Another Boring Easter (pt 2)
March 23rd 2008 21:00
Ahhh, it’s now Easter Monday. I’m not religious (sorry) so this period has no significance for me. Thank God the shops are open today. I’m going nuts from the lack of contact with ‘civilization’. “Two long ears” (AKA Lindt chocolate Easter bunnies) – if there are any left – will be half priced today. Too bad Lindt chocolates are the first to sell out so I doubt there will be any “two long ears” left.
When “two long ears” were first available a couple of years ago my sister and I would buy them. But once the novelty wore off, we stopped. Ditto Krispy Kremes. When the KK store opened in the Sydney CBD I saw queues of at least 50 people and heard stories about how people queued for an hour to get their hands on some KKs. A couple of years later, I can walk into that store at practically any time and be served within five minutes.
The first Christmas after the Sydney CBD store opened I bought a box of a dozen UFO ones (or spaceships as my friend Nim calls them). This is the choc coated round doughnut that is filled with cream. I shared the KKs with my sister but we’re the sort of people who can’t gorge ourselves on junk food so after two UFOs, we were both full and were left wondering what to do with the rest of the box. I ended up taking eight UFOs home and over the next week, microwaving them one at a time in a bowl for 30 seconds. I would be left with a plain looking round doughnut as the chocolate had oozed onto the bottom of the bowl. The cream had also oozed from the inside onto the bowl. Oh, I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
When “two long ears” were first available a couple of years ago my sister and I would buy them. But once the novelty wore off, we stopped. Ditto Krispy Kremes. When the KK store opened in the Sydney CBD I saw queues of at least 50 people and heard stories about how people queued for an hour to get their hands on some KKs. A couple of years later, I can walk into that store at practically any time and be served within five minutes.
The first Christmas after the Sydney CBD store opened I bought a box of a dozen UFO ones (or spaceships as my friend Nim calls them). This is the choc coated round doughnut that is filled with cream. I shared the KKs with my sister but we’re the sort of people who can’t gorge ourselves on junk food so after two UFOs, we were both full and were left wondering what to do with the rest of the box. I ended up taking eight UFOs home and over the next week, microwaving them one at a time in a bowl for 30 seconds. I would be left with a plain looking round doughnut as the chocolate had oozed onto the bottom of the bowl. The cream had also oozed from the inside onto the bowl. Oh, I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
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