culinary advance

[calimac]

It became evident during my cold that I was becoming seriously dehydrated. And this was due to insufficient liquid intake.

I drink almost nothing but water, but during a cold, mucus in the throat makes water taste unappetizing, so one tends to drink not enough of it. Fruit juice - my favorites are apple and grape - would solve that problem, but I don't want to be drinking a lot of juice either.

But when I got home from the trip, I decided to buy some juice, and I was mulling over the choices in the grocery when I noticed "light apple juice," which proved on inspection to be apple juice diluted with water. But why buy this when I could do it myself? So now when it's time to partake, I fill a glass about 2/3 with water and for the rest put in juice. That's enough juice to provide the taste without the sticky sweetness or so much of the carbs. And I'm slowly recovering.

Comments

[armiphlage]

Thank you for the tip.

[adrian_turtle]

I'm glad you're starting to recover, and glad that you've found something that you can drink. I find that fruit juice diluted with fizzy water is sometimes easier to drink, but of course YMMV (your mouthfeel may vary.)

The "light apple juice" (or light grape juice) they sell around here is not just simply the juice diluted with water. It's the juice diluted with water, with artificial sweetener and citric or malic acid added. They're aiming for the sweetness of juice with less of the syrupy texture or the carbs. I consider it my duty to warn the world of artificial sweeteners, because so many of them are migraine triggers for me.

[calimac]

In that case I'm even more glad I didn't spend money on it.