stinemates said:
'Seasonal Cleansing' made me giggle like a little girl :X Never ever ever would have thought to use onion juice for seasoning. Love the idea. Love it.
I once tried drinking onion juice and will absolutely never, ever do it again. I bought an onion that is known in Spain for its mildness, juiced it and drank as much as I could manage, maybe three or four mouthfuls at the very most before my body began to rebel.
Sure it cleans you out, but so violently! As the juice goes down, it feels like your insides are recoiling from any contact with it. My neck felt like it must have grown to Arnold Schwarzenegger proportions as my throat expanded. It was quite a physical experience! I was extremely ill for several days thereafter.
I don't recommend it!
On the other hand, there are few things nicer than a fresh juice - apple, carrot and orange over ice is one of my favourites, apple and kiwi is another. Blood orange juice and soda water or lemonade is a delight to the eye as well as the palate. Juices are surprisingly calorific and contain lots of sugar as well as vitamins. It pays to treat them with respect. Ice helps to chill them and water them down a bit.
Sorry Mark J, I should have replied to your post as well. Juicers are not easy to clean if you do it by hand. After a while, depending on the fruit and vegetables you use, you may find the plastic will become stained. Not sure how pernickety you are about your kitchen gadgets, but juicers can start to look a bit unsightly after a while. Even if you don't want to wash the juicer parts straight away after use, it pays to have a bowl of water ready so that you can dump the various bits in immediately. You certainly don't want to leave the residue to dry hard on the metal bits... they'll take an age to clean if that happens.
I don't have a separate juicer any more - it was more hassle than it was worth, frankly. But when I bought my last food processor, I did pay extra to have the juicing attachments as part of the kit. It works better than I expected. I now clean out just about all the solid gunk with a special spatula provided for this purpose and then stick all the bits in the dishwasher. Not great I guess, seeing as it's mostly plastic, but it's either that or not bother using it.