Fishflies, Beans and Aloe

First of all, I would like to share that on my birthday (back in June), I woke up and looked out the window, and what caught my eye - the very first fishfly... This is what the Michiganders call 'em. Which I guess is actually a "Mayfly" after doing some Googling. For those of you who don't understand, allow me to explain how this has a significant impact on the lives of us who live by Lake Huron (one of the five greatest bestest lakes).

They pretty much feel like they are taking over, and they smell like ... well... fish. They love gas stations.

Yeah, those are dead fishflies.

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16 weeks or something like that

My Burgundy Bean Bush plants are making beans!

I picked three because that's all that were ready, and I sauteed them in olive oil and added fresh chopped garlic. I read somewhere they turned green when you heat them, so I was only partially startled to find my beans turning green. And, I was kind of in denial. Like, "No way! They are purple not green. If I wanted green beans I'd get green beans!" However, it was true... I was a little disappointed, but, whatever.

They were delicious.

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Lastly, I wanted to scrip scrapple about aloe... I was buying this amazing aloe drink that made me feel pretty good when I drank it... It was *Alo* (I put their Facebook page because their website took too damn long and wasn't loading). (alodrink.com) ... Anyway I always got the cranberry pomegranate aloe one from Whole Foods Market, and it was always a treat. It's sweetness on a factor of 1-10 was maybe a 4, and it was fun to chew on the aloe in the bottle. I heard it was good for inflammation, so when my knees were hurting, I thought it wouldn't hurt to eat some... Just be sure not to choke on the aloe in your drink 0.0

So instead of throwing monies away, polluting the air for plastic production/recycling, I decided to try this experiment myself. My boyfriend Kyle's mother has aloe plants, and she doesn't know yet but I butchered one of the plants. (...You can't really tell). 

At the base where I cut it, the Aloe smells bad like B.O. I'm not even kidding. It was gross and I was wondering why anyone would want to put that in their mouth. Its secretion was yellow-ish and unappealing. However, I poured a glass of 365 Cranberry Juice and mixed some other random juice I found in the refrigerator, added cut aloe, and voila! I made an aloe drink.

Fresh Aloe

I only cut off five leafy thinger ma bobs

And I just found out the yellow stuff was used as a laxative... Ehhhhhhhhhhh >.<

This is actually what aloe looks like without the skin. Yes, cut/peel the skin off before you eat it! I never used a fresh aloe "leaf" before for anything, so this was fun. If you don't know, its just like the stuff you buy at the store for your sunburn... gooey and clear. 

Final result.

Now I am going to try it. Yes, I am sitting here thinking "Why am I writing this... I don't even know if its any good..."

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Verdict: Perfect. I can't even taste the aloe. I would suggest putting maybe a quarter cup of cranberry juice and mixing it with other sweet juices though, it was too much cranberry :(

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