Don't eat the duck pellets

Well, after my rush of enthusiasm to start an allergy blog, I've already slacked off a bit.  We're buying a house this week, so that is my excuse.  I didn't really pick one new food to try this week.  Last weekend, we tried cherries.  Yesterday we tried craisins at a park.  Not really foods I feared an allergy to, so I don't feel like I'm sticking with my plan all that well, but I'll try to do beef next week (he's had it before, but I thought it caused eczema.  Now that I know he's tested negative to the skin prick, I feel OK about trying it again).  

Here is my Crazy Allergy Mama moment of the week: I went to the aviary with my son for a playdate.  They have 25 cent duck pellet handfuls from a dispenser.   Some of the other kids fed the ducks with the pellets (and one then fed our little guy some food with the same hands she'd just held the pellets with).  A nice lady offered to let my son have some of hers, and I had to tell her that although it sounds crazy, I am not sure if he's allergic.  On my way out the door, I stopped by the information desk.  We frequent the park often, so I figured I might as well ask.  (We fed ducks with food at a farm recently, but they sold bags of corn).  I asked the woman at the desk if she knew what was in the duck pellets.  She went into a lengthy explanation about how she knows it is not the same as dog food, because she checked into that and knows it is different than what she feeds her dog (was she planning to steal the pellets to feed her dog and her plan was waylaid?).  I explained that he is allergic to wheat, among other things, and I just am not sure what would be in a duck food pellet.  And then, she said... 

"I'm sure he will be OK."

Do you hate that phrase as much as I do?   I hear it all the time, and it drives me crazy (hence the title of the blog).  If you don't know, say you don't know!

(For the record, 5 seconds of googling found me this:

Ingredients
Pellets and starter crumbs for ducks and chickens are basically made from milled wheat plus beans, peas and oil seeds to increase the protein content. Manufacturers are allowed to add a certain amount of re-processed food such as pasta waste.

Source: Call Duck Association (emphasis added)

So, yes, it appears our son is probably allergic to duck pellets.  I'm crazy, but I was right.