Tuesday, 25 February 2025

A Month Of Sundaes?

Firstly, thank you everyone for the kind birthday wishes for Rosie yesterday, she is definitely making the most of her celebrations. On Saturday we went on a family tenpin bowling trip, followed by lunch. If you have younger children, I can recommend the Bowling House in Norwich. This is the quirkiest bowling alley I have ever visited. A while back, we looked after the girls one evening, while Liz and Jon visited this venue [For cocktails and food, which they enjoyed] There are just five lanes, at BH and all half-length, so it suited the girls. The pop-up seating is recycled from years ago when this building was a cinema. I took three shots of Rosie bowling, and inadvertently got pictures of Jess as the seat folded up on her!

We went on to a Pizza lunch [I pleased to have discovered that I can eat pizza with vegan cheese]  and the girls enjoyed desserts. Jess was intrigued by the inverted waffle cone in her ice cream sundae.

I have four glass sundae dishes at Cornerstones, They were given to me about 35 years ago- my friend was having a new kitchen and decided to clear her clutter. "You can only have them if you promise to use them" she said. I promised!
I still use them on a regular basis. 
Even the most boring pud is greatly improved by fancy serving, I frequently put a scoop of plain vanilla in the dish, topped with some fruit, and home made yogurt and a 'boudoir biscuit' [I think in the US they are called ladyfingers] Occasionally there is fruit sauce or chocolate sauce too, or some crumbled cake. The girls think this is a real treat, especially when I give them the longhandled teaspoons. 
In my current, ruthless kitchen declutter, I can assure you that my sundae dishes are staying! I must lay in a box of waffle cones before the Easter holidays though.
Rosie said Saturday's treat was her 'quarter final' birthday. Monday [the day itself] was to be the 'semi final' and the 'final' will be her party on Saturday - a Clip'n'Climb event with schoolfriends 








24 comments:

  1. What lovely celebrations Rosie is having! The bowling Lane sounds fun! The sundae glasses do make things look fancy! I have my birthday this week and I'm getting my mum, sister, hubby and niece over on Friday and then my Dad, Stepmum and sis on Saturday. Dreading the cleaning/clearing I need to do but will be nice to have them as something to look forward to. Xx

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    1. Do not overdoing, family are coming to see YOU not your dust. Make sure they have somewhere to sit, and an appropriate drink and then enjoy the company

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    2. I have a friend with MS and she says “If you want to see me - drop in anytime. If you want to see the house - make an appointment.”

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  2. Jess looks none the worse for having survived the seat!

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  3. Your sundae reminds me of the good old 'Knickerbocker Glory' we sometimes had as children. Wonder why it was called that?

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    1. Aha! We know the answer, because Rosie asked the same question so we looked it up. There was.a Knickerbocker Hotel in Manhattan in the 1900s famed for it's desserts. When it closed, a hundred years ago, they named the KG sundae in its honour (should that be "honor" as it's USA?)

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    2. Interesting that I’ve never met anyone over here who’s heard of a knickerbocker glory. It was only when I lived in England that I encountered the name. All the recipe sites call it a British dessert.

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    3. That's intriguing, Lynda 🍨

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  4. What fun, even the fold up seat was an adventure. I enjoy serving dessert or treats in something special for our grands. It elevates the normal.

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    1. "Elevates the normal" what a superb phrase. Thanks Anon

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  5. As it happens, Nick had a "caramel liegeois" for dessert in a restaurant (in France) today, very similar to a knickerbocker glory - a word that always made me and my friends chuckle as kids as it sounded a bit rude!

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  6. Lovely to see the girls enjoying their treats. I have a set of glass dishes, cylindrical with stems, that take up space in the cupboard but that I always use to serve trifle. I should think about designing other dessert combinations to serve in them as you do.

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  7. I love the photos of Jess being folded up in the chair and everyone had a fabulous time. Iris is having 3 friends round for a pancake breakfast, minecraft games, then Just Ice (local ice cream parlour), back to pizzas and making bracelets. We are going for cake the next day. Xx

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    1. I hope Iris and friends have a wonderful time

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  8. Tried to comment earlier but it wouldn’t post! Love the photo of Jess! Catriona

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  9. So glad to hear that Rosie is spreading out her birthday celebrations over the week. She knows how to celebrate! I hope Jess didn't mind being hugged by the seating like that! Yum! Love sundaes, although I haven't had one in a long time. :)

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    1. I love your description of the seat "hugging" Jess!

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