Just received in the post a clanking, beaten, bedraggled, very heavy box…
…bearing surprise gifts from my favorite (very handsome, thoughtful Kiwi) of a lifetime supply of Watties, the inexplicably delicious and addictive ketchup-like condiment ubiquitous down-underer, yet near impossible to obtain here.
Included was one refillable bottle with which to anoint lucky items of foodage, along with four cans (bearing some bruises from their long journey) as refills. I lost no time in splooge-ing some onto my lunch (take-out from the Whole Foods hot bar) and found the sweet, spiced flavor was the perfect accompaniment to smoked pulled pork – even better than BBQ sauce!
Behold:
hark! why yes – it IS the trumpeting of condimentary angels.
Thank you, Gar. 🙂
Oh fudge…it’s SAUCE not JUICE! I was thinking Bloody Marys…perhaps a squirt in one may be tasty???
I do think a squirt might be good – the spicing in it is really interesting and distinctive, and it’d add a bit of body (always good in a Mary, with the horseradish and bleu cheese stuffed olives and skrimps – a la Dexter’s). We can make our own cheaper and better at home, though, and we’ll test drink the Watties. A good lunch and drinks (simultaneously!) plan for a pool day. 😀
Wow, they really got a hiding in transit O_O
Glad you’re enjoying it 😀
Can’t say I’ve ever tried making a cocktail out of it, however…
aye, they did get whapped mightily. the pic is even arranged to hide the worst of it, too. just about peed myself laughing when I opened the box and found the newspapers neatly folded and the cans banging about – ’til I read your explanation, I thought, “Er, packing materials: you’re doing it wrong!” 😉