Yay my favorite time of the month!
Well anything food related is my favorite kind of time truthfully.. I pretty much get through the working day dreaming of deep filled sarnies, cupcakes & Gregs pastys - Wink wink.
Anyway, onto this months package. I found myself having a little bit of a meltdown this month as I went to send my package to Romania, I looked up prices on the post office website & found that it would cost a hefty £15+ for a small packet.. Much more than I could actually afford after finding some great unusual spices & hard boiled Yorkshire mix for my penpal Corina from Cori Loves Cooking.
However to my surprise when scraping together the money needed to send the package, I was only charged £7 which was even less than Mays package to Ireland! (How that works I have no idea!?)
Well enough about my postage trauma.. Onto what I received!
During my postage trauma I posted on twitter using the #FoodiePenpals hashtag (we Foodies do like to keep each other updated!) & Emma from Adventures of a London Kiwi reassured me that it will all be worth it once I receive a package from overseas myself.
Up until this month I had only sent over seas & received from the UK, so to be honest I didn't even make the effort to check who was sending to me this month as I usually would. So it came as a massive surprise when I saw the Greek postage stamps lining my address on the package!
What I received:
.... Well actually, I'm not entirely sure what it all is!
Usually at this point I would list all the yummy treats.. However I don't know where to start as most of the packaging is in Greek.
Well What I do know is I was ecstatic to find Olives in my packet! - I LOVE olives. Although it is a little bit of a pain with them not being pitted, the taste is still yummy & I'm almost through the whole bag already.
I also found some odd looking sweet nibbles. Two of them looked a little like nut brittles similar to what I got in last months package. They are amazingly sweet & I have taken to eating small amounts with my umpteen cup's of tea after work. - I'm not a massive sweet tooth but I've really enjoyed trying these treats, & they're definitely something I'd be interested in having again.
The really long looking thing was actually (I think) a nougat bar, surrounded by crispy wafer. I really wish I could tell you exactly what everything is but I'm pretty much relying on my taste buds at the moment! - This treat was actually very mellow in taste but the texture was amazing! Sticky, slightly sweet & then the crunch from the wafer - YUM
Finally I also found a box of crackers & what I think are chewing gum?The crackers were great, myself & creature have been eating these with cheese and on their own. They have a slightly sweet but savoury taste & were a great post work nibble. The - what I assume are - chewing gum hasn't been trialled yet, I really need to try them but knowing me I'll take a bite & find they're some sort of Willy Wonker "three course meal" chewing sensation & I'll be amazed I didn't chomp on them sooner! - Well a girl can dream. _______________________________________________ If you would like to sign up to Foodie Pen Pals (& I seriously recommend you do) click here for more information. What do you think of the nibbles I received this month? Is Foodie Pen Pals something you'd try getting involved with? Bloglovin | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
