Kale-cooked, it's fine. Raw kale bothers the inside of my mouth

Is it actually scratching or abrading you or does it feel like you’re having a reaction to it. Foods that, when raw, make your mouth (or throat or lips) itchy but don’t do it when cooked is a classic sign of Oral Allergy Syndrome. Does anything else do that to you? If it is OAS, it’s usually a bunch of things, usually all from one of these lists.