Walnut cuttting board?????

[jeepman71]

Will a walnut cutting board be a problem for someone with alergies to nuts?

Jim

[smorris]

My understanding is that once sealed it should not. I have bad nut reactions and have never had any problems with walnut.

[herb fellows]

Slightly off topic, I suppose, but I found this really interesting.
On a flight last week, the flight attendant came on the loudspeaker and announced that there was a young man on board who had severe peanut allergies.
Everyone on the plane was asked to refrain from eating anything with peanuts, including perhaps a peanut butter sandwich!
I guess these allergies can be so severe that they could be affected by it just being 'in the air'?? I was surprised.

[Cochese]

Slightly off topic, I suppose, but I found this really interesting.
On a flight last week, the flight attendant came on the loudspeaker and announced that there was a young man on board who had severe peanut allergies.
Everyone on the plane was asked to refrain from eating anything with peanuts, including perhaps a peanut butter sandwich!
I guess these allergies can be so severe that they could be affected by it just being 'in the air'?? I was surprised.

With the closed-air system in airplanes, I'm not. I can't attest to the validity of the claim, but I can see where the caution would come from.

Point of interest: the refining process that gives us the common peanut oil you find in fryers removes the protein that causes the allergy.

[steve-norrell]

Everyone on the plane was asked to refrain from eating anything with peanuts, including perhaps a peanut butter sandwich!
I guess these allergies can be so severe that they could be affected by it just being 'in the air'?? I was surprised.

Yes, in general, although I would wonder about the peanut butter.

I had a sleep apnea test done at a local hospital and, before checking in for the test, the attendants made doubly sure that I had nothing containing vinyl with me -- not even foam pillows. I asked why and was told that one of the attendants had a severe allergy to vinyl and couldn't even be in the same hospital suite with the stuff. I do know that amazingly tiny amounts of allergens can trigger a very severe anaphylactic reaction but I was somewhat surprised by the entire hospital suite restriction. With those reactions it is way better to be safe than sorry - - having an "over abundance" of caution is not at all inappropriate.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Regards, Steve

[Tom Slick]

The peanut butter concern comes from you having a little on your hands then you handle something that later person with the allergy touches.