The Bloody Mary mix at work is made with, among other things, a generous amount of fresh horseradish root.
They were mixing up a batch of it yesterday as I was heading out. It smelled FANTASTIC.
I asked Derek today if Mary mix counted as "juice" -- staff's allowed unlimited coffee, fountain drinks, and juice, but not the alcohol. I told him I didn't want to take it if it wasn't allowed. He said it was fine. So I poured myself a moderate cupful, and had it along with my morning coffee. It was DELICIOUS.
It was also, as I discovered, not a good thing to put into an empty stomach. The first thing I noticed was that it made me feel hungrier, whereas my coffee-with-cream usually pacifies me until I can grab a break.
The next thing I noticed, a couple of hours later, was rather more uncomfortable, and resulted in extra bathroom breaks. Eep!
I came home and poked Google, and, yes, horseradish can indeed do that.
I didn't want it to do that.
I'm eating plain rice for dinner tonight, I think. Maybe some toast. (Bananas and applesauce, while recommended for this condition, are too gross to contemplate. The smell of bananas gives me heaves, and applesauce is just ew. I like SOUR CREAM on my latkes, thanks.)
Bloody Mary mix: NOT a substitute for breakfast.
They were mixing up a batch of it yesterday as I was heading out. It smelled FANTASTIC.
I asked Derek today if Mary mix counted as "juice" -- staff's allowed unlimited coffee, fountain drinks, and juice, but not the alcohol. I told him I didn't want to take it if it wasn't allowed. He said it was fine. So I poured myself a moderate cupful, and had it along with my morning coffee. It was DELICIOUS.
It was also, as I discovered, not a good thing to put into an empty stomach. The first thing I noticed was that it made me feel hungrier, whereas my coffee-with-cream usually pacifies me until I can grab a break.
The next thing I noticed, a couple of hours later, was rather more uncomfortable, and resulted in extra bathroom breaks. Eep!
I came home and poked Google, and, yes, horseradish can indeed do that.
I didn't want it to do that.
I'm eating plain rice for dinner tonight, I think. Maybe some toast. (Bananas and applesauce, while recommended for this condition, are too gross to contemplate. The smell of bananas gives me heaves, and applesauce is just ew. I like SOUR CREAM on my latkes, thanks.)
Bloody Mary mix: NOT a substitute for breakfast.
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Date: 2009-06-16 10:21 am (UTC)Tummy ok again?
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Date: 2009-06-16 03:13 pm (UTC)I dreamed abut you last night! I dreamed I'd traveled all the way to Germany to see a concert where Ego Likeness was opening for Information Society and that Steve Archer (of Ego Likeness) had done a double-take when he saw me in the audience (because he knows he usually sees me at shows in the northeast US), and you were letting me stay overnight before I had to go home again. But then a lot of people came over to your apartment. It was strange.
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Date: 2009-06-16 05:58 pm (UTC)But still... I AM IN YOUR HEAD!! *evil laugh*
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Date: 2009-06-16 06:06 pm (UTC)But you were in my head!