Comments on: One of those days …

By: Dmajor

Dmajor — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:35:17 +0000

I’m with Hazel on this one. Deadly-food-allergy really defaults to the party with the allergy (or their representative) volunteering that information along with the invitation. “Please join us for a potluck dinner” should actually be “Please join us for a potluck dinner, but little Willard is deathly allergic to pine nuts/mackerel/lemon oil/sea urchin/fried bees/wheat/sugar beets/anything with vegetable matter/the orange stuff on cheetos.”

Also, I believe that thrash-metal Killer Pine Nuts used to perform regularly at the old Rathskellar in Kenmore Square. Their bass player, Duncan Marmoset, has since gone acoustic, and now fronts for the space-art-neo-folk trio Galactose Intolerance, appearing next week at the Iron Horse in Northhampton.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:00:04 +0000

I was at a potluck some years ago that actually had the epi-pen/911 disaster. Next time I’ll know that when a six-year-old asks the available grownups if she can eat this cookie, she might be assuming that all available grownups understand that she can’t eat nuts.
Holy cow, what a dangerous mistake! Ended fine, thank heaven.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:45:40 +0000

I don’t think I did know about it, Hazel, although I still should have asked. And the kid’s allergy, though serious, only meant that he couldn’t eat what I’d brought — it wasn’t one of those where he can’t even be in the same room.

By: Hazel Stone

Hazel Stone — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:59:37 +0000

Had you been told that the boy couldn’t eat pine nuts? Because if you hadn’t then the faux pas is surely the landlord and girlfriend’s for holding an event that involves others bringing food and not saying something. I have an anaphylactic reaction to mackerel (yeah, I know, obscure) and I’ll always mention it if someone else is preparing food for me. After all adrenaline pens and mad dashes to hospital are something of a downer.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:51:02 +0000

Deadly Pine Nuts would be a *fantastic* band name.

By: Danielle D.

Danielle D. — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:06:49 +0000

Did you enjoy the Eddie Izzard show?

*insert raptor with bolo hat motion*

My fiance and I were in the audience as well, and 2 of my tweets appeared on the jumbotron. My jaw still hurts from all the laughing, but it’s worth it.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:02:44 +0000

It’s a really good side dish, or even a main: you simply stuff bell peppers (whatever color you like) with diced potatoes. (I use the small red ones and scrub them instead of peeling.) I season the potatoes with olive oil, salt & pepper, dill, and a little paprika. Bake at 350 for about an hour. If you want to add DEADLY PINE NUTS, toast them on a cookie sheet while the oven is heating up and then put them on the peppers about five or ten minutes before you take them out of the oven.

These are best with Greek yogurt or tzatziki on the side. Or, you know, an epi pen, depending on your mileage.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:18:59 +0000

I would love to hear about your new recipe – pine nuts and all. Hope your day gets better.