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fondledbydolphins t1_jahrtn5 wrote

This oil is also found in mangoes, pistachios, cashews, and a few others.

If you're highly sensitive to poison Ivy, eating the foods above can give you the same reaction on your face / lips / throat.

It's... fun.

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vash0093 t1_jaiujci wrote

Odd, see when I was a child I climbed a rock completely covered in poison ivy, and so I became just like that rock. Took steroids and stuff to battle it. But I've never had an issue eating the above foods. Interesting to know and I'll keep that in the pocket for the future.

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thedamnoftinkers OP t1_jajydsc wrote

You're thinking of shellac, which, ironically, also originally involved trees. (They're not necessarily wholly different categories; Wikipedia calls urushiol "true lacquer".)

Shellac is much more common in the West, whereas lacquer is so heavily associated with Asia that lacquering (or mimicking the lacquered look) is called "japanning" in the trades, much like porcelain is usually called "china".

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