[The magical package]

As far as I can remember I’ve always been into food shopping. I went with my mother to the supermarket, farmers market… and always loved to go to the ‘boulanger’ to buy one or two ‘baguettes pas trop cuites’. And while I was waiting in the queue at the bakery, I remember myself looking at the beautiful ‘religieuses, éclairs’ and other pastries. This was heaven for me, really!

Now I’m still up for some food shopping: from Toulouse farmers market to my local supermarket, from Harrods food hall to Waitrose, from Toronto’s St Lawrence market to Jeffrey’s (English deli in Antibes)… and so on.
I love to discover new products, new places… Basically I’m always looking for the freshest, yummiest products available, but sometimes a bit of junk makes me feel good: Crunchies, Cadbury’s bars, cake mixes, vinegar crisps…
When go to English supermarket I’m always astonished with all the goodies on the shelf, things we can’t find (at a normal price) here in France. But this seems to be applicable in the other way: I once found a tube of Nestle concentrated milk at 5£ in Harvey Nichols’ fifth floor (while it costs around 1€ in French delis).
Anyway, when I go to England I always come back with a suitcase full of muffin cases, crunchies, cranberries, streaky bacon, oat, barley, dried fruits… and full of cookbooks (but this may not be the right place to discuss such a thing).

So you’ll understand my reaction when I received two food ‘colis’ [packages] from my grand parents. Actually my dad had to go to Fouras (the city where my grand parents live) and when he went back home he stopped in Toulouse to say hello and to drop these two gorgeous packages packed with food goodies!

- 2 homemade compotes
- apricot jam
- 3 chicories salads
- 2 apples
- ‘miel de forêt’ [forest honey]
- coffee
- galette de Pont-Aven [butter biscuits from Britany]
- whole wheat bread
- fine milk chocolate
- organic canned peas
- kidney beans
- organic green beans
- canned sweet corn
- tuna
- beautiful small red potatoes
- a lemon
- shallots, onion and garlic
- tomato sauce
- pasta
- rice
- fast potato puree mix
- instant soups
- breakfast bread
- 2 soles
- homemade choucroute
- milk and water

I’m now feeling completely satisfied with my full cupboards and feel like I’ve received a great present. You may think “it’s just food”, yes I agree with you but I’d say “it is food packed with love and affection” (which has two meanings: the more evident one and the subtle one – if I’m passionate about food it’s because of all the hours I spent in the kitchen looking at my grand mother cooking. When she cooks she put all her love in the food she cooks and I hope that one day I’ll be able to do the same).
Je vous aime Grand-Père et Grand-Mère…

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