I went to my brothers this past week. They asked me if I needed anything special. My reply was besides soy or rice milk. " I will eat what I am able from what is available." Or. I will order myself....

I did not want to " be polite, ... and take what my husband's family calls " a no thank you helping. when someone goes to the trouble of cooking something and even tho' you don't care for it.... you take a bite, to be polite.

I get reactions to both eating onions (et al) as well as smelling them, whether raw or cooked. I've been mostly lucky, because usually when I go out to eat, its at restaurants located at Walt Disney World (Florida resident). Their chefs actually come to the table and discuss what you can and cannot have and if its a buffet and there's little to eat, they've been known to make special dishes for me. The only two restaurants there that I had problems with, that didn't take my allergy seriously, were the San Angel Inn in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot (I don't think the chef understood what I was saying-language issues) and Olivia's Cafe at Old Key West resort (they just didn't care). Maybe they just found it funny to watch me do the itchy-scratchy dance in my chair and try not to get sick at the table. Who knows?