Cheap wine
I used to pride myself on not being allergic to anything except myself.
But in the last year or so I have come to accept that 'I don't normally get hayfever but...' is actually now 'yes I get hayfever, bring on the anti-histamines please'.
And now...
Andy bought a bottle of moscato on Monday. I suspect it was a cheap one. It was also a very sweet one. This is relevant because cheap wines and sweet wines tend to have higher levels of sulphites, which are otherwise less often added to Australian wines than to European ones. So I had a glass on Monday night and my throat swelled up. Not a lot, just enough to notice. I wasn't sure whether it was the wine, or some side effect of the endless cold I seem to have had since Canada. But then on Tuesday night I had another glass of the wine and same deal.
I think I may have become allergic to sulphites. Yay!
No more cheap wine for me.
Also I recently acquired a mediaeval city building and trading game called Anno 1404, which is a bit addictive. It's very hard to imagine in a week and a bit I shall be cooking for Midwinter. This is probably not a good thing.
But in the last year or so I have come to accept that 'I don't normally get hayfever but...' is actually now 'yes I get hayfever, bring on the anti-histamines please'.
And now...
Andy bought a bottle of moscato on Monday. I suspect it was a cheap one. It was also a very sweet one. This is relevant because cheap wines and sweet wines tend to have higher levels of sulphites, which are otherwise less often added to Australian wines than to European ones. So I had a glass on Monday night and my throat swelled up. Not a lot, just enough to notice. I wasn't sure whether it was the wine, or some side effect of the endless cold I seem to have had since Canada. But then on Tuesday night I had another glass of the wine and same deal.
I think I may have become allergic to sulphites. Yay!
No more cheap wine for me.
Also I recently acquired a mediaeval city building and trading game called Anno 1404, which is a bit addictive. It's very hard to imagine in a week and a bit I shall be cooking for Midwinter. This is probably not a good thing.