Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Oatmeal

So, two random, interesting facts.

It is rainy this week. It rains everyday. The best part is that when it rains, it is no longer hot. After the rain is done, you open your windows to let that sweet cool breeze in. Then comes the bad part. For some reason, after the rain, there are hundreds of these little insects with black wings, like flying ants or something, that all want to come into your house. You will suddenly have a hundred of these nasty things flying all around your little apartment, landing on you, flying in your food, and then, just as suddenly, they will all be gone/dead. I'm not quite sure which, since when they die/leave, they leave behind their wings. So your apartment is littered with these little black wings. Yuck. Sweeping the whole apartment every day.

Interesting fact #2: I am now "enjoying" a cool glass of Tang. Tang is really big here. They don't have Kool-Aid, they don't have Crystal Lite, their powdered drink of choice is Tang. And it comes in all the flavors you would expect plus some fun tropical ones, like guava-pineapple. They even come in a variety that boasts "con avena!" or "with oatmeal!" There is oat flour in this drink mix. The particular flavor tantalizing my tongue right now is Limon Avena, or Lime Oatmeal. I'm not sure yet...

5 comments:

  1. Those are both interesting facts. I do wonder why the oats in a drink? Maybe for nutrition. I know Tang was developed for some of the first astronauts, maybe they needed extra fiber.

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  2. But I checked the nutrition facts, it's oat flour they add, so it's not whole grain. There's no extra fiber, just carbs. Maybe it's just more filling?

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  3. ICK Tang and ICK bugs.
    That is all! =)

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  4. That's really interesting. The idea of grain water actually dates back to the Greeks. It's more commonly barley than oatmeal. Wikipedia is so cool. ;)

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  5. I know I am reading these late, but the flys might be love bugs. We get them here for about 2 weeks and they are everywhere. When I drive anywhere it is like driving through a black cloud and they are very fragile and die everywhere.

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