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thessalianI am trying to take my mind off the itching. It's not really bad, exactly, but it is annoying, particularly around the eyes. I don't want to scratch because it'll only get worse if I do. I hate allergies.
See, last night![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dodgyhoodoo made dinner -- a lovely dish of seared tuna steaks with vinaigrette. Unfortunately, I didn't find out until he served it up that the lovely vinaigrette had whole-grain mustard in it. Now, I'm funny about mustard -- that bright yellow synthetic French's stuff does not cause me any problems, but the one time I tried English mustard (oddly enough, at the urging of a boyfriend nearly as keen on food as dodgyhoodoo), I broke out in a rather irritating rash. I don't even know what it is I'm allergic to, but given the current situation, it's likely to be mustard seed.
Anyway, I decided that just because I'd had a bad reaction to English mustard did not necessarily mean thatdodgyhoodoo's lovely vinaigrette was going to trigger the allergy. After all, as he pointed out, the Bombay potatoes he served at Christmas lunch last year had whole-grain mustard in. But then again, as I pointed out, the potatoes had about half as much in as the vinaigrette. Fact remains, I ate it, and it tasted lovely. And now I itch. Arsebiscuits.
So I am going to take my mind off it as much as possible and not scratch. I was thinking of making Sim-Beep and Sim-Emily; for the latter, I even have a scarf mesh that can be recoloured to suit the purpose. Heh. I am a daft thing. But at least it keeps me occupied with something other than "argh argh argh itchy itchy argh...".
See, last night
dodgyhoodoo made dinner -- a lovely dish of seared tuna steaks with vinaigrette. Unfortunately, I didn't find out until he served it up that the lovely vinaigrette had whole-grain mustard in it. Now, I'm funny about mustard -- that bright yellow synthetic French's stuff does not cause me any problems, but the one time I tried English mustard (oddly enough, at the urging of a boyfriend nearly as keen on food as dodgyhoodoo), I broke out in a rather irritating rash. I don't even know what it is I'm allergic to, but given the current situation, it's likely to be mustard seed.Anyway, I decided that just because I'd had a bad reaction to English mustard did not necessarily mean that
dodgyhoodoo's lovely vinaigrette was going to trigger the allergy. After all, as he pointed out, the Bombay potatoes he served at Christmas lunch last year had whole-grain mustard in. But then again, as I pointed out, the potatoes had about half as much in as the vinaigrette. Fact remains, I ate it, and it tasted lovely. And now I itch. Arsebiscuits.So I am going to take my mind off it as much as possible and not scratch. I was thinking of making Sim-Beep and Sim-Emily; for the latter, I even have a scarf mesh that can be recoloured to suit the purpose. Heh. I am a daft thing. But at least it keeps me occupied with something other than "argh argh argh itchy itchy argh...".