Guess What…Guess What??? TheManoftheHouse and I found some local custard powder! I’m so excited!!! One of our grocery stores (Meijer if you have one in your area) has just opened up an international aisle and they have custard powder in the “England” section. It looks just like the custard powder I bought in Scotland, with one little difference:
We’re all freaky about our nutrition facts here in the US, so they’ve slapped a little sticker on the can so you can see if a serving of custard powder meets your daily nutritional needs. It doesn’t appear to be vitamin packed or anything, but I personally DON’T CARE ’cause I LOVE those little custard shortbreads and I plan to make them and eat them and get fat. ER. FATTER. And now I don’t have to hoard my one little can of custard powder. Yay! In case you don’t have a local shop where you can buy custard powder, my quilty peep Gurney e-mailed me and said you can mail order it from The English Tea Store. I also had a few other people tell me that it can be ordered on Amazon.
I’ve always said, if you need to know something, just ask on your blog and someone will know the answer! Thanks for all your custard powder help — you guys are great! So, as a reward, here are some pictures of something I know you’ve all been waiting to see:
Men… In… Kilts!
(For you ladies in Scotland, you can be dismissed if you’d like — I’m sure you see this all the time, so the excitement has probably worn off by now.) On our Saturday in Edinburgh we were very lucky and we came across three (!) weddings. The guy above was the officiant (preacher? priest? ???) at a wedding in the tiny little chapel inside Edinburgh Castle.
This little guy below appeared to be the son of the bride. The picture isn’t great (it was cold and drizzly and they were on the move) but isn’t he cute, helping his mum with her wedding dress?
At a different wedding just down the hill from Edinburgh Castle, this guy was playing his bagpipe for the wedding guests as they entered the church.
How’d you like to knit those socks??? (Hey, they look suspiciously like the socks Finny recently finished knitting!) I was amazed at how many men were actually wearing kilts. I wish I’d taken better pictures of the wedding parties but there were crowds around them. After all, they weren’t there for my picture taking pleasure. (And for the record, I wasn’t the only gawky tourist taking pictures.)
This guy appeared to be part of one of the wedding parties. He was waiting where the cars were pulling up. He was talking on his cell phone — maybe trying to figure out where someone important was? Sending the all clear signal? The picture definitely doesn’t do him justice. (Insert Sharon’s “just sayin'” here.)
And this guy had nothing to do with any weddings. He was just a tourist attraction, and not very excited about it, I might add LOL!
Hopefully this little kilt interlude was just the boost you need to get you through your week. Only two days until the weekend! (Because some of us can only handle counting the days until the weekend — NOT the days until Christmas!)
XOXO,
Anna
WHat fabulous kilt pics! The guy who was not thrilled about being a tourist attraction looks like he’s talking on a cell phone in his right hand, LOL! The one on the bottom looks like you stole him out of a kilt catalog…like a male kilt model
yayyy for finding your custard powder.
:D
oh men in kilts.
where’s gerard butler when you need him???
haha.
thanks for the eyecandy!!!
Just in case you need to get a another “fix” of men in kilts, the Pub on 4th St. Live in Louisville has waiters sporting the same look. Not quite as authentic though! Of course the waitresses wear kilts too, but theirs are about 1/3 the length of the ones the guys are wearing!
Glad to see you are back….missed your blog. I’ve been away too but am now relaxing and now getting back to blogging. Love reading through your posts since you were away. Great stuff!!! Fantastic pics!!
Take care,
Jere’e
You are hilarious! Love the men in kilts, and that fact that you were trying to crash the wedding! ha!
Glad you found the powder – sounds like it will come in handy :)
aye… but what ELSE did they have on? cuz when my friend colin got married, his little brother was a sittin’ up on the stand with his kilt on and… um… not much else!!!!!!!!!!!
you wedding crasher, you.
so happy you found custard powder. too bad you know what’s in it now though.
next time you go to scotland, take a pic’ of that MAN!! :)
oh, and what’s the little MANPURSE they have hangin’ from their waists?
I think you have been talking to my little sis and ganging up on me to post a blog. Every time I speak to her she badgers me to put a post on my newly created blog.
I will learn shortly. Need to tidy house first ready for visitors this weekend.
Thanks for you nice comments though
Ally x
Yea, you found the custard powder!!! The pictures of the kilts are great! A friend of mine sent me some pictures of men in kilts once. Hilarious and certainly not g-rated or blogable but seriously funny.
