I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all the wonderful PMs I have received since starting this poll. I don't want to embarrass people, so I will keep these quotes anonymous, but I would like to share some with you:
"This poll has literally changed my life! I used to be counting down the days until my beloved could be here, but now I find I'm counting the number of other members who have joined this poll! I haven't emailed my SO for days. I have trouble remembering his name sometimes. God bless you, SteveLaura!"
"Since taking part in your poll, I have come 2nd in a beauty contest and won $100. I forwarded your poll to five of my friends within five minutes and nothing bad happened to me! For a whole day! Thank you so much! PS. If you don't reply within a day, all your hair will fall out."
"I have been following your poll with great interest since its conception. Are you some kind of left-wing nut? I find it slightly subversive and want to be sure that my ire is properly directed. If I am wrong, please accept my apologies and good luck in your God-serving quest."
"Your poll is close to violating TOS. Please be careful where you go with this. Thank you for your understanding."
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bless you brother steven. you are changing the world....one life at a time
People stop me on the street, weeping with gratitude. It's a humbling experience, Brother Dean.
QUOTE(SteveLaura @ Sep 20 2007, 11:36 AM) 
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all the wonderful PMs I have received since starting this poll. I don't want to embarrass people, so I will keep these quotes anonymous, but I would like to share some with you:
"This poll has literally changed my life! I used to be counting down the days until my beloved could be here, but now I find I'm counting the number of other members who have joined this poll! I haven't emailed my SO for days. I have trouble remembering his name sometimes. God bless you, SteveLaura!"
"Since taking part in your poll, I have come 2nd in a beauty contest and won $100. I forwarded your poll to five of my friends within five minutes and nothing bad happened to me! For a whole day! Thank you so much! PS. If you don't reply within a day, all your hair will fall out."
"I have been following your poll with great interest since its conception. Are you some kind of left-wing nut? I find it slightly subversive and want to be sure that my ire is properly directed. If I am wrong, please accept my apologies and good luck in your God-serving quest."
"Your poll is close to violating TOS. Please be careful where you go with this. Thank you for your understanding."
And many, many more!
"This poll has literally changed my life! I used to be counting down the days until my beloved could be here, but now I find I'm counting the number of other members who have joined this poll! I haven't emailed my SO for days. I have trouble remembering his name sometimes. God bless you, SteveLaura!"
"Since taking part in your poll, I have come 2nd in a beauty contest and won $100. I forwarded your poll to five of my friends within five minutes and nothing bad happened to me! For a whole day! Thank you so much! PS. If you don't reply within a day, all your hair will fall out."
"I have been following your poll with great interest since its conception. Are you some kind of left-wing nut? I find it slightly subversive and want to be sure that my ire is properly directed. If I am wrong, please accept my apologies and good luck in your God-serving quest."
"Your poll is close to violating TOS. Please be careful where you go with this. Thank you for your understanding."
And many, many more!
HAHAHAHAAHHA
So do I have to post here daily for 129385739 days before I get my free doughnut?
QUOTE(SteveLaura @ Sep 20 2007, 12:36 PM)
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all the wonderful PMs I have received since starting this poll. I don't want to embarrass people, so I will keep these quotes anonymous, but I would like to share some with you:
"This poll has literally changed my life! I used to be counting down the days until my beloved could be here, but now I find I'm counting the number of other members who have joined this poll! I haven't emailed my SO for days. I have trouble remembering his name sometimes. God bless you, SteveLaura!"
"Since taking part in your poll, I have come 2nd in a beauty contest and won $100. I forwarded your poll to five of my friends within five minutes and nothing bad happened to me! For a whole day! Thank you so much! PS. If you don't reply within a day, all your hair will fall out."
"I have been following your poll with great interest since its conception. Are you some kind of left-wing nut? I find it slightly subversive and want to be sure that my ire is properly directed. If I am wrong, please accept my apologies and good luck in your God-serving quest."
"Your poll is close to violating TOS. Please be careful where you go with this. Thank you for your understanding."
And many, many more!
"This poll has literally changed my life! I used to be counting down the days until my beloved could be here, but now I find I'm counting the number of other members who have joined this poll! I haven't emailed my SO for days. I have trouble remembering his name sometimes. God bless you, SteveLaura!"
"Since taking part in your poll, I have come 2nd in a beauty contest and won $100. I forwarded your poll to five of my friends within five minutes and nothing bad happened to me! For a whole day! Thank you so much! PS. If you don't reply within a day, all your hair will fall out."
"I have been following your poll with great interest since its conception. Are you some kind of left-wing nut? I find it slightly subversive and want to be sure that my ire is properly directed. If I am wrong, please accept my apologies and good luck in your God-serving quest."
"Your poll is close to violating TOS. Please be careful where you go with this. Thank you for your understanding."
And many, many more!
HAHAHAHAH
is taht enough??
QUOTE(kaush @ Sep 20 2007, 06:04 PM)
So do I have to post here daily for 129385739 days before I get my free doughnut?
