Christmas in February - Blogging By Mail
What could be better than to receive a Christmas present in February. My blogging-by-mail buddy is Michelle at Fruits Basket and boy did she pour on the love. She sent me lots of good Uncle Sun spice mixes, mushrooms, and coffee, and sweets, and dog treats. Somehow she managed to cover absolutely everyone in our house and we are all so happy.
Lovejoy is scarfing down a dog treat that Michelle sent. Dexter found the pineapple tarts to be amazing, and I’ve staked my claim to the Coconut Soft Cake treat. I have plans to use the mushrooms and one of the chicken dish spice packs for our Chinese New Year celebration on the 18th. Oh, and check out the preserved Nutmeg…Michelle says it has an astringent flavor…I can’t wait to try that.
Michelle is from Malaysia so this package had a long way to go. She included a fabulous, hand-written letter with details about the goodies she sent, a cookie recipe for CNY and some information about her life. From reading her blog I can tell she’s an awesome baker, loves shoes and perfumes, and other great stuff, and seems to be really busy.
Michelle, thank you so much for your generous gift. I’m incredibly happy to have it and even more so now when it is so cold out and there is nothing going on. The gifts are perfect…thank you. Also a huge thanks to Stephanie at Dispensing Happiness for organizing this event.
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Vanessa, I’m so glad the package finally arrived. I’ve been bugging the poor folks at the postal office since mid-January about it, not that they could help me much.
Very happy that you all liked the things I sent; was trying my best to cram in as much as I could :) Thanks for letting me know.
Blogging by mail is always great fun. Thepassionatecook in the UK did a “euro blogging by post” feature last year, where I received a nice bag of goodies :)
Vanessa, being a Malaysian myself, I have to say, your picture have some of the few authentic Malaysian “chinese” goodies. That “ayam lada hitam” =black peppercorn chicken spice mix is simply divine. I see you got yourself some “herbal” chicken mix too, ooh, I usually do steaming with that, its so flavorful with rice. Wow..that reminds me, still got a bag of nutmegs in my refrigerator haha, mom got for me the last time she was here..thanks for sharing, feeling nostaligic after looking at all those goodies, cheers ! :)