So, my son grabbed us all a straw and poked one into each cup. We prayed for the meal and I moved my glass closer to me to take a first drink. As I did, I saw a dark object descend from the top of my straw down into the depths of my blended fruit goodness. My initial reaction was to think I was seeing things, but on second thought I decided to investigate further. I pulled the straw out quickly, aimed it over my plate and blew into the non-drinking end. Out came half a straw full of smoothie, accompanied by a dead housefly.
Since this was a brand new package, this fly had obviously been trapped inside the initial package at the factory. I was honored that he decided to make my straw his crypt. Ok, maybe not. Actually, I went and washed my plate, threw away the wretched straw, got a new one (checking first to make sure it was unoccupied) and we got back to the serious business of eating dinner. If we had only saved it, we could have sued for millions.I’ve heard it said that the average human swallows 8 spiders in his or her lifetime, though I’m quite sure the study didn’t consider swallowing insects with straws. Actually, it was probably just a lesson in trying not to sleep with your mouth open. Do you guys use a blender for your smoothies? I must admit, I’m seriously tempted by the Magic Bullet infomercials.... Instant salsa! Instant guacamole! Instant smoothies!
Resist! Anything sold on television is fake. They are using the same technology they used to trick us all about the moon landings!
Ok, not really. I have no idea about the magic bullet, but how could you make enough of anything in those tiny cups. I highly recommend the Bosch Kitchen Machine. Ours was a wedding present almost 17 years ago and is still going strong. It dices, it slices, plus...it kneads bread dough. And the blender is powerful enough to crush ice and make marvelous smoothies. (Makes good milkshakes too...we borrowed a neighbors blender for a birthday party once so we could have two blenders making milkshakes for the hordes...and we burned out the borrowed blender after 2 loads. Tragic.)
The Queen makes bread, rolls and homemade pizza dough using this beast quite regularly. (Confession...we are on our second blender...I don’t think dropping them on tile floor is considered standard blending operation. We also our on our second set of wire beaters, since we forgot to switch to the dough hook while making cookies. The funny part about that experience is that the cookies were for a cookie exchange and the blender gears exploded into little shards of white hard plastic that got mixed into the dough. We spent an hour squeezing the dough in our hands trying to find the pieces, but a friend still ended up with a cookie with a very crunchy center.)
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