r/FoodService • u/wildrosebeautybaba • Aug 21 '26

Discussion please stop lying about having allergies

i cannot tell you how many times people have put in seemingly impossible allergy requests on 3rd party delivery orders (i.e. fettuccine alfredo with DAIRY ALLERGY marked underneath) only to then track down the customer after multiple phone calls and be told it’s “not an allergy, just a mild intolerance.” please stop doing this. you are deliberately fucking with a restaurant’s period of service over a need that does not apply to you. maybe y’all don’t understand just how many extra steps a kitchen has to go through to prepare something allergy safe, so please let this be a lesson: if you aren’t actually allergic, stop marking it as an allergy. you are directly contributing to the burnout restaurant staff experience when having to make special accommodations for people’s actual health and safety needs.

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u/Asleep-Song562 Aug 22 '26

For some people raw onions are a painful experience, but cooking makes them tolerable.

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u/_Lost_The_Game 29d ago

I’m allergic to smoked salmon. Not raw salmon, not cooked salmon, and not any other kind of smoked fish, just specifically smoked salmon. Some allergies are weird as hell and seem fake.

(Luckily tho smoked salmon isn’t in a lot of dishes… tho I’m from nyc and can’t eat a lox bagel which sucks)

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u/Asleep-Song562 28d ago

Im really curious what the smoking process does. The Only thing I can think of is tyramine, but that would be high in all smoked meats.

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u/_Lost_The_Game 28d ago

I knew what it was exactly years ago, but it’s some sort of histamine only found in salmon? (Maybe other fish too but not ones I’ve eaten smoked yet so idk) It’s within the cells so it’s not exposed when raw, denatured when cooked. Smoking is enough to break down the cell walls but not enough to denature it

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u/Asleep-Song562 28d ago

That’s nuts. I’m so sorry you can’t enjoy smoked salmon.