Lady Lunchalot

It’s arrived! It’s arrived! It’s arrived!

*Ahem*

Allow me to explain. Several months ago I took part in Blogging By Mail, a food bloggers event run by The Happy Sorceress at Dispensing Happiness. Food bloggers from around the world register with The Happy Sorceress and send a food parcel to another food blogger somewhere else in the world. I sent my package off to Europe, however the person who was meant to send one to me vanished mysteriously. The Happy Sorceress felt bad that I missed out, so she put together the mother of all food pacakges and sent it to me via seamail.

Needless to say, it took a while to get to the other side of the planet, and with all the excitement of the wedding and the honeymoon, I forgot it was coming, so it was a great surprise to receive it.

But it’s here now and it’s wonderful! The Happy Sorceress said that she’d tried to give me a taste of American life, so there were lots of sweets and sugary stuff, many of which I had heard about on TV and in movies (yay US cultural imperialism) but had never tasted. There were so many things in the package that I won’t list them all, but here are some of my favourites:

• Junior Mints (These made an appearance in an old Seinfeld episode, and are pretty yum)
• Animal Crackers, yes, like the old Shirley Temple song
• A CD of The Happy Sorceress’s favourite cooking music
• An assortment of Wonka sweets
• A can of chipotles, wich I opened to taste and am wishing I hadn’t as we will be having a bbq for new years eve and would have been great in a marinade
• BBQ sauce
• Pappy’s Sassafras tea Concentrate (this one intrigues me)
• Tang
• Milk Duds
• Tapatio Hot Sauce
• Some American food mags
• Annie’s Bunny pasta (Macaroni cheese)
• Taffy (I have no idea what this one is. Sounds like the name of a cartoon character if you ask me).
• A cute little handbag-shaped notepad.
• Some lavender aromatherapy spray.

So to the Happy Sorceress I say a big resounding THANK YOU from Australia! Your generosity has touched my heart. It’s a beautiful thing to receive such a thoughtful present from a total stranger on the other side of the planet. I’ll keep you posted on the creations I make with your gift.

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