[Sca-cooks] Hi, honey! I'm home!

[Amanda Blackwolf]

I'm hurt, you didn't bring me any Flakes back (pout, but kidding)? They are
my all time #1 chocolate. And the REAL Cadbury's can't be beat. Glad you had
a terrific time. We (that would be my husband and I) are tentatively
planning a trip in a few years.


The transplant,
Amanda Blackwolf
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From: "Sue Clemenger" <mooncat at in-tch.com>
To: "SCA Cooks' List" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 2:36 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Hi, honey! I'm home!


> Hey, is anyone out there at this hour?
> This is Maire, finally back from her trip to Europe (6000 miles, just
> today!), trying to get her body to realize that it's the middle of the
> night, and not breakfast time!
>
> I saw all kinds of cool things (went to Britain and Ireland), and some
> of them were even food-related! (displays in a couple of museums in
> Dublin, and the tudor kitchen at Hampton Court? <sorry, single operative
> braincell has jetlag>).
> I found some unusual chocolates (Whispa and flake bars, *real* Cadbury
> bars, etc.), and some really bizarre potato chip flavors (the latter
> only in Wales and Ireland, oddly enough)--prawn, buffalo,
> steak-and-mustard....Didn't see any odd drink flavors, though, although
> I had some very nice Irish whiskey at the old Jameson distillery!
>
> Favorite food discovery: Bacon.  Real bacon.  Ummmmm...... Oh, and Irish
> porridge with real cream. ;-)
> **Scones with real Devon clotted cream**.....
> **Wensleydale cheese**
> **fresh fish and chips on board the ferry to Dublin**
> Least favorite food discovery: BLT's in the UK are *not* made
> American-style...I got one one day, only to discover (duh, Maire) that
> it came off more like a ham sandwich.  Oh, and despite the risk of
> sounding like a Heretic, the chocolate was okay, but no big deal.  I'm
> guessing I'm more of a dark-chocolate fan than I thought.  The stuff I
> tried was very smooth, very rich (much nicer than milk chocolate I've
> had here), but it was _all_ milk chocolate.....
> Weirdest food experience: Drinking a glass of water in the Pump Room at
> Bath--tasted very warm, and faintly sulphurous, like drinking the water
> you've boiled eggs in.  One of those things that ya gotta do once,
> though!
> Best meal: found this *amazing* Indian restaurant in Dublin--I splurged,
> and got their special sampler, which started off with this amazing
> unleavened, fresh flatbread with ground coriander and whole cumin seeds
> in it, and wound its way through amazing things done with lamb and
> chicken and seafood...and ended with some sort of classic Indian
> icecream (mango-flavored).
> I'm glad to be back, even if I do have (Maire checks) 2356 "new" emails
> to go through....
> --Maire
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