I'd rather be....

I think Krissy & Peggy have a great idea...suppose we could get enough of these recipes together to create our own lil booklet ?

Would be great experimenting ! We could name it????????

I like it Ron!!

Great idea Beth!

Brilliant idea!  We could have a cookbook to go along with our calendar. 

I like cooking with pictures, Ron.  In fact, I can hardly do it without them! 

About 10 years ago, my employer at the time traveled to Belgium on business and brought back for me a box of Godiva chocolate covered cherries.  The liquid inside was Kirsch (cherry liquer).  Wow!  Talk about needing to keep track of how many you ate!  Those were a party in a box. 

I have had the whisky chocolates only over in the UK and they are made by Lindt and like most Lindt chocolate bars are quite delicious! Here's a website for them via a Bristol distributor:

http://wesley.mybigcommerce.com/products/Lindt-Whisky-Chocolate-Bar-100g.html

The Lindt cognac and Irish Coffee filled chocolates are available in the U.S. as well from a number of sites (but not the whisky-filled)--just Google "Lindt cognac chocolate."

In the States, the Jameson Whisky chocolates are available, though I've not had them. My brother had both the whisky truffles and whisky chocolate bar when he was in Ireland this past summer--he said the truffles were spectacular, but the chocolate bar was just okay:

http://www.chocolate.com/products/butlers-jameson-irish-whiskey-truffles/

The rum-filled chocolates that I have had were strictly homemade affairs via some old friends of mine.

Do you US people have Trader Joe's in your towns?  They always have whiskey filled chocolates at Christmas time.

Today whilst () I was getting ready for work, I had BBC 3 Counties radio on and they were interviewing their travel expert.  He was discussing Portugal and how beautiful it is there, and how it's become a major vacation destination for people from the UK.  I emailed them to say that I was in warm, sunny Phoenix, but that if I couldn't go to the British Isles for vacation, then I didn't want to go anywhere.  They read my email on air.  I was chuffed!  Then they proceeded to talk a little about how people in England don't appreciate what they have in their own back yards - the castles, the cathedrals, the stunning countryside, and that people always think they have to go abroad for a good holiday.  But I think the Brits on POE most definitely appreciate the beauty over there, so I need to say, "Thanks for sharing it."

But we're all like that, I guess.  We always want to be where we're not.  Better yet, in places that aren't like home.  I think that's why I love it over there so much - it isn't anything like here.

Oh shoot! I would be absent when you all were here having a good time. Lol.

Ruth, you can't turn a corner in New England without running into a Trader Joe's. I love that store. :-)