This is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude
in the face of adversity or misfortune. I, however. mean it literally. Way back when in April, I
wrote
for about a month, I've been buying lemon-line flavoured water from the
kibbutz shop. It seems that I bought their entire stock and they haven't managed to source
any more. They do have grapefruit flavoured water sweetened by erythritol, but I
don't like grapefruit (apart from the taste, grapefruit and statins don't go
together) and no one is buying this. As a result, I've returned to the former
type of flavoured water that I used to drink; more calories, and with my
erythritol experience, it's too sweet.
We have in the garden a lemon tree that has given us a good yield this year.
There are more lemon trees scattered around the kibbutz, and they, like mine,
drop ripe lemons every day onto the ground. Under the guise of keeping the
paths clean, I pick up some of these and take them home and so we have plenty
of ripe lemons in our fruit basket. Yesterday it was as if a light went
on over my head: I poured a glass of cold water, added a tablespoon of
erythritol then squeezed some fresh lemon juice into the glass - instant
flavoured water! And at a much lower price. I intend to drink this mixture for
the next few months.
I should point out that my wife squeezes lemon juice into lukewarm water
without sweetening; I don't like drinking lukewarm water and the lemon juice
is too 'sharp' on its own without tempering.
So, when life gives you lemons, drink freshly squeezed lemon juice.
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