Linguists argue, of course: how to say āin Americanā correctly ā smoothie, smoothie or smoothie? This depends on how you pronounce the famous English sound represented by the combination āthā.
Well, you know: sticking out the tip of your tongue, clamping it between your teeth and exhaling is the headache of anyone who has ever learned English.
However, also exhale and relax: the way you pronounce the English word smoothie, will not affect the taste and usefulness of wonderful mixes, which will be discussed.
All mixed up in a flavorful Smoothie
Smoothie is a kind of mix hereās another pronunciation! Fruit juices, berries, and the fruit itself. Itās all kneaded, squeezed, and blended, with blenders and mixers of course, since the word smooth means āhomogenous, smooth!
Smoothies can be topped with club soda, mineral water or ice. Classic recipes, adored by health-conscious fans, never use sugar, at most, honey. But for the sake of a celebration, you can afford to add a little āweighting agentsā ā syrup or milk, for example. And even ā cover your ears, fellow nutritionists! ā a little bit of ice cream!
Smoothies are native to England, but are more popular in āfast-food-lovingā America, in drought-stricken and thirsty Australia, and in sports-loving Canada.
Indeed, a fresh smoothie is an alternative to a snack: it will quench thirst and keep you strong, but not only that!
A smoothie is a real tasty treat and may well be a light dessert, when you want a little sweetness, but you already feel an obvious āoverload.
By the way, your mothers and grandmothers, even if they werenāt British, probably made you smoothies by rubbing fruits and mixing them with juices and ice cream, but they didnāt think to patent their inventions and call them the beautiful imported word!
Ice Rule
In the same way that you canāt spoil your porridge with butter, itās totally impossible to do any harm with ice smoothies. There might not be much ice in it, just a couple of slices per serving, but it MUST be.
In the ready drink and we remember that the main thing here is homogeneity one cannot feel ice, because it is ground and whipped in a blender together with all the ingredients. Surprisingly, smoothies with ice will not be a very cold drink ā so much so that it can not be given to a child or it will make your teeth cramp, but the taste of such a drink will very, very much benefit.
By the way, you donāt have to use regular ice for a smoothie. You can make this healthy treat from frozen berries and fruit of course, there should only be a portion of them .
For example, it is very nice to cut and freeze pieces of bananas, kiwi, melon and watermelon beforehand ā they have homogeneous flesh, the structure of which allows them quickly get the desired consistency even from the frozen state.
The appliance you use to make smoothies stationary or immersion blender, food processor must have an ice pick function.
Who is Mr. Smoothie and why is he going to squeeze everyone?