I would advise that you read the small print in the agreement, Madam. Now, if you would be so kind to turn to page 753, paragraph 5, subsection d(ii) clearly states: "Upon entering this agreement by submitting votes (3) to the aforementioned poll (aka 'Biggest EVER'), the member (add name) or members (in instances where one of more members share an account [see Visajourney guides] [add names]) shall be voluntarily entering into a further agreement (see above) separate and remote from aforementioned agreement (see above, this sentence) to post further comments, pictures (see Visajourney guides, adding pictures), video content (henceforth known as 'You Tube' content) and related or unrelated content (see page 1027, paragraph 8, subsection j(xi) for rules regarding unrelated content) for a period not less than nor limited to 129385740 days consecutively, including holidays (public and religious, inclusive of all faiths, irrespective of the faith of the member(s) [add name(s)]) in order to qualify for the free (not including shipping and tax, to be paid on delivery by the member(s) [add name(s)]) doughnut. In the event that said doughnuts are unavailable, we reserve the right to substitute other food items which may or may not include green-stalked vegetables. (NB. We are not liable for any litigation nor criminal charges relating to the immigration status of the employees of any horticultural companies and/or agencies involved in the harvesting of said vegetables.) Your statutory rights are not affected. May contain nuts."
For Friday afternoon & the hell of it:
. the muppets? if i was not muslim and miss piggy was not pork..well, i make have to . .... her
QUOTE(SteveLaura @ Sep 21 2007, 08:52 AM)
QUOTE(kaush @ Sep 20 2007, 06:04 PM)
So do I have to post here daily for 129385739 days before I get my free doughnut?
I would advise that you read the small print in the agreement, Madam. Now, if you would be so kind to turn to page 753, paragraph 5, subsection d(ii) clearly states: "Upon entering this agreement by submitting votes (3) to the aforementioned poll (aka 'Biggest EVER'), the member (add name) or members (in instances where one of more members share an account [see Visajourney guides] [add names]) shall be voluntarily entering into a further agreement (see above) separate and remote from aforementioned agreement (see above, this sentence) to post further comments, pictures (see Visajourney guides, adding pictures), video content (henceforth known as 'You Tube' content) and related or unrelated content (see page 1027, paragraph 8, subsection j(xi) for rules regarding unrelated content) for a period not less than nor limited to 129385740 days consecutively, including holidays (public and religious, inclusive of all faiths, irrespective of the faith of the member(s) [add name(s)]) in order to qualify for the free (not including shipping and tax, to be paid on delivery by the member(s) [add name(s)]) doughnut. In the event that said doughnuts are unavailable, we reserve the right to substitute other food items which may or may not include green-stalked vegetables. (NB. We are not liable for any litigation nor criminal charges relating to the immigration status of the employees of any horticultural companies and/or agencies involved in the harvesting of said vegetables.) Your statutory rights are not affected. May contain nuts."
Dang it!!Just found out I am allergic to
I want a baked cinnamon doughnut. When are you sending it over?
I told you once.
log: damn, i am now working on brother steven celery farm.///me and pablo and the hos....i came here for doughnits and now, we are organic farming....thankfully, i brought my pet burro, bosco, one of the hos seems to taken a fnacy to him...maybe, i could...................
QUOTE(Cécy @ Sep 23 2007, 09:20 AM)
I want a baked cinnamon doughnut. When are you sending it over?
MAHOPAC, N.Y - It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool — and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts.
They wore sandwich boards proclaiming, "Give Us Our Just Desserts" and "They're Carbs, Not Contraband."
At issue is a decision to refuse free doughnuts, pies and breads that were being donated to senior centers around Putnam County, north of New York City. Officials were concerned that the county was setting a bad nutritional precedent by providing mounds of doughnuts and other sweets to seniors.
The picketers said they were objecting not to a lack of sweets but that they weren't consulted about the ban.
"Lack of respect is what it's all about," said Joe Hajkowski, 75, a former labor union official who organized the demonstration. He said officials had implied that seniors were gorging themselves on jelly doughnuts and were too senile to make the choice for themselves.
C. Michael Sibilia said, "I'm 86, not 8."
Inside, some seniors said they missed the doughnuts but others said they were glad to see them go.
"It was disgusting the way people went after them," said 80-year-old Rita Jorgensen. "I think the senior center did them a favor by taking it away."
Stan Tuttle, coordinator of nutritional services for the county's Office for the Aging, said the program had gotten out of control. As many as 16 cases of breads, cakes and pastries were delivered, by various means, to the William Koehler Memorial Senior Center each day. Some were moldy and some had been stored overnight in the trunks of volunteers' cars, he said.
Caregivers there and elsewhere say the doughnut debate illustrates the difficulty of balancing nutrition and choice when providing meals to the elderly.
"Senior citizens can walk down to the store and buy doughnuts. Nobody's stopping them," said Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington.
But he notes that older people have high rates of heart disease and high blood pressure and says senior citizen centers, nursing homes and assisted-living centers should not be worsening the health problems of seniors.
At the North East Bronx Senior Citizen Center, lunch is served five times a week (suggested contribution $1.50).
"We don't tell them what to do, we don't force them to eat what's good for them. But we certainly don't give them anything that's bad for them," said center director Silvia Ponce.
The church-basement senior center, one of 325 under the New York City Department for the Aging, has a mostly Italian-American clientele, a Naples-born cook and a menu that includes eggplant parmigiana, linguini with clams and manicotti.
"We try to give them what they like," said the cook, Stella Bruno.
The lunches have to supply one-third of the federal minimum daily requirements in such categories as calories, protein, vitamin C and vitamin A, said Chris Miller, spokesman for the department.
The Bronx center offers coffee, tea, bagels and rolls in the morning, but nothing in the doughnut family.
"The sweetest thing here is the raisin in the raisin bagel," said Nicholas Volpicella, 87.
