Et Tu Mary Jane?

In my journey to be completely vegan I have began experimenting with different "milk" products. Soy milk tastes great. I love it. I actually have to monitor the amount of chocolate soy milk that I drink because anything with chocolate in it tastes GOOOOD! For the most part soy milk satisfies most of my needs, but I have some concerns in regards to the type of estrogen in soy products. Also, I already use soy to substitute for many things, so if I can avoid it, I will. My "mother in law" (Ryan and I are domestic partners) likes rice milk and I have heard great things about almond milk. Both of which I have yet to try. Not me, nope, I went straight for the hemp milk. I am a huge fan of the idea of legalizing hemp. Before you accuse me of being a pothead (which is none of your business), hemp does not contain THC, which is the really fun ingredient in marijuana. Besides milk, hemp can be used for clothes, ropes, insulation materials, composites for automobiles, biodegradable plastics and even fuel. Hemp grows quickly and can grow without any fertilizer or pesticides. If cars ran on hemp we would have an endless supply of fuel. The only draw back would be that cars would run 10 MPH slower and would constantly need more motor oil for dry motor - ok that was a bad joke. Anyway, back to the milk. After a pleasant shopping trip full of overpriced health food I came home and couldn't wait to try my new products. I don't know if any of you do this, but I like to come home and sample everything I have purchased : ) So, without even chilling this hemp milk, I grab the biggest glass I can find and fill it half up and gulp - mmm tastes good. Might as well have a little more. Two turkish apricots and one sunflower cracker later I decide to read a new book for awhile. Ten minutes later - I can barely hold my head up. I don't know if this is because the hemp milk has made me so tired that I feel like a truck has hit me OR if because now my face is bigger than a pancake at IHOP. Apparently, people with ragweed alergies may experience alergies with hemp milk. Never even crossed my mind. I felt so foolish when Ryan told me that. Makes perfect sense - they all come from the same famliy and here I am calling myself a gardener. After a three hour coma and one red, giant lollipop eyeball later the effects wore off and everything was fine. The bummer is that I can't drink hemp milk unless I want to chase it with Allegra-D. The good news is that if you are someone without allergies then hemp milk is an excellent source of natural Omega 3 and Omega 6 fats, as well as, vitamin B12, which is hard to find in a vegan diet. The moral of the story is if we are at a concert keep that wacky weed to yourself, well, unless of course you have that really good sh!t. : ) -