CELERY

Today's smoothie has celery in it. I have an odd relationship with celery; I keep forgetting that I don't like it.

People say, "Oh, it doesn't taste of anything! How can you not like it?"

But it does. It has a strong, almost bitter taste. In fact, I can't quite understand how people can't detect it.

The other thing they say is that it has negative calorific content - as in, you use up more calories eating it than it gives you.

Well that's not true either is it? And anyway, even if it had neither nutritional benefit nor flavour... why in the world would anybody eat it at all?

Anyway, it's chopped up, blended, and swimming about in the green gloop of spinach, kale, apple, banana, and a teaspoon of honey. And the whole thing tastes of celery.