Designer Sugars in the Palette of Pippi Longstockings!
Pippy Longstocking, my childhood spunky hero and advisor out of a story book. A female Doctor Seuss who wore just what she wanted and got into lots of monkey business too! Now that we are all grown up? No more munching on rainbow gobstoppers nor red hot candies. But we still need a little sugar and whimsical spice.
During these hard recession blues, they say vintage candy sales are on the rise for grown ups too! Barack Obama read as a child “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. I wonder what candy he chewed!
What has been one of my greatest solace nowadays? My Nice Cuppas….. Maybe that sounds a bit strange? Yet, this has been true on days when I am up and days when I am down. Tea, mocha beans and cacao too! They have shared in my greatest conversations with friends, loved ones and most of all, quiet moments of solace. What is the famous love song, sung by Ella Fitzgerald? “You’re my sugar, you just have to touch my cup.” Oh! Forgive me as I go a little crazy dressing up my cuppas. Today it is a magic potion of groovy sugars. Tomorrow it will be candied red roses and violets of blue. I will be making my own sugars soon too! In jars, just like my Dad and Martha Stewart. He made everything from scratch. In the meantime, here are super sugar designers Quai Sud.
Quai Sud is a specialty importer of spices, tea, and much more from France. Flower power spice sugars are made of natural cane sugar imbued with your choice of violet, vanilla, rose, lavender, orange, chocolate and natural cane for $12.50 at Amazon. In an 8.8 oz size, Jack in the Beanstalk organic raffia bag. Spice up your nice cuppa!
*Pippi photo compliments of Old Tyme Stockings.
