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

[Sue Clemenger]

I've got 2 or 3 here Olwen, and I won't eat them.  Would you like them?
--maire

Olwen the Odd 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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