#garlic allergy

[missanthropicprinciple]

Garlic scar as in literally got burned by garlic? I'm curious srry :3

LOL nah I'm allergic to all alliums and once when I ate garlic I lost consciousness and split my eyebrow open. Ouch.

Full exposé here!

[shark-smuggler]

next time i go to a restaurant and ask if something has garlic i should tell the waiter im a vampire instead of explaining that im allergic to garlic

[happyk44]

hermes is on vacation so nico gets some mortal substitute familiar with demigods and the greek pantheon as his doctor and when he calls him up for a visit, dude's like "well hermes didn't really tell me what was up with you because. you know. doctor/patient confidentiality. but he did tell me that if my gut instinct is "you're too young to have that" i should remember that you are apparently over a hundred years old, and if i don't believe that, i should remember he looks like a 25 year old twink but is old enough that he can describe my great grandfather's penis to me in detail. so! what's up with you"

and nico just pulls out this binder from his backpack, slaps it onto the desk and opens it up. the first page is a print out from a powerpoint presentation, the title reading "What Is Wrong With Nico", a subtitle of "aka the old man bones are old man boning", with a smaller subtitle several spaces below reading "current as of: right the fuck now"

the next page is four tables under the title "Ways He Is Broken". the tables depict:

his current diagnosis and the date of diagnosis

his current medications, the amount, and to what problem they correspond

things he's already been tested for that didn't pan out and why he was tested for them

previous medications he was on, the amount and why he was taking them (also includes current meds where the amount was changed)

the next page is titled "How The Fuck Is He Not Dead" and then a bullet pointed list summarizing all his traumas and other minor shit he's been through that has been attached as the cause(s) behind his issues, so like sandwiched between "nearly suffocated to death while trapped in a jar" and "had to shadowtravel across the atlantic ocean with a giant statue and two other people (prior limit was myself going from new york to illinois)" there's a point stating "fell over on the crows nest of a flying boat and dislocated my wrist". next to each bullet point there are coloured dots going to the left. some bullet points only have one, some have two - they are all colour coded to correspond to the ailment(s) in which they apply.

the next page is called "What Is He Up To These Days" and it's just a long list detailing all his diagnosed symptoms - again little circles beside each point to colour code to the corresponding ailment. the column next to it is labelled "new symptoms" and consists of three bullet points: getting dizzy when i stand up, started two months ago once a week, now every time i stand; migraines are back, made me cry in the shower last night, need new meds probably; and, got hit in the rib by a hydra's tail last month, reset my rib myself and eating ambrosia squares, but still hurts really bad, don't think it's healing right

the next page is "What Could Kill Him So Don't Use It*" and it's just a few columns labelled "pet allergies" "food allergies" "drug allergies" "magic allergies" "other allergies" and the only one that has something included is food allergies and it's just the bullet point "garlic intolerant but he's fucking italian so he doesn't care". in the footnotes at the bottom of that page is the asterix relating back to the title saying "Don't fucking give him cigarettes. he is an idiot and he will ask but they do not work and they never worked and he refuses to listen to me when i tell him this. DO NOT LET HIM HAVE CIGARETTES"

it is very clear this page was filled out by Hermes himself

his interim mortal doctor reads carefully each page, glancing once at nico when he gets to Hermes' footnote, before closing the binder. "you're how old?"

"technically 17, chronologically one hundred and something, i dunno i can't do math and i don't remember what my dad put on my cake this year"

"Right. okay." the mortal doctor presses his hands together and to his lips watching nico carefully then lowering his hands to smooth across the desk "have you ever thought about maybe just sitting on a couch and never leaving your house again"

"yeah, i tried that but i get restless, and also i like helping people if they need it and they ask. hermes tells me i should be more selfish then locks me to a chair, but he's also the one who taught me how to pick locks so i can get out pretty easily. honestly don't know why he keeps trying. even if i didn't know how to pick the lock, i'm pretty good at dislocating my joints on purpose too so i can always just get out that way."

the increasingly stressed out doctor just hums quietly. then, "okay! first i'm going to check your rib, and then we're gonna talk about you getting a 24 hour caregiver because you clearly do not understand limits and need someone who does"

[pendragon1400]

Garlic

I once found garlic in a barrel in bg3, and then used it unthinkingly as camp supplies, nothing happened, but I now have this funny scene in my head.

Tav: What's that squeaking?

*Astarion sneezing with a cute little squeaky sneeze*

Gale: Are you sick? Hold on my mother showed me how to make a tonic that can help!

Karlach grabs Astarion: Can't have you getting a chill.

Astarion grumpy and being held aloft like a cat: I'm not sick!

