FIGMO's Follies

I call the Bay Area the Land of Difficult Eaters. When I went back to NYC, I mentioned my problem with eating onions to my relatives. I got no accomodation whatsoever, was told that the cranberry sauce and turkey had no onions and was given a helpful suggestion to try Beano (which does work, but in very high doses). In the Bay Area, it is sometimes impossible to dine out with a group of more than three people. In other parts of the country, I think people just regularly shoot their epi-pens, eat their Beano or quietly manage to choose food they can eat without announcing their difficulties to the entire table.

So, when I go to NYC, I carefully read the menu and if I can't share at a Chinese joint, I just don't.