Dear blog afficianadoes -
I am starting up this old beast again, but this time I have a purpose. A necessary task, you may say. As someone who did not grow up in England, I missed out on all the joys childhood can bring. Namely, those related to food.
So I'm going to right this grievous wrong. I am going to eat my way through every distinctly English chocolate bar in my local corner store, starting from the top of the display case and working my way down. I'm also going to rate these bars, using the ingenious (thanks, Jo!) bar-o-meter below.
Not possible, you say? How can one person take on the gargantuan task that is the ridiculously large candy display at the local shop? Well, first of all, I'm not going hog wild from the start. I'm warding off obesity by only having these bars as a Friday treat. And I may share them with some of my more pleasant work colleagues. But I am determined to claim back some bit of the childhood I never had and eat every type of candy bar available to me, if it takes years.
And this blog won't just be dedicated to chocolate. Every time I sample some foodstuff that is distinctly English, I'll be sure to comment on it. Because really, it's not like I don't already spend too much time on the internet. But at least this makes me feel like I'm using my time in England well.,,THIS great purpose is why I'm living miles away from the family, Mom. :)
Let the eating begin.
Bar-o-Meter
