Exactly. It may be "embarrassing" and even mortifying, but if it is that much of an issue to you, seek counseling. "ZOMG, I can't eat anything but processed foods filled with preservatives" is such an entitled "disorder." It goes back to the comment about third world countries-I think it's safe to say that people without ready access to deep freezers, microwaves, can openers, and blue boxes of fakaroni and cheese won't have such an issue. They're not going to be addicted to french fries because I highly doubt most tribal peoples running through the Amazon have Fry Daddies hooked up in their huts.

I could be wrong here.

I'm aware of that. However, my kid having a peanut butter sandwich in a plastic baggie in his lunch bag, then EATING the peanut butter sandwich, is not going to contaminate anybody else's lunch. Unless the allergic kid decides to go into my kid's lunch and eat/wallow in the peanut butter, he'll be fine. And if your kid's allergic to stuff, perhaps you should instruct him to stay away from it.

Ugh, that pisses me off to no end. I don't understand why someone else's kid's allergies means MY kid can't enjoy his favorite lunch.