Babka extravaganza
Sep. 2nd, 2010 12:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magnetic_pole* The better half and I are back in our tiny college town in New England after a summer in the big city, and I can hardly believe it's all over. In a fit of enthusiasm for foods not available at our local grocery store (or extremely expensive here), we shopped up a storm and took home no fewer than twenty-four bags. (Which, of course, included clothes and my books and files, but still.) Among our treasured acquisitions: cinnamon and chocolate babkas (mmm!), oyster and hoisin sauce, tofu (why tofu is as expensive as steak here, I don't know), curry paste, mole, and digestive biscuits (from Chinatown, where they cost a fraction of what they sell for in British food stores).
What do you think, flist? Are there any foods you like so much you buy them when you travel or have friends send them to you?
* On the fannish side of things: two short HP fics I've enjoyed this week: the and yes i said yes i will yes byhoney_wheeler (Weasleys; PG-13, 6100 words). Summary: Love, life, death, and Weasleys. Nuanced and beautifully written. Also the snippet a little silhouetto of a man by girl_tarte (Lupin/Snape, PG-13, 2000 words). Summary: some shit is about to go down in the shrieking shack. All the sensual detail and psychology that never made it into canon.
* Also, we're discussing Trembling Before G-d this week at lgbtq_recs-- come join us!
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What do you think, flist? Are there any foods you like so much you buy them when you travel or have friends send them to you?
* On the fannish side of things: two short HP fics I've enjoyed this week: the and yes i said yes i will yes by
honey_wheeler (Weasleys; PG-13, 6100 words). Summary: Love, life, death, and Weasleys. Nuanced and beautifully written. Also the snippet a little silhouetto of a man by girl_tarte (Lupin/Snape, PG-13, 2000 words). Summary: some shit is about to go down in the shrieking shack. All the sensual detail and psychology that never made it into canon.* Also, we're discussing Trembling Before G-d this week at lgbtq_recs-- come join us!
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Date: 2010-09-04 02:43 am (UTC)Funny you should ask about food: half of what was in the box my partner sent for my birthday recently was food that I can't get here in the sticks -- stuff from Whole Foods and Trader Joe's and the Asian markets. Lemon curd. Tonic water in cans. Smoked shredded cheese. McVitie's Digestives. Jacobs cream crackers. Pocky. Etc. And when we go to England, we buy about 1000 (literally) Marks & Spencer extra-strong teabags. We just can't find everyday tea that is as strong and black as the British stuff we love (PG Tips is close).
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Date: 2010-09-04 04:39 am (UTC)Oh! PG Tips! That's something I miss from the time I was living in London--good, strong, non-luxury tea. Can you get PG Tips here, now? (My specific complains about rural New England aside, there's definitely more selection everywhere these days.)
Also, happy belated birthday! Sorry I missed it. It must have been a good one, if lemon curd and digestives were involved. M.
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Date: 2010-09-04 05:19 pm (UTC)