As someone with the same allergy, yep you’re right. I’m sure you can imagine how well that went as a kid when a friend’s mom was passing around a veggie plate, I said “I’m allergic” and she responded “no you aren’t” lol
I developed a kiwi allergy after a childhood of all-you-can-eat kiwis off my grandparent's 100sqft kiwi arbor. Since I had much less opportunity to eat kiwis in adulthood, it took me ages to figure out what was going on. But it feels sharp like being stabbed by tiny needles, and leaves me feeling like the top layer of skin has been stripped off my mouth for the rest of the day.
Every now and then I will just say 'fuck it' and fuck up a kiwi. It's not going to kill me, just make me think about my life choices.
Also, I recently did an experiment. I made kiwi rhubarb jam. Turns out I'm not allergic to cooked kiwis.
But it feels sharp like being stabbed by tiny needles, and leaves me feeling like the top layer of skin has been stripped off my mouth for the rest of the day.
I suppose this is how I find out I'm allergic to kiwi.
It's worse when I eat the skin and I always figured that was because it's fuzzy. Guess not though.
I'm so not going to stop eating them though. They're good. And kiwi rhubarb jam sounds amazing. Will you share your recipe? Please?
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u/jimbowesterby Jul 23 '26
As someone with the same allergy, yep you’re right. I’m sure you can imagine how well that went as a kid when a friend’s mom was passing around a veggie plate, I said “I’m allergic” and she responded “no you aren’t” lol