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It takes like cake and ice cream!
Jul. 17th, 2012 06:39 pmSo, a a couple of weeks ago when Adam and I did our grocery shopping at H-Mart for rich produce, fruits, fish, seaweed, and other awesome things that in most other American stores would be labeled "exotic," I went to get milk and noticed the Silk brand of coconut milk and got so excited I grabbed a carton and squealed.
See, I have a mild soy sensitivity - I can have a small amount; enough to eat a nutrition bar with soy protein, or a bit of soy sauce, or a tiny bit of tofu. I'm fine with foods that were made near soy and such. I can use soybean oil on my skin.
But, my body generally refuses to let soy itself, in any form, get inside it. My brain will literally say, "NO. Do not drink that soy milk. Do not eat that soyburger. Do not eat that tofu. Get away from that edamame. No, we don't care if it's organic or pure or whatever, we do not want it. You don't want to feel itchy and get a rash and have gas and cramps and get a migraine, do you? Itchy mouth is awful. No lots of soy for you, human suit." And this was even tested. I've unknowingly eaten meals containing a lot of soy that triggered my sensitivity, and later on, hours or days later, I would start itching in my mouth, on my face, on my chest, and would have a headache. And then I realized that I probably ate something with soy. So it's not one of those subconscious deals where I know I'm eating lots of soy and then experience symptoms.
Which meant that I never drank Silk soy milk, since for a long time, soy was all they offered.
But now they were offering coconut milk! Yay!
Anyway, to return to my original point. I told Adam that I would love to have coconut milk alongside dairy milk as much as possible, and he agreed.
Just now, I found the carton in the back of the fridge, and abruptly realized that it was the Vanilla flavor, not Plain. I shrugged and said, "Well, that probably just makes it sweet." I poured myself a glass, took a sip, and kind of floated around the kitchen with a blissful grin. "Oooh!" I cried to the kitchen, "It tastes like dessert! This is totally going in my coffee! Oooh!"
So, to conclude my rambling... I've learned that vanilla coconut milk has just the perfect amount of sweetness to make me think I'm consuming a delicious treat, plus it will be absolutely astounding in coffee, especially since I put stuff like cocoa and honey and maple sugar in my coffee.
See, I have a mild soy sensitivity - I can have a small amount; enough to eat a nutrition bar with soy protein, or a bit of soy sauce, or a tiny bit of tofu. I'm fine with foods that were made near soy and such. I can use soybean oil on my skin.
But, my body generally refuses to let soy itself, in any form, get inside it. My brain will literally say, "NO. Do not drink that soy milk. Do not eat that soyburger. Do not eat that tofu. Get away from that edamame. No, we don't care if it's organic or pure or whatever, we do not want it. You don't want to feel itchy and get a rash and have gas and cramps and get a migraine, do you? Itchy mouth is awful. No lots of soy for you, human suit." And this was even tested. I've unknowingly eaten meals containing a lot of soy that triggered my sensitivity, and later on, hours or days later, I would start itching in my mouth, on my face, on my chest, and would have a headache. And then I realized that I probably ate something with soy. So it's not one of those subconscious deals where I know I'm eating lots of soy and then experience symptoms.
Which meant that I never drank Silk soy milk, since for a long time, soy was all they offered.
But now they were offering coconut milk! Yay!
Anyway, to return to my original point. I told Adam that I would love to have coconut milk alongside dairy milk as much as possible, and he agreed.
Just now, I found the carton in the back of the fridge, and abruptly realized that it was the Vanilla flavor, not Plain. I shrugged and said, "Well, that probably just makes it sweet." I poured myself a glass, took a sip, and kind of floated around the kitchen with a blissful grin. "Oooh!" I cried to the kitchen, "It tastes like dessert! This is totally going in my coffee! Oooh!"
So, to conclude my rambling... I've learned that vanilla coconut milk has just the perfect amount of sweetness to make me think I'm consuming a delicious treat, plus it will be absolutely astounding in coffee, especially since I put stuff like cocoa and honey and maple sugar in my coffee.
