Hi everyone. I have been struggling a bit lately, but today was a good day. I went on three walks, one over an hour and 4.5km long. It rained for most of the day, but I’m not made of sugar, as they say in Dutch. I honestly have no idea where that saying comes from and what sugar has to do with not being water-resistant. I mean, there are many other substances that will melt or otherwise dissolve in water. As a side note, we only had a slight drizzle on some of our walks, so it wasn’t like I got soaked in the rain.
When the rain did come pouring down, I decided to make a smoothie. I had ordered some supplies online yesterday. Like I’ve explained before, my care home does have its own postal code but officially you need to address things to the main building, adding the home in an additional address line. Most stores though don’t allow for two address lines. So, in an attempt to bypass the need to have stuff sent to my in-laws and wait a week for my spouse to bring it here, I decided to say “screw it!” and address my order to the home with its own postal code. And guess what? It got delivered right to our doorstep. This is not how I should be handling things if I can avoid it, but it’s quite tempting, honestly. Waiting a week for my stuff rather than having it delivered within 24 hours of my placing my order, isn’t very appealing.
I had ordered carrot juice, mango nectar, agave syrup and hemp seeds. The hemp seeds are in a lot of smoothie recipes and I’d kind of impulsively ordered them to get to the minimum order amount. The person with whom I unpacked my package, didn’t ask anything about the hemp seeds, but the next staff did make a bit of a weirded out sound. I had looked it up online and found out that usually only the shells (which mine have been removed from) contain trace amounts of THC. Nonetheless, I decided not to add them to my first smoothie, which I was going to share with my fellow residents.
I did add carrot juice. I also added frozen mango chunks, which we’d ordered from the online grocery store that delivers to care homes. We added one banana and a pinch of cinnamon.
Honestly, the smoothie turned out a bit thin for my liking, but it was definitely delicious. My spouse later said that ginger and orange make for a better addition to carrot juice, which I think may be true. I’m going to try this with my remaining carrot juice.
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Sounds good Astrid.
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Thank you so much!
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You’re welcome
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My dad says that “your not made of sugar” when I don’t want to go out in the rain. I thought he was the only one who said it. It sounds like you had a good walk. Good on you taking a chance with the delivery. The smoothie looks and sounds so good. x
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Thank you so much for your kind words and the compliment on my smoothie. The comment about not being made of sugar is pretty commonplace in Dutch.
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Sugar is very delicate, Astrid.
There is another related saying:
“spun like sugar”
which means very finely-tuned or high-maintenance.
It’s used when you are making or fabricating something.
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I prefer the thinner drinks and ones which don’t have so many chunks.
And it was a great mix.
Those “trace amounts” of THC…
Great idea from J about the ginger and carrot.
[I do have some white ginger in a jar – and plenty of carrots].
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The *persistence* of the drizzle.
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The post office might have some space for instructions.
Realised, though, you were dealing with stores.
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Back to the seeds.
What other seeds have you used/would you use in a smoothie?
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Thank you so much for your thought-provoking comment. I’d never heard that other expression about sugar.
As for the seeds (which hemp seeds technically aren’t, since they’re actually nuts), I usually use chia seeds in my smoothies if I use seeds at all. By the way, did you mean to warn me about exposing myself to THC if I ever use hemp seeds, since you put the term “trace amounts” between quote marks?
I don’t care for chunks in my smoothies either but do like a bit of a thicker consistency.
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Astrid:
with the trace amounts and the quote marks and the hemp seeds.
I had wondered if they were a therapeutic or semi-therapeutic dose of the active ingredient [THC].
I did think, too, that a hemp seed without THC was missing what it needed to be a hemp seed in food.
A little bit – or a great deal – can go a LONG way.
And certainly when the smoothies involve other people and their consumption.
A sense of activation which might not be there, for instance.
Glad I was able to introduce this new expression about sugar to you.
The ways we talk about sugar are so very culturally determined.
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Hi Astrid, I’m not equipped to comment on Smoothies, but my mother used to sing a wee song, which she said was the saddest short song – or maybe shortest sad song – in the world.
Oh I left my sugar standing in the rain and my sugar melted away.
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Aw, that’s a sad little song indeed. Thanks for stopping by. I visited your blog because I love the title of your writing challenge, as I am obsessed with unicorns. Too bad I can’t see the pics as I’m blind. If I craft a piece based on AI-generated descriptions of the image, will it be acceptable?
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Astrid, I see no problem with what you suggest, bearing in mind that we’re not looking for a description of the prompt photo.
It is only there to trigger a thought, so if you remember the single rule – maximum of 250 words – then we’re cool.
The reason for the title of our challenge is that Jenne and I are both Scots, and the Unicorn is the National Animal of Scotland.
I look forward to seeing your offerings.
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Ah, thanks! Obviously you’re not looking for a description of the photo, and even if you were, what my AI-based photo description apps make of it is AI work, not mine.
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Hi Astrid! I hope all is well where you are.
I love the sugar quote. I’ve not heard of that before until now.
I do love smoothies! And yours looks delicious. I did have to smile at the member of staff sounding off at the hemp seeds.
Hope you have a lovely week ahead. 🙂
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Thank you so much for stopping by. I love making smoothies and, though this one was good, my later ones were better. Even so, I still can’t seem to achieve the right consistency. Hope your week is off to a great start too.
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