I’m making cookies this weekend. This may be the downfall of me. If I gain tons of weight I will certainly tell everyone that it’s not my fault. It’s my friend Anne’s fault! LOL!
What cutie pies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it. Your pictures are great! I can’t keep from giggling. This post made my day :)
They also have the custard powder at World Market (that’s where I get my Lyle’s Golden Syrup).
I love the bride’s red shoes!
Hmmm..we don’t have one of those stores you are talking about, but we do have an Earthfare and maybe they have custard powder. I will have to check that out.
Thanks for sharing the pictures of the men in kilts, but you know, I think I prefer men in pants, LOL.
Men in kilts…THANK YOU!!! What a nice way to start my day…
I have to say, kilts don’t generally do it for me – and the bagpipes are plain scary!!! But I always enjoy a good wedding photo or two ;-)
I’ve been to a wedding here in the States (MI) where a bagpiper in a kilt preceded the bride on the aisle. All the men in your pics had pretty good looking legs especially their knees…just noticing.
Sounds like you found a few things in Scotland to your liking :o)
I take it for granted the custard powder on the shelves here….but I do miss Kraft Dinner :o) (just call me strange)
Lovely! I am reading Outlander by Diana Galbaldon, heard of it? It’s been out forever, I found it at the thrift. There is a lovely Scotsman in there you may enjoy. :)
Sorry I’ve been so long in visiting!!
Great pics!! I now have had my fill of kilt clad men for a while. By the way, what is with those lace up shoes??
ohhhh I love kilts !!!! Thanks for the post. Clarice
OK Anna, I have a question!! Can you now answer the age old question as to what do men wear under the kilts? Amazing pictures of the good looking guys!! I’m glad you found your powder. I also found it at the English Tea Shoppe but Amazon is apparently sold out. I’m still trying to find it local.
so pleased you have found a source for the custard powder which is basically, cornflour, vanilla and colouring! I love men in kilts, I have a photo of Barry in one somewhere. His DIL is from Scotland. My Uncle came to our wedding in a kilt and I loved him for that! Way hay!!Thanks for the peek…
Those are some great pics, I really like the one of the boy and his mom. That last one really cracks me up!! Those shoes they’re wearing with them don’t look the most comfortable – I don’t think I’d like those laces up around my leg!
Oh my gosh. I loved the guys in kilts. Can they come to california. I love to listen to babpipes:) today is my friday…yippee:)
why does the sight of men in skirts make my little heart go pitty pat? :)
I haven’t read my blogs in -so- long! You went to Scotland and everything! Holy Cow!
I’m planning on being up in your neck of the woods sometime in the next few weeks. let’s try and plan lunch, shall we? You bring the custard cookies. I’ll bring the mouth. :)
Excuse me for saying so, but men in kilts are [CENSORED] HOT!
If Bubba wore a kilt (he won’t) I’d totally knit him some awesome kilt socks with a bow just like those.
Sadly, I’m destined to live a life free of a kilted husband. Shame, that.
I swear I don’t think there is anything you can’t get at Amazon lol! I have been on a search for Italian cooking cream and so far Amazon is the only place that carries it! So is the custard powder a lot different than our pudding mixes? There is an English Tea Shoppe near The Country Loft I’ll have to try and remember to pick some up…those shortbreads sound delicious!
Well, who’d have thought custard powder a delicacy?!
Or men in kilts… Scottish men often wear kilts to weddings these days – especially young ones. I think it makes a change for them to wear bright colours. (I think the bride should have combed her hair a bit, personally.)
And you are not IN THE LEAST fat. Slender as a wand is what she is, readers.
Anna, you make me laugh – as always. My husband, Gordon, is Scottish – his parents are from Glasgow, and he lived over there until he was 17. I have a pic of him as a little 5 year old as a pageboy in his aunty’s wedding wearing a purple quilt! (it was 1970)!!!!! So cute. I think kilts are very sexy and I love that last pic of that guy!!!!
MMMmmmm, such yummy kilts….
And, by the way, didn’t anyone tell you that custard is completely fat and calorie free?!? Go on, eat as much as you like! :):):)
Oh I love to see a man in a Kilt! I love the bagpipes too, as long as I can wipe my eyes in secret, & not have to stand too close for too long!
