Trip Tip a Day

Tip of the day: Receive a French care package! Bonne Maman Tartelettes citron - the jam and jelly company makes these sweet little tartelettes. Just a minute - Ok, I'm back. After staring at the picture and going to their website, I just had to go enjoy a lemony yummy. The "cookies" are like a little inch and a half pie crust shell filled with lemon tart. Since I'm a huge lemon meringue pie fan, the lemon ones are a favorite - but other fruit flavors are available. In the Dallas area, Central Market carries them. http://www.bonne-maman.com/ Little French soap in the paper Little French soap out of the paper - some lemony scent here as well In a previous post I outlined my love for Cassis pastilles - http://europeantriptipaday.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html the other night I wasn't sick, but had a little cough attack in the middle of the night. I rolled over and pulled a lozenge out of the tin in the nightstand. So soothing. And now my sweet French c...

As an iced tea fanatic here in the States, it was lovely to sit down to a glass of Lipton Ice Tea in the first Amsterdam cafe we visited. There was some floating lemon with a lemon squishing device and, shocking, - ice cubes. Remember the days of no ice cubes in drinks in Europe? Change has come. I live in Texas and drink large Chik-Fil-A unsweet tea/diet lemonade splits with refills. With the thirst I had that day in Amsterdam, it was hard to savor this little glass of Lipton tea and not wish for my super sized drink with refills. That's part of the point of travelling for me - coming to appreciate the little things back home and abroad. Another great treat for the iced tea fan is peach flavored bottled iced tea. Both Lipton, Nestea, and San Benedetto (here in Rome) presented lemon or peach flavored bottled iced teas. Wonder why peach flavored tea doesn't make it to the American market?