Originally Posted by
GreenKnight121
"Peanut allergy symptoms affect various systems of the body and include[*]Hives/urticaria/wheals (small raised itchy areas likened to bites)
Wow, thanks for that, it explains a lot.
During the groundnut scheme the dockside used to be 3 inches or more deep when the monkey nuts were being offloaded. I used to scoop up handfuls of the nuts and then eat them as a treat.
I got massive attacks of 'heat lumps' or hives. In retrospect I wonder if the two were related and that monkey nut cargo was usually landed in the summer; I think it was.
Oddly I hated peanut butter. Many children with allergic problems can instinctively avoid allergen products - so no peanut butter, but perhaps unprocessed monkey nuts seemed different.
I like roasted peanuts now but eat them rarely. I have no problem that I know of now.