After 2 long plane trips, the four Van Siclens found ourselves jet-lagged in a new land, with only tea, coffee, Whittaker’s chocolate, edam cheese and Vogel’s Soy & Linseed Bread in the pantry. I was given the task of driving the borrowed Audi on the left side of the road to get some grub. It …
In New Zealand this is a chocolate chip: They are almost microscopic, and not worth further discussion. Chocolate Buttons, on the other hand, are definitely worth talking about. The chocolate is much richer, and kiwis will tell you this is because of superior milk. I’m pretty sure they’re better because they have a faint vanilla …
I walk to work in the morning. I love this. I have always disliked being in a car, and being able to walk to work is a wonderful thing. It is about three-quarters of a mile, and takes me about 15 minutes. I leave a little before eight. We are in winter, pretty far south, …
Toffee Pops are neither toffee, nor pops. In the States they would be called Caramel Cookies. The biscuit itself is a wee bit lackluster (Kiwis say wee a lot. Or at least a wee bit!). The chocolate is also very plain. I almost wrote them off, but the “toffee caramel” in the middle is scrummy! …
(In the interest of full disclosure, these haikus were actually written between 3 and 4 am; however, “3 or 4 am Haikus” doesn’t have the same ring to it) ____________________________________________________ Legs up, stomach hard I comfort but you can’t hear. Oh the suffering! ____________________________________________________ Mouth wide, eyes begging Teeth? Tummy? Skin? Ears? Fever? Your cries …
An Interview with Annie Annie started swim lessons yesterday. She was very excited, but was scared that she would have to put her head under the water. Annie was sure that a person would die if their head went under the water. Luckily she didn’t have to put her head under the water. She went …
It should really be called a “ham & cheese pie (with chicken)” since the bacon is closer to Canadian bacon, but Kiwis don’t mess around when it comes to pies! And the Darfield Bakery is superb… ????? out of 5 stars!
ANNIE SAYS ANYONE WHO AGREES TO MARRY HER WILL GET A CUPCAKE. The cupcake appears, to the casual observer, to be a plastic Tupperware container. Annie states it is a cupcake. Actually she has changed her mind, the cupcake is HERS but she will give a sparkly Hello Kitty purse to anyone who will marry …
Today Annie went with her family on a car trip towards the mountains. It was okay. Mommy and Daddy spent the whole trip saying things like, “Wow! Look at those mountains! Annie, aren’t they so beautiful? Wow! Do you see them, Annie?” Annie did see the mountains. They were mountains. They were pretty enough, but …
