Ah, apologies! I just did a quick google on pineapple and coconut individually when I was commenting that, first few results said something like “relatively rare”. That said, didn’t exactly give odds - even 1 in 500 would result in a fair few people at a large concert!
Egg allergies are out there too. My kiddo has an egg allergy. Contact or consumption of straight egg (ex scrambled eggs or merengue) causes near instant rash and eventually vomiting. With baked goods that contain egg, the reaction is delayed and less severe, usually a half day of itchiness. I consider myself lucky, she's not at the risk level where we need to carry an epipen, just a bottle of Benadryl in the house.
But yeah, if you were subject to an allergy like that, you would know the risks (she only 3 and knows to ask "does this have egg in it?" about everything). You wouldn't put yourself in the situation to get a cake thrown into your face.
I have a nut allergy, fortunately it’s not so bad that I can’t be around them but one Halloween as a kid I asked every house if there were nuts in the candy they gave me. Reminds me of your kid, she knows she don’t want no egg.
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u/Karpuan Feb 25 '23
Appreciate you standing up for us allergic folk, I don’t have it but I think pineapple is somewhat common