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Just came back. Haven't even had time to sort through the pictures. (Incidentally Cam... we drove a car on the wrong side of the road and saw both Stonehenge and the Avebury Circle. It's so difficult to get into a car on the wrong side... but nothing is as bad as a roundabout where you can get right or left... confusing.)
So, what's so off that I do? I was in Brugges and I stopped into several shops looking for speculoos spices. I found a biscuit shop that sold me a bag of 100g for €5 and bagged it, in front of me, from their giant baker's supply speculoos spice tin. Later that afternoon, I found a beautiful kitchen supply store (next to the chocolate shop that has people snorting chocolate! Yes, I said snorting chocolate!) and found two beautiful sugar spoons, since our sugar spoon was stolen (yes... I told you, people steal my teaspoons and I can't yet figure out why). But I saw two different spoons, so I bought both, one is short, metal and square. The other is porcelain. Not sure which will work better to keep people from using it in their coffee/tea, but when am I going to be back in Brugges to buy another one. And they have 60g bags of speculoos spices for €2, so I bought two. So I guess I will be done with worrying about speculoos spices for a while. I will vacuum seal some of it, so that it won't lose it's potency.
We also stopped at a service centre off the M4 that had an M&S store (Marks & Spencer for the uninitiated) and they had some really beautiful refrigerated foods. Bought some salad and a sandwich for the road. Now I'm upset that I forgot to take pictures of some of it and the ingredients, including one delightful quinoa salad with green beans it it called "Nutty Super Wholefood Salad" and it was so wonderful (now I need a recipe). In fact, their ready lunch food was great inspiration for ideas for my packed lunch. Healthy, made to be eaten cold and just looked spectacular! (And I see that M&S now ships here, so I may order a cookbook or two).
So, what's so off that I do? I was in Brugges and I stopped into several shops looking for speculoos spices. I found a biscuit shop that sold me a bag of 100g for €5 and bagged it, in front of me, from their giant baker's supply speculoos spice tin. Later that afternoon, I found a beautiful kitchen supply store (next to the chocolate shop that has people snorting chocolate! Yes, I said snorting chocolate!) and found two beautiful sugar spoons, since our sugar spoon was stolen (yes... I told you, people steal my teaspoons and I can't yet figure out why). But I saw two different spoons, so I bought both, one is short, metal and square. The other is porcelain. Not sure which will work better to keep people from using it in their coffee/tea, but when am I going to be back in Brugges to buy another one. And they have 60g bags of speculoos spices for €2, so I bought two. So I guess I will be done with worrying about speculoos spices for a while. I will vacuum seal some of it, so that it won't lose it's potency.
We also stopped at a service centre off the M4 that had an M&S store (Marks & Spencer for the uninitiated) and they had some really beautiful refrigerated foods. Bought some salad and a sandwich for the road. Now I'm upset that I forgot to take pictures of some of it and the ingredients, including one delightful quinoa salad with green beans it it called "Nutty Super Wholefood Salad" and it was so wonderful (now I need a recipe). In fact, their ready lunch food was great inspiration for ideas for my packed lunch. Healthy, made to be eaten cold and just looked spectacular! (And I see that M&S now ships here, so I may order a cookbook or two).