So I've gone meatless/vegetarian for Lent, and so I've been experimenting with various practices that actual vegetarians often partake in. Like all experimentation, some avenues lead to new knowledge and better understanding, while other paths are ultimately fruitless. And when it comes to experimenting with food, the results of research can mean great physical discomfort.
A company called Silk produces what is supposedly high quality soy milk which you can buy at a reasonable price at most grocery stores. I decided to do a feasibility study on replacing my standard 2% milk with this product, insofar as I use real milk in cereal. I returned home and mixed about a cup of Silk with some Fruity Pebbles, which I then began to consume at a rapid rate. I was quite happy with the results, and wolfed down the entire bowl in record time. Two seconds later my entire digestive tract all the way up to my epiglottis swelled up causing me great pain and restricting my ability to swallow. However, I decided the best course of action would be to wash the bad stuff down with good stuff: a bowl of Cheerios and milk. This was not such a bad idea, but it got to the point where I could not force anything else down the swollen passage. I then resorted to water, which probably was less painful than swallowing a jar of thumb tacks. Luckily there was some fascinating programming on TV, and thus I was able to entertain myself with Richard Clarke on Charlie Rose, which was just enough to keep my mind off the daggers. Actually that was a very interesting video, and I for one believe this guy is telling the truth. By the time that was over I was starting to feel better instead of getting worse, but I had lost a couple of hours and was worthless to study for the exam I had the next day. So I have Silk to thank for the studying I couldn't get done and for feeling like a bomb went of somewhere in my small intestine. I'm apparently the opposite of most Asians.
Posted by tdupuy at March 28, 2004 5:26 PM