Favorite Summertime Beverage

[Dr. Shane]

Imagine sitting in a street cafe on a warm, humid Summer afternoon. Given a choice, which would you like best for a Summertime drink? (You can choose 3)

[phkrause]

Water is it for me.

pk

[Dr. Shane]

That is too Adventist.

[GreatLakesGramma]

None of my choices are there: water, freshly made vegetable juice, or a smoothie.

[phkrause]

My drinking water has nothing to do with being an Adventist, has to do with health. When I stopped drinking soda and started drinking water I lost a lot of weight. Never really liked water, but now that's all I like.

pk

[GreatLakesGramma]

Same for me. When are people ever going to GET IT that some Adventists just want to be healthy, no matter what it takes? I have had to go WAY beyond the Adventist health message to find the right diet for myself.

And actually, I never in my life, before Adventism or since, could stand the taste of coffee, tea, colas, or alcoholic drinks. I used to like root beer floats, but they don't even taste good to me anymore.

[Dr. Shane]

None of my choices are there: water, freshly made vegetable juice, or a smoothie.

The fruit shake and a smoothie are the same thing. Just different lingo.

[Dr. Shane]

My drinking water has nothing to do with being an Adventist...

Drinking water is a staple of the Adventist health message.

[Dottie]

You asked what I would like--lemonade. Mostly vecause it's been years since I've had any. All I drink now is water, and 3T. of pomegranate juice each day.

[olger]

lemonade

water

gatorade

water

rise & shine orange drink

water

g

[GreatLakesGramma]

A smoothie is not the same as a shake. Shakes have milk in them, smoothies usually don't. Unless they are different down there than they are here. That would be no big surprise.

[Dr. Shane]

Ahhhh, I am the one that made the poll. Like I said, it is just different lingo. Let me give the recipe for a banana shake South Texas style. Put a banana in a blender with some ice cubes and sugar or sugar substitute. Blend it all up and we have a banana shake. This can also be done with mango, strawberries, coconut, pineapple, papaya, watermelon, cantaloupe and many other fruits. In southern Texas, these are call fruit shakes when English is spoken. Most often they are called purees, which is a Spanish word. My wife makes these for us all the time. Currently we have been hitting temperatures above 100º F for over 30 consecutive days.

[Gerr]

WATERMELON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[olger]

LOL

[Dr. Shane]

Watermelon is one of our staple crops down here so the watermelon purees is quite popular. These are sold on the street a lot too in little shacks in the corner of parking lots.

[ChildofChrist]

Given a choice should I come to your neck of the woods or desert...and offered my desire it could be

Lime spiked water-no sweetener

Iced herbal fruit tea-no sweetener

watermelon juiced

water without chlorine with only an ice cube or two

Keep cool!

[phkrause]

pk

[GreatLakesGramma]

Shane, I never add sweetener to my smoothies. That sounds sickening to me, as I hate the taste of sugar. Sometimes fruit-only smoothies are too sweet already, for my taste.

Still, the only thing I ever drink when I am thirsty is water. I don't consider smoothies so much a drink as a meal, and I make vegetable juice, of greens and carrots, only to detox. It makes me more thirsty.

It might be a good idea to put "other" on polls like this.