SC - lettuce (was re: onion soup)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Woeller D wrote:
> > Anyone have any idea what it is about iceberg lettuce *specifically* that can make one physically ill?  I can eat romaine, butter, red, leafy, curly, even spinach till the cows come home (and enjoy it a great deal).  One bite of iceberg and I'm queasy for hours.
> > Any clues?  People always look at me funny when I ask them what KIND of lettuce they're using, "as if it matters," and I have to explain every time... it'd be neat to have a better reply than, "I don't like it and it doesn't like me."
> >         - kat
> >
> Try, "I'm allergic to it". You probably are.  My best friend's dad and
> sister are both allergic to iceberg lettuce, but can eat other types
> with varying success.  I have no idea what is in the one type, and not
> (or mostly not) the others, but you are not imagining it.

I have to assume this is correct. I had thought perhaps there was a
chance that, as iceberg lettuce is one of the most common salad bar
lettuces, sulfites might have been the culprit.

But, if you are allergic to some chemical found only in iceberg lettuce,
then them's the breaks. I prefer Romaine anyway, which at least has SOME
flavor for its crunch.

Adamantius 
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