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Post by KoNeko on Mar 27, 2005 22:23:11 GMT -5
I make a lot of juice and smoothies and stuff. (I love my blender ;D) Basically what you use and how watery/solid the fruit is affects what the drink is like (so banana juice is gross).
I really like doing a strawberry, apple and pineapple juice, or a banana, strawberry and chocolate smoothie (you put a bit of vanilla/strawberry frozen yoghurt and a teensy bit of chocolate milk.
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Post by hermoine on Mar 28, 2005 3:01:27 GMT -5
I think she sometimes mixes, apple, pear and kiwi, because you'd have to be really patient to do it with grapes.
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 28, 2005 4:31:17 GMT -5
Really? Why are grapes so fiddly? To be honest I've never used grapes in my smoothies but I reckon they'd be nice in a mix with things like orange, mango, pineapple and passionfruit.
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Post by hermoine on Mar 28, 2005 4:35:06 GMT -5
Well for one thing you'd have to remove the outer layer, because it will remain whole(just like peas), and you'd also have to remove the seed(or whatever you call it) from each grape, unless you'd like to find it in your drink.
What is passionfruit exactly?
Oh and do you guys get red oranges? We always get them at this time of year.
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Post by moira on Mar 29, 2005 19:10:23 GMT -5
Wow, red oranges? I didn't know there was any such thing, but then again, when I occasionally have to cashier at work, I sometimes have to ask people to identify the produce they're getting because I don't check that part of the store out very often. They tend to give me weird looks, like I'm strange not to know what spinach looks like, or that I'm supposed to tell the difference between a cucumber and a zucchini. *blushes* Man, I'd love to get some smoothie tips from you though, Ko. Or just to have you around the house, cause smoothies are something I'm slowly getting into. There are a few flavors I like, but it's hard for me to discover new flavors. I don't buy smooties very often, so when I get to buying one, it's because I'm craving the same smoothie I had last time.
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 29, 2005 19:38:32 GMT -5
No way, Moira! There are like, an infinite combination of fruits and other things (yoghurt, icecream, chocolate syrup, honey) that you could mix together! The thing I don't do is that gross thing where gym junkies put raw eggs into their smoothies. Ew.
As for red oranges, I think they're called blood oranges in Australia because they have that really dark red flesh. Here's a pic:
I think zucchinis have a slightly fuzzier skin that cukes, or they're usually slightly rounder at one end.
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Post by hermoine on Mar 30, 2005 2:28:50 GMT -5
Yeah we call them very similar to that. If you translate it, it would be something like, "Oranges of blood".
Zucchini like this you mean?
I think we get them more roundish, then my mum scoops up all the greenish stuff inside and wills them with meat.
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Post by moira on Mar 30, 2005 13:22:42 GMT -5
how do red oranges taste? From the picture, they remind me of grapefruit. Do they still have a citrus-y orange-ish taste? More sweet or bitter or something? Cause now I'm wishing we had some where I work so I could try it. . .
Ooh, mixing yogurt into a smootie? That sounds like fun. What kind of mixture have you made with it, Ko?
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Post by hermoine on Mar 30, 2005 13:47:49 GMT -5
Its taste is more sweetish than normal oranges, although you may find sweet normal oranges too.
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 30, 2005 20:45:30 GMT -5
Hmmm, I like strawberry and vanilla yoghurt with fresh (or frozen) berries, a dash of milk and sometimes maybe half a banana or something, like a bananaberry smoothie. Also, frozen yoghurt is really good for making really cold smoothies, like vanilla/chocolate and banana or strawberry. Or strawberry, peach and kiwifruit is a good combo (it might not sound it, but it's actually really nice).
Hmm, I think blood oranges are sweetish, but I could be wrong because I usually just get the blood orange juice and I've never actually eaten the orange (because of allergies ).
Hermy, don't you eat the outsides of the zuchinni as well?
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Post by hermoine on Mar 31, 2005 2:59:12 GMT -5
No I don't. I'm not a vegetable-lover, I barely eat any. And when it's cooked and everything, it kind of becomes mushy and soft. I prefer to just eat the meat.
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 31, 2005 4:54:10 GMT -5
Serious? I love veggies, but then, hey, it's me and I barely eat meat as it is (I don't cook or buy it myself, but I'll eat it if I go to someone's house and they've prepared dishes with meat in them).
Usually I get the zuchinni and peel it and cut it into slices, then fry the slices in butter and a little bit of soy sauce. Nimmy nums. Actually there's a Chinese variation on that which uses things that I don't know how to say in English that my mum makes.
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Post by hermoine on Mar 31, 2005 14:47:14 GMT -5
I do eat some types of vegetables, but the list is very restricted, unless of course I can't see what all the ingredients are so I'll eat everything without knowing.
We don't eat too much stuff done with oil. Like if you take chips, I prefer the baked ones, rather than frying them(although I do know that before being frozen, the baked ones are fried ), I don't like eggs so no fried eggs, and I don't like these round things my mum does with mashed potatoes and tuna, which again are fried.
But I love chinese food. No wait, I adore chinese food(or a more specific term would be the kind of chinese food which people tell you is chinese food ).
I'm getting confusing. Sorry.
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 31, 2005 20:01:36 GMT -5
Hermy, you should talk to Rue about beef with broccoli.
Anyway, that tuna and mashed potato thing doesn't sound too bad... Maybe you can get your mum to bake it instead of frying it?
Oh, yeah, baked chips are like sprayed with fat or something before they're frozen so they come out crispy. If you want, you can always make your own chips by peeling and cutting up potatoes, microwaving them so they're soft and then putting them in an oven so they go crispy (and without any oil or anything!)
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Post by hermoine on Apr 1, 2005 1:56:08 GMT -5
Broccoli.
The only thing which bugs me is the fact that you can really taste the tune. My grandmother bakes them instead of frying them, although she puts in other stuff too. But if given the choice, I'd prefer the fried once.
Really? I never knew that! Well my mum generally peels and cuts the potatoes herself, but that's a great tip! Thanks!
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