What a great round of Blogging by Mail! Here's the roundup, which I'm sure has been much awaited. If you have not received a package, please add a comment to this post and I will scold your sender. If you have not sent a package, and are not able to, please also let me know and I will see if I can find someone who would be able to send your recipient a box of treats.
I went through everyone's site looking for BBM2 posts, so if I missed yours, a comment with the link will be much appreciated.
Without further ado, the roundup! Thanks everyone for participating. I'm so happy to have found so many more blogs to read... though I could certainly use a few more hours in the day to enjoy all of your stories/recipes/knitting/cat and dog pictures/ the list goes on and on!
Aarika was surprised by speculoos from Nico (yup, they're really called that too!)
Amy A tells us about the miracle tea and other treats that Stephanie sent from Washington
Amy R loved her taste of Texas from Michelle
Anna
Barbara received such a nice package from Karen in the Phillippines
Becky hit the jackpot with Brandon's package of bread, jam and so many other treats
Beth C
Beth S loved her package from Jason, and enjoyed everything including the clodhoppers (cookies, right?)
Brandon should surely share the recipe for the apricot date bars sent by Chloe (along with other British tea-time treats)
Brent loved his package from Eileen, chock full of chocolates, a mix cd, even some statistics!
Caroline felt like it was Christmas morning when she opened her package from Deborah. (I would too, Deborah... anytime you want to exchange a package of treats let me know!)
Caryn received a package from yours truly, and happily enjoyed the Mallomars and other delights.
Cathy I was delighted by the almond crackers and other exotic treats from Becky (Becky, will you share the cracker recipe?)
Cathy D
Cheryl got a super French inspired package from Flo, including homemade biscotti and chestnut spread.
Chiara waxes poetically about her treats from Maria (note to self - must learn to read Italian)
Chloe loves Georgia after receiving so many local treats from Noel
Christine was spoiled by yours truly, and I gave her a spelling confusion headache
Cindy was floored to receive 2 packages from Sandra. Sandra's cat Jasper even sent Bella and Tasha some cat treats!
Clare says Suzie is awesome, and who wouldn't agree, when they see what she sent
Craig enjoyed sweet and spicy Singapore goodies from Cheryl (I'd love that peanut butter biscuit recipe too!)
Dagmar really enjoyed all of the homemade treats from Sue (I'd love recipes for the tootsie rolls and the toffee cookies - yum!)
Deborah C loved her package from Caroline, and wrote:
Debbie's package from Michele must have been eaten by the folks at the post office (shame on them!), so Michele will be sending another out shortly.
Dena
Devashree
Ed was spoiled by yours truly, happily everything made it across the ocean
Eileen, who was spoiled by Barbara, wrote: "i received a package from barbara in new zealand. the first item didn't last very long, as we had fun dipping barbara's lemon biscotti into a cup of tea. mmmmmm. there was also a jar of homemade rhubarb/apple jelly. ahhh, nothing like it. Also, never tried before, are dried blueberries, for our health! Some incredibly beautiful self-made note cards with photos of food, which i don't want to use but rather frame; also some herb rub and some dill/onion dip mixes, which we haven't yet tried out, but anticipate....:-)
thanks to barbara in new zealand!"
Eva loved the two parcels she was sent from Cin in Australia. She wrote:
Flo received a great package of South African treats from Craig and Lois
Harry and Ziva received a thoughtful (and informative) package of treats from Singapore from Mag and Viv.
Heather got some great stuff from Holly (hey, I love Bertman's mustard!)
Holly loved the chocolate chip banana mini muffins from Rebecca (along with some other amazing treats!)
Jason was thrilled to get a cookbook and a load of other surprises from Cathy
Jessica S goes wild over all of the chocolate treats sent by Kristin
Jillian
Joanne
Joy
Karen G loved everything she received from Dev (as did Karen's husband and son!)
Kari got a package of treats from Le Pain Quotidien from Lulu.
Karine enjoyed some Kueh Lapis from Mia!
Kristen had to try everything that Jessica sent (I love the mixing bowl and little whisk!)
Lauren
Laurence loved everything that Chiara sent in her package, and writes beautifully about remembering her Italian Grandmother's kitchen.
Linda was spoiled by Clare (yum, Tim Tams!)
Lisa loved the jam and mini pies that Beth sent along!
Lulu received almost all of her treats from Linda intact (darn post office!)
Maria had to wait for her package from Reid to travel around a bit, but it was worth the wait
Mariko will be frying up some beignets thanks to Amy A
Melissa's house must have smelled delicious after she opened the box sent by Karine
Mia just couldn't believe all of the delicious items that Rainey sent (including those chocolate cookies... yum!)
Michele had this to say about the package she received from Cathy D: I received a lovely package from Cathy D with chocolate covered macadamia nuts, schaffenberger chocolate bars, chipotle chili powder, Girardelli hot chocolate mix, Pretzels and much more! It was truly lovely!
Michelle got homebrewed ale and some delicious sounding recipes from Joanne
Mickey
Nico loved the peanut brittle bars and other goodies from Nic.
Nic fell in love with wine cake (and other treats) from my friend Susann.
Noel
Rainey loved her package from Chris... mmmm, those brownies are making my mouth water!
Randi was spoiled by Kari, who put together a big package of treats (even some Old Bay potato chips!)
Rebecca
Reid enjoyed his taste of the Netherlands from Mickey
Renee
Ricardo
Samantha (yes, I always refer to myself that way) loved her packages from Harry and Ziva, Ed and Christine
Sandra loved her package from Lisa, and wrote:
And last Friday (10/7) I received a great little parcel via Lisa. Inside the parcel were the following goodies: Homemade chocolate cake cookies, these were very yummy. I got to eat a couple of these cookies and my husband devoured the rest after I had gone to bed! Homemade pecan cookies, these were as yummy as the chocolate cookies! A packet of Canoe™ Premium Grade Wild Rice (www.canoewildrice.com). My husband and I love wild rice, so we will enjoy this very much! A tin of Mrs Kelly's Earl Blue Tea (www.mrskellystea.com). This is Earl Grey Tea blended with french lavender. It is simply wonderful!
Stephanie V
Stéphanie T
Sue had these nice things to say about Anna:
I just wanted to say thank you so much to Anna in Buffalo for my wonderful care package. What a great introduction to my first Blogging by Mail.
So now I know I’m supposed to take pictures of all the goodies before I devour them! I thought about digging through the trash to pull out the empty box of cookies that melted in my mouth, or all the crumpled wads of wax papers from the homemade chocolate candies that seemed impossible to stop gobbling. There are a couple of teabags left, mint and raspberry I think (I had to wash down the sweets!) and I still have the wonderful bottle of buffalo wing sauce left. Also, there are now some lovely placemats on my table, the color of fall leaves, thanks to Anna. It was all so much fun and so thoughtful.
Many thanks to you, Samantha, for all the organizing and a huge hug to Anna. If you’re ever in the bay area, I want to take you to my favorite bakery!
Susann
Suzie
