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I believe I had my first modern smoothie on Nantucket Island back in the summer of 1998; my cousin was working at The Juice Guys café and I went there fairly often to see how she was doing. They offered a bewildering choice of fruit smoothies and I usually just let my cousin choose one for me, otherwise I’d have been there all day — especially with all the “boosters” like ginseng and honeycomb to pick on top of the fruit itself.

Lately I’ve been thinking that it might be a tad healthier if I replaced the large percentage of my intake that consists of Twixae with a bit more fruit, and so — to save me all the trouble of actually chewing — I’ve invested in a rather snazzy smoothie maker.

I still need to build up a repository of standard ingredients — mostly a stash of a variety of frozen berries to add to whatever fresh fruit I use — but I managed to improvise a fairly nice first attempt this evening: two semi-frozen bananas, three kiwi fruit, some pineapple juice, plain yoghurt, and a few ice cubes. The machine is lovely and simple to use: throw all the ingredients into the jug, turn it on for thirty seconds [it’s loud! No early morning smoothies for me, my housemate will kill me], then pour the smoothie into a glass using the handy tap. I can feel the nutrition coursing through me as I type.

Hmm, I wonder what a Twix smoothie would be like?

Incidentally, Nantucket is one of the place-names given a definition in Douglas Adams and John Lloyd’s The Deeper Meaning of Liff, which bsag mentioned just yesterday:

nantucket (n.)

The secret pocket which eats your train ticket.

#1

Daisy | 2004 / 04 / 09 – 19:53

You can add ice too? I’m thinking ice & banana smoothie on a hot summer day…. mmmm. I think I’ll have to invest in one before the summer.

#2

David | 2004 / 04 / 09 – 22:56

Re #1: Oh yes, ice definitely helps, especially if most of the ingredients aren’t frozen fruits.

Today’s awesome concoction: frozen raspberries, frozen strawberries, a frozen plum, some plain yoghurt, four or five ice cubes, and some milk to make it a tad more fluid. Absolutely delicious!

#3

Daisy | 2004 / 04 / 10 – 22:25

Thanks David. I’ve got some Amazon vouchers left from my birthday, I might order it this weekend so that it arrives in time for next weekend (my brother’s children arrive for a visit).

#4

Phil | 2004 / 04 / 11 – 22:35

Err, isn’t that just a normal liquidiser but with a tap stuck on the bottom?

#5

David | 2004 / 04 / 12 – 00:21

Re #4: No! It’s a special smoothie maker, so must have special smoothie-making functions locked away in its intricate machinery. :)

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