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[soc_puppet]

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!

Comments

[conuly]

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

[soc_puppet]

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.