Flavor Yearnings (Day 6 of 60)

I’m actually a bit surprised day six is over.

It has been a pretty difficult road so far. I’ve got a long, long way to go. I’ve just finished one-tenth of this journey I’m taking.

Today started out well. I drank a liter of water before breakfast. Again, I had a fruit juice for breakfast. I used three of my last five apples for breakfast. It’s sad that they go by so quickly.
Saturday Morning Juice
Macintosh Apples (3)
Orange (1)
Lime (1)
Plums (4)
It was a nice flavored drink. I enjoyed it.

For lunch, I used up my last two apples while putting in some collards. Man, those are tough to juice. They give very little juice, and they don’t taste so great.
Saturday Lunch Juice
Collards (3 large handfuls)
Cucumber (1)
Radishes (2)
Celery (2 stalks)
Carrots (2)
Macintosh Apples (2)
Lemon (1)
The fruits and veggies were all very pretty together -- red, green, yellow, orange. It didn’t taste absolutely horrible as I was expecting because of the collards. It did not taste great, but again, I think that’s just mostly due to the collards.

It’s kind of funny, because I really enjoy juicing kale. The collards just are not my favorite.

Since I ran out of apples, I had to go get more. Instead of running to Wally World or the local supermarket, I went down to the orchard located about half a mile from the house and picked a half bushel with a couple of the kids. We had a good time and got some great apples.

Now this orchard had two varieties I wanted to get I’d never tried before: Empire and Alcon. I had to try each, so I took a bite of each, chewed it up and spat it out – so as to maintain the whole “non-eating” thing.

The Empires are absolutely fantastic – possibly the best apples I’ve ever tried. I got twenty-one pounds. Oh yeah, baby.

Nancy made pizza for dinner. *sigh* And I found out after the fact that the crusts were probably the best she’s ever made. *sigh* I miss her cooking. And I really want to try some of those pizzas.

While they prepared and ate pizzas, I went to the gym. I figured it would be better to be out of the house than to have to smell and watch what they were doing. Of course, ESPN Gameday had lots of food commercials playing while I was working out on the elliptical. *sigh*

I came home and had my dinner juice. I meant to add a sweet potato into this mix, but I forgot.
Sat. Dindin Juice
Macintosh Apples (4)
Lime (1)
Cucumber (1)
Cabbage (2 leaves)
Plums (5)
It was a pretty basic mixture. The cabbage though gave it a very distinct flavor. I think I do not like cabbage juice very much. I will make sure not to mix it with collards or tomatoes.

So, one thing I pondered on today was my love of certain foods that really shouldn’t be eaten. You know, those fast food items or really processed things we use in cooking – like Velveeta. As a rule I do not like it much, but it tastes so great in potatoes au gratin, some casseroles and especially as Rotel dip or on nachos. I think I figured out “why” I like it so much.

It (and several other “bad” items) actually DO taste good. Maybe they shouldn’t. Maybe they’ve been engineered to… but they do. And that’s okay. I figure after this fast, I can eat anything in moderation. Some things of course should be in very major moderation, but still, it’s okay to indulge once in a while.

Okay, it’s late again and time for me to say good night.

Later,
K+