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Turns out I'm allergic to chickpeas/garbanzo beans! Whoda thunkit. There were probably better ways to test this than by eating a bunch of falafel to find out if I still find even the plain ones spicy, but I haven't always been the best planner. On the plus side, I never ate falafel or hummus that often in the first place, and can probably make do with couscous whenever I miss the former. (Couscous not being spicy to me, it'll probably taste closer to the way falafel is supposed to taste anyway.)

In other news:

- New theme is up at

summerofthe69
- I submitted a bunch of fics for the ML Square Dance event/exchange on the Buffet Line
- I am very tired, possibly from my body dealing with all the falafel I ate; not something I'll be doing again!

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Argh!! I hope the allergy reaction isn't too bad, good luck recovering.

Oof! I'm glad that you figured it out, but still. I hope that the reaction stays mild.

So I'm guessing that it turns out that the food "tastes spicy" because you're having an allergic reaction? That's rough.

No worries, just "I thought falafel and hummus were supposed to taste spicy, they're from cultures that I associate with spicy food, is that not specifically why chickpeas are used in those recipes?" and some mild indigestion. Like. I have worse indigestion when I overeat. Maybe some extra fatigue? So yeah, all I gotta do is not eat chickpeas anymore, which I was only doing once in a blue moon anyway. I'll miss them a little bit, but not as much as if they didn't make my mouth burn quite so much 😅

Yeah, I'll be avoiding them as much as possible, so hopefully I won't have to find out if my reaction changes at all. Luckily(?), I don't encounter them very often in my life anyway. I'll probably just add some cumin to couscous if I want to replicate the experience down the road.

Pretty sure that's what's up, yeah. I double-checked with a bunch of people, "Are chickpeas supposed to make my mouth burn, or is this a spicy banana situation?" and everyone was, "Uh, no, chickpeas are very mild, this is 100% a spicy banana situation, stop eating them!" The sensation is pretty much indistinguishable from eating something with cumin for me. ...If someone now tells me that cumin isn't supposed to be spicy, I may throw a pillow at the wall.

Oh no! I'm sorry about the allergy, but glad it's been identified.

I mean, it definitely sucks, but it's also far from the worst thing I could have ended up allergic to. I'd probably cry if I found out I was allergic to wheat or something. (And then figure out a way to go on with my life, but there would definitely be tears first.) Chickpeas at least should be relatively easy to avoid.

That is at least a fairly easy one to avoid! They aren't often "snuck" into things, and aren't typically a staple food that's hard to work around.

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