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I am allergic to raw mushrooms, can't eat anything that has been cross contaminated with it. I ate some fresh veggies that had a few flecks of mushroom in it that I didn’t see and within 5 minutes it had triggered my asthma, my mouth swelled up and the lips, tongue and all the rest of the symptoms that go with it. I can eat them when they are cooked though and I now love canned mushroom, since I can’t eat the raw thing anymore. I can’t even handle raw ones (my husband hates mushrooms) so I can’t eat them freshly cooked unless I go out.

I have found that since I have given birth to my twins 3 years ago that my allergies and asthma have gotten exponentially worse. I can’t even be in the same room with cats, dogs, any animal with hair. My allergies to the great outdoors have had the same consequence. I also have developed an allergy to Celery, I have the same reactions as I have to mushrooms but I stopped eating it, so I haven’t found out if it gets worse with every exposure.

My main concern right now is that I have a reaction when I eat in combination tomatoes and bread. I can eat bread alone and tomatoes but when they are eaten in the same meal I get an overwhelming reaction to throw up. It can be as mild as a slight queasiness or I can start to throw up. I have looked and looked but I can’t find anything anywhere that mentions allergies when foods are combined. Since the birth of my twins the tomato and bread reaction has gotten worse as well. I have never cared for pizza because it always left me feeling sick afterwards which I just thought that it was the grease in it.

I feel like an idiot when I say anything about the t&b thing....I know it is not in my head but nobody has heard of it and people just think I am being picky. Since I was about 13 apples have made me feel the same way. Sometimes the reaction is worse than other so I will every once and a while eat a bit of an apple but never a whole one. The T&B reaction is worse than the apple one though because my mildest reaction to T&B is the worst I have had to apples.

I've made a yogurt drink for breakfast five days a week for 30+ years (nonfat plain blended with fruit juice & fresh fruit such as OJ, banana & cinnamon). No digestive problems. As a woman in her mid 60s, there's a great side benefit...no loss of bone mass with age. I looked at Activia and realized the high sugar content would add 26,000 calories to my diet which translates to 7+ pounds with no added benefit. And it costs more than other yogurts. I believe yogurt is a beneficial dietary food for most anyone not lactose intolerant. Whether the Activia additive makes a difference, only you can decide.

LOL @ chili nazis...when I moved down to Ohio, apparently a lot of people put mushrooms in chili. Now I lovelovelove mushrooms so I don't mind, but I still get surprised when I find them in chili.

Glad to hear the zucchini thing worked out well too. My favorite zucchini recipe - for the leftovers - is sliced, spread in baking dish, sliced tomatoes on top, and finally slices of sharp cheddar cheese. Bake till zucchini is tender. Yum...

Tomatoes in Farmington Hills (two shops, one using a coal-fired oven) is simply the best. It's a New Haven style of pizza (disclaimer: I'm from NY metro) and the crust, tomato sauce and cheese are all first rate. Their sausage is killer, too. Buddy's, of course, is the star of the Detroit style of pizza. A friend of mine took me to the original store in 1981 and I've been a fan ever since.

@figlet: You're right, Sylvio's is the goods. The crust is excellent. Just had a slice there the other day. It's a Napoletana style.

Went to Loui's in Hazel Park and was disappointed. Sauce was way too salty.

NYPD in Ann Arbor has fallen prey to that peculiarly Midwest overcheesing syndrome, the slice thereby losing its balance. I think that that is what happens when you let the kids make the pizza.

Another very decent pizza not mentioned is My Cousin's New York Pizzeria in Bloomfield Hills. Sauce isn't as good as Tomatoes, but it has all the characteristics of a NY slice. One of the owners if from Brooklyn, NY. Hmmm...I'm gettin' hungry.

Nobody's mentioning Silvio's Pizza in Ann Arbor. I moved to Ann Arbor from New York and sometimes that pizza is all that keeps me from moving back East.

If you live near the Alibi, get the pizza.
Download the menu and enjoy.

For the sake of the article, the Detroit Free Press does this every year, including burger places, ice creams, etc.

Hey Digital,

I think you're right, but Cottage Inn really does itself a disservce by (willingly or unwillingly) associating itself with the other co-named stores that sell a mediocre product.

Based on the address listed for Cottage Inn, I think they are referring to the Cottage Inn restaurant which is totally different than the regular pizza places.

I love to eat them this way: Cut the unpeeled kiwi in half crosswise, between poles. Now, holding one half in the palm of your hand for leverage, scoop out the fruit with a spoon, scraping it cleanly around as you go. Neat, tidy, and then you simply drop the emptied peel (now looks like half an eggshell) into your compost.

(For the record, I never eat the peel. Seems like a no-brainer.)

I eat and enjoy the peel.

@therealchiffonade-- where did you hear that the skin is inedible? I tried to find a source for that, but all I could find was the Wikipedia entry (FWIW) that says, "while the skin of kiwifruit is often removed before serving, it is completely edible."

It further says, "The kiwifruit skin is edible and contains high amounts of fiber. In a fully matured kiwifruit one study showed that this as much as tripled the fiber content of the fruit. In addition, as many of the vitamins are stored immediately under the skin, leaving the skin intact greatly increases the vitamin c consumed by eating a single piece of kiwifruit when compared to eating it peeled. As with all fruit, it is recommended that if eating the skin, the fruit be washed prior to consumption."

If you don't peel them, does it mean you eat the feathers and all? Ick.

But seriously, I peel peaches because I don't like the fuzz. Which is why I prefer nectarines.

I have a friend who eats the peels. Loves them.

Me- I prefer to peel them. Appearance/texture.

OMG - my roommate in university mentioned that she ate her kiwis with peel. So I tried it - in the middle of the library. I took a big bite, gagged repeatedly, and ran to the nearest garbage can to spit it out. A huge scene. It felt like I was biting into someone's arm, like a cannibal.

Needless to say, it's skins off for me.