Maureen Janowski, director of nutrition resources for Morrison Senior Dining in Atlanta, which provides meals at more than 370 senior living communities, says residents' food preferences depend somewhat on their age. Those born between 1901 and 1925 generally prefer meat and potatoes, and those born between 1925 and 1942 are "a little more trendy, a little more adventurous, a lot more nutrition-savvy," she said.
"They have choices, and we show them how to make good choices," she said.
At the Bronx center, Bruno said she tries to help the seniors avoid the bad buffet choices when they take a trip to Atlantic City. As a group was departing, she handed them bag lunches — with a roast beef sandwich, cranberry juice and carrot sticks.
"Protein, vitamin C, vitamin A," she said.
They wore sandwich boards proclaiming, "Give Us Our Just Desserts" and "They're Carbs, Not Contraband."
At issue is a decision to refuse free doughnuts, pies and breads that were being donated to senior centers around Putnam County, north of New York City. Officials were concerned that the county was setting a bad nutritional precedent by providing mounds of doughnuts and other sweets to seniors.
The picketers said they were objecting not to a lack of sweets but that they weren't consulted about the ban.
"Lack of respect is what it's all about," said Joe Hajkowski, 75, a former labor union official who organized the demonstration. He said officials had implied that seniors were gorging themselves on jelly doughnuts and were too senile to make the choice for themselves.
C. Michael Sibilia said, "I'm 86, not 8."
Inside, some seniors said they missed the doughnuts but others said they were glad to see them go.
"It was disgusting the way people went after them," said 80-year-old Rita Jorgensen. "I think the senior center did them a favor by taking it away."
Stan Tuttle, coordinator of nutritional services for the county's Office for the Aging, said the program had gotten out of control. As many as 16 cases of breads, cakes and pastries were delivered, by various means, to the William Koehler Memorial Senior Center each day. Some were moldy and some had been stored overnight in the trunks of volunteers' cars, he said.
Caregivers there and elsewhere say the doughnut debate illustrates the difficulty of balancing nutrition and choice when providing meals to the elderly.
"Senior citizens can walk down to the store and buy doughnuts. Nobody's stopping them," said Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington.
But he notes that older people have high rates of heart disease and high blood pressure and says senior citizen centers, nursing homes and assisted-living centers should not be worsening the health problems of seniors.
At the North East Bronx Senior Citizen Center, lunch is served five times a week (suggested contribution $1.50).
"We don't tell them what to do, we don't force them to eat what's good for them. But we certainly don't give them anything that's bad for them," said center director Silvia Ponce.
The church-basement senior center, one of 325 under the New York City Department for the Aging, has a mostly Italian-American clientele, a Naples-born cook and a menu that includes eggplant parmigiana, linguini with clams and manicotti.
"We try to give them what they like," said the cook, Stella Bruno.
The lunches have to supply one-third of the federal minimum daily requirements in such categories as calories, protein, vitamin C and vitamin A, said Chris Miller, spokesman for the department.
The Bronx center offers coffee, tea, bagels and rolls in the morning, but nothing in the doughnut family.
"The sweetest thing here is the raisin in the raisin bagel," said Nicholas Volpicella, 87.
Maureen Janowski, director of nutrition resources for Morrison Senior Dining in Atlanta, which provides meals at more than 370 senior living communities, says residents' food preferences depend somewhat on their age. Those born between 1901 and 1925 generally prefer meat and potatoes, and those born between 1925 and 1942 are "a little more trendy, a little more adventurous, a lot more nutrition-savvy," she said.
"They have choices, and we show them how to make good choices," she said.
At the Bronx center, Bruno said she tries to help the seniors avoid the bad buffet choices when they take a trip to Atlantic City. As a group was departing, she handed them bag lunches — with a roast beef sandwich, cranberry juice and carrot sticks.
"Protein, vitamin C, vitamin A," she said.
Internet diary, Sept 24th 2007: Sister Marilyn of the Double D Tanners has reinstated her care packages, albeit on a temporary basis, she has implied. Her kind heart has been touched by the plight of the poor dears in Putnam County who have been denied doughnuts at their nursing homes. She will not rest until every senior citizen has a pile of old Dunkin Donut boxes under their bed, and they have to ply a cream-filled delight from their cold, dead, sugary hands.
In the meantime, the celery has not been the greatest of substitutes. Dean is less than thrilled with taking over the management of the fields. He was slightly more chipper this morning when he took his camcorder with him. Said he was doing a nature study. Noticed he took his trusty steed with him and volunteer Fefe. Plus a tube of KY jelly, for some reason (calloused hands?)
I will be taking a well-earned vacation later this week. Dean said he has things well in hand - hence the callouses. Says he has a new business venture, and can we set up a website with PayPal? Seems these nature films of his have an enthusiastic audience - possibly ornothologists, as I'm sure I heard him talking about the Great Tits he captured on film.
In the meantime, the celery has not been the greatest of substitutes. Dean is less than thrilled with taking over the management of the fields. He was slightly more chipper this morning when he took his camcorder with him. Said he was doing a nature study. Noticed he took his trusty steed with him and volunteer Fefe. Plus a tube of KY jelly, for some reason (calloused hands?)
I will be taking a well-earned vacation later this week. Dean said he has things well in hand - hence the callouses. Says he has a new business venture, and can we set up a website with PayPal? Seems these nature films of his have an enthusiastic audience - possibly ornothologists, as I'm sure I heard him talking about the Great Tits he captured on film.
