Makes me sad that there’s been such a nasty knee-jerk reaction to peanuts, yet nary a twinge over routinely feeding children lots of much worse crap – like most of the high fructose corn syrup-addled fare that’s aimed squarely at little kids.

And what of the chemical-laden McDonalds or Burger King chow? If you wanna give your child a strawberry shake, that’s cool, but please make sure it actually has strawberries and ice cream in the first 2 or 3 ingredients! Ditto for french fries – make sure they’re real potatoes that were peeled sometime in the past few hours, not the cardboard sugar-salt sticks that the big fast food chains offer.

Neil, I wish I could bump into some of my old grade school teachers. Wherever you are, Mrs. Cooper, you’re thought of often and live fondly in my memories as a pivotal character in my early years.

I miss peanut butter M&Ms and sneak them and a Reese’s anytime I can.

Now I want some.

And I love peanut butter, I’m with flutter, I’m going to stick a spoon of peanutbutter into chocolate chips now.

On another note, I think way too many American kids are allergic to stuff (same case in Japan.) Why didn’t this happen 25 years ago in the United States and still doesn’t happen in other countries today? Maybe it’s because we all buy 99% antibacterial soap and carry hand sanitizer with us. It’s ridiculous. People shouldn’t be afraid of germs.