Belgian goodies

Soms vraagt men 'Wat mis je het meest nu je al zo lang in Engeland woont?' - en dan weet ik nooit goed wat te zeggen.  Echte frietjes met stoofvlees?  Met de fiets rijden?  Gaan winkelen in Brugge?  Nu alles hier rond me staat kan ik daar een beetje op uitbreiden.  Dingen waar ik soms écht goesting naar heb en niet kan vinden of die hier belachelijk duur zijn  Want een bezoekje van mijn ouders komt altijd met een auto vol Belgisch lekkers en goodies!
Deze keer: een 2,5 kg zak Callebaut, flesjes vliersiroop, snoep (napoleons, chocotoffs, babelutten, nunnescheten, leo's), speculaaskoekjes, mama's verse vijgenconfituur, vermicelli voor in de soep, een fles 96% zuivere alcohol (ik wil porto maken), mijn oud magnetisch bord en krijtjes (hangt nu in de keuken voor O), bokaaltje rolmops en mosseltjes op azijn (voor die ene keer op een jaar dat ik daar écht zin in heb), Franse kleertjes (hun kindermode vind ik leuk) en een slaapzak voor O, vers witloof (maak ik vandaag klaar met hesp en kaas), verse spruitjes en spek, een grote AMC pot, Nederlandse dvd's en boekjes voor O, meer speelgoed voor O, citroen mayonaise, bier (Grimbergen voor Ben, Krieksjes voor mij), hagelslag, een grote metalen sorteerbak (voor Bens werk) en waarschijnlijk nog veel meer want het staat vol met dozen en zakken!  Merci ma & pa x!

People sometimes ask me 'What do you miss the most living in England? - and I never quite know what to say.  'Real' chips with stew?  Riding your bike everywhere? Shopping in Bruges?  But now I've got everything around me I can answer that question a lot better.  Things I sometimes really fancy but can't buy here or they are ridiculously expensive.  Whenever my parents visit they always load the car up with Belgian goodies and yummy bits & pieces!
This time: a 5.5lbs bag of Callebout melting chocolate, bottles of elderberry sirup (cough medicine), sweets (all my childhood favourites), gingerbread biscuits (not sure why they taste different but they do), mum's freshly made fig jam, little pasta shapes to go in the soup, a bottle of 96% pure alcohol (I want to make some port), my old magnetic blackboard and chalk (now hanging in the kitchen for O), a jar of rollmops and little mussels in vinegar (for that one time a year I really fancy it), French clothes (love their kids' fashion) and sleepingbag for O, fresh chicory (cooking this with ham and cheese sauce today), fresh Brussels sprouts and lardons, a big AMC cooking pot, Dutch DVDs and books for O, more toys for O, lemon mayonnaise, beer (Grimbergen for Ben, Kriek for me), chocolate sprinkles, a metal sorting tray (for Ben's work) and sooo much more - there are boxes and bags everywhere downstairs!  Thank you mum & dad x! 

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  1. Babs02/11/2011, 16:12

    Met snoep en goede chocolade wil ik je ook wel helpen, hoor, maak ik hier een pakketje van klaar om op te sturen. Mag alleen geen vloeibare dingen naar Engeland sturen :)

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  2. Sarah02/11/2011, 22:05

    Goh! Merci, de nood is soms hoog ;)!

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