I have a note to last night's post about Cadbury Finger. 007 Dan read my blog and sent me a picture of the English packaging of the product.
Here is the American packaging for the same product.
Finger or Fingers, I still think that it's a funny name for a yummy treat.
Today, I decided to pick a treat that I know 007 Dan likes, because he got excited when he saw it at Cost Plus ( a trip prior to the secret shopping trip for this blog segment). I am stuffed to the gills from eating too much crap today, so I stuck with sampling just one thing.
Anything called "Finger" is automatically a bit suspect in my book, but I still thought that I would give it a try. It's good, but not in an obviously way. I didn't immediately love it, I thought it was okay and then I looked down and noticed that I had gone through half of the package. Oops. It's like a potato chip, (or as Dan calls it, a crisp) you can't have just one.
It's made by Cadbury and I learned something about Cadbury chocolate...My favorite seasonal candy are Cadbury Creme Eggs. Here is the US, they are only available for Easter, but in England they're available year round. I think the American way is better, because if I could just buy them whenever I wanted, I would be two hundred pounds! When Dan's dad was visiting from England, he brought over a bunch of creme eggs for me, months before Easter. It felt like winning the candy lottery. I was giddy.
Other than having them out of season, the other reason why these eggs were special, is because they taste different. The US versions of the eggs have wax to keep the chocolate from melting. This makes the chocolate in the English version creamier. Heavenly. I had no clue that I had been missing out of having the optimum creme egg experience all of these years. A tip, creme eggs pair great with champagne.
As I ate my Finger ( it drives me nuts that it's called finger and not fingers), I watched the fourth episode of Downton Abbey. I was gleeful to discover that season two has just been added to HuluPlus, I won't run out after seven episodes!!! Score!!!
As I mentioned yesterday, I am embarking on a culinary adventure via English (some may be UK, not necessarily specific to England. I've gotta work with what I can find!) food items purchased at Cost Plus World Market. I'm not actually sure if some of these, like today's picks, are items that 007 Dan eats or likes, but I picked them out and am going to give them a shot.
I made an excellent pairing on my first picks, Toffypops washed down with Banana Bread Beer. The amazing Banana Bread Beer is brewed in Bedford, England by Wells. It really does have a banana bread after taste. It's enough like a dessert that I almost felt overindulgent by having the Toffypops too. Almost. They were so good, that I actually ate two, got up and sealed them in Tupperware and hid them in the cupboard so that I wouldn't eat the entire package. It's a chocolate covered buttery cookie with soft toffy in the middle. Holy cow, so good!
I had my beer and cookies while watching the second and third episodes of Downton Abbey. It's such a total soap opera, I'm loving it. The best is the interplay between Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton. So many cutting remarks Great writing and great characters. I can't believe that the first season only has seven episodes, I'm nearly half way done!