nibot ([personal profile] nibot) wrote2008-05-02 11:00 pm
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clearly, one of us is bluffing

The other day I ate a plate of fries at a restaurant. The staff swears they use peanut oil to fry everything. I am strongly allergic to peanuts. Nothing happened.

[identity profile] furzicle.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm curious: Did you know before you ate them that they were fried in peanut oil? If so, why did you eat them?
On the other hand, if you did not know,and this led to your eating all of the fries, what caused you to suddenly learn they were peanut-oil-ized? a reaction? But you say no.
I think you must have decided to try one. Having survived you decided to continue pushing your luck.
It kind of reminds me of your (non) reaction to honey nut cheerios!

[identity profile] nibot.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it is a strange puzzle. Well, the menu clearly says that they "proudly" use only peanut oil to prepare their fried foods, and so I have scrupulously avoided all their platters of fried seafood, etc. I ordered a burger, and, of course, fries, somehow overlooking that they are, obviously, fried. At the end of the meal it came to mind all at once that they must have also been fried in the peanut oil. I interrogated our server, who attested that she had seen the very oil come out of a container clearly labeled as peanut oil.