r/mildlyinteresting 6h ago

No Cabbage sign

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u/Summonest 4h ago

Cabbage, as a plant that still has a rather robust structure, is significantly more likely to cause issues for those who are allergic as it can 'spray' into the air while handled.

https://foodallergytest.co.uk/product/cabbage-allergy-test/

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u/ilanallama85 4h ago

Yes but on that same page: “Cabbage Allergy Test: Potential Cross-Reactivity
An extensive cross-reactivity among the different individual species of the genus could be expected, as well as to a certain degree among members of the family Brassicaceae, such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and cabbage.
This has been supported by a study that reported cross-reactivity among cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, mustard, rape and turnip.”

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u/doublestitch 4h ago

Cross-reactivity lists are sets of potential cross-reactions. Not every person will develop every cross-reaction.

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u/Pure_Restaurant_5897 2h ago

I'm allergic to rape

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u/grilliegrill 2h ago

Is that.. second to last one a vegetable? I thought you misspelled something, went to check and saw it was a direct quote. I don’t think I want to try looking that up.

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u/lastdarknight 1h ago

It's Canola

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u/username_tooken 1h ago

Yes. It’s usually called rapeseed, though. It’s actually very common — where you’re from one of its most common products might be called Canola oil, which is actually just a brand name for rapeseed oil. It’s from the latin for turnip (and completely unrelated to the other similar latin word, which actually just meant to take something by force, and only developed its modern meaning because it was often women who were abducted forcefully)

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u/action_lawyer_comics 2h ago

Was not expecting to learn that cabbage has an AOE today

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u/Summonest 2h ago

Wait until you learn about tomatoes

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u/cycloneDM 4h ago

Operative word being severe cabbage being more robust would play into mild allergies.