Last weekend we had visitors and as a parting gift one of them left behind a particuarly nasty set of Welsh cold germs. I had planned to have this blog entry all drafted and ready to go by the middle of the week. Instead I have spent most of the week sipping Lemsip, feeling sorry for myself and generally not doing anything more energetic than turn the pages of an easy to read book. I'm feeling over the worst of it today so let's see if I can complete the entry
For those who haven't come across the idea before Foodie PenPals is all about the giving and receiving of a surprise box of food related goodies. Each month you are paired up with two other people. One person who will send you a box full of lovely stuff and one person you send a box to. I find there is as much enjoyment in going around the shops looking for as many goodies as possible that fits in with my partners likes and dislikes and stays within the £10 limit. This month I sent my parcel to Catherine who blogs at http://soup-tuesday.blogspot.co.uk. Have a look there to see what I sent her.
My parcel came from Rebecca whose blog is at http://Munchiesandmunchkins.wordpress.com
For those who haven't come across the idea before Foodie PenPals is all about the giving and receiving of a surprise box of food related goodies. Each month you are paired up with two other people. One person who will send you a box full of lovely stuff and one person you send a box to. I find there is as much enjoyment in going around the shops looking for as many goodies as possible that fits in with my partners likes and dislikes and stays within the £10 limit. This month I sent my parcel to Catherine who blogs at http://soup-tuesday.blogspot.co.uk. Have a look there to see what I sent her.
My parcel came from Rebecca whose blog is at http://Munchiesandmunchkins.wordpress.com
This is the sight that greeted me when I opened her parcel. Doesn't it look pretty.
And this is everything she sent me. I hardly knew where to start with it all, everything was so lovely.
I decided a sit down with a cup of coffee and one of these was needed straight away. The biscuits didn't survive the journey in the post terribly well but because they were well wrapped up it was easy to rescue them. Becky said they should stay fresh for several days. I have no idea if that's correct, they only lasted a day here. The damage inflicited by the post didn't affect the taste at all, they were delicious.
Welsh chocolate from Caerphilly. My husband made some comment about how this must be for him as he is Welsh and his sister used to live in Caerphilly. I did share with him eventually, but only under protest.
We have had a popcorn machine lurking in the depths of the understairs cupboard for ages. Recently I decided to rescue it but haven't had the chance to buy any corn for it. It would seem foodie penpals are telepathic as there in the box is a bag of some very special corn. I'm dithering over what to top it with but there is enough so that I can try a couple of different things.
I love these and Leigh hates them, perfect in my opinion,means I don't have to share.
I'm sure there is a can of coconut milk tucked away in the back of the cupbard. The next time I'm on kitchen duty (which to be honest isn't very often) this is what we are having for dinner. I've been using the Very Lazy brand products for years but never come across this before so am looking forward to trying it out.
Something else new to me but we already have plans about how to use it.
Isn't this just so sweet, lots of butterfly shaped biscuits being made here over the coming weeks.
Becky also included a few other bits and pieces but my photos are so blured'm not going to upload them and I can't retake the photos as we have as we have eaten most of it. This included some marshmellows and the kebab sticks to toast them on. If only we had the weather to light the bbq we would have tried toasting them. We couldn't wait for summer to get here and had a munching session in front of thetv one evening where they went down a treat. Also some decorating glitter which looked lovely dusted over some buttercream icing on a sponge cake. I complety forgot to take a photo of that but when I bake it again I'll update with a pic.
I got a mix of the familiar and the unknown, things to use straight away and things to ponder over and plan how to use. This is just what I hoped it would be all about andthis month's parcel certainly lived up to expectations.
I got a mix of the familiar and the unknown, things to use straight away and things to ponder over and plan how to use. This is just what I hoped it would be all about andthis month's parcel certainly lived up to expectations.