Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Soliloquy

This should be a tranquil post.
I should be relaxing.
But all I can think about is the fact
that tins of Quality Street
are completely sold out
and this is a Total Disaster.
My family will stop loving me
because Christmas is not Christmas
without a tin of Quality Street
If only I had bought one in August.
I am hoping they can be brave about it...
I don't suppose they will sob much.

Alternatively I can run away from home.

Will pack my suitcase
as soon as I have finished
my Winterberry cocktail.

*****

Winterberry cocktail
one measure Creme de Cassis
one measure vodka
shake with ice
top up with tonic
embellish with 3 frozen raspberries
Posted by alice c at 00:01

19 comments:

  1. shadygreyDecember 13, 2011

    I just had a little catch up read, as I haven't visited for a while, only to realise all over again that I love you so much! Every post is a poem. Thank you and happy Christmas.

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  2. GinaDecember 13, 2011

    Give them Winterberry cocktails and they won't miss the Quality Street.

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  3. Angy is my name.December 13, 2011

    I think you should use your beautiful blog to send a global plea... Quality Street chocolates are sure to pour in from around the world! I'm off to Africa on Friday and the postal service is ghastly... someone out there (closer to home perhaps) will play Santa and your family will love you again :-) Good luck! And thanks for reminding me to get off my tush and organise the lollies that my family have asked for!!

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  4. AmaranthineDecember 13, 2011

    I could make a very happy Christmas with a Winterberry cocktail or two and wouldn't mind the lack of Quality Street at all. I think this sort of diversion technique is probably your best bet.

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  5. Susan TDecember 13, 2011

    There is plenty of Quality Street in Lancashire, but is it worth battling through the wind and rain to get at it when you can snuggle up to a nice cocktail ot two, I think not.

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  6. silverpebbleDecember 13, 2011

    That is grave news indeed.

    Thankyou for the recipe. I saw the image on twitter, envied you your chicness, then had to dash away. I shall be making these.

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  7. JaneDecember 13, 2011

    Perhaps we should all scour the local shops and let you know if we can send you a tin! Must admit I haven't investigated locally, but I'll look next time I go.

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  8. blackbirdDecember 13, 2011

    Thank heavens my family isn't even aware of this Quality Street stuff.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 13, 2011

    ahhhh...i haven't lived in the uk for almost 20 years but for some reason (which I really would like to get to the bottom of) I am wishing I could have a tin of quality street or at least a selection box for christmas. no such things here which this year seems so unfair and upsetting. i'm sorry, alice, but you shouldn't take such things for granted and you should have bought a tin in august, if that's what it takes :)

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  10. driftwoodDecember 13, 2011

    we have some here in the north. and we have wind and rain and sleet and snow too. it's all about balance. (and it's ok, there's still a few days left, perhaps the shop will restock........)

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  11. AnonymousDecember 13, 2011

    Have you tried your local Co-op? I don't think I've ever bought a tin of these.

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  12. Karen JDecember 13, 2011

    If we all send you a couple you could have a tins worth in no time!!

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  13. rachelDecember 13, 2011

    Quality Street.... yuk. But if they're there, I eat them just the same.

    Hope you get them though.

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  14. dottycookieDecember 13, 2011

    Since we discovered Lindors, Quality Street have been shunned in this house. Shunned, I tell you. It's like someone's taken my childhood Christmas memories and stomped on them.

    (Well, not quite. I think QS have changed a lot since then!)

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  15. AnonymousDecember 13, 2011

    This is grave news. I can only imagine it's as if I had forgotten to get the See's chocolates, which I did one year and was not forgiven. The cocktail sounds pretty good, though. Hmmm

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  16. MrMDecember 13, 2011

    my favourites are the chocolate caramels in the brown wrappers

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  17. trashDecember 13, 2011

    Shall I send you a tin?

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  18. The Coffee LadyDecember 18, 2011

    Now that you can buy those purple ones with the nuts in in a giant version separately at the newsagent, I can live without the rest of the tin.

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  19. BreadBoxDecember 28, 2011

    I had not heard of the Winterberry Cocktail.
    I shall have to add it to my repertoire: it sounds quite lovely. But I shall have to wait until I return across the pond, since my parents across the river seem, quite disconcertingly, to be out of creme de cassis...
    A very merry Christmas to you and yours (if slightly belated the greeting may be -- my father's absolutely opposed to wireless internet...)

    Best wishes,
    N.

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