The other day I was perusing the isles of our local grocery store, Maceys, looking for some ingredients to some dishes I'm wanting to try out, and around the foreign foods section I saw it. Right there in all its glory. Marias cookies! When I was in Kenya, Aimee and I would hop into town every now and then, and we always had to wait FOREVER for the matatu (a bus/van type form of transportation) to leave back to our village. So, while we were waiting, there were a bunch of vendors walking around with their wares selling them to the tired passengers and Aimee and I always bought a package of cookies/crackers called Marias. And we loved them. They taste like animal crackers and were a welcome treat to our hungry bellies there in Machakos town waiting on the matatus.The packaging is completely different from what it was in Kenya but the cookies were the same beloved morsels of goodness. I was so excited that I'd stumbled upon them! I couldn't believe it. I did a double take, snatched up a package of them and blurted out something along the lines of, "Holy heck I LOVE these!" The guy in the aisle next to me made a weird face and then slowly started inching away from me... OK, I was a mite exuberant. Simple things excite me...
What makes them even better is that they were only 50 cents. It can't get much better than that.
4 comments:
That is awesome!!! I love that you said that haha!!! Good ole macey's eh?
Mmmm I am cravin some of those actually.
Julie, my friend and sister dear. I am surprised that you never discovered these cookies until Kenya. They were the local favorite in Los Acores too! I used to eat these things with Ritter Sport chocolates on top...almost like a s'more but without a marshmallow. Mmmmm....so yummy! Now I feel like I need some!
UH... Yeah, why wasn't I made aware of these deliciousnesses before Kenya?! I blame you Kimberly... ;)
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