Words of Wisdom and Chocolate
With only two weeks left till Easter, yesterday Chris and I decided to hunt for Easter Eggs. Not those 2-inch long, not-worth-the-weightwatchers-points eggs, but a proper, big, eat-till-you-feel-sick, real chocolate Easter Egg. The type that is made with chocolate that actually tastes good – i.e. Cadbury’s, Nestle or Mars and definitely NOT Hersheys. They’re big, huge sometimes, and come with mini bags of Quality Street inside, or two packets of Maltesers, or a couple of Snickers bars also included in the box. They have overly-bright and overly-large packaging and, if you’re lucky, a hideous Easter Bunny moulded onto the egg itself. These are stacked high and deep on supermarket shelves in England at this time of year, there is a huge abundance of choice, and best of all, they’re so over-stocked, that you can buy all the Chocolate Buttons ones that nobody chooses for half-price the week after Easter!
We thought that World Market in West Knoxville would be our best bet, but alas, although they had some cute Easter products, nothing like what I was looking for. I did manage to find a few online, but they are expensive, as is the shipping. And a lot of the fun of Easter Eggs is the temptation of seeing them sitting on the shelf for a week or two beforehand. I did manage to find some Penguins and Milka there, though, which was cool, and when we went to the counter to pay the lady asked whether we found what we were looking for. I explained what I’d been looking for and was met with a couple of minutes of silence and a blank stare, followed by the usual ‘I went to England once’ and a question about the Royal Lord London Mayor of Westminster’s New Year’s Day celebrations. I’m sure it was a great party, but unfortunately, there is no such person.
So we didn’t get our Easter Eggs, and I’m consoling myself with Milka, the knowledge that my diet will be much more successful without them, and these words of wisdom from the incomparable Bill Bryson:
“..when you move from one country to another you have to accept that there are some things that are better and some things that are worse, and there is nothing you can do about it.”
March 30th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I also remember the large sugar eggs that look more like a piece of art than something to eat.
There is a chocolate place in Turkey Creek near 5 Guys Burgers(if I think of the name I’ll let you know) they may have what you’re looking for.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Bill Bryson is awesome. 🙂
March 31st, 2009 at 11:06 am
Yes, Tuuli, he is isn’t he? I love his books ‘cos they never fail to make me laugh out loud.
Thanks for the tip Paula, I may have been to that place at Christmas – some place near Verizon if I remember rightly – we’ll have to check it out. 🙂
July 25th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Sorry you did’nt find what you were looking for ! I must admit that living in England you take all the chocolate for granted. We can take our pick anytime anyplace. Every petrol station stocks a huge array of confectionary with only one hershey bar in sight. I will see if I can send you some. Let me know your absolute favourites. Wispa bars are making a huge comeback at the moment but do you remember Bitz bars ? Orange were my favourite. http://www.aquarterof.co.uk might let you buy in bulk as they are moving into wholesale. May be worth a look.
July 25th, 2009 at 10:34 am
I will check out aquarterof – I’ve ordered from them before I think. Bitz ruled! I liked the mint ones. Wispas rule as well but they need to bring back the mint and gold versions. Chris’s all time favourites are Tunnocks caramel wafers so we’ll be stocking up on those when we get there!