Comments on: Family Favourite Date and Walnut Loaf

By: stateeats

stateeats — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 00:45:50 +0000

LoL, some experiences are universal. I spent my entire childhood in the back seat of a Chevy Impala station wagon trying not heave due to my dad’s nasty cigar smoke while driving from upstate NY to NYC to visit all my relatives. Ahh, those were the days! Enjoyed your post and recipe.

By: sparklesr

sparklesr — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:12:35 +0000

Looks very tasty I will have to try this out…dates make a very tasty alternative to sugar, when you can’t eat glucose!!!

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:51:10 +0000

Ha! None that I’m sharing, socks and sandals is enough of an insight into my childhood for one week ;)

By: Sam Sin

Sam Sin — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:24:13 +0000

Any photographic evidence? 😉

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:32:08 +0000

Oh yes, I was all about matching. I had a wardrobe made up of exclusively aqua and white clothes one season!

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:31:17 +0000

Thanks! I love the dish towel too! I got it at a tag sale when I worked at Martha Stewart – they were the best tag sales ever!

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:29:36 +0000

Great idea Margaret, they’d make a great Christmas hamper gift. Enjoy those autumnal days. I’m suffering from spring hayfever on this side of the globe.

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:27:31 +0000

YES Margot! I’d forgotten about the leather case of anodised metal cups! Thanks for the reminder. I’ll have to look out for some in op shops.

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:26:37 +0000

The airline tray in the back seat is so cool Sas! I would have loved that as a kid. A definite step up from the smoke-stained Sigma that smelled like a pipe was burning even when it wasn’t.

By: Saskia (1=2)

Saskia (1=2) — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:05:56 +0000

Lovely post Amelia. GREAT photos. Especially love the circle arrangement. Good on you for tackling cake in a tin. Looks perfect – love that the tin functions as its own container too (and how ace is that fold-down tray in the Kuga)!
PS. So much I can relate to in the stories of your early family road trips… those vinyl car seats! Never did understand why my dad always wore shorts. Ouch! And the suffocating pipe smoke :)