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

[Olwen the Odd]

Oh, I love the Flakes.  I got some in a care package once.  Would not share
them!
Olwen

>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
>----- Original Message -----
>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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