The look on her face when she offered me cantaloupe and I explained the mouth itch thing...it was priceless. I think she'd been convinced for years that BDarg was making the itching up.
There is nothing worse than the roof of your mouth itching...that's one itch you really can't scratch.
Oh my gosh, me too! On both of these things! Except the nuts make my throat and tongue swell and I can't breathe and die.
While I've not ever swelled that I know of, I mentioned the nut allergy to a nice anesthesiologist (I know that's not spelled right

) once during the "anything you're allergic to?" spiel, and he told me it was more common than many people realize. He said that I was fortunate that the burning/nausea sensation was so strong, it immediately kept me from eating another bite as a second bite would probably cause me to require epinephrine.
Once, I was at one of Fuzz's family reunions happily munching along until I bit into a piece of golden, beautiful fried chicken and IMMEDIATELY had the ants-in-mouth deal. I not-so-discreetly spit it out and handed the chicken to Fuzz, who is looking at me like "wth? It's CHICKEN for gods sakes!" So he bites into it and starts raving about how good it is, while I'm grabbing and gulping other people's tea in an attempt to wash away the burning. About that time, his little white-haired aunt walks up. "Isn't it good? You know what my secret is? I roll my chicken in PECAN MEAL !!"

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