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

[Kolfrosta]

Next time I drive up to Montreal I'll bring you back a case of Flakes and
ship them to ya. :)  We get all of the usual European chocolates and seem
to take that fact for granted until someone from the US sees them as a
commodity. :)

Kolfrosta

At 02:24 PM 9/13/02, you wrote:
>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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