While listening to short excerpts of NPR's "Morning Edition" on KWMU Friday, I heard the phrases "the color of Pepto-Bismol" and "will clear your sinuses" come up. "A medicine that clears up stomach trouble and allergies?" I thought. "That's intriguing."
The segment wasn't about medicine, however. In looking it up, I discovered it was about correspondent Susan Stamberg's enthusiasm for her mother-in-law's cranberry relish. The recipe includes not only cranberries and sugar, but onions and horseradish, as well.
Although those ingredients seem to clash, I won't pass judgment. I've never tasted that relish, after all. Also, I tasted a surprisingly delicious smoothie recently that included such disparate ingredients as blueberries and cucumbers. That odd combo goes down easily, so perhaps the relish does, too.
I still wish someone would invent a medicine that combines the healing powers of Claritin and Pepto-Bismol, though.
