The Day of Delicious American Sweet Treats

We have unofficially declared today to be the Day of Delicious American Sweet Treats and are celebrating in style with those who happen to find themselves in our vicinity today, and who we hope are appreciating their good fortune. This day is especially exciting because we are in the middle of another self-declared calendar period, No-Sweets November, in which I am attempting to curb my out-of-control sweet tooth by allowing myself only three days in which to indulge in chocolate and other desserty items, so we've already gone nearly sugarless for a full week, which is pretty much the same length as forever.

Already today we have been privileged to introduce to our church colleagues the delicious treat known as the Root Beer Float, in a country where ginger beer reigns and root beer is practically unheard of. Fortunately, we have been consistently supplied by classic A&W root beer by, of all places, the Asian Food Warehouse, just a block away from the church, at the very affordable price of $1 each (canned soda in New Zealand is ridiculously expensive). The floats were met with a very positive response ("wow, what is this?"), though our intern, Hannah, compared to the taste of medicine ("but I love medicine!"), and a second round was quickly prepared for all.

This evening, if all goes well, we will be presenting our young adults small group with the opportunity to sample the delectable fare known by the unassuming title of Puppy Chow - Crispix cereal with melted peanut butter and chocolate, rolled in powdered sugar. Peanut butter and chocolate is, lamentably, not a widely appreciated combination here, so we're hoping to win a few converts to the cause and thereby improve their standards of living :)

Very proud to be an American,

Rachel