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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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