Appetite Suppressant
There’s something about a pair of dirty old deerskin riding gloves that transforms a luscious navel orange into an ugly orange orb hardly fit for eating. As much as I like my old riding gloves — they haven’t aged gracefully.
For a long time bananas were by fruit of first choice for a Vespa ride. Easy, compact and delicious. Monkey grips. But lately I’m been reaching for the orange. Eating oranges helps keep me away from unhealthy roadhouse choices. I mus always remember, an orange a day keeps the doctor away.
Hmmm, that doesn’t rhyme…
Sunshine Replacement
Not every winter ride takes place in the sunshine. Drag an orange along and you have all the sunshine you need in a bright little ball.
Eating oranges makes a ride just a little sweeter.
For me it’s tangerines. I have a tree full of them, more than we can ever eat. Eventually people will tell us not more. Come about December those same people will be saying when are you going to be having more of those tangerines?
You have friends when you have fruit trees or vines, a pick-up truck, or an extension ladder. Something everyone is always looking for.
Tangerines fresh from the tree — that would be nice.
I would agree with the taking an orange on a ride idea, except what do you about your sticky hands when finished? That would bother me. If I really wanted to take an orange along, I’d have to peel it first, and put all of the segments into a little Ziploc baggie (one of man’s greatest inventions). I have rare moments when I think that far ahead, I’ll have to get better at that.
All table manners are off while riding. Juice is wiped directly on riding pants, gloves, trees, or whatever. Sticky hands — all the better to attract dirt. If you have the right pocket knife and technique you can manage an orange without sticky mess. It’s an art.
The ziploc bag approach is the best — no peeling to interrupt the eating.
Hey, Steve, I left you eating apples. I definitely remember one of your old posts on apples which I totally agreed with.
Is it orange time now? 🙂
By the way I love grapefruits but they aren’t exactly practical to be eaten when riding.
But I’m having much time now to squeeze them and enjoy them at home, did you read about my cracked saddle?
However, here citruses grow pretty well; my mother in law has plenty of them: oranges, tangerines, clementines, grapefruits, lemons, kumquats and citrons. I’ll never miss citruses, really 🙂
I enjoy apples but lately I’ve leaned toward oranges. And a banana sneaks in every so often. Watermelon in summer and grapes too.
I read about your broken saddle and the thief. That just sucks. Check on the ModernVespa.com site for a seat. I know there are people who swap out that two piece seat for a conventional one. You might find on sitting around in a garage.
Not a bad idea, citrus on a ride….trouble is with me, they’d sit in the trunk, I’d forget, they rot…..
I’ve forgotten a piece of fruit in the topcase. It’s not pretty.
There’s a Thich Nhat Hanh story I like to repeat about an orange. How it’ s existence in your dirty glove is a miracle or near miracle. Shall I find it for you?
Paul “Mahatma Ben Paul Ben” Ruby
I’ve looked at that story about eating an orange in mindfulness. I have to confess I do little mindful eating. I’m more of a wolf it down quick guy. Mindfulness comes from other places. So I’ll have to live in fear and anxiety while eating in forgetfulness…
You know what does rhyme with orange?
…….”door hinge” if you say it fast enough. 🙂
Hah!
For me, fruit is generally avoided due to the sugar content. But then again, donuts and cookies should be avoided as well…
So far sugar is not my foe. I’m hoping diet and weight control keep me on the good side of sugar.
Elkskin Ropers, one of two products ( the other is a tank top magnetic map holder) sold by Aerostich that don’t work. I found them horrid and stiff when new and they warped gracelessly when wet. I wear Harley Davidson gloves ( and boots) and eat apples peel core and all.
Kim has a pair of the Elkskin Ropers for gardening. They are a tough, stiff mess. Like you say, get them wet and that’s it. My gloves are deerskin from LL Bean with an insulated lining. They’ve been through some rainstorms and are still soft and flexible though the leather is beginning to split on the surface. Not sure why they are so different than the Ropers because they look exactly the same.