On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Kathryn M Przywara wrote:
>>Just a nit, but eggs aren't dairy. I run into this all the time when I
>>tell people that I can't have dairy products.
>
>I don't think this is a nit.  I get this all the time too.  Waitstaff are
>especially bad about this.  I asked about something breaded having dairy
>in it and the person came back and said "yes, it has eggs in it".  There
>was no dairy in it and I did straighten things out and ordered it.  Even
>my husband often considers eggs dairy for some reason.

Because when illustrations of the basic food groups are shown, eggs are
usually shown in the 'dairy' section with milk and cheese, rather than
the 'meats' section where they really belong (being protein)...

I think it's also a matter of people just thinking ANYTHING from a farm
is automatically 'dairy'...   :-)


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