Food/Ingredient substitutes - allergics anonymous

[TheOtherSideofMakeBelieve]

Needing food substitutes is such a faggy thing ngl. You would have never survived in the neolithic period (or actually any historical period before, like, WW2 maybe)

Allergies weren't really a thing back then. Maybe you had hay fever, but they called it hay fever because what the fuck is an allergy?

 

[Day of the Cope]

It's unlikely to be an allergy and more likely to be a sensitivity to onions. It's highly unlikely that smelling a whole, intact onion would trigger allergic symptoms.

 

[anliteralidiot]

It's unlikely to be an allergy and more likely to be a sensitivity to onions. It's highly unlikely that smelling a whole, intact onion would trigger allergic symptoms.

Smelling something shouldn't trigger any sort of allergic reaction. For someone allergic, to say, peanuts, it would be inhaling peanut dust or peanut byproduct dust (like discarded shells). Also, adult onset allergies are rare and happens mostly if your body associates certain foods with certain pollen types.

Asking a doctor would still be recommended due to three reasons:
1. Can help you determine if it's a sensitivity or true allergy.
2. Can help you figure out a solution (allergy therapy, etc.) or the root cause (allergies are usually specific to compounds).
3. Self-diagnosed food allergy people are annoying.

I grew up with a mother who is allergic to nearly everything with a scent, and some specific dyes. She would have the same symptoms I'm having (specifically the migraines), and she's often joked with me about my allergies kicking in as I aged. To me, this new sensitivity/allergy to onions seemed like a natural progression from no reaction to what I'm currently experiencing.

 

[Demon King]

People forget that onions and garlic are toxic to a lot of animals. Humans are the weird ones in their ability to eat it. Having allergies to it might just be a regressive gene, and a problem with your gut biome. You can even have an auto immune disorder associated with eating. Still good to get it checked out regardless.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

People forget that onions and garlic are toxic to a lot of animals. Humans are the weird ones in their ability to eat it. Having allergies to it might just be a regressive gene, and a problem with your gut biome. You can even have an auto immune disorder associated with eating. Still good to get it checked out regardless.

Yeah but smelling it is not a problem for even cats and dogs. For them, they associate the smell of cooking onion and garlic (as humans often do) as "food time" and make their way toward the kitchen.

If the smell of garlic and onions was as bad as OP is describing, there would be a lot more dead housepets.

 

[anliteralidiot]

Yeah but smelling it is not a problem for even cats and dogs. For them, they associate the smell of cooking onion and garlic (as humans often do) as "food time" and make their way toward the kitchen.

If the smell of garlic and onions was as bad as OP is describing, there would be a lot more dead housepets.

Okay, I don't know if it's exactly smell.
Like, leeks smell like onions, but I don't have the same reaction to them. Leeks don't give me migraines, or gastrointestinal problems, but they smell like onions. So it's not specifically the smell, but something that's aerosolized from vegetables in the onion family. I get a fight-or-flight when I smell them, because my brain freaks out, and thinks they're onions, but they're not.

Chives might be a no-go, but I'm going to try again.

 

[CallmeCicada]

Okay, I don't know if it's exactly smell.
Like, leeks smell like onions, but I don't have the same reaction to them. Leeks don't give me migraines,

That is pretty strange. You can make lots of nice recopies that call for leeks and use them as a substitute imo. But experiment is what I would say. Try caramelized onions, pickled onions, try soaking raw onion slices in cold water, try different types of onion i.e. pearl onions, red onions, shallots

 

[Yukako]

Does anyone know any decent soy sauce substitutes? I'm trying to reduce my sodium intake.

 

[CallmeCicada]

Does anyone know any decent soy sauce substitutes? I'm trying to reduce my sodium intake.

Just get low sodium and use less/smaller portion.