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EDITED AGAIN: So I've been adding the lime juice at the beginning of the chia seeds soak for a few days now, and they come out differently than when the lime juice is added at the end - they're not gelatinous at all (don't look like frog spawn as the book says) once soaked, when adding the lime juice at the beginning. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I think we will each have to decide for ourselves what is the best way to do this, unless someone has some idea of what the heck is going on! 
EDITED: I've changed the directions to add the lime juice at the beginning, when the chia seeds first start to soak. I think it only makes sense to do this and also I did that this morning and I believe that within a fairly short while I had an increase in energy, more than adding the lime juice at the end. Of course, correlation does not equal causation, but you never know --
I just finished the book Born To Run by Christopher McDougall. It's a great book, equal parts adventure story and science lesson about how humans evolved to run and how we survived by running. (e.g., in a distance race, a human can beat a horse) Also, just about everything most of us thought we knew about athletic shoes is wrong!
The main characters are a group of indigenous people in Copper Canyon, Mexico, called the Tarahumara, who are among the world's greatest athletes. They run 20, 30, 40, 50 miles just for fun in thin tire tread sandals, and blow the competition away.
The book mentions iskiate, a drink they make from chia seeds, lime juice and a little sugar or honey, which supposedly imparts energy and stamina. So I had to make it. There's lots of info on-line about it - this book was a big deal 10 or 11 years ago when it was first published.
Anyways, to make iskiate:
Put a tablespoon of chia seeds in a glass of water, add juice of one lime (I'm using two tablespoons of bottled lime juice), let soak for at least half an hour (stir a couple of times while soaking), add a little sugar or honey if desired. And drink.
It doesn't taste bad and it may be helping my energy a little. Bon appetit!
And just for fun, here's how to make no-churn ice cream. It takes 10 - okay, 11 actually - minutes total to make. I saw this some weeks ago on Nadiya's Time to Eat, a Netflix British cooking show. In the UK they have something called double cream which is 48% fat(!) In the U.S. we have to make do with heavy whipping cream, which is 36% fat. Oh well! So here's the U.S. version:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 can sweetened condensed milk (I used 2/3 of a can)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Stir the vanilla into the sweetened condensed milk. Several reviews said that one whole can made it too sweet, so I used 2/3 of a can, and was glad I did - would not have wanted it any sweeter.
Beat the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Blend one cup of the whipped cream into the condensed milk mixture, and then blend in the rest of the whipped cream. Spread into a shallow dish (freezes better that way - I used a baking dish) and freeze. The directions I read said it would take 5 or 6 hours but it only took about 3 hours in my freezer. And it was delicious! It did freeze very hard, might have been a little creamier with double cream but was still very good, has a great flavor. You can experiment with adding different flavorings.
And I gave about half away and have managed to save some for when my sister comes to visit this week-end - I've gotten hungry just thinking about it!
EDITED: I've changed the directions to add the lime juice at the beginning, when the chia seeds first start to soak. I think it only makes sense to do this and also I did that this morning and I believe that within a fairly short while I had an increase in energy, more than adding the lime juice at the end. Of course, correlation does not equal causation, but you never know --
I just finished the book Born To Run by Christopher McDougall. It's a great book, equal parts adventure story and science lesson about how humans evolved to run and how we survived by running. (e.g., in a distance race, a human can beat a horse) Also, just about everything most of us thought we knew about athletic shoes is wrong!
The main characters are a group of indigenous people in Copper Canyon, Mexico, called the Tarahumara, who are among the world's greatest athletes. They run 20, 30, 40, 50 miles just for fun in thin tire tread sandals, and blow the competition away.
The book mentions iskiate, a drink they make from chia seeds, lime juice and a little sugar or honey, which supposedly imparts energy and stamina. So I had to make it. There's lots of info on-line about it - this book was a big deal 10 or 11 years ago when it was first published.
Anyways, to make iskiate:
Put a tablespoon of chia seeds in a glass of water, add juice of one lime (I'm using two tablespoons of bottled lime juice), let soak for at least half an hour (stir a couple of times while soaking), add a little sugar or honey if desired. And drink.
It doesn't taste bad and it may be helping my energy a little. Bon appetit!
And just for fun, here's how to make no-churn ice cream. It takes 10 - okay, 11 actually - minutes total to make. I saw this some weeks ago on Nadiya's Time to Eat, a Netflix British cooking show. In the UK they have something called double cream which is 48% fat(!) In the U.S. we have to make do with heavy whipping cream, which is 36% fat. Oh well! So here's the U.S. version:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 can sweetened condensed milk (I used 2/3 of a can)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Stir the vanilla into the sweetened condensed milk. Several reviews said that one whole can made it too sweet, so I used 2/3 of a can, and was glad I did - would not have wanted it any sweeter.
Beat the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Blend one cup of the whipped cream into the condensed milk mixture, and then blend in the rest of the whipped cream. Spread into a shallow dish (freezes better that way - I used a baking dish) and freeze. The directions I read said it would take 5 or 6 hours but it only took about 3 hours in my freezer. And it was delicious! It did freeze very hard, might have been a little creamier with double cream but was still very good, has a great flavor. You can experiment with adding different flavorings.
And I gave about half away and have managed to save some for when my sister comes to visit this week-end - I've gotten hungry just thinking about it!
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