So am I getting cookies??????? Glad you found your powder. And about those men in kilts……I’m buying my man a kilt. I’m just sayin. Love it!!!
Anna…I’ll look at Meijer for the custard powder…too bad they don’t carry men in kilts.
Love your photos!! Super fun, and I just love the picture of the bride her dress and the little boy, just love it.
And the ‘age old question’, Anna… what do they wear under their kilts?? I suppose Isabelle would know. But you just might have asked her the same question.
Ahhhh… a man in a kilt… mmmmmmmmm!
Joni
Lovely kilt pics. I live in Scotland and love to see a man in a kilt I must say. I especially love seeing the wee boys wearing theirs on special days at school. A five year old I know is on his way down south to a wedding this weekend and the most exciting aspect of the trip for him is that he gets to wear his kilt. So darn cute!
oh my gosh those men in kilts (giggle skirts) are SO sexy! I’m a fan of the accent, too.
Fabulously gratuitous kilt photos Anna! And I’m very pleased you have managed to find custard powder and don’t have to guard you secret stash!
Lucy x
I can’t even get Custard powder here in NZ. Seriously jealous. The men in kilts had me interested especially the tourist attraction. He looked very cool and mysterious
I’m always quite pleased when bagpipes stop. Men in kilts, on the other hand are rather tasty, as is Bird’s custard – especially with apple crumble. I’m never without a carton in the cupboard. Because its main ingredient is cornflour you can do some quite interesting sciencey things with it (other than making tasty custard that is). Something to do with being thixotropic. Perhaps I’ll stop waffling on now!
Oooh more lovely photos! I’m with Cathy, that last bloke is a bit yummy. And you definitely should read the Diana Galbaldon books if you like big masculine scottish men in kilts!! Cathy put me on to them – they are her all time fave read!
Hooray for your custard powder! Isn’t it fun when you can find the very thing you’ve had in a foreign country here in the States?
And I rather like those Men in Kilts! So glad you shared.
Jody
Wow!
I love your blog!
Fabulous!
I hope you don’t mid that I add it to my Creative Places list on my blog?!
Sandra Evertson
Phew you can enjoy your custard powder as much as you want now – hooray! I have to say that I do love the packaging. Talking of packaging, thanks for the men in kilts photos, I think the last is my favourite, very nonchalant don’t you think!
Kimx
Found your blog on Raining Sheep–just wanted to say hi!
Sigh….thanks for the treats (and I ain’t talkin’ custard!). One of my favorite experiences in Edinburgh was sitting in a deli across the street from a church in Bruntsfield, when suddenly people started baling out of limos & taxis in kilts and large garden party hats (obviously not together!) for a gorgeous afternoon wedding. What a glam show it was. In fact, I’ve seen weddings in France, Italy, Russia, and England–it’s always such fun and cause for picture-taking for me too!
DD#2 was preceded down the aisle by a hunky piper playing “Highland Cathedral” and I expect very soon DD#1 will want the same for herself. Talk about a choke-up moment!
Oh your making me homesick– I lived in England for three years, and I picked up a taste for Birds custard too– yummy. But I’ve never tried custard shortbread. Do you have a recipe for that? Love men in kilts. Thanks
Hooray! Anna found Custard Powder!! Custard Shortbread for all her bloggy peeps, right? Ha! A girl can dream……
Why are men in kilts sooooooo sexy?? Thanks for all the great pics, Anna!
hurray for Meijer! I miss having one nearby.
I love a man in a kilt. Actually, I love MY man in a kilt! Peter wears a kilt and owns several. It makes my knees weak every time he wears one :)
Oh great – now I know where to get that custard. Is this a good thing or not, LOL. Thanks for the input sister and my thighs and butt I’m pretty sure thank you as well. Thanks for the eye candy with the guys in kilts.
Hugs – Karen
Now that you’ve got a good supply of Birds you need to make up a jug of custard and chop in a couple of bananas for a really British pud….mmmmm.
Nice skirts ;-)
xxx
love bird’s custard….i get mine at the british shoppe in smithville, nj, but i hear that wegman’s stock it too. that’s where i get my english tea!
and your kilted men are lovely :)
oh my!!!! You know I l-o-v-e a man in a kilt!!! And you know the question…”What does a man wear under his kilt?” …why his socks!!! dontchaknow!
tee hee.
Great photos!!
xoxo
Becky