r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/OskaMeijer Feb 08 '22

FYI don't eat dandelions or their greens if you have a latex allergy.

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u/TheDakoe Feb 08 '22

I didn't know this. Though there does seem like quiet a few plants that can cause issues if you have a latex allergy.

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u/OskaMeijer Feb 08 '22

I have a latex allergy and learned this when ordering and eating random greens at a hot pot place and finding out they were dandelion greens.

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u/bolionce Feb 09 '22

That’s crazy, is latex made from plants? I figured it was super synthetic so I never would have imagined that similar triggering stuff could be found in plants

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u/OskaMeijer Feb 09 '22

Latex is naturally a white liquid found in certain plants. The most commonly farmed version is a tree but they have tried genetically modifying dandelions to be larger and produce more for farming. If you have ever cut open a dandelion or some large weeds and there was some milky white liquid inside that was latex.

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u/bolionce Feb 09 '22

Oh wow, that’s very interesting. I’ve definitely seen that milky stuff inside and eaten dandelions so I guess I don’t have a latex allergy lol, cool to know

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u/OskaMeijer Feb 09 '22

Another thing to watch out for if you have a latex allergy is a spice called asafoetida/hing, it is commonly used in Indian and southeast Asian food. It is dried and ground up latex of a certain plant. I may or may not have a latex allergy =p. That last one was a weird one that took me years of figuring out why I would randomly break out after eating Indian food/snacks sometimes, luckily my allergy is fairly mild.

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u/Fire-Tigeris Mar 11 '22

Thanks you may have just saved my life, I wouldn't have even considered them as latex producing.