Monday, August 4, 2008

Smoothies

There is a new food trend out there that completely baffles my mind....which, I grant you, is not hard to do. If I have this correct, otherwise sane-minded individuals mix frozen fruit, bananas and other unfortunate healthy products to create a smoothie. But here is the kicker. They also put in spinach. I hear your gasp already. Yes, SPINACH -- the stuff that a President of the United States banned from the White House; the stuff that a whole cartoon was created to mindwash kids into eating; the stuff that they actually freeze into bricks. Apparently, a blender is needed to do what masticating (gross sounding word) cannot -- namely, break the spinach cell wall allowing for more effective bodily absorption of nutrients. Are you laughing YET? Who thought of this stuff? Wait, lemme guess -- they sell a special smoothie blender, right? For $300 plus, right?

Folks in WWII time had a simple edict: Praise the Lord, Pass the Ammunition.
Here's mine: Bring on the Chocolate; Pass the Diet Coke.