Last post

I may post stuff up on here occassionally (actually not likely at all seeing as I've posted up two things in a month) but this is my last post. I just wanted to 'have a go' at this blogging lark and I have discovered that I'm much better and more comfortable at dealing with and sharing thoughts with folks in person.

Anyhow, it's been fun. I'll still lurk, visit and comment other sites.

With lotsa love from Boston,
Tabby

xx

Fireworks and fried dough

The Fourth of July.

Camped out by the Hatchshell ready for Aerosmith and the 'Boston Pops' to strike up.

The fireworks were amazing: flowers, shapes, fountains, faces etc. with accompanying music (around 25 minutes of fireworks, final song Neil Diamond's 'America'). Obviously my photography doesn't do any justice. The fried dough is as nasty as it sounds... can I add it to the (very short) list of things on this earth that I consider inedible.




Fried dough -
Marks out of ten for tastiness: Zero
Ability to induce nostalgia in Americans: Two
Fun DIY food factor: One
Sugar and lard content: Stratospheric
Number the average Brit can eat in a sitting: None (one mouthful)

Update : I was commenting to a local that I was surprised that so few people had their own fireworks - turns out the sale/personal use of fireworks is prohibited in Massachusetts!

tag: fried dough

No s'more please

My first BBQ in the US: introduced to the American tradition of the s'more.

Ingredients: Graham crackers (pronounced 'graam'); Hershey's chocolate (eurgh); marhsmallows; some sticks for the marshmallows and a fire.

The result looks something like this (which in this photo looks like a cheese toasty but tastes like several types of sugar fused together, which of course is what it is):



Marks out of ten for tastiness: Two
Ability to induce nostalgia in Americans: Nine
Fun DIY food factor: Seven
Sugar content: Off the scale
Number the average Brit can eat in a sitting: One

tag: s'more