Gale: Oh, this might be the problem! *Holds out garlic*

Astarion: *hissing mixed with coughing and sneezing*

Tav: How did that get into camp?

*Collective staring at Tav, the trash gremlin that picks up literally anything*

Tav: Oooh right.

[alackofghosts]

there's garlic bread in the house, my yearning knows no bounds

[multiversal-pudding]

Do ypu think that now Uzi’s possibly? partly-organic/cyborgy (depending on what exactly the solver did to her while she was in that coccoon), she can now process human food?

Her tasting chocolate for the first time and crying

[emeraldspiral]

Thinking a bit more on the idea of Dib having a vampire ex-boyfriend/nemesis.

Zim would be absolutely terrified of him. Like, we know from the Halloween episode that he has a massive fear of being eaten/having his blood drained so he'd find Batty really intimidating. But he'd try really hard not to show it because he doesn't want to look like a pussy in front of Dib's ex.

Batty would invoke a lot of comparison to Zim with his design and dramatic mannerisms, but he'd be more playful and mischievous and into manipulation and toying with his opponents. The main contrast between the two of them is that Zim is supposed to be cold and unfeeling because his people are conditioned to not feel or crave love but he secretly yearns for it. Batty claims that he had real feelings for Dib and wanted it to work out between them but Dib believes that since losing his soul he can't feel anything genuine and is just very good at faking it.

Batty is extremely charming and manipulative and way better at blending in with humans than Zim, but he also has the ability to hypnotize people, which grows stronger after they've been bitten. Dib however, is immune to Batty's hypnosis because he was bitten once but managed to get away from him long enough for the wound to heal up completely. He still has scars though, hidden by his jacket collar.

Dib asks Zim politely to put off his plans for world domination and promises he'll foil them in a day or two after he deals with Batty's return. Zim takes offense at Dib treating Batty like the bigger threat and tries to force Dib to prioritize his evil scheme but immediately fumbles it, allowing Dib to give Batty his undivided attention.

Dib tells Zim to just go home, promising that Batty can't do anything to him as long as nobody invites him in. Naturally, Batty shows up at Zim's house and walks right in thanks to the Robotparents answering the door with their standard "Welcome home son" greeting. He terrorizes Zim for a bit before biting him but is driven out when GIR belches on him after eating a garlicy pizza.

Zim goes to Dib's house freaking out about being bit and asking if he's going to turn into a vampire now. Dib tells him that he'll only turn if Batty comes for him again and drains enough of his blood to kill him, or if he gets any of Batty's vampire blood in his system. He promises to protect Zim because he doesn't want to deal with him as a vampire. Standard Swollen Eyeball protocol demands that all agents deal with vampires by driving a stake through them, beheading them, and then for good measure burning the remains to ash. The former two Dib doesn't have a problem with, but the latter is unappealing because then he wouldn't be able to prove Zim was an alien or have him dissected for scientific study.

Zim wants to know how to keep Batty away. Dib says he's got a salt circle and garlic wards up around the house to ward away vampires but since Batty's already been to his house it's not totally safe. Gaz is at a sleepover and Membrane's working overnight at his lab, but they'll be going to a safe house set-up by the Swollen Eyeballs.

Unfortunately, having already bitten Zim gives Batty a telepathic link to him, which allows him to figure out where they're going. GIR orders a pizza and Batty seizes the opportunity by pretending to be the delivery guy and getting GIR to invite him in. Hungry for more of Zim's "exotic" blood, he uses hypnosis to compel Zim to come and be fed upon.

Dib drives Batty away, but not before he's drained enough of Zim's blood to put his organic body into a coma while his PAK assumes emergency control, carrying him around on spider legs. The PAK is prepared to turn the nearest organic life form (Dib) into its new host, should Zim die, which seems imminent given that he desperately needs a transfusion and there are no other Irkens around who could donate blood. The PAK is aware of its surroundings however, and is able to listen to Dib explain that there's another way to save Zim.

They get into the medical research department of Membrane Labs where Dib's dad has been working on a blood synthesis machine that can convert any donor blood type into one compatible with any recipient. Dib uses the machine to convert his own blood and Zim is able to accept a life-saving transfusion from him.

Unfortunately, having fed on Zim twice now, Batty's telepathic link is even stronger. He cons his way into entering Membrane Labs and uses his powers to compel Zim to steal the blood synthesis machine and bring it to him while Dib is too weak and anemic to stop him.

Batty takes Zim back to his lair but doesn't feed on him because his plan is to run his tainted vampire blood through the synthesis machine and send it to all the city's hospitals and turn their patients into an army of vampires under his thrall, and he's going to need Zim's blood to replenish him.

