I did end up splitting a clementine (which will hereafter be called "cuties", because that is what the label on the bag said--though it has been pointed out that this is a brand name and not a type of fruit, I think it is far more fun to pretend otherwise) with NNAE. I must say that in general, I'm not a real fan of plant skin, whether it be the shiny green sheen on apples or the translucent webby film across section of citrus. NNAE is a crazy expert at that webby citrus stuff--in the time it took for me to woefully chew one small section, she effectively peeled another section of cutie and handed it to me, hanging from it's translucent cocoon. It was fascinating and gross.
Under that film on the interior of citrus, it's easy to see that the fruit is really made up of a million little chambers of juice, all stuck together and covered with a thin white layer of dividing-substance (which is apparently peel-able). I'm mildly grossed out by these little chambers because I know that if you hold the cutie slice upside down (so the curved edge is pointing to the floor and the straight edge is pointing up), and attempt to snap it in half, then little juice-chambers split from each other and look like cockroach legs. I had no idea, however, that those little juice chambers (and thus, the whole fruit, sans skin and peel) were so tasty! I only had (and wanted) half a cutie, but it definitely exceeded my expectations.
Beyond that fun experience this afternoon, it is a sad day in the land of eating healthy. I'm crashing the land of eating healthy tonight. I'm tearing down all the tofu-towers, asparagus auditoriums, ripe-fruit rivers and sesame streets and replacing them with (drumroll, please) Amy's Ice Cream. I ate part of an apple after dinner (and thus I don't feel guilty) and it was a terrible day at work, full of patients and papers--so it may be trashing my new plant-habits (we do not use the "diet" word), but I need ice cream. I need something delicious with a cookie dough crush-in and Hershey's syrup, in the small size please. I may eat plants again tomorrow, but tonight I would like some milk product mixed with some butter product topped with some sugar product. Bad Shauna.
I WILL EAT RABBIT FOOD.
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It happens, lovey. Don't feel too bad. You have to expect some slip-ups when making such a lifestyle change. And clementines ARE yummy! You should try pomegranates; I've found it's like eating delicious fruity popcorn! But they're kinda hard to prepare. If you're interested, I'll tell you how! :)
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