[Sca-cooks] Re: OP: salsa sans capiscums?

[Huette von Ahrens]

I have an allergy to the chemical called capsicum.  I cannot eat anything that has that substance
in it.  If I do, my first symptoms are diarrhea.  If I persist, knowingly or unknowingly, I will
then get a rash and blisters.  Capsicum isn't in tomatoes or eggplant.  I can eat both of those,
although I am not really fond of eggplant.

Huette


--- elisabetta at klotz.org wrote:

> >> Bell peppers are also capsicums and for those of us who
> >> are sensitized can be just as much of a problem as their
> >> sisters. I find just leaving them out works better.
> >> Margarite
> 
> As far as I understand it, it's not the heat, but the pepper. I'm not sure if
> nightshades (peppers, tomatoes and eggplant) are an allergy or a sensitivity
> (or both), but the majority of people get reactions from them, especially the
> peppers and eggplants. Most people just get slight reactions, and an upset
> tummy or rash is very common.
> 
> I do not suffer from this and have picked the eggplants and bell 
> peppers from my
> garden and look forward to cooking them with the numerous tomatoes I picked
> earlier this week. Yum!
> 
> :)
> Elisabetta
> 
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