Zim attempts to use a tack infused with garlic DNA just like the one from Bolognius Maximus, which he'd made while in the safe house with Dib. But Batty already knew about it due to their telepathic link. He flexes his mental control over Zim by taking it from him and leaving it out in the open and not even bothering to restrain Zim, knowing he doesn't have the strength to break his mental hold and escape or attack him.

Zim is able to contact Dib and tell him where they are though, or rather, Batty allows him to contact Dib because he wants a confrontation with him. When Dib comes Batty tries the classic "we can rule together speech" but Dib's heard it before and reminds Batty that he has no power over him anymore. Batty lets his obsession with Dib get the better of him though, and while he's focused on trying to seduce Dib to the dark side, Zim finally has the chance to strike back and get Batty with the tack, turning him into the very thing he's allergic to.

Batty flits off screaming in agony. Dib isn't sure if being turned into garlic will actually kill him, but if it doesn't, that almost seems worse. Either way, he doesn't expect they'll be seeing him again anytime soon.

And then the story ends with the conversation about how Dib's rivalry with Zim means more to him than Batty ever did.

[laughingfate]

Dracula is also a novel about how sometimes if a medical treatment works, you actually need to continue the medical treatment because the problem is still there and will come back the moment you stop.

[hellyeahsickaf]

Not to keep reminiscing about when I was more abled but man what I'd give to be thinly slicing garlic, onion, tomatoes, throw them in a pot with ghee on medium-high until the onions are translucent and yellowed but not caramelized, and chop some carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, mushrooms, throw them in with some peas and corn and let those cook, mince a green chili pepper, cilantro, and ginger and lime zest, add bit of tomato sauce, then about 4 cups of stock and simmer it on low adding lime juice, a couple of prunes (trust me on this), seasoning it with cumin, cardamom, salt, cinnamon, clove, turmeric, curry powder (most of these spices are in curry powder it's more of a ratio thing), and peppercorn, and then let that bitch simmer for an hour or two until I have curry and throw some naan in a pan with butter, maybe pan fry some okra and make a side of chana masala or dal. No pre packaged meal beats that yknow?

[tj-crochets]

I don't have an iron supplement reccomendation, but if you can have cooked garlic, but not raw, you might have an issue with allicin, which is present in raw garlic, but is destroyed in the cooking process.

Thanks! And thanks to @linguisticparadox as well, it is good to know I can be allergic to something destroyed by the cooking process (I know I said I don't care why I can have cooked but not raw, but it was more of a "no matter the reason, the solution is just to not eat it" kind of thing where I didn't need to know the reason to be able to fix it. I am glad to have a possible answer, though!)

[friendofthecrows]

As many of you know, I'm allergic to garlic, but mildly enough that I can indulge in my once monthly Garlic Bread Feast wherein I take the maximum dose of my food intolerance pills (I'm also gluten intolerant) and an allergy pill and then just Go To Town on a whole plate of garlic bread. I still get sick afterwards, but not as sick as I would be if I hadn't taken meds, and it's worth it.

Okay so I'm wandering around downtown and I want to do a spell for my partner who isn't feeling well (I am in favor of modern medical science, she is also going to the doctor) so I find one of these new-agey healing herbs etc places.

The thing is, I'm like half blind because it's super bright out and I forgot my shades, so I go in there, think "hm. This place smells yummy. Like garlic." And then blood just starts pouring from my nose and a little from my eyes.

Anyways they had these giant chains of garlic next to where you walk in, and I guess it must have irritated my too-close-to-the-surface blood vessels. I have never been in a space with so much consentrated garlic in the air, so I've never had something like this happen before, but I guess, now I know!

Also they probably think I was possessed by an evil spirit or something lol

[missanthropicprinciple]

The garlic allergy story that no one asked for.

Feel free to keep on scrolling. (CW: pain, blood mention)

I didn’t know that a person could develop an allergy until I was 21 and suddenly couldn’t eat garlic anymore. I’m a human dumpster with a cast iron stomach. I can even eat alliums like onions and garlic and leeks and then my colon says NOPE! Not being able to eat leeks in white sauce is very sad. I miss garlic bread. I miss deep dish pizza. I love Italian and Mexican food but can’t eat any of that cuisine if I didn’t make it myself from scratch. What’s worse is that I can no longer go to a restaurant and NOT have a five minute conversation with the wait staff and the chef and sometimes the manager about what options I have because every dish served at restaurants in America is laced with garlic. There’s a cute little restaurant that I can literally walk to and I kid you not literally everything on the menu has garlic in it. I know, because I telephoned first. At another overpriced restaurant down the road from me I can only eat two things on the entire menu. I dread people asking me out to dinner. I have limited take-out options, usually just Jimmy Johns, Five Guys, only two pizza places in the whole state, and limited selections from my favorite local Chinese restaurant. Luckily I’m a good cook and I do most of my own cooking anyhow otherwise I don’t even know what I would do.

