I tell people that I’m allergic to mint. I used to tell people the simple truth, that I just don’t like mint, except that it turned out not to be so simple. “What? Wait, you mean like mint, like the wonderful, fresh leaf?”
“Yes.”
“Wait, Mint? How can you not like Mint?”
“I don’t know. I just don’t like it in food. It always tastes wrong to me.”
“Now, wait a minute, here. You’re saying that…”
Inevitably, they would work their way to toothpaste, and they’d have me there. Of course I like mint in toothpaste. I’m not a caveman. But toothpaste is not food. I’m not arguing with the flavor. It’s very refreshing. I wouldn’t have my gum/Altoids/menthols/toothpaste any other way. I just don’t want it mixed in with my chicken. Chicken shouldn’t ever refresh me.
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I love this post! I googled “allergic to mint” to find out what other herbs to avoid (cooking for a friend) and I found this. I must say that I too do this.
I say I’m allergic to beer. Which may or may not be true. I broke out in hives the same night I had beer for the first time. But I also had just used a new hair product and the hives lasted for 3 days. My doctor advised I stop using all new beauty products, detergents, etc., and they went away.
So yes, I hated my first sip of beer, the smell, the taste, everything. All through college I was able to get peoples sympathy over my allergy instead of people just thinking I was a weirdo for not wanting to get wasted.
I am actually allergic to pecans and walnuts, but not as severely as I let people think.
Funny post! You and I are not alone in the false allergy thing, I’m sure of it.
Somebody not liking beer, I mean, not liking it that much, that’s inconceivable. But I’m hoping you’ve learned to balance it by have a real lust for some other vice. Like if you turned out to have a complete meltdown over quality gin (oxymoron).