The other day we were in one of the local shops (we live in a very culturally diverse neighbourhood), and we saw this delightful package which I just had to buy:
What do you notice first about it? The boyf said "Halal? Why on earth did you buy halal jelly?". Me, I just saw the flavour. And the colour. Smile!
I duly made it up last night. First I opened the package and was slightly taken aback by the rather violent green of the granules. Then I saw the word Laziza which had me humming this French song from the 80s. Then I noticed this jelly is "sweet and spicy, pure for sure!". Hmmm.
Left it to set in the fridge.... and we had it for dessert after dinner
(gosh I wish I had Claire's camera...) It actually tasted like those foam banana sweets, really it did! A rather strange experience because here in the UK, green jelly is lime flavour. And it's not such a deep green either.
In other news, yesterday I went out to the chemists in town with nephew in tow, and felt really rather woozy and light-headed. It was the first time I'd been out all week, and I felt it would be best to finish off my convalescence this week and go to work fresh as a daisy on Monday. I need the rest. Luckily, though, the actual virus wasn't as bad as I feared. Nowhere near as bad as the flu I had in Venice - remind me to tell you THAT story sometime!
Meanwhile: Bon appétit !!
Holly Moses !!!! Did you stick out your tong afterwards to check the color????. I bet that stuff made you glow in the dark.... totally Halloweenish!.
Love always, your beloved embarrassing Frenchie friend. Moi
Posted by: Chrissie | 07/30/2009 at 11:23 PM
That's exactly the stuff that has the 3rd Rock from the Sun family freaking out and running for cover! Hilarious!!
Posted by: SR | 07/31/2009 at 09:35 AM