The worst reaction I had to garlic was in 2018. I was visiting one of my friends when she used to live in a gorgeous little 1920s apartment in West Hollywood. We’d gone out for burgers at Umami. This idiot here — *points at self* — didn’t ask the wait staff if the burger contained garlic in the meat mixture. My friend and I had a great night, we watched a movie, everything was awesome. I wake up at 3am with horrendous bowel pain, 10 times worse than menstrual cramps. I get up to use the bathroom. I know it’s my garlic allergy. I try and mostly fail to take care of the situation (you know what I mean) and feel only slightly better.

I head back down the tiny narrow hallway and think to myself, “gee, I’m tired, I think I’ll lie down right here.” Which I did. But not so much lie down and rest as lose consciousness and collide head-first with the wall. Next thing I know, my friend is standing over me saying “OH MY GOD!” Apparently I said help. I do not remember saying help. Turns out I can only ask for assistance when I am literally unconscious. My friend says not to move. I’m actually feeling better at this point. Cure for bowel pain is severe head trauma, I guess. She asks me how many fingers she’s holding up. Three. I am correct. I turn over a bit and wonder why my head is all warm and wet. My entire forehead is covered with blood and it’s running into my hair. She go grabs a massive wad of toilet paper and I staunch the split right over my left eyebrow. Not sure if my head ricocheted or not but on the right side of my head that is a massive goose-egg. Despite this, I’m quite chipper. She comes back with an ice pack in a Hanukkah sock. She offers to take me to the ER and I say, “nah it’s fine.” In hindsight, this was not a good idea.

My friend and I stay up for an hour so she can make sure I’m ok. I bandage my head with a regular bandage and go to sleep. She wakes me up every hour to make sure I’m not slipping into a coma and the next day we go out for butterfly bandages. So there I am, exhausted, wearing bike shorts and a neon crop top and the purple lipstick I bought the day before, I’ve got a giant goose-egg on one side of my head and two butterfly bandages on the other, and I look at myself in the bathroom mirror of a WeHo sex toy shop and I just have to take a picture.

[queerlyglittering]

turns out I am not a big fan of plain rice by itself. But Rice with Stuff In It? oh HELL yeah

[jinmukangwrites]

My hubris has struck me down. I used to not truly consider what it's like to live with a food allergy; I considered myself lucky. I've never had to worry about ingredients, or strange tastes, never cared if something may contain trace amounts of something

And then God, she struck me down, 2023 is the year she's taken garlic from me. I thought I'd only have to worry about pasta, and garlic bread, but no. I've eaten a whole bag of funions. I was ravenous, my job is labor intensive, I forgot lunch, I can't just not eat. I got to the bottom of the bag and slowed down, chewed, tasted, wondered why they tasted spicier than normal.

Looked at the ingredients. Nearly the last thing listed.

Garlic powder.

My tummy. It hoit.

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Month 9, day 18

Knell has both sets of wings now :)

Gonna be fun figuring out how I want to layer them this time :D And I might have an idea for a redesigned spearhead, too! :D Emphasis on "might," though, it hasn't solidified into a picture in my head, just "base it on a hummingbird since Knell is hummingbird themed!"

Might also have to redo her belt links since those are based on starlings, not hummingbirds. Then again I might not, because I'm super proud of that belt, and you can barely even see it! XD

[bubblegum-snowdrop]

girl wtf you bake your own bread???? that sounds so hard

It's actually not hard! It takes a bit of arm strength and patience, that's all. Besides- it's lovely to make something and wear a cute apron. Mine has cat patterns on it :D

Baking in general is great. Cookies, cinnamon buns [actually made those yesterday too], cake, muffins, pretzels... and that's not even getting into cooking. I recently made my parents a breakfast and I had so much fun!!!! It was eggs [they were over-easy, I think is the term. It was my first time making eggs and I was so proud!], hashbrowns and bacon. Mom and dad loved them!!!!

But yeah- cooking and baking is so rewarding to me, and very calming too. I could spend all day in a kitchen just cooking all sorts of dishes, listening to music and seeing people enjoy it afterwards. I couldn't be a chef or baker though;;; I like going at my own pace far too much for that. BUT ANYWAY!!!! Please give cooking/baking a try, it's wonderful and rewarding. And you only get better with time!