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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Senior when I meet you I am going to hug you senseless.
I was not clear. I am allergic to shellfish. Crab, Lobster, Scallops, Shrimp, Clams etc, anything with a SHELL. I love and frequently eat and am not allergic to just fish-fish. I CAN and do eat a LOT of Cod, Tilapia, Salmon, Catfish,Tuna, Seabass, anything without a shell. I believe that the allergy has something to do with iodine but it is now deadly. I have carried an epipen for years and don't eat any combinations served at parties or gatherings.
I was kinda hoping you would somehow present your yummy seafood bake recipe to include the fishies I can eat.
YOU are one great cook, one great mom, one very informed lady and very, very much loved by TOTV.
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I did know what you were saying. I have friends and neighbors with shellfish allergies. Worse case scenario , it can affect your breathing.
However, you said that in the beginning you could eat that stuff with no obvious symptoms............your symptoms came years later when eating shellfish. So, I thought perhaps you were allergic to the sulfites which are commonly used to treat shellfish.
If someone caught a fresh shellfish right out of the ocean and prepared it at home, it would not have sulfites on it. Ditto for a very busy restaurant where the lobster boats come in often to deliver their fresh shellfish.....
But for those "inland" it is not fresh.....so they treat it with sulfites which do affect those with allergies.
I know of no baked "plain fish" casserole.......but you could experiment.
The fish we had in Maine had no seafood odor at all....nor taste.
That's how fresh it was. The only thing I did not like was the deep fried calamari which my hubby ordered once as an appetizer.......a bit chewy.
My dad's mom used to always have baby octopus and squid in jars....yuck.
Breaded calamari was one of the "seven fishes" on Christmas Eve.