Delivery day

[magid]

Yesterday was definitely delivery day. I delivered a chapter, then picked up some bags of clothes and shoes, delivering them to be collected for charity, then delivered a couple of theater passes. And then walked home again, vaguely regretful that the promised thunderstorms hadn't happened, since that would've hopefully cut the humidity (it's not the heat, it's the humidity, of course), though it would've been hard to avoid getting soaked socks, which I just hate. Really, it's time to get new sandals already. Ah, well. I'm glad to have those things done, off my list.

I got home too tired to make any of the interesting things with greens I'd thought of. Instead, I made a smoothie for dinner, which was faster and cooling, and I was hungry right then. What flavor? Well, you name it: I put in whatever was left of the blueberries (less than half a pint), a mango and a bit, squeezed in a lime's worth of juice, added a frozen banana, spent some time confused that I couldn't find the couple of pieces of pineapple I was sure had been in the fridge, then put in the end of the Meyer lemon sorbet and some mango sorbet. I got a nice reddish-purple drink, very refreshing, though perhaps a bit thinner than I prefer. More sorbet/banana next time, I think.

Of course, the drawback to smoothies for dinner is the utter lack of leftovers for lunch (or breakfast) today. Feh.

Comments

[bitty.livejournal.com]

i can't have soy milk, either. (and i was never a fan of milkshakes. ice cream-based shakes, yes. milkshakes, no.) (i also detested chocolate milk.)


bubblebabble has been fairly creative in smoothie-ing for me. last week i went and made my own - i've found that if i use a lot of banana, i can get a thicker texture and pretend it's like a fribble. but yes, i have a very limited repertoire of smoothies i'll drink. however, if it's hot enough, i'm a lot more tolerant of fruit than usual, 'cause, well, COLD DRINK.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I forgot about the soy thing; I was going to offer a frozen banana and chocolate soy ice cream shake. Feh.

Are any of the non-dairy ice creams not soy-based?

[bitty.livejournal.com]

Are any of the non-dairy ice creams not soy-based?

Yes.


Not at all acceptable, however.

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Lately my smoothies simply consist of ice, ginger ale, bananas, and a splash of cranberry juice (to tarten in up).

[magid.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I have no ice, nor any soda, but I do have bananas and cranberry juice.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

don't stress :) i can either make myself a smoothie for lunch (not the worst idea, in fact!) or bring along a can of soda. oh, wait - Sprite, at least (we're out of ginger ale), isn't kosher. whooops.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Sprite, along with most of the major brands of soda, is kosher, I believe. I've seen it at kosher functions, anyway.
I don't know if they have certification on their containers, and I don't really keep up with this stuff, it being a carbonated beverage (thus falling into the category of "drinks I rarely if ever consume," along with coffee and beer. I'm beveragely challenged, compared to the average American...)

[bitty.livejournal.com]

aw. it's not labelled. heh.

i don't ever drink beer, and only rarely imbibe coffee. i go through alternating phases of totally eschewing soda and living on the stuff.

in a smoothie, i try for something "dry," like sprite or ginger ale, so i get a kick, but not too much sweetness.

[queue.livejournal.com]

(and i was never a fan of milkshakes. ice cream-based shakes, yes. milkshakes, no.)

Is this that New England thing where "milkshake" means "shaken milk"? Because, where I come from, a milkshake has ice cream in it.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

milk shakes are more like smoothies with milk. i dunno if that's a new england thing or not, but a milk shake does not require ice cream. (it becomes something else then. a frappe maybe?)

but go to Friendly's - a milkshake is a milkshake; a fribble has ice cream.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... fribbles. Haven't had one in ages.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

Me neither.

*sigh*

[magid.livejournal.com]

According to dictionary.com, a milkshake may or may not have ice cream.

They also include a "Regional Note:"
To most Americans, a milk shake, that thick, sweet accompaniment to a hamburger and fries, naturally includes ice cream. But speakers in parts of New England make finer distinctions in their ice cream terminology. To a person living in Rhode Island or the adjoining part of Massachussetts, a milk shake consists of milk shaken up with flavored syrup and nothing more; if ice cream is included, the drink is called a cabinet, possibly, says food writer John F. Mariani in The Dictionary of American Food and Drink, named after the square wooden cabinet in which the mixer was encased. Farther north in New England, the same drink is called a velvet or a frappe (from French frapper, “to ice”).

[bitty.livejournal.com]

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