What a coincidence that SteveLaura will be on holiday this week - so will I! Small world, and all that. Maybe I'll see him in New Glarus. If that's where he's going. I have no idea. I've never heard of the place.
Um.
Any more of that delish celery, perchance..?
Um.
Any more of that delish celery, perchance..?
note to pablo, bosco and fefe...tomorrow is brother steven annioversary..time to harvest some sweet lucy and put it in the brownies...i see a night that they will talk about years later
Ooh, brownies! Cheers, Dean!
lol.. i knew you could dig them......peace and goodness to you and your wife, laura and visiting parents...........dean
waiting for brother steven to return...got some issues with ICE and pablo..also PETA has issues with my pet burro, Bosco.....Janet Reno called the feds down on me...and took FeFe ..seems she was cuban and was elian's older sister...
I am tired of doughnuts.... anyone want some celery??
mmm one of my favourite snacks.... celery with cheese whiz....
supposedly i am allergic to celery.... I had an allergy test when I was younger and it showed that I was allergic to celery... the doctor said I shouldn't have it more then once a week... how can you be allergic to celery??.. they are mostly water
mmm one of my favourite snacks.... celery with cheese whiz....
supposedly i am allergic to celery.... I had an allergy test when I was younger and it showed that I was allergic to celery... the doctor said I shouldn't have it more then once a week... how can you be allergic to celery??.. they are mostly water
i agree,,i think the doctor smoked some sweet lucy when he told you that sister...
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As of this instant, this poll has 120 responses. The "which of the following should be illegal" poll has 121.
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STFU! you Persian Shoe
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QUOTE(VJ Troll @ Sep 29 2007, 04:42 PM)
As of this instant, this poll has 120 responses. The "which of the following should be illegal" poll has 121.
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QUOTE(MarilynP @ Sep 28 2007, 11:47 AM)
supposedly i am allergic to celery.... I had an allergy test when I was younger and it showed that I was allergic to celery... the doctor said I shouldn't have it more then once a week... how can you be allergic to celery??.. they are mostly water
Found this:
QUOTE
Celery is one of the most common foods to cause oral allergy syndrome in adults in countries such as Switzerland, France and Germany. (See the section on fruit and vegetable allergy for more on oral allergy syndrome.)
Allergy to celeriac (the celery root) is more common than to celery (the stalks of the plant), but both can sometimes cause severe reactions. Symptoms vary from mild ones, such as oral allergy syndrome, to anaphylactic shock. Some reports suggest that celery spice is as likely to cause a reaction in sensitive people as raw celery.
Since November 2005, food labelling rules require pre-packed food sold in the UK, and the rest of the European Union, to show clearly on the label if it contains celery (or if one of its ingredients contains it). Bear in mind that there could still be foods on the shelves that were produced before this date.
Allergy to celeriac (the celery root) is more common than to celery (the stalks of the plant), but both can sometimes cause severe reactions. Symptoms vary from mild ones, such as oral allergy syndrome, to anaphylactic shock. Some reports suggest that celery spice is as likely to cause a reaction in sensitive people as raw celery.
Since November 2005, food labelling rules require pre-packed food sold in the UK, and the rest of the European Union, to show clearly on the label if it contains celery (or if one of its ingredients contains it). Bear in mind that there could still be foods on the shelves that were produced before this date.
Food Standards Agency UK
And this:
QUOTE
Allergy to celery tuber (celeriac), a member of the Apiaceae family, belongs to the most frequent pollen-related food allergies in some European countries such as Switzerland, France, or Germany. Celery is consumed as raw or cooked vegetable. Severe allergic reactions to celery are mainly observed after ingestion of raw celery but can also occur after intake of foods containing technologically processed or heated celery roots. This is particularly important since dried powder from celery roots is used as a cheap spicing ingredient in many processed foods such as spice mixtures, soups, broths and salad dressings. The allergenicity of celery spice has been shown for patients with known allergy to raw celery in our recent food challenge studies. Thus, commercially used celery powder is not safe for patients who are allergic to raw celery. Furthermore, the allergenic potential of celery was sustained for some patients even after extensive thermal treatment (>60min, at a temperature of 100°C), suggesting a high heat resistance of some of the celery allergens.
Symptoms
Local reactions in the mouth such as itching, but also systemic reactions affecting the skin, the nose and lungs and the stomach or severe life threatening reactions (anaphylaxis) have been observed upon ingestion of celery. Compared to allergic reactions to other fresh vegetables the course of celery allergy is often more severe. During challenge studies with celery, 50% of patients developed local reactions in the mouth and 50% systemic reactions. In a number of patients systemic symptoms were even observed after contact of celery with the mouth without actual ingestion of the allergenic food.
How much is too much?
The minimal dose eliciting allergic symptoms (threshold doses) has not been determined so far. However, 48% of patients undergoing oral provocations with celery developed allergic symptoms at a dose of 700 mg.
Related foods (cross reactivity)
Allergy to celery is frequently associated with birch and or mugwort pollinosis. Therefore, the term birch-mugwort-celery-syndrome has been established. Birch pollen and celery allergy are closely related in Central Europe, while celery allergy develops more frequently in patients with sensitisation to mugwort pollen in Southern Europe. Moreover, allergy to carrot and spices is highly associated to celery allergy. Celery allergic patients may develop a spice allergy, in particular to members of the Apiaceae family such as parsley, coriander, cumin, aniseed, but also to bell pepper and pepper. Allergenicity of stick celery and celery seed, which are used for spicing and for aroma production have not been scientifically evaluated in challenge studies so far.
