I remembered one of my favorite stories earlier, and as it is about a rabbit, and a rabbit can be food, so I saw no reason not to share this story in my blog.

It is a true story, told to me by an ex work collegue.

My friend James went to visit his sister in Lake Tahoe.

One night when he was there, he was in the pub and a bunch of guys invited him to go hunting with them in the bush the following day.

James accepted the offer and in the morning met up with the 5 men.  They headed off on a long drive into the middle of nowhere, then eventually stopped at a cicular clearing surrounded by bush.

James got on well with the other 4 passengers, but did not take so well to the fat, obnoctious driver.

The driver got out of his landrover & said to the other guys ” wouldn’t it be funny to strap a stick of dynamite to a rabbit & blow it up”.

The other guys were all appauled at the comment & suggested that it would be a really sick thing to do & ” please don’t ”

The driver ignored them & got a stick of dynamite from the back of the veich. He then went around the edge of the bush & soon went back to the other 4 men with a rabbit in his hands.

He proceeded to tape the stick of dynamite to the poor rabbits back, then lit the fuse & put the rabit on the ground.

The rabbit went hop, hop, hop, hop, hop went underneath the landrover & blew it to pieces.

Ha, Ha,  got to love that bunnies style.  I’m going to die but i’m going to stuff you first!

No, this is no discounted special offer. Just the wonderful power of nature itself. No Dr’s. No painful red, burning face for days & days.

I have never, ever facied the idea of having a chemical peel to make me look younger, get rid of my lines or whatever reasons people put themselfs through unessesary rish & pain for.

But…… that has changed. I will probably now have 1 weekly, or at least on a regular basis.

There is a fab series running at the moment called ” Grow your own drugs “.

Etnobotanist James Wong shows how to make natural treatments for certain ailments, such as motion sickness, insomnia, and the common cold as well as showing how you can make your own beauty treatments using bits of nature picked from your garden & hedgerows or local shop.

One of the treatments in his episode about fruit was a kiwi & papaya face mask.

I tried it tonight & it is great!

All you need is:

1 kiwi fruit

1 lime

1/2 papaya

2 sachets of gelatine

click on this link to see all James Wongs recipies in the eries or to view episode:

www.bbc.co.uk/growyourowndrugs

I enjoyed the preparation of making the peel in my kitchen & the applied it warm. It felt & smelt wonderful.

I left it on for 1 hour & sat at my desk, perusing the net peeling bits off my face. The bits I peeled off looked like transparrant satsuma peel. When I felt that I was being mingin enough, peeling away at my face I went and washed my face in warm water. My face now feels smooth as a babys bum & feels, oh so clean. I don’t think my face has felt any cleaner after a sauna & steamroom session. It’s that good! And still a bit tingly now, 1 hour after rinsing. But, it is a clea tingle, not a stingy one.

When I was peeling the drier parts it reminded me of a slightly evil thing I did years ago to an ex boyfriend.

We were sitting on the floor, in a darkened room, infront of an open fire, slightly inebriated & watching the original Alien film. I got up to go to the loo during an ad break & saw on my bathroom shelf a peel off face mask. I applied it a sat rapidly in front of the tv again. I waied ’til a second before the bit where the dogs head splits open like a banana & an alien bursts out of it. I pocked my ex in the ribs and said hey watch this & pulled my face off! He freaked for a second. Much better reaction than I anticipated.

Anyway, I really recomend this kiwi & papaya face mask. I also recomend the programme ” grow your own drugs “.

James Wong as mentioned above, is an ethnobotanist.   Ethobotany is the scientific study of the relationship between people & plants & combines the knowledge of botany, chemistry & anthropology.

Groovy job.  Gardening should be in the school curriculum.

Ingredients:

4oz softened butter

6oz granulated sugar

2 eggs

3 ripe mashed bananas

3 oz raisins & shredded coconut

8 oz self raising flour

1/2 t.spoon salt

1/2 t.spoon nutmeg

pinch cinamon

few drops vanilla essence

1/2 t. spoon bicarb

Method:

Cream butter & sugar together

beat in the eggs, one at a time

add mashed bananas

sift in the flour, salt & spices then gently fold the mixture

add vanilla essence & bicarb

pour into a greased 1lb loaf tin

bake for approx 1 hour in 180 degree c ,pre heated oven & enjoy!