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The best way to eat a nectarine is to slice it with a long sharp knife; not core it the way you might an apple after you'd cut it in half, but the way you'd slice a loaf of bread, taking care to carve around the pit. Biting into a soft, ripe nectarine is a carnal, messy, drippy-and-then-sticky ordeal I'd prefer to leave shrouded in euphemism and kept in the bedroom. Out in the literal world, I much prefer the sweet snap of a not-quite-(over)ripe fruit. Same goes for plums, apples and mangos.
A few years ago I noticed that, despite my neat slicing, eating nectarines made my lips tingle and swell, even if i was careful to place the fruit directly on my tongue and close my lips around it.
And now the cherry has offended my mouth; my lips burn, my tongue swells, and the back of my throat itches.
I have to be sure to poison myself only a few times a year.
and maybe keep a dose of epinephrine nearby.
A few years ago I noticed that, despite my neat slicing, eating nectarines made my lips tingle and swell, even if i was careful to place the fruit directly on my tongue and close my lips around it.
And now the cherry has offended my mouth; my lips burn, my tongue swells, and the back of my throat itches.
I have to be sure to poison myself only a few times a year.
and maybe keep a dose of epinephrine nearby.