _why_ you can’t, you respond “Why on _earth_ would you need to know that?” As to the OP - I’m not really sure… of course the word ‘allergic’ is bandied around a bit. Sometimes it might just be easiest to say (despite it being a lie) that you’re allergic to something you absolutely don’t want to eat, but expect to be pressed on. But then again, there are assholes out there who don’t believe people when they talk about their genuine allergies - and lying about something that is a preference may reinforce their idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/56 "2014-08-18T08:19:28Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > People like me with _real fucking allergy_ to something. > > Look, if you claim to be allergic to peas, and they sneak some pureed peas into say brownies, which you eat with evident ease and no reactions to, then obviously you were lying about being allergic. If more people lie about being allergic when they are not, then shit like what happened to me. I got deliberately fed hidden mushrooms, which sent me into shock and ended up with a very expensive ride in an ambulance and visit to the ER. People will gleefully feed people who say they are allergic to something that exact item hidden in your food with every expectation of being able to jump up and down taunting you about having eaten exactly what you said you were allergic to and you had no bad reaction and are a liar!!!11!!eleventy!!1! If I had not had epipens with me, I would have fucking died because of shit like this. > > Please do not lie about being allergic. > [URL=“[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”] This. I have an autoimmune disorder and am allergic to quite a few different things. People never believe me if I say I’m allergic to something and quite frequently sneak something in as a test. It’s a totally despicable thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/57 "2014-08-18T08:32:35Z")
The assholes who “test” your allergy are prepared to risk your life to catch you out in a fib. Do you honestly believe they’ll change their behaviour if people stop telling them they have a food allergy to make them back off? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/58 "2014-08-18T16:24:45Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Supertaster, but I happen to like the extremes of bitter and salty and sour [not so much sweet] I really really really hate the peppers in everything movement because bell peppers taste like ass, and anything hotter tends to leave my mouth burning so badly I then have to tank up on about half a gallon of milk trying to drown out the burn. I also detested the trend to dump handsfull of cilantro on and in everything, I could carry around a box of soap flakes and add my own contamination to food if I really wanted everything to taste soapy. I like bitter food that has been cooked, but raw bitter food (like raw broccoli) is too much for me. I like strong tea, but it has to have a little sugar in it (not a lot-- that hummingbird food they drink in the south makes me scratch my head). I also like cream and sugar in coffee, although I’m not always in the mood for coffee. I know people who swill it all day long, and I couldn’t do that. I like salt on food, but it only takes a little for me to be able to taste it, and the new fad of salting sweet things (like hot chocolate) doesn’t appeal to me at all. It’s just too much flavor. I hate cilantro with the fire of a thousand suns. It tastes like something in between dish soap and dirt. I used to like Mexican restaurants, but lately, it seems that everything has hot peppers, cilantro, or both, liberally. I’m glad I’m not the only person who just feels burn from peppers. There’s no flavor, just burn. I’m really getting tired of finding them in unexpected places, like pizza places that add them to the regular tomato sauce, or all-you-can-eat places that put them in the macaroni and cheese. > [@Eliahna](#): > > The assholes who “test” your allergy are prepared to risk your life to catch you out in a fib. Do you honestly believe they’ll change their behaviour if people stop telling them they have a food allergy to make them back off? Well, if they hadn’t caught people eating things they claimed to be allergic to in previous instances, they wouldn’t think other people are lying. My brother has an irrational hatred of tomatoes, except he eats ketchup, and pizza with tomato sauce. He’s 43, and my mother actually cooks special versions of things because of his tomato phobia. When he was a kid, he used to tell people he was allergic to tomatoes so he wouldn’t be expected to eat them, then he’d go and eat ketchup, or pizza, so it was obvious he wasn’t allergic. He’s wised up to the point that he doesn’t tell people he’s allergic anymore, but he can still be a real baby about being served something with tomatoes in it. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/59 "2014-08-18T19:07:46Z")
I do not like onions. I don’t like the taste of raw or cooked onions, I do not like the crunchy texture, I do not like onions. If, in polite company, I am presented with a food containing onions, I have two choices: don’t eat it, or swallow it whole without tasting or chewing. Mom used to chop them up really small so I wouldn’t know they were there. I’d much rather she left them BIG so I could pick them out. ☹ Most recently, I placed a telephone order for a couple of Philly Cheesesteaks for my husband & myself. His comes with onions. Mine gets requested “with no onions anywhere near it.” They always ask if I’m allergic, because that means cleaning the grill completely before making my sandwich. Definitely not necessary, but it’s nice that they ask. Edited to add: I LURVES me some garlic. I know they’re botanically related, onions & garlic, but onions are gross & garlic is heavenly. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624/60 "2014-08-18T20:32:37Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Look, if you claim to be allergic to peas, and they sneak some pureed peas into say brownies, which you eat with evident ease and no reactions to, then obviously you were lying about being allergic. If more people lie about being allergic when they are not, then shit like what happened to me. I got deliberately fed hidden mushrooms, which sent me into shock and ended up with a very expensive ride in an ambulance and visit to the ER. People will gleefully feed people who say they are allergic to something that exact item hidden in your food with every expectation of being able to jump up and down taunting you about having eaten exactly what you said you were allergic to and you had no bad reaction and are a liar!!!11!!eleventy!!1! If I had not had epipens with me, I would have fucking died because of shit like this. > [@Eliahna](#): > > The assholes who “test” your allergy are prepared to risk your life to catch you out in a fib. Do you honestly believe they’ll change their behaviour if people stop telling them they have a food allergy to make them back off? Yup. If they are assholes enough to ‘test’ other peoples’ claimed allergies, then I really don’t see how being honest about really disliking something is going to fix them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624.md?page=4)