I am, fortunately, not badly allergic. They just make my mouth itch a little. That, however, is a sign that the allergy could advance to my throat swelling shut, so I don't risk it.

It used to be that I could safely eat anything served at my daughter's school because they had a solid no nuts or peanuts policy, but the new principal says that being nut free is impossible and claiming to do it, even trying to do it, creates a false sense of security and makes people not prepare for the worst. I'm very, very unconvinced, but it hasn't seemed worth fighting her on it. I really don't think that designating half of a lunch table as 'nut and peanut free' does anything remotely useful for, say, a kindergartner with a life threatening allergy. It's probably adequate at my daughter's age, but she's twelve, and the school is K-7 right now.