Surprise Food Parcel

June 5th, 2006

A while ago, I had sent off a food parcel. When I returned from two weeks in Sweden last Thursday, I was quite surprised to see that it had somehow found its way back — in a new wrapping and filled with lots of goodies from England :) Thanks a lot, Katrin!

I managed to forget my camera’s battery and the compact flash card in Sweden, so this blog entry has to survive without any pictures. Sorry, folks!

The parcel contained

  • A small bag of Hearty’s salted soy nuts.
  • A cranberry and macadamia bar made by Eat Natural.
  • Three small bars of Green&Black’s organic chocolate: Milk, White and Maya Gold.
  • A bag of Organic Bombay Mix.
  • A package of Desert Cajun Rub “proudly hand-made in Australia” by Screaming Seeds Spice Co.
  • 2 vanilla pods in a very nice silver tube.
  • A book with chocolate recipes, apparently from a series called “cook specials” by Oil&Vinegar (which is a shop in Bath, if I remember correctly).
  • An organic almond biscotti (or whatever the proper singular form is) “made for Caffè Nero”, a café in Bath that I’ve heard mentioned once or twice or maybe a few more times…
  • And, last but not least, a pencil sharpener with a wind-up flower (the head can rotate) which has removable eraser leaves. Or something. I guess I’ll have to take a picture of this as soon as I’ve got a working camera…

So far, I’ve tried the soy nuts (nice but a bit weird) and the cranberry and macadamia bar (ok for a granola bar, but somehow not quite my taste). But the biscotti thingy is definitely in danger now ;)

Yay for food parcels, especially those that also come with toys!

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Les Munchies in Bath

January 31st, 2006

Katrin sent in a picture of “Les Munchies”, a place in downtown Bath that sells baguettes, bagels, sandwiches and ciabattas. At least according to its signs; Katrin hasn’t tried it (yet).
Les Munchies in Bath
There is another place in Bath called “Munchies” (at the uni), but as it seems to be fairly horrible, we won’t speak of it again here ;)

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