Oddly, I don't remember kids dropping dead in the cafeteria during peanut-butter day.
Me either. Kids only dropped dead in my school when it was tuna casserole and spinach day.
It may depend on when you went to grade school. I'm not trying to be insulting here. But many of these severe food allergies to things like peanuts and milk are pretty recent in their being widespread enough to be noticed.
It's a new phenomenon, probably something to do with taking the pill, global warming, and Bush.
You beat me to it. It was the staple in the late 50s and early 60s and I sure don't recall many writhing bodies on the floor or ER. Maybe peanut allergy is somehow related to ADD which also didn't seem to exist in my youth.
I loooooove peanuts and peanut butter, but for the last year or so I haven't been able to eat it AT ALL!! Even food cooked in peanut oil! Makes me very ILL!! And I am in my 30's!! My sis developed a shellfish allergy this way too!!
My four year old cousin recently almost died from sticking his finger in a cake that had almonds in it. He didn't eat the cake, he just stuck his finger in the icing. So I'm sorry if your memory is a little foggy, but some food allergies are no joke. Still, if the kid does have such a serious allergy to peanuts, maybe he should eat in a seperate 'peanut butter free' zone instead of everyone else having to sit in a special section if they want to eat peanut butter.