Working in a food store has expanded the range of new foods I can try.
Fresh morels
Fiddlehead ferns
Goat stew
Onion strings (like onion rings but thinner and therefore a better batter to onion ratio)
Many varieties of kale
Almond water
Artisan marshmallows (these are a world away from Flumps and therefore merit inclusion)
Nut butter other than peanut
Now I am on the way back to the UK where I will eat all the unpasteurized cheese!
Americans have different Easter traditions. We had a quick look round the candy section of our local grocery store and found one proper Easter Egg (Twix), a few bags of small chocolate eggs, loads of plastic eggs to hide in the garden and Peeps. Peeps appear to be the contents of an alien's hanky - brightly coloured blobs of goo - and yet they are by far the most prolific Easter treat. I have yet to try one and I do not feel inclined to do so! Most importantly, Americans do not have hot cross buns and so I have got out my trusty Kitchen Aid and made a batch. In deference to our new home I have made them American sized.
In other news spring is well under way, lots of blossom on the trees and things growing in the garden. Most of our free weekends have been spent skiing (I can now cope with some blue runs) although last weekend was probably our last outing of the season. I have got a job here where I have been cashiering for the last three weeks and have just started training on the cheese counter. Pretty much my dream job :)
Brought back from my trip to the UK. I do not believe the mini eggs manufactured by Hersheys will be up to standard. Now I have to not eat these until Easter.
This is the ice castle in Midway. You take some icicles, stick them together, spray them with water and then marvel at the incredible forms that result. It was an excellent photography subject, I'm just putting a few of my favourite pictures up.
