On kiwifruit

Ah, kiwi. Exotic green insides and foreboding fuzzy outsides. Brightens a fruit salad so well. My CSA deliveries for the past two weeks have included kiwis and so I've been eating them here and there - on their own (peeled), and in a smoothie or two (again, peeled). They are quite tasty, I must say, but it turns out that they make my lips go numb! I seem to be kiwi averse! Numb, prickly lips after eating fruit seems unusual, no?

I don't remember ever having had a problem with kiwis before, but admittedly, I don't generally buy them, preferring apples, stone fruit, and berries, but nevertheless I was surprised by the experience.  

Anyway, please note that I am not attempting to cultivate an eclectic food allergy or anything: I'd just as soon go out and eat kiwi with girlish abandon. I have it on good authority, however, that I should probably steer clear of them, so ... well, sorry kiwi.