My mom being Hispanic loved having pinto beans as part of her meals, but my dad, ( Asian) didn't like the smell as they cooked so she didn't have them that often. I developed Asthma at 3mo's old. Was at Children Hospital a least twice where I was turning blue. Yes my mom got rid of the wool rugs and blankets and goose down pillows. Drapery, dog, chickens, milk, eggs, etc. was not part of my growing up. I was fortunate to grow out of it by the age of 23. Sometimes things happen for a purpose concerning my sickly childhood. I was spared from being drafted and had been turned down from joining the Navy years earlier.