Back in the winter of 2000 as I was getting ready to move to Sweden the big discussions seemed to be the things Americans cannot get in Sweden. The big one was VANILLA EXTRACT. Oh dear, how was I supposed to live without VANILLA EXTRACT???
I checked my kitchen cupboard and found an old bottle of VANILLA EXTRACT way in the back corner. Probably had been there ten years or more. It was hard to open-but when I got it open ----it was dried up-----empty--!
I quickly ran to the store and bought a bottle of VANILLA EXTRACT. For extra measure I bought a bottle of lemon extract .
I placed them near where I was packing. I could see them from the computer as I did some surfing to see if I was needing anything else. I sat there looking at them and wondering what I was doing. Here I was moving to a different country and dragging America along with me. How did people in Sweden function without VANILLA EXTRACT?
Very well I can assure you after almost ten years of life without VANILLA EXTRACT. I do have that bottle of VANILLA EXTRACT here in my kitchen as a constant reminder that I am glad that I can function in my wonderful new country without
VANILLA EXTRACT!