It's funny though, one day we will live somewhere else and will have a whole new list of things that we miss from our time here!
For example, the cocoa here is so dark and rich... Why anyone would prefer Hershey's, I do not know, except that you haven't experienced anything different. Have you ever heard of speculoos? It's kind of like graham crackers (which we can't get here) but better! It is darker in color and a richer flavor. You can buy speculoos ice cream, cookies, crumbs for baking and even comes in a jar like peanut butter. Trader Joe's has a product that I've tasted, cookie butter, that must be the same. It's pretty much sugar in a jar--something I wouldn't personally buy, but YUM!
Oh and the dark brown sugar. It's nothing like our American brown sugar. It's so dark and rich and full of flavor. I made my first batch of cookies with it and they were the best cookies I think I've ever made!
Are you hungry yet?
We sure are missing some of our usual Mexican products and that is a tough one. For now we will just get our Mexican food fix at a cute Mexican restaurant in centre. We met there for lunch today and it was delicious!
Always nice to have a lunch date with Jeremy too :)
I so miss a lot of the European foods (and the chocolate!) The speculoos were favorites at our house, too (and are what TJ uses in their cookie butter - at least that's what the label says; though, they're better over there!) The fresh bread and cheese were our other faves...now, I'm hungry! Glad you found a Mexican restaurant - we had one that we visited often in Belgium, even though it was actually quite a drive from our house (my Dad even tried to visit it several years later and was disappointed to find out it wasn't there, anymore) :)
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