Who, when, how long, and how often?
In Switzerland about 40% of patients with food allergy are sensitized to celery root, and severe anaphylactic reactions have been reported. In France, 30% of severe allergic reactions to foods were thought to be due to celery according to patients’ history.
Diagnosis
For diagnosis skin testing with celery extract may be performed, or blood samples may be measured. Up to 85% of patients with celery allergy depict positive results in these tests. If raw celery is used for skin testing 96 % of celery allergic patients are skin test-positive. Patients with allergy to birch or mugwort pollen, however, may show positive skin test/in vitro results to celery without being affected by allergic symptoms after celery consumption. Thus, positive test results have to be interpreted on the background of a positive case history and/or oral exposure tests.
Avoidance
Due to its high allergenic potency celery is included into the list of foods for mandatory labelling according to the revised EU Labelling Directive 2003/89/EG.
Symptoms
Local reactions in the mouth such as itching, but also systemic reactions affecting the skin, the nose and lungs and the stomach or severe life threatening reactions (anaphylaxis) have been observed upon ingestion of celery. Compared to allergic reactions to other fresh vegetables the course of celery allergy is often more severe. During challenge studies with celery, 50% of patients developed local reactions in the mouth and 50% systemic reactions. In a number of patients systemic symptoms were even observed after contact of celery with the mouth without actual ingestion of the allergenic food.
How much is too much?
The minimal dose eliciting allergic symptoms (threshold doses) has not been determined so far. However, 48% of patients undergoing oral provocations with celery developed allergic symptoms at a dose of 700 mg.
Related foods (cross reactivity)
Allergy to celery is frequently associated with birch and or mugwort pollinosis. Therefore, the term birch-mugwort-celery-syndrome has been established. Birch pollen and celery allergy are closely related in Central Europe, while celery allergy develops more frequently in patients with sensitisation to mugwort pollen in Southern Europe. Moreover, allergy to carrot and spices is highly associated to celery allergy. Celery allergic patients may develop a spice allergy, in particular to members of the Apiaceae family such as parsley, coriander, cumin, aniseed, but also to bell pepper and pepper. Allergenicity of stick celery and celery seed, which are used for spicing and for aroma production have not been scientifically evaluated in challenge studies so far.
Who, when, how long, and how often?
In Switzerland about 40% of patients with food allergy are sensitized to celery root, and severe anaphylactic reactions have been reported. In France, 30% of severe allergic reactions to foods were thought to be due to celery according to patients’ history.
Diagnosis
For diagnosis skin testing with celery extract may be performed, or blood samples may be measured. Up to 85% of patients with celery allergy depict positive results in these tests. If raw celery is used for skin testing 96 % of celery allergic patients are skin test-positive. Patients with allergy to birch or mugwort pollen, however, may show positive skin test/in vitro results to celery without being affected by allergic symptoms after celery consumption. Thus, positive test results have to be interpreted on the background of a positive case history and/or oral exposure tests.
Avoidance
Due to its high allergenic potency celery is included into the list of foods for mandatory labelling according to the revised EU Labelling Directive 2003/89/EG.
Food Allergens - Celery
Seems it is not unheard of at all. I LOVE celery, sorry you can't eat it, Marilyn.
QUOTE(Mags @ Sep 29 2007, 07:02 PM)
QUOTE(MarilynP @ Sep 28 2007, 11:47 AM)
supposedly i am allergic to celery.... I had an allergy test when I was younger and it showed that I was allergic to celery... the doctor said I shouldn't have it more then once a week... how can you be allergic to celery??.. they are mostly water
Found this:
QUOTE
Celery is one of the most common foods to cause oral allergy syndrome in adults in countries such as Switzerland, France and Germany. (See the section on fruit and vegetable allergy for more on oral allergy syndrome.)
Allergy to celeriac (the celery root) is more common than to celery (the stalks of the plant), but both can sometimes cause severe reactions. Symptoms vary from mild ones, such as oral allergy syndrome, to anaphylactic shock. Some reports suggest that celery spice is as likely to cause a reaction in sensitive people as raw celery.
Since November 2005, food labelling rules require pre-packed food sold in the UK, and the rest of the European Union, to show clearly on the label if it contains celery (or if one of its ingredients contains it). Bear in mind that there could still be foods on the shelves that were produced before this date.
Allergy to celeriac (the celery root) is more common than to celery (the stalks of the plant), but both can sometimes cause severe reactions. Symptoms vary from mild ones, such as oral allergy syndrome, to anaphylactic shock. Some reports suggest that celery spice is as likely to cause a reaction in sensitive people as raw celery.
Since November 2005, food labelling rules require pre-packed food sold in the UK, and the rest of the European Union, to show clearly on the label if it contains celery (or if one of its ingredients contains it). Bear in mind that there could still be foods on the shelves that were produced before this date.
Food Standards Agency UK
And this:
QUOTE
Allergy to celery tuber (celeriac), a member of the Apiaceae family, belongs to the most frequent pollen-related food allergies in some European countries such as Switzerland, France, or Germany. Celery is consumed as raw or cooked vegetable. Severe allergic reactions to celery are mainly observed after ingestion of raw celery but can also occur after intake of foods containing technologically processed or heated celery roots. This is particularly important since dried powder from celery roots is used as a cheap spicing ingredient in many processed foods such as spice mixtures, soups, broths and salad dressings. The allergenicity of celery spice has been shown for patients with known allergy to raw celery in our recent food challenge studies. Thus, commercially used celery powder is not safe for patients who are allergic to raw celery. Furthermore, the allergenic potential of celery was sustained for some patients even after extensive thermal treatment (>60min, at a temperature of 100°C), suggesting a high heat resistance of some of the celery allergens.
Symptoms
Local reactions in the mouth such as itching, but also systemic reactions affecting the skin, the nose and lungs and the stomach or severe life threatening reactions (anaphylaxis) have been observed upon ingestion of celery. Compared to allergic reactions to other fresh vegetables the course of celery allergy is often more severe. During challenge studies with celery, 50% of patients developed local reactions in the mouth and 50% systemic reactions. In a number of patients systemic symptoms were even observed after contact of celery with the mouth without actual ingestion of the allergenic food.
How much is too much?
The minimal dose eliciting allergic symptoms (threshold doses) has not been determined so far. However, 48% of patients undergoing oral provocations with celery developed allergic symptoms at a dose of 700 mg.
Related foods (cross reactivity)
Allergy to celery is frequently associated with birch and or mugwort pollinosis. Therefore, the term birch-mugwort-celery-syndrome has been established. Birch pollen and celery allergy are closely related in Central Europe, while celery allergy develops more frequently in patients with sensitisation to mugwort pollen in Southern Europe. Moreover, allergy to carrot and spices is highly associated to celery allergy. Celery allergic patients may develop a spice allergy, in particular to members of the Apiaceae family such as parsley, coriander, cumin, aniseed, but also to bell pepper and pepper. Allergenicity of stick celery and celery seed, which are used for spicing and for aroma production have not been scientifically evaluated in challenge studies so far.
Who, when, how long, and how often?
In Switzerland about 40% of patients with food allergy are sensitized to celery root, and severe anaphylactic reactions have been reported. In France, 30% of severe allergic reactions to foods were thought to be due to celery according to patients’ history.
Diagnosis
For diagnosis skin testing with celery extract may be performed, or blood samples may be measured. Up to 85% of patients with celery allergy depict positive results in these tests. If raw celery is used for skin testing 96 % of celery allergic patients are skin test-positive. Patients with allergy to birch or mugwort pollen, however, may show positive skin test/in vitro results to celery without being affected by allergic symptoms after celery consumption. Thus, positive test results have to be interpreted on the background of a positive case history and/or oral exposure tests.
Avoidance
Due to its high allergenic potency celery is included into the list of foods for mandatory labelling according to the revised EU Labelling Directive 2003/89/EG.
Symptoms
Local reactions in the mouth such as itching, but also systemic reactions affecting the skin, the nose and lungs and the stomach or severe life threatening reactions (anaphylaxis) have been observed upon ingestion of celery. Compared to allergic reactions to other fresh vegetables the course of celery allergy is often more severe. During challenge studies with celery, 50% of patients developed local reactions in the mouth and 50% systemic reactions. In a number of patients systemic symptoms were even observed after contact of celery with the mouth without actual ingestion of the allergenic food.
How much is too much?
The minimal dose eliciting allergic symptoms (threshold doses) has not been determined so far. However, 48% of patients undergoing oral provocations with celery developed allergic symptoms at a dose of 700 mg.
Related foods (cross reactivity)
Allergy to celery is frequently associated with birch and or mugwort pollinosis. Therefore, the term birch-mugwort-celery-syndrome has been established. Birch pollen and celery allergy are closely related in Central Europe, while celery allergy develops more frequently in patients with sensitisation to mugwort pollen in Southern Europe. Moreover, allergy to carrot and spices is highly associated to celery allergy. Celery allergic patients may develop a spice allergy, in particular to members of the Apiaceae family such as parsley, coriander, cumin, aniseed, but also to bell pepper and pepper. Allergenicity of stick celery and celery seed, which are used for spicing and for aroma production have not been scientifically evaluated in challenge studies so far.
Who, when, how long, and how often?
In Switzerland about 40% of patients with food allergy are sensitized to celery root, and severe anaphylactic reactions have been reported. In France, 30% of severe allergic reactions to foods were thought to be due to celery according to patients’ history.
Diagnosis
For diagnosis skin testing with celery extract may be performed, or blood samples may be measured. Up to 85% of patients with celery allergy depict positive results in these tests. If raw celery is used for skin testing 96 % of celery allergic patients are skin test-positive. Patients with allergy to birch or mugwort pollen, however, may show positive skin test/in vitro results to celery without being affected by allergic symptoms after celery consumption. Thus, positive test results have to be interpreted on the background of a positive case history and/or oral exposure tests.
Avoidance
Due to its high allergenic potency celery is included into the list of foods for mandatory labelling according to the revised EU Labelling Directive 2003/89/EG.
Food Allergens - Celery
Seems it is not unheard of at all. I LOVE celery, sorry you can't eat it, Marilyn.
cool, thanks for the info.....
the doctor told me I could eat it but not more then once a week... before that I would eat celery a lot and I never noticed any allergic reactions i love celery and cheese whiz.... I haven't had any in a long time though...
QUOTE(VJ Troll @ Sep 29 2007, 04:42 PM)
As of this instant, this poll has 120 responses. The "which of the following should be illegal" poll has 121.
Boo Yah!
Boo Yah!
Neck and neck, my friend.
I like to feel that we're the VHS of polls, compared to the Betamax of your's.
QUOTE(SteveLaura @ Oct 1 2007, 08:08 AM)
QUOTE(VJ Troll @ Sep 29 2007, 04:42 PM)
As of this instant, this poll has 120 responses. The "which of the following should be illegal" poll has 121.
Boo Yah!
Boo Yah!
Neck and neck, my friend.
I like to feel that we're the VHS of polls, compared to the Betamax of your's.
pwned, you Persian Shoe....yeah, we are haters on this thread
Katmandu, Delaware: POLL POPULARITY BLAMED FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RISE.
An online poll has been blamed for the recent rise in illegal immigration, a government spokesman claimed today. Geoffrey Lederhosen of the Department of Homeland Security told reporters, "The illegals love polls. They'll crawl through scotching deserts to get at 'em." He went on: "There's one in particular that they love, and it's a big 'un. The biggest one EVER, the folks claim." For confidentiality reasons, he could not name the site in question, but hinted, "There's some on there [the website] that you could call Un-American in their views on the illegal problem..."
Herr. Lederhosen is no stranger to controversy. Last month he claimed that illegal immigrants were to blame for the decline of deely-boppers, the unexplained interest in Kevin Federline, some dust bunnies he found under his sofa, and the sacking of Rome in 1527.
An online poll has been blamed for the recent rise in illegal immigration, a government spokesman claimed today. Geoffrey Lederhosen of the Department of Homeland Security told reporters, "The illegals love polls. They'll crawl through scotching deserts to get at 'em." He went on: "There's one in particular that they love, and it's a big 'un. The biggest one EVER, the folks claim." For confidentiality reasons, he could not name the site in question, but hinted, "There's some on there [the website] that you could call Un-American in their views on the illegal problem..."
Herr. Lederhosen is no stranger to controversy. Last month he claimed that illegal immigrants were to blame for the decline of deely-boppers, the unexplained interest in Kevin Federline, some dust bunnies he found under his sofa, and the sacking of Rome in 1527.
QUOTE(SteveLaura @ Oct 1 2007, 04:37 PM)
Katmandu, Delaware: POLL POPULARITY BLAMED FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RISE.
An online poll has been blamed for the recent rise in illegal immigration, a government spokesman claimed today. Geoffrey Lederhosen of the Department of Homeland Security told reporters, "The illegals love polls. They'll crawl through scotching deserts to get at 'em." He went on: "There's one in particular that they love, and it's a big 'un. The biggest one EVER, the folks claim." For confidentiality reasons, he could not name the site in question, but hinted, "There's some on there [the website] that you could call Un-American in their views on the illegal problem..."
Herr. Lederhosen is no stranger to controversy. Last month he claimed that illegal immigrants were to blame for the decline of deely-boppers, the unexplained interest in Kevin Federline, some dust bunnies he found under his sofa, and the sacking of Rome in 1527.
An online poll has been blamed for the recent rise in illegal immigration, a government spokesman claimed today. Geoffrey Lederhosen of the Department of Homeland Security told reporters, "The illegals love polls. They'll crawl through scotching deserts to get at 'em." He went on: "There's one in particular that they love, and it's a big 'un. The biggest one EVER, the folks claim." For confidentiality reasons, he could not name the site in question, but hinted, "There's some on there [the website] that you could call Un-American in their views on the illegal problem..."
Herr. Lederhosen is no stranger to controversy. Last month he claimed that illegal immigrants were to blame for the decline of deely-boppers, the unexplained interest in Kevin Federline, some dust bunnies he found under his sofa, and the sacking of Rome in 1527.
Your sense of humor belongs on OT!
BWAAAAAA!
QUOTE(SteveLaura @ Oct 1 2007, 03:37 PM)
Katmandu, Delaware: POLL POPULARITY BLAMED FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RISE.
An online poll has been blamed for the recent rise in illegal immigration, a government spokesman claimed today. Geoffrey Lederhosen of the Department of Homeland Security told reporters, "The illegals love polls. They'll crawl through scotching deserts to get at 'em." He went on: "There's one in particular that they love, and it's a big 'un. The biggest one EVER, the folks claim." For confidentiality reasons, he could not name the site in question, but hinted, "There's some on there [the website] that you could call Un-American in their views on the illegal problem..."
Herr. Lederhosen is no stranger to controversy. Last month he claimed that illegal immigrants were to blame for the decline of deely-boppers, the unexplained interest in Kevin Federline, some dust bunnies he found under his sofa, and the sacking of Rome in 1527.
An online poll has been blamed for the recent rise in illegal immigration, a government spokesman claimed today. Geoffrey Lederhosen of the Department of Homeland Security told reporters, "The illegals love polls. They'll crawl through scotching deserts to get at 'em." He went on: "There's one in particular that they love, and it's a big 'un. The biggest one EVER, the folks claim." For confidentiality reasons, he could not name the site in question, but hinted, "There's some on there [the website] that you could call Un-American in their views on the illegal problem..."
Herr. Lederhosen is no stranger to controversy. Last month he claimed that illegal immigrants were to blame for the decline of deely-boppers, the unexplained interest in Kevin Federline, some dust bunnies he found under his sofa, and the sacking of Rome in 1527.
i agree..also global warming..traffic jams..jock itch..the popularity of the taco bell dog...a shortage of large posters of the virgin mary....pointed toe boots..and dammit, hot sauce
Gotta give up the donuts
LOUD NOISES!!!
is it donut or doughnut?
is it donut or doughnut?
cmon guys, where's my donuts! 
seems to me brother steven time be better spent in the kitchen whipping up some donuts for the masses...i take care of the harvest..and the brownies
Internet diary. 10/3/07. Another good day, all in all. The poll has overtaken The Other Poll That Must Not Be Named, and Dean is selling his a$$ to the highest bidder.
There are rumours afloat, however, that the poll is discriminatory. Some have complained that they are being refused doughnuts due to their outspoken views on the subject of illegal confectionaries. This is obviously untrue. Dean has attempted to stick to the spirit, if not the letter, of the law regarding the verifying of all doughnuts within our company. If some have fallen off the back off a lorry - or, perhaps, been smuggled underneath one - that's hardly our fault. We have certainly never refused to hand over a legitimate claim to a doughnut - ie, by adding a vote to the poll - just because someone advocates conducting a raid on our basement and rounding up any brownies with forged bar codes. We welcome, and frequently ignore, all opposing opinions in this matter. Besides, just because some of the doughnuts have a hot salsa filling, it doesn't mean that they're illegal.
In the meantime, we are getting into the Fall spirit. Dean has purchased a variety of gourds and takes great pleasure in polishing them. He's getting callouses, poor man.
There are rumours afloat, however, that the poll is discriminatory. Some have complained that they are being refused doughnuts due to their outspoken views on the subject of illegal confectionaries. This is obviously untrue. Dean has attempted to stick to the spirit, if not the letter, of the law regarding the verifying of all doughnuts within our company. If some have fallen off the back off a lorry - or, perhaps, been smuggled underneath one - that's hardly our fault. We have certainly never refused to hand over a legitimate claim to a doughnut - ie, by adding a vote to the poll - just because someone advocates conducting a raid on our basement and rounding up any brownies with forged bar codes. We welcome, and frequently ignore, all opposing opinions in this matter. Besides, just because some of the doughnuts have a hot salsa filling, it doesn't mean that they're illegal.
In the meantime, we are getting into the Fall spirit. Dean has purchased a variety of gourds and takes great pleasure in polishing them. He's getting callouses, poor man.
man, fefe..shine that gourd....
note..make certain to blame the illegals for the donut shortage..also, global warming melted all of them....final option...Muslim terrorists...blew up our warehosue cause we used lard in frying them...
time to sell some donuts to the schools and miltary....load the truck boys...these go to ft jackson..these to st pauls' elementary..
note..make certain to blame the illegals for the donut shortage..also, global warming melted all of them....final option...Muslim terrorists...blew up our warehosue cause we used lard in frying them...
time to sell some donuts to the schools and miltary....load the truck boys...these go to ft jackson..these to st pauls' elementary..
bump for donuts
bumped for brother steven..he is on a dolly in the basement..he has became somewhat of a snapper,,when he mellows out he be back
Some people have too much free time.
QUOTE(Frank+Jocelyn @ Oct 6 2007, 11:20 PM)
Some people have too much free time.
That's not fair! some of us are just trying to get an honest free donut...
Caro
QUOTE(Frank+Jocelyn @ Oct 6 2007, 09:20 PM)
Some people have too much free time.
since you have a good view of politics i refrain from flaming you..by the way, Bill dropped off these donuts..and i am voting for hillary..i am easy
Dar es Salaam, Idaho: 'Lack of death' is the secret of long life, claims 127 year old.
A woman celebrating her 127th birthday yesterday claimed that a "lack of death" was the secret to her longevity. Edna Rumpelstiltskin, who was born in 1880, achieved the record for oldest living person at the One Foot On The Other Side nursing home, surrounded by family and friends.
Speaking to reporters, Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin reminisced about stuff that no one else was really interested in, like phonographs and gas lighting, and then went on to curse her no good son-in-law who's on social security. When asked if online polls have helped her reach such a ripe old age, Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin stated that she had admired what Adolf Hitler was trying to achieve, before she was quickly force-fed chocolate cake with sprinkles by nursing home staff.
Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin became the oldest living person when 129 year old Sylvia Fungi of Los Alamo, Japan died last month while attempting to break the non-stop rumba dancing record. Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin has survived seven husbands, three of them in the last ten months. She is currently engaged to fellow nursing home resident Ram Ji Lal Suman, thirty two years her junior, whom she hopes to wed "once he gets his hips seen to."
A woman celebrating her 127th birthday yesterday claimed that a "lack of death" was the secret to her longevity. Edna Rumpelstiltskin, who was born in 1880, achieved the record for oldest living person at the One Foot On The Other Side nursing home, surrounded by family and friends.
Speaking to reporters, Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin reminisced about stuff that no one else was really interested in, like phonographs and gas lighting, and then went on to curse her no good son-in-law who's on social security. When asked if online polls have helped her reach such a ripe old age, Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin stated that she had admired what Adolf Hitler was trying to achieve, before she was quickly force-fed chocolate cake with sprinkles by nursing home staff.
Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin became the oldest living person when 129 year old Sylvia Fungi of Los Alamo, Japan died last month while attempting to break the non-stop rumba dancing record. Mrs. Rumpelstiltskin has survived seven husbands, three of them in the last ten months. She is currently engaged to fellow nursing home resident Ram Ji Lal Suman, thirty two years her junior, whom she hopes to wed "once he gets his hips seen to."
wow, she must be frisky....
add ,,,Dar es Salaam, Idaho on my places to visit...i wonder if she got $$$
add ,,,Dar es Salaam, Idaho on my places to visit...i wonder if she got $$$
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