Well no one hazarded a guess as to what it was, but it's the special Lindon Family Birthday Cake, consisting of Graham Crackers layered with Chocolate Jello Pudding.
It's usually served covered in Cool Whip and dotted with spring time M&M's, but I had to make do with whipped cream and Smarties. It was particularly special this year because I had to have Patrick's friend who visited during the Oxford Cambridge boat race bring the graham crackers and Jello in since they don't have it here. Pat had said to me on my birthday back in March, the only thing I really want for my birthday is that cake, but they dont' have Graham crackers here. Oh ye of little faith! I got myself over to the UK, I got a job at Kew, I can move mountains. Birthday cake, piece of...... well you get the picture.
Anyway, some photos of Patrick enjoying it. I'ts pretty much all gone now, I don't know how that happened since none of us will admit to snacking on it......
He also got another present from us, another controller for his Xbox, so if anyone comes to visit now we can play Soul Caliber together.......I really can't wait to start my job!
Cheers
Wait, there's no chocolate pudding in England!? How awful...reminds me of how there (at least used to be) no chocolate chip cookies in France. My dad worked for a French company for a few years, and whenever he went there on business he had to bring several packages of Chips Ahoy. In case you're wondering, they couldn't just make their own as there was no brown sugar in France either...
ReplyDeleteah, no chocolate chip cookies in Cyprus either. I always pack some Nestle's with me when I go. You COULD make it with regular sugar, or add molasses to white sugar, that's all brown sugar is anyway
ReplyDeleteThey didn't have molasses in France at the time either, apparently. :) One family we knew there used to keep the Chips Ahoy in a locked cupboard and rationed them out one cookie per day per person. What Europe may lack in chocolate chip cookies they make up for in Kinder Eggs...I love those things! :)
ReplyDelete