When my late parents were still around, fit and healthy and able to travel, they would fly over to New Zealand to be with my brother and his family there. My dad would declare that they would stay there for half a year at least but give them a month or so, they would be home already. My mum should be fine but my dad liked to go out and drop by his friends’ shops in town to chat every morning, go for a bite to eat and he could not do that there – no friends, nowhere to go.
Anyway, everytime they came back, they would bring this…
…home and they would give me a packet or two. So, was it nice? I would say it was – not as nice as those Scottish shortbread or Kjeldsens’ Danish cookies but yes, they were quite good.
Arnott’s is a popular Australian/New Zealand brand – we do get a lot of their products here, Tim Tam…
…especially, which I do not really fancy as all of them are way too sweet. We get all kinds of their biscuits/cookies and snacks here but surprisingly, I have not seen the aforementioned Scotch fingers for a long time now.
Anyway, my girl came home from that supermarket in town that imports anything and everything from places all over the world and she bought two packs of these…
…for me to enjoy. I can’t say I was excited as for a long time now, nothing from them had impressed me much but of course, I was thankful that I had something to eat for breakfast or afternoon tea or for my night cap before I turned in for the night.
I opened a pack…
…to try and much to my delight, the cookies were very nice. They had this pleasant butter fragrance, not as strong as that in Scottish shortbreads but not unlike those lovely Danish cookies and there were quite a lot in a pack. I really hate it when I open a big packet of something nice and there are only half a dozen pieces inside, not even enough for one sitting!
I don’t know how much each pack costs. If it is not too expensive, I may want to buy a few more to keep and enjoy slowly. Otherwise, I shall just wait and hope that my girl will grab some for me the next time she drops by the supermarket. Hehehehehe!!!
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