DAYS SIXTY FIVE AND SIXTY SIX. Markets and Food. Food and Markets. I met Mindy at a tube station 10am on Saturday. We went to a Christmas Market that was next to the Thames near the Tait Museum. They were cute little shops/popups shaped like gingerbread houses that each had thier own unique items (paper starts, wood tie anyone?) very fun, didnt buy anything. I'm cheap. What can I say? After that we decided to walk to Burough Market and see what they had their. Madness. More people than ever before, shoulder to shoulder, but seriously the best food stalls in the city. Amazing. For example, there was half a wheel of some swiss cheese (12"diameter wheel) that is placed under a broiler, the melted cheese is swiped off the wheel and onto a plate of roasted potatoes, yummazing. Picked up some vegetarian indian food and a brownie as well to share too. Still on the lookout for a great brownie. As we were leaving the market, we ran into a couple from church and ended up talking to them for nearly an hour on a street corner. Random. If two markets isnt enough...why not one more?!? Sloan's Square for another market....more fabulous food stalls, wishing I hadnt eaten so much at Burrough, but good to know about for next time. There was a grocery store next to this street market that has an american section, and Mindy needed to buy stuffing for a Thanksgiving Dinner happening that night. A box of Stove Top costs 3.95 pounds!! Outrageous! Christmas decorations are popping up everywhere, some in random places, some in cool places. No need to wait tell after Thanksgiving here, because there is no thanksgiving to wait for bring on the decorations! After Sloan's we walked to Harrods as Mindy wanted to get a gift for someone there. Seriously M&D missed out on all the Christmaslands that have popped up since they were here in Harrods. They had a whole Chirstmas Village on Level 4 ....where entire rooms were themed & decorations were amazing. There was an advent calendar house (like a doll house size) where behind each window was an ornament to place on a tree.....oh and it costs 12,000 pounds. That is not a typo. Twelve thousand pounds. It is made of Wedgewood, yes I touched it, and no I was not arrested.
After Harrods, we stopped by Mindy's really quick before we headed to a British Thanksgiving dinner a friend of ours was hosting at the church. I didnt know if I wanted to go or not but I wanted to see how a Brit handled hosting an American holiday. It was to be dinner at 5pm, but the person bringing potatos brought raw pototoes, so the eating wasnt until 7pm. Say what? It was a long day...and I just wanted to eat and go to bed...but I was a curious trouper. It really was typical thanksgiving dinner, plus yorkshire pudding (greasy german pancake) and sausages, and what we thought was pumpkin pie was actually sweet potato. Afterwards we were headed to the Cinema but exhaustion won out. Watched a movie at Mindy's and then I headed home...super tired.....but yet I still set my alarm for 2am to get up and watch the Phoenix Temple Culturall Celebration online....sleep was needed more but it was fun to watch through half opened eyes what was happening back home.
Sunday. The usual. Malta had texted me on Saturday asking if I wanted free tickets to the BBC Food Show that was happening at a convention center for Sunday. She couldnt go. I picked up the tickets, texted some peeps from school to see who wanted to go and California came with me. There was tons of food, cheese, chocolate, beverages, ice creams, and samples. Lots of samples. My school also had a booth there, so we stopped by to say hi to a couple of our chefs and they told us they had demonstrations later, so out of obligation we went and watched them in the midst of rounds going around and getting goodies. Once home I was hungry to eat something in size larger than my pinky nail. I made salsa for the first time in London. I had the ingredients, and the time to make it. It tastes so good. I was going to have a bean burrito, but I couldnt find a can opener to open the beans, so I made a cheese crisp, but as I was making the salsa I was also making the crisp, and I burnt the crisp, so I looked in the fridge to see what else i had, found a veggie sausage, heated that up, ate bell pepper slices (in the place of tortilla chips) and salsa, ate the sausage and then ate the burnt cheese crisp (now as crispy as if it were chips) with more salsa. Creative use of ingredients for sure. I must be tired if I am detailing my meal. I also made chocolate chip cookie dough too. It is delicious to eat. I'll bake some tomorrow for Vermonts birthday. Talked to peeps on FaceTime, and instead of studying I am going to go to sleep and think about if you guys liked my Sunday Dinner.
Don't believe me about the advent house? Check out: http://www.harrods.com/product/iconic-24-piece-advent-house//000000000004143276
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