OT: A Cry for Help

Man, that’s rough.

Sorry hairball. That sucks.

I’m sorry man. How did you find out? An allergy test?

shallot meet hairball.
hairball, this is shallot.

Oh jeez dude. If I was allergic to garlic, I’d just end my life.

I echo the suggestion for shallots above. They’re more expensive and have a sharper flavor, but it can do in a pinch.

Shit that’s fuck

:(

That sucks beyond imagining… I use garlic in just about everything.
Two things though – First, elephant garlic isn’t actually garlic (but in the interest of covering my ass, that doesn’t mean you aren’t allergic to it). Also, my wife has health issues where food allergies have become very important and there are apparently allergy desensitization treatments that allow exposure to the food without the allergic reaction.

my pour cousin just found out she’s allergic to wheat gluten, eggs, and corn. I don’t know how she does it.

Sorry hairball. But I wouldn’t mind getting a “hairball is a vampire”-meme going.

I just put two and two together this week & realized I get an allergic reaction to our two new beagle puppies. I was getting red breakouts on my hands & knuckles and it finally dawned on me I let them lick my hands.

I would suggest you avoid pounding stakes into your heart as well. Just as a precaution.

Wow, as a fellow garlic fan and food lover, you have my deepest sympathies.

Since you are already familiar with the reaction you have to garlic, what’s worse? Not having the garlic or the symptoms you get when you eat it? Is this something you can indulge in occasionally, knowing full well the consequences? Or do you have to forswear the bulb forevermore?

I’m just asking if this is REALLY the end of your love affair with garlic, or just a recognition that it’s a love affair that’s dirty and wrong and therefore even more awesome.

well,

I’m not inviting you to Orthodox Easter, then.

That sucks, man. Garlic is delicious. If you’re looking for a silver lining, there could be one: sacrificing a dietary staple will likely force you to experiment with new foods and new flavors, and you’ll probably discover some cool stuff. When I gave up eating meat years ago, I had that experience. At first it was difficult, but not relying on the old comfort foods got me eating all kinds of different veggies and grains and whatnot to compensate. Maybe you’ll discover a love of shallots or some other food that you otherwise never would have known.

My Italian grandparents shed a tear for you.

For what it’s worth, shallots might serve as a rough proxy. I actually use them instead of garlic often because of the overuse of garlic during my childhood. I know they are in the allium family, but maybe you’d have less of a sensitivity?

I’d think of it more like you’ve been liberated from using garlic. It’s kind of a cheap way to flavor.

Aaaah bummer. When I need to make pasta sauce and have no garlic I use a half onion — saute it in butter (don’t cut it up) and then throw out the actual onion (I grew a ton of them this year, so I have them to spare) and what butter you have left kinda tastes garlicky … with enough basil and oregano.

My mom is allergic to garlic, had to give it up at 40 or so. Yeah, a lot of onions and shallots.

I think I probably am allergic also, but it’s not bothering me bad enough (yet) to give it up.