This is how people used to make smoothies before blenders. Actually, smoothies didn’t exist before blenders, so this is how people would have made smoothies before blenders. Needless to say, it wasn’t a pretty sight. The entire counter and the innocent fruit in the adjacent basket were all covered in a fairly unappetizing mix of yogurt, milk and fruit chunks by the time Chloe was done hammering on her concoction.

She showed us her firm muscles after she was done. It was a good workout. Unfortunately, the smoothie – well, not so good. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t really live up to its name.