Our grand daughter is four years old and has a peanut allergy. She's up with us in NH quite a bit, and eating out is really a difficult problem. We tend to go to "mom and pop" type eateries where an owner may be present. Restaurants of this type usually can answer questions factually because the owner in fact may be involved with the food preparation. We do have the needle with us just in case, however. It's also difficult when we travel to craft fairs and the like where food is often times on display and available for tasting. That can be quite a challenge. Likewise with ice cream. The Dairy Queen in Laconia is about the only place we've had success purchasing some pre-packaged ice cream for her. Other places are a gamble. Often times the ice cream may be okay, but the scoop will have been in contact with ice cream that contained peanuts or nuts, and then it's a problem. I suppose bringing pre-packaged food is one answer, but I'm not sure it's a good long term answer.
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