when I was really young, I told people I was allergic to ginger (I hated ginger a ton back then and I would say that so they wouldn't give me the freaking ginger) and my neighbor(who didn't know I was allergic) gave me some ginger. I'd spat it out immediately and made a fuss saying how I was allergic to ginger & he was all confused "aren't you supposed to have an allergic reaction??"