Susan Carmack wrote:
>
> Hi Elsie,
>
> >Many people who have celiac disease react to proteins that resemble gluten,
> >such as one in oranges and the casein in milk.
>
> I always wondered why oranges were suspect. Are there other foods that
> resemble gluten besides oranges and milk?
> I found out that bee stings don't swell up now that I am gluten free. I
> reached into a bag of sunflower seeds today to fill the childrens' lunches
> and ouch! What is a bee doing in that bag of seeds???

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I think it was that movie {To Have and Have Not} with Humphrey Bogart
and Lauren Bacall where HB's sidekick, Walter Brennan, kept asking
Lauren Bacall {Slim} "Was you ever stung by a dead bee??"

Worst bee sting I ever had was from a bee [dead or dying] that I stepped
on in my own bedroom while making the bed. It was severe and painful.
I have had only three bee stings: one in my kitchen while washing
dishes, one while driving my car {was in my blouse..ouch ouch..and stung
me on the jaw as it flew up, and the one in the bedroom.

I have a backyard full of bees, have been camping all over, have never
been stung by a bee 'outside'. Go figure.

yoyo