Home again…ahhh!

I slept so well last night, in my own bed, my husband beside me.  7 1/2 hours, straight through has become an unexpected luxury.  I find at forty-seven, sleep has become a little finicky. 

Anyway, it was a peaceful day.  Catching up on my emails, opening the mammoth stack of mail that has accumulated over the last two weeks.  And whoohoo!  I had ordered some chocolates from my all time favorite store for champagne truffles.  Now normally I only indulge in these for real special occasions, like Christmas or my birthday as they are rather costly.  But as any author will tell you, when you’re having to do a lot of public appearances, one gets the need for some sort of comfort.  Hence the need for Charbonnel et Walker “Pink Marc de Champagne Truffles.” To be honest, I was planning on ordering one wee little box of them...but when I got to their website (which...ahem...I have bookmarked as favorites) my fingers ran away with me. 

You see, what happened was, first I thought, perhaps I’d better get a large box (275 g) of them rather than the small.  Just in case Don needed the comfort as well.  And then I scrolled down a bit and saw their regular “Milk Marc Champagne Truffles” that are quite good and thought, ‘They aren’t as good as the Pink Marc ones...but they’re damned good...I’d better get a box of them as too.’ And so I did. 

Then I noticed that they had TWO NEW KINDS!  “Bucks Fizz Truffles, Lightly dusted milk chocolate truffles with a Marc de Champagne and an orange centre” Well...what if they were really good.  They sounded kind of weird, but I had been reluctant to try the Pink Marc ones and now look at me.  Making up all kinds of occasions so I’d have an excuse to splurge. 

I figured to be on the safe side, I’d better buy a box of “Bucks Fizz Truffles” as well.  I was just about to hit check-out when “Chocolate Truffles Port & Cranberry” popped out at me.  Chocolate filled truffle ganache (not actually sure what ganache is, but I bet it’s tasty) made with port and cranberry.  Now I really didn’t know about these ones, but Don likes chocolate with little bits of dried things in them, so I clicked on a box of them as well.  My thinking was he would eat these and leave all the “Pink Marcs” for me!

Anyway...MY TRUFFLES ARRIVED!  They had come while I was in Toronto, and were waiting in a brown box on my desk, screaming “Eat me!” And I am nothing if not an obliging sort.  It is lucky I am wearing stretchy drawstring pants!  I have to admit though, I haven’t been very democratic.  I’ve made a rather good sized dent in the Pink Marc’s and the Bucks Fizz (which are quite tasty) but I haven’t opened the other two. 

So I’ve had quite a wonderful day.  Writing, sipping tea, and nibbling on terribly expensive but I try not to dwell on it, chocolate truffles. 

Then to top it all off, for dinner I made a huge feast of comfort food.  Oven fried chicken, baked macaroni and cheese, and fresh sweet corn that I cut off the cob, parboiled, and added a blob of butter, salt and pepper.  And for dessert...my favorite cake of all.  Sponge cake!  I could eat that cake until the cows come home.  As a matter of fact, I think I’ll post that recipe sometime later this week.  Bye for now!  Love, Meg

p.s. I just read this over and thought it rather sounded like an advertisement, so I hasten to add that my greedy taste buds, expanding waistline and thinner wallet is the only connection I have to their company.

Posted by Meg Tilly on Friday, October 26, 2007 in Chewing the Fat

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