Hi everyone! Happy Saturday Night to you! with I could have come up with a better post title for this entry. It certainly deserves it! This is what Fran did with a nugget tin and my birthday gift. Isn't it pretty? And so clever...I'll explain in a bit. She presented it to me yesterday when she and Liz and I were out for my birthday luncheon together. We went to the cutest old Italian restaurant in town and had so much fun! They serve something I've never seen anywhere else: fried hot pepper strips. Diners should definitely not attempt to eat these unless they are in possession of a full glass of iced beverage and a basket of bread and butter. See, some of the peppers are hot hot hot while others are simply delicious. It's a bit of a gamble and always fun.
This was what was on the bottom. You think it's a card until you detach it and flip it over. And once you see the flip side you can guess what was hidden inside each of the paper tubes inside the tin. A little something to put towards cabinets for underneath my new workspace! You'll never guess how Fran perfectly curled the papers to fit in the tin, so I'll just tell you. See, Fran has a kitchen cart in her studio and the cart has a dowel on one side for holding a roll of paper towels. And that's what she used to form the rolls. Four of them fit perfectly inside the tin. Since it was my birthday celebration we ordered dessert. Cannolis! Oh they were
delicious! Real ricotta cheese, mini chocolate chips and a crunchy shell. Liz had never had one before. I couldn't believe it! But I forget that not everyone is Italian and not everyone eats dessert at every possible opportunity. Oops. So here's your tip for the day: try a cannoli. And not one of those pudding-y ones. That's not a real cannoli. You want one made with sweetened ricotta cheese. It's like a little piece of chocolate chip cheesecake. But better! Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time...M
Aww! How sweet. You have some great friends and the tin is super cute! Suddenly though I am craving dessert! LOL Happy birthday (belated)
Posted by: Julie-Ann Wells | July 12, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Very sweet gift!!!
Posted by: Regan | July 12, 2008 at 11:43 PM