As I said in my prompt, the particular "rationale" offered by Narcissa is potentially lethal and makes my blood boil. Someone who pulled that trick in my presence would never be welcome in my home or any other space over which I had any say, and furthermore I would make sure everyone else in our social circle knew that this person was willing to kill someone with a food allergy because THEY didn't believe in such a thing. There have been a couple of documented instances of restaurant chefs pulling that stunt in the kitchens*, which is even worse.
* One involved a chef who would deliberately lie to customers about having gluten-free pasta and serve them regular pasta instead. I believe the other one was about serving food made with chicken broth and labeling it "vegetarian". That one... I used to know someone who was lethally allergic to any kind of poultry, as in "Epi-pen and hospital NOW". I'm just glad neither of those idiots actually killed anyone. But they could have.
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Date: 2016-09-11 09:10 pm (UTC)* One involved a chef who would deliberately lie to customers about having gluten-free pasta and serve them regular pasta instead. I believe the other one was about serving food made with chicken broth and labeling it "vegetarian". That one... I used to know someone who was lethally allergic to any kind of poultry, as in "Epi-pen and hospital NOW". I'm just glad neither of those idiots actually killed anyone. But they could have.