Note: Apologies for the radio silence but it has been an odd couple of weeks. I have been keeping notes; I just haven’t got around to adding them to the blog. To help me keep track I will be back-dating the posts, so the previous few and next several posts will catch me up to date.
I was fifteen years old before I had ever tried Kraft Dinner, on Denman Island in British Columbia when I spent a summer there with Rosemary Burd and her family. We did have mac & cheese a lot when I was growing up, but it was my Mum’s delicious homemade macaroni with old cheddar cheese. I think probably the first time Norma would have tasted Kraft Dinner would have been after the birth of her grandkids – KD & Cheerios: a working mother’s best friends (after wine). I can’t deny it, I do like the fake orange stuff, although nowhere near as much as the real thing.
Somehow, the topic of KD came up earlier this week with my cousin – I think it was because a Florida woman (it’s always a ‘Florida woman’ or ‘Florida man’, isn’t it?) is suing Kraft because (wait for it) . . . their packaging states ‘ready in 3 ½ minutes’ which does not take into account the time it takes to open the pouches, add the water, and stir. Hence her lawsuit, which has made it into the British press (God, I love litigious loonies). Anyhoo, back to my point . . . . Viv was curious about KD and then somehow we got talking about Lipton Onion chip dip, and then on to Miracle Whip (Cdn) vs Salad Cream (UK).
My Orkney-to-Canada-to-Orkney friend Shirley told me about this website, Super Singh’s Canadian Things. A Brit(?) Canadian(?) in England has an online shop of all things Canadian, which he will ship anywhere within the U.K. He carries: graham crackers, A&W root beer, Vachon cakes, Kellogg’s and Kraft, to name but a few.
I have just placed an order to be sent directly to my cousin’s house in Kent. This Christmas I will introduce her family to the wonders of Kraft Dinner, the joys of Onion Soup Mix & Sour Cream, and the absolute pinnacle of yumminess, Smart Food White Cheddar popcorn.
Let